Still-life Paintings
Still-life Paintings For Sale
Color: Beige
Celebrating
By Delna Dastur
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Yupo is a non absorbent surface to work on. Acrylics and inks puddle and spread when applied. It was great to tip the surface to create the drips before applying m...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paste, Acrylic, Paper
Sea Foam Party Pt II, Original Abstract Painting, 2021
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
Sea Foam Party Pt I & II are a 2 piece series of Shelbi Nicole's interpretation of a beautiful coral reef, but of course with her sign...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Treasures of the Scholars' Studio, " Ink and Paint on Fabric, 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
With careful brushwork, this 19th-century painting honors the four treasures of the scholar's studio - paper, calligraphy brush, ink, and inkstone. Essential to his way of life, the ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Qing Still-life Paintings
Materials
Silk, Ink, Pigment
Portrait Of A Nude Male Holding A Crucifix, 19th Century
By William Etty
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of A Nude Male Holding A Crucifix, 19th Century
attributed to William Etty (1787-1849)
Large 19th century classical portrait of a nude male holding a crucifix, oil on pa...
Category
19th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Elizabeth Chalmers, Deddington Market Place, Original landscape painting
Located in Deddington, GB
Original watercolour painting by the Cotswold artist Elizabeth Chalmers is sold mounted but NOT framed.
Size: H:31 cm x W:41 cm.
Artist Bio: Eliz...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Rene Pablo Louise Still Life Spider" Contemporary Realist Interior Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Realist still life painting by contemporary Houston artist Scott Woodard. The work features art historical references to iconic artists such as Rene Magritte, Pablo Picasso, and Loui...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Two Spaghetti Spoons", contemporary, Italian, blue, pink, acrylic painting
Located in Natick, MA
Monica DeSalvo’s “Two Spaghetti Spoons'' is a 28 x 20 inch playful acrylic painting on 100% cotton archival printmaking paper with deckled edges. Bold b...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Acrylic
Poinsettia
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Poinsettia" is an oil painting of the signature red plant blossomed against a light backdrop, in a minimalist pot, a cement cube.
Painting dimensions: 16 x 12 inches
Framed dimensions: 18.5 x 14.5 inches
Matthew Weigle...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Pluma and Apples, Original Still Life Painting, 2018
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
This is an original watercolor still life painting.
Keywords: fruit, still life, representational, pumpkin, orange, purple, october, pumpkin, fall, fruits
Artist...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Untitled (Abstract Garden Still Life with Flowers, Plants and Pumpkins)
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Untitled (Abstract Garden Still Life with Flowers, Plants and Pumpkins)
Year: 1963
Medium: Watercolor on heavy archival paper
Size: 29.5 x 21 in...
Category
1960s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
20th Century Original Expressionist Oil Painting - Beautiful Bouquet In Vase
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Original oil painting by P. Valetti (French, second half 20th century)
oil on canvas, unframed
size: 25.5 x 21 inches
condition: very good
provenance: from the artists estate, France...
Category
20th Century Abstract Expressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Colorado Scene
By Kim English
Located in Denver, CO
Kim English's "Colorado Scene" is an original, hand made oil painting that depicts a row of old brick buildings surrounded by a fresh snowfall as a Colorado flag...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fine Antique British Botannical Watercolour Painting, circa 1900's
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
A very fine original antique English botanical watercolour painting depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey, En...
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian Still-life Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
'Red Poppies', Woman Artist, New York Art Students League, Metropolitan Opera
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'A. Delmar-Oberth' for Alice Delmar Oberth (American, 2010-2000) and dated 1978.
Alice Oberth and her twin sister danced together at ...
Category
1970s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Big and Little", Randall Browning, Pop Art Still-life, 48x40 in., Original Oil
Located in Dallas, TX
Randy Browning’s paintings sparkle with the breath of life. His delightful contemporary paintings offer his viewers a unique way of regarding contemporary still life, combined with old-world attention to detail. Browning feels that to truly observe an object, one must be absorbed by it. The large scale of the paintings helps people focus on the incredible variety and subtlety of apparently common objects. In this painting, a retro red teapot...
Category
Early 2000s Pop Art Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Evening Shoes (11.4" x 9.4" - Framed Painting, Blush, Grey, Neutral)
Located in Mississauga, Ontario
Blush neutrals, textured collage and a dash of sparkle. In this delicate painting on canvas, attention to detail captures a hint of Hollywood glamour. A restrained palette with layer...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Pencil, Color Pencil
Bouquet by René Samuel Beguin - Oil on canvas 60x73 cm
By René Samuel Beguin
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on canvas
Gilded wooden frame
90 x 77 x 3,5 cm
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid Century Still Life with Yellow Flowers and Orange Leaves
By Jean M. Stites
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid-Century still life by American artist Jean M. Stites of Fayetteville, North Carolina (b. 1929). A variety of yellow flowers are in a reddish vase, sur...
