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Still-life Paintings For Sale
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"Ember Moon, " Oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Thane Gorek's (US based) "Ember Moon" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a white Aspen trees engulfed in bright green and yellow leaves wit...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Lisa David, "Hot Chocolate", 12x12 Cozy Still life Oil Painting on Board
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This painting "Hot Chocolate" is a 12x12 oil painting on board by artist Lisa David. Depicted is a homey still life painting of a cup of hot chocolate in a ceramic mug resting on a t...
Category
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Plums
Located in Oslo, NO
This artwork presents a compelling still life composition featuring a cluster of richly detailed plums against a subtly textured background. The table surface on which the plums rest...
Category
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Wood, Gouache
English Countryside, Landscape, Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
English Countryside, Landscape, Oil Painting
by Pamela Cawley, British 20th century
oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas: 24 x 18 inches
Stun...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Merc Power" (2019) by Sheri Farabaugh, Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Merc Power" (2019) by Sheri Farabaugh (United States Based) is a handmade still life oil painting that depicts a scene on a lake, with a closeup of a boat engine in deep blue waters...
Category
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Old Farmhouse, Medium Sized, Oil Painting
By J.B. Holmes
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Beautiful oil painting of a crumbling farmhouse.
By J.B. Holmes, British artist 20th Century
Oil painting on board, unframed
Board size : 14 x 10 inches
The autumnal colours of pl...
Category
1980s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled (Abstract Still Life with Table, Flowers and Fruit)
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Untitled (Abstract Still Life with Table, Flowers and Fruit)
Year: 1963
Medium: Watercolor on heavy archival paper
Size: 29.5 x 21 inches
Condit...
Category
1960s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Mid Century Roses and Apple Blossoms Floral Still Life
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous mid century floral still life in soft spring palette with roses and apple blossoms by J. Herron (American, 20th Century), circa 1960. Signed lower right. Unframed. Image siz...
Category
1960s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
Home roses. 2020. Oil on canvas, 50x60 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Home roses. 2020. Oil on canvas, 50x60 cm
Valery Bayda (1958)
Valery Bayda was born in 1958 in Russia. From 1983 to 1989 he studied at the All-Union Sta...
Category
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sola Puig 13 Still-life Flowers. original impressionist canvas Vertical
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
still life. jug of flowers. original impressionist oil canvas painting. framed
Sola PUIG, Joan (Barcelona 1950 )
Joan SOLÁ paints in a natural way, which reflects the Old Masters, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Impressionist Interior View, Floral Abundance, View From A Window. Oil.
Located in Cotignac, FR
French Impressionist oil on canvas, interior view, plants at a window by June Fortan. The painting is signed bottom right.
A colourful and exuberant interior view of a collection of...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Classical Bouquet of Roses, French Artist, Signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Classical Bouquet of Roses, French Artist, Signed
By French artist Suzette Mezie, Mid 20th Century
Signed by the artist on the lower right hand corner
Oil painting on canvas, unfram...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Still life Flowers in a Vase
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Still Life Flowers in a Vase" c.1960 is an oil painting on canvas by noted California artist John William Orth, 1889-1976. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The canvas size is 36 x 30 inches, framed size is 46.5 x 40.5 inches. Custom framed in a wooden gold with brown patina frame, with fabric and gold liner. It is in excellent condition.
About the artist:
John W. Orth was born in Bavaria in 1889. He sold his first painting, a water color, when he was 13. At age 15 studied under a scholarship at Nuremberg's College of Fine Arts. Three years later, again on a scholarship, he attended Munich's Academy of Fine Arts. From there he went on to study at the Art Academy Julien in Paris and then traveled throughout Europe, studying work by the Old Masters.
For Nuremberg's Albrecht Durer Museum, he was commissioned to reproduce a number of Durer's paintings, and representatives of The Rhineland's Barmen Museum purchased his painting of The Prodigal Son. In 1922, Louis Mayer, an accomplished artist himself, purchased Orth's The Prophet from among thousands of paintings displayed at Munich's Glas Palast. He declared Orth's painting "the work of a genius," and for three years The Prophet was hung, by invitation, in the Brooklyn Art Museum.
Already an established artist at age 34, Orth left his troubled country in 1923 to escape certain persecution for his outspoken liberal views on race, religion and politics. He came to America to start anew. Here, he felt certain, his restless spirit could continue to grow, his career to flourish in an environment of freedom, which encouraged individual expression and unrestrained thought.
In the United States, John Orth did portraits of notables including Winston Churchill, Albert Einstein, John F. Kennedy, Richard M. Nixon, Marian Anderson...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
May's Blossoms
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A Still life painting of lilac blossoms in a clear glass vase. The vase sits on a pale pink table cloth that mirrors the highlights in the flowers. To the left of the vase of flowers lays a branch of lilac leaves. Square tiles are hinted at in the background of the painting.
Framed in a white wood and gilded frame.
Framed dimensions: 22.25 x 22.25 inches
Painting dimensions: 16 x 16 inches
Kelly Carmody has exhibited at venues including the Portrait Society of America and the Art Students League. Most recently, she was selected for the 2015 BP Portrait Award Show at the National Portrait Gallery in London and the 2016 Outwin Boochever Award at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C. In addition, the historic Guild of Boston Artists elected her to become a member in 2015, she won the Edmund C. Tarbell Award in her first juried members show. The winning portrait is on the cover of July/August edition of Fine Art Connoisseur. In June of 2015 she received the Blanche E. Colman Award. She was invited to exhibit in the 2016 American Masters show at the Salmagundi Club.
She currently has work at the Sloane Merrill Gallery in Boston, the Guild of Boston Artists, and the Ann Long Gallery in Charleston, SC. Publications that have featured her work include American Art Collector, Fine Art Connoisseur, International Artist Magazine, Fine Art Today, Southwest Art, Studio Visit Magazine, Boston Magazine, and The Boston Globe. Carmody has won grants from the Ludwig Foundation, Turkey Land Cove Foundation, and Massachusetts Cultural Council, as well as receiving an Edward G. McDowell Travel Grant and the Walter Feldman...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
'Le Bouquet' French Floral Still Life, Flower Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'Le Bouquet' Floral Still Life, Flower Oil Painting
French School, mid 20th Century
Oil painting on canvas, framed
Framed size: 29 x 18 inches
Beautiful oil painting of a lovingly c...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled (Abstract Still Life with Flowers, Fruit and Bottle)
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Untitled (Abstract Still Life with Flowers, Fruit and Bottle)
Year: 1963
Medium: Watercolor on heavy archival paper
Size: 29.5 x 21 inches
Condi...
Category
1960s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Bodegon" (2020) By Yana Beylinson, Original Impressionist Oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Yana Beