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Does a still life have to be realistic?
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No, a still life doesn't have to be realistic. Still life is a genre or type of subject matter. To fit the definition, a piece simply needs to portray inanimate objects. Artists can employ any style they choose to represent the objects in their paintings. Some examples of abstract still-life paintings include Georges Braque's Violin and Candlestick, Pablo Picasso's Still Life with Chair Caning and Paul Cézanne's Fruit Bowl, Glass, and Apples. Find a large collection of still-life paintings on 1stDibs.
1stDibs ExpertAugust 29, 2024
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Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Fauvist influence still-life art "Blooming aura"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
Contemporary Neo-Expressionist floral still life with Fauvist chromatic influence, expressive mixed-media painting on heavyweight professional acid-free paper (50 × 65 cm / 19.7 × 25...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Hidden Glow
Located in Zofingen, AG
Series: Sea Within — Shells & Pearls.
Hidden Glow reveals an open oyster with two luminous pearls, softly radiating from within. The pearls are rendered with exceptional realism,...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
1940's French Colourful Bunch of Tulips Glass Bowl Yellow Interior Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Tulips in Yellow Interior
French, indistinctly signed
dated 1943
signed oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 27 x 29.5 inches
Provenance: private collection, France
Condition: very good ...
Category
Mid-20th Century French School Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid 20th Century French Modernist Oil Painting Still Life Tea & Saucer Interior
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Table Interior Still Life
signed by Laure Noetzin-Azam (French 1929-2024) pupil of André LHOTE
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 32 x 39.5 inches
Provenance: all the paintings we have...
Category
Mid-20th Century Cubist Interior Paintings
Materials
Oil
Post-Cubist Oil Painting on Canvas, Framed, Mid-20th Century, Signed Still Life
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Still Life Composition
by Laure Noetzin-Azam (French 1929-2024) pupil of André LHOTE
signed oil on canvas, framed
framed: 19 x 23 inches
canvas: 18 x 22 inches
Provenance: all th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Cubist Interior Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pair of Cherry and Plum Branch Studies
Located in Stockholm, SE
Pair of small oil paintings (studies) by Oscar Julius Paulsen (1860-1932) depicting a plum branch, the other a cherry branch with fruit. Both have light backgrounds and are mounted i...
Category
Late 19th Century Naturalistic Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