Category
1960s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
'Still Life of Tulips and Roses', New York, Society of Independent Artists, NAD
By Irene Stry
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'I. Stry', for Irene Stry (Hungarian-American, 1904-1963) inscribed verso and painted circa 1960.
Irene Stry worked in Provincetown and...
Category
1960s Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pinecone #10 (Contemporary Realist Still Life Oil Painting of Pinecone)
Located in Hudson, NY
"Pinecone #10" By Matthew Hopkins, 2021
Oil on panel
5x5 inches
8.5x8.5 inches framed
Matthew Hopkins corrals commonplace, household objects as the subject of his charming, often m...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Spanish Contemporary Art by Mercedes Aparicio - Roses Dorées
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cocktails 8 different paintings. Sold Separately , soft pop art, Realism
Located in Houston, TX
The photo shows the varios Cocktail paintings available. The price is for each individual painting NOT for the set of paintings.
Artist's Statement: I am an American Representational artist and my Realism paintings exhibit strong graphic design and Pop art influences. My original Cocktails glass series represents a significant transitional period for me. This is where I played with a sort of softer Pop art style that shows my Realism paintings. My work as a whole is truly about harmony, movement and it wants to heard and seen loud and clear. All of the paintings are 14 x 11 except Cucumber Infused Gin is 12 x 9. Bottom left.
Born in 1963, Miller Lives in East Hampton, NY and although primarily a self taught painter he studied at the Fashion Institute, and Painting at The School of Visual Arts in New York City. He learned his sense of composition while working as the Photographer’s assistant to Ken Haak...
Category
2010s American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Kitchen Skirt, impressionist interior and still life painting
Located in New York, NY
Melanie Parke’s latest selection of still lifes looks at quotidian interiors and imbues them with magic. All of the elements of the still life are present: a stem in glimmering glass...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large Floralscape Original Oil Painting on Canvas by William Verdult, Framed
Located in Encino, CA
Untitled Floralscape, an original oil painting on canvas by William Verdult, is a piece for the true collector. The artist's genius reflects a fiery artistic approach that inspires u...
Category
1970s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Primary Colors and Shapes on Light Yellow, Abstract Geometric Painting, Triangle
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Primary Colors on Light Yellow" is an abstract painting diptych by Spanish artist Natalia Roman. It is a beautiful combination of geometric shapes in a classy gamut of colors. The u...
Category
2010s Futurist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Flowers. 1972, paper, watercolor, 31x23 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Flowers. 1972, paper, watercolor, 31x23 cm
Oskars Berzins (1940)
Category
1970s Expressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Maria Pierides, In Bloom, Original Abstract Art, Affordable Contemporary Art
Located in Deddington, GB
In Bloom by Maria Pierides [2019]
Original
Acrylic and oil stick on canvas
Image size: H:100 cm x W:100 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:100 cm x W:...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"Indian Infusion" encaustic painting on board still life tea cup jug pot blue
By Jill Ogilvy
Located in Kowloon, Hong Kong
Indian Infusion is a still life work depicting three objects, tea cup, pot and jug created by artist Jill Ogilvy with her signature technique Mixed Media Encaustic on birchwood panel...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Encaustic
LARGE 20TH CENTURY FRENCH IMPRESSIONIST PROVENCE CHATEAU ON ROCKS LANDSCAPE
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, mid/ second half 20th century
Title: The Old Chateau
Medium: oil painting on canvas, unframed
Size: painting: 18 x 21.5 inches
Provenance: priva...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
FINE 19thC BOTANNICAL WATERCOLOUR DRAWING - NE PLUS MEURIS - DATED 1863, KENT
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: English School, 19th century, dated 1863
Title: botannical study 'Ne Plus Meuris'
Medium: watercolour drawing on paper, with ink inscription below
Size: image: 9.5...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Still-life Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Fun Size, " Acrylic painting
By Shan Fannin
Located in Denver, CO
Shan Fannin's (US based) "Fun Size" is an acrylic painting that depicts the closeup view of a red and yellow Volkswagen van hood
Born 1969 in Californi...
