Still-life Paintings
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
19th Century Romantic Still-life Paintings
Canvas
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Panel
Early 20th Century Victorian Still-life Paintings
Watercolor
2010s Neo-Expressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Crayon, Oil, Color Pencil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
17th Century Baroque Still-life Paintings
Oil, Canvas
20th Century American Modern Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Early 2000s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Glass, Pastel, Mixed Media
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Gesso, Canvas, Cotton, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Oil, Mylar, Acrylic
20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Canvas
1990s Fauvist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Naturalistic Still-life Paintings
India Ink, Acrylic, Archival Paper
2010s Still-life Paintings
Resin, Mixed Media, Oil, Wood Panel
1950s Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Paper, Oil
17th Century Still-life Paintings
Oil
Early 2000s Expressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
Bright pink roses rest on a bed of vibrant green leaves. The sun shines, casting a warm glow and a gentle shadow across the garden. For artist Hilary Gomes, a c...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Oil
1950s Still-life Paintings
Oil, Board
1960s Fauvist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Early 19th Century Still-life Paintings
Oil, Canvas
Early 20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Board, Egg Tempera
2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Panel, Egg Tempera
2010s American Realist Still-life Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
1940s Realist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Copper
18th Century Still-life Paintings
Oil
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Ink, Acrylic, Archival Ink, Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper
1930s American Modern Still-life Paintings
Gouache, Board, Watercolor
Artist Comments
"Hot sauce is a condiment some people cannot live without," says artist Karen Barton. The clear glass delicately captures the surrounding light while showcasing...
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Still-life Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century Fauvist Still-life Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
Early 20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Acrylic
2010s Neo-Expressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Wood Panel
20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings
Oil
20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings
Gouache
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Canvas
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s English School Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
15th Century and Earlier Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Wood, Acrylic
1940s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Watercolor
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Canvas
Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
Artist Comments
Artist Carey Parks presents an impressionist still life of dainty flowers on a glass cylinder. Taking a small bunch from a large bouq...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Acrylic
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Canvas
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
Shop Still-Life Paintings on 1stDibs
Still-life paintings work as part of the decor in nearly every type of space.
Still-life art, which includes work produced in media such as painting, photography, video and more, is a popular genre in Western art. However, the depiction of still life in color goes back to Ancient Egypt, where paintings on the interior walls of tombs portrayed the objects — such as food — that a person would take into the afterlife. Ancient Greek and Roman mosaics and pottery also often depicted food. Indeed, still-life paintings frequently feature food, flowers or man-made objects. By definition, still-life art represents anything that is considered inanimate.
During the Middle Ages, the still life genre was adapted by artists who illustrated religious manuscripts. A common theme of these paintings is the reminder that life is fleeting. This is especially true of vanitas, a kind of still life with roots in the Netherlands during the 17th century, which was built on themes such as death and decay and featured skulls and objects such as rotten fruit. In northern Europe during the 1600s, painters consulted botanical texts to accurately depict the flowers and plants that were the subject of their work.
Leonardo da Vinci’s penchant for observing phenomena in nature and filling notebooks with drawings and notes helped him improve as an artist of still-life paintings. Vincent van Gogh, an artist who made a couple of the most expensive paintings ever sold, carried out rich experiments with color over the course of painting hundreds of still lifes, and we can argue that Campbell’s Soup Cans (1961–62) by Andy Warhol counts as still-life art.
While early examples were primarily figurative, you can find still lifes that belong to different schools and styles of painting, such as Cubism, Impressionism and contemporary art.
As part of the wall decor in your living room, dining room or elsewhere, a still-life painting can look sophisticated alongside your well-curated decorative objects and can help set the mood in a space.
When shopping for a still-life painting, think about how it makes you feel and how the artist chose to represent its subject. When buying any art for your home, choose pieces that you connect with. If you’re shopping online, read the description of the work to learn about the artist and check the price and shipping information. Make sure that the works you choose complement or relate to your overall theme and furniture style. Artwork can either fit into your room’s color scheme or serve as an accent piece. Introduce new textures to a space by choosing an oil still-life painting.
On 1stDibs, find a collection of still-life paintings in a wide range of styles and subject matter.