Category
2010s Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Board, Acrylic
French Post Impressionist Oil Painting Floral Roses, Vase Gaston Sebire Flowers
Located in Surfside, FL
Les Roses
Mixed bouquet of roses, Oil painting
PROVENANCE: Purchased at Findlay Galleries in Chicago, Illinois late 1960’s bears their label verso and has their original price tag
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Category
1960s Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Coke Bottle", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Dianne L. Massey Dunbar's (US based) "Coke Bottle" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an open and empty red Coca Cola bottle with its meta...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Gen #4, Mixed media Abstract painting on paper
By Alec Franco
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Gen #4, by Alec Franco
From The "Gen" Series
Acrylic, pastel on handmade paper
Image size: 50 cm H X 35 cm W
One of a Kind
Unframed
Mix Media
Hand-signed by artist
_______
The art...
Category
2010s Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Handmade Paper, Pastel, Acrylic
Untitled (Abstract Still Life with Flowers and Fruit)
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Untitled (Abstract Still Life with Flowers and Fruit)
Year: 1963
Medium: Watercolor on heavy archival paper
Size: 11.5 x 15 inches
Condition: Go...
Category
1960s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Fine Antique British Botannical Watercolour Painting, circa 1900's
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
A very fine original antique English botanical watercolour painting depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey, En...
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian Still-life Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Balanced Geometry I, Primary Pastel Tones, Shapes and Lines on Tan Background
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Balanced Geometry I" is an abstract painting by Spanish artist Natalia Roman. It is a beautiful combination of geometric shapes in a classy gamut of colors. The use of pastel tones on a light pink background makes it perfect for most modern and contemporary homes.
Natalia Roman was born in 1984 in Girona...
Category
2010s Constructivist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor, Gouache
Natives For Blueys (16.11.16) - Original Oil Painting
By Sally West
Located in Los Angeles, CA
What makes Sally West’s original oil paintings so recognizable is the combination of texture, abstraction, and calming colors. The movement of the paint strokes on canvas is reminiscent of a light breeze or waves. Each painting is completed in one day, with the date present in the title. West's pieces take at least eight weeks to completely dry. Once dry the thick paint takes on an almost sculptural effect. Overall, West’s color palette is uniquely her own and it conveys a very specific feeling of comfort associated with familiarity and softness.
This one-of-a-kind 30-inch square artwork is painted with thick, textural oil paint on canvas. It is wired and ready to hang. It is signed by the artist on the front lower right corner as well as the back. The sides of this artwork are painted and it is ready to hang. Free local Los Angeles area delivery. Affordable Continental U.S. and worldwide shipping are available. A certificate of authenticity issued by Artplex Gallery is included.
Sally West was born in West Wyalong, Central New South Wales. West grew up on a farm and as a teenager moved to Eastern Sydney for school. Throughout her life, she has traveled through and lived in both Europe and South East Asia to gain inspiration for her artwork. Although her international journeys have acted as an influence on her style, the subjects of her paintings are very close to home. The subjects of all of her paintings exist in an infinite timeline but only in the location of Eastern Australia.
Since West’s first breakthrough solo exhibition in New York in 2011, her artworks have become highly sought after internationally. She has won and placed as a finalist in numerous worldwide art competitions and juried exhibitions throughout her career. Her artworks are exhibited with influential galleries across Australia and the USA.
REPRESENTATION
Artplex Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 Breeze, KAB Gallery, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Terrigal
Sally West, Jag Gallery, Key West, Florida, USA
2020 PINK, KAB Gallery, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Terrigal
2019 Spring Colours – Sydney, Fellia Melas Gallery, Woollahra, Sydney
Lizzie Beach, KAB Gallery, Terrigal
2018 Sally West, Art Images Gallery, Adelaide
All Sorts, Fellia Melas Gallery, Woollahra, Sydney
2017 Surf & Snow, KAB Gallery, Crowne Plaza, Terrigal
Figurative Focus, KAB Gallery, Crowne Plaza, Terrigal
Around Town, Traffic Jam Galleries, Netural Bay
2016 Spring Sydney, Fellia Melas Gallery, Woollahra, Sydney
Sally West, KAB Gallery, Crowne Plaza, Terrigal
2015 Sally West Plein...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dreaming Of Cherry Blossoms, Sarah Berger, Abstract Floral Art, Affordable Art
By Sarah Berger
Located in Deddington, GB
Dreaming Of Cherry Blossoms by Sarah Berger [2021]
original
Acrylic on stretched canvas
Image size: H:60 cm x W:90 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:60 cm x W:90 cm x D:4cm
Sold U...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Gen #5, Mixed media Abstract painting on paper
By Alec Franco
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Gen #5, by Alec Franco
From The "Gen" Series
Acrylic, pastel on handmade paper
Image size: 50 cm H X 35 cm W
One of a Kind
Unframed
Mix Media
Hand-signed by artist
_______
The art...
Category
2010s Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Handmade Paper
Trip Park, "Striper Head", 16x16 Contemporary Jockey Helmet Painting on Canvas
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This colorful piece, "Striper Head", is a 16x16 acrylic painting on canvas featuring a single jockey helmet with purple and yellow stripes. Park's signature pink underpainting can be...
Category
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Stop and Go Buddhas
Located in Denver, CO
Thane Gorek's "Stop and Go Buddhas" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a realistic still life of red, green, and yellow Buddha statues arra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Winter Study #4
By M'fanwy Dean
Located in Denver, CO
Winter Study #4, 2020
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Panel
Nosegay
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Acrylic
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Sunny Day, 2020. Oil on canvas, 30 x 30 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Works of Liene Liepina are full of life and joy because of photography-like, realistic details on the one hand, and intense and slightly artificial color...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Flowers and Twigs, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Orange and yellow candy-colored Gerbera daisies exploding on a nostalgic patterned blue background featuring pink flowers. Painted on Arches heavyweight oil primed paper, which can be framed with our without glass.
About the Artist
Words that describe this painting: Gerbera daisies, daisies, vase, floral, bouquet, flowers, still life, flora, representational, vintage, oil painting, orange
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Artist Still Life
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful artist still life in acrylic collated to white background by French artist Riquet, 1990s.
Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Archival ...
Category
1990s Still-life Paintings
Contemporary American Nostalgic Sign of MoonLite Drive-In Theatre in West Texas
Located in Fort Worth, TX
Moonlite, 2021, Daniel Blagg, Oil on canvas, 38 x 58"
By meticulously depicting forgotten road signs and roadside debris, Daniel Blagg invites his viewers to re-consider objects th...
Category
2010s American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Oil
Mid Century Modern Still Life -- Two Pitchers and Fruit
Located in Soquel, CA
Vivid mid century still life of glass pitchers and apples by listed artist Jon Blanchette (American, 1908-1987), c.1965. Signed "Jon Blanchette" lower right corner. Letter of Authent...
Category
1960s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
Dancing Stems, Jo Haran, Floral Contemporary Art, Original Work On Paper
By Jo Haran
Located in Deddington, GB
Dancing Stems by Jo Haran [2020]
original
Gouache, watercolour ink and gesso.
Image size: H:53.2 cm x W:62 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:56 cm x W:64.5 cm x D:0.01cm
Sold Unframed
Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look
'Dancing Stems' by Jo Haran is an original paitnng of lively rose stems and dark inky leaves in a dynamic composition. I used touches of neon pink acrylic...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Naturalistic Still-life Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Untitled (Abstract Summer Still Life with Plants and Peppers)
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Untitled (Abstract Summer Still Life with Flowers and Plants)
Year: 1963
Medium: Watercolor on heavy archival paper
Size: 29.5 x 21 inches
Condi...
Category
1960s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Original Cubist still life oil painting of a violin, French mid 20th Century
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Serra (French, 20th Century)
Homage au violin
Oil on canvas laid down on board
Signed ‘SERRA’ (lower right)
16.7/8 x 20.7/8 in. (43 x 53 cm.)
Category
20th Century Cubist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Loch Ba, Eleanor Woolley, Original Painting, Landscape Sky Artwork, Affordable
Located in Deddington, GB
Loch Ba [September 2021]
original
Oil Pain on Canvas
Image size: H:90 cm x W:90 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:90 cm x W:90 cm x D:3.8cm
Sold Unframed
Please note that ins...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Naturalistic Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled (Abstract Landscape with Flowering Tree)
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Untitled (Abstract Landscape with Flowering Tree)
Year: 1963
Medium: Watercolor on heavy archival paper
Size: 29.5 x 21 inches
Condition: Good
P...
Category
1960s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Modernist Still Life Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Mid century oil painting on canvas with an adept use of bold colors and a joyous spirit. The Classic still life genre re-invented over century is well represented here as a modernist...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Coffe Peloton XIX, Original coffee painting of cyclists
Located in Deddington, GB
original
Coffee on paper
Image size: H:64 cm x W:97 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:64 cm x W:97 cm x D:0.1cm
Sold Unframed
Please note that insitu images are purely an ind...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Coffee, Paper
Chinese Lanterns and Lunaria, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Catherine developed a soft, warm background to highlight these delicate and papery seed casings. The silvery, translucent lunaria dance around the stunning or...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
«Imported Goods» Still Life Oil Painting by Samantha Van Heest
Located in Oslo, NO
Imported Goods is an exploration of environment, especially focusing on the wellness of the ocean and the consequences of human plastic consumption. There is beauty in appreciation and replication, but it becomes a tragedy when it fully devours natural creation.
Samantha Van Heest...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, 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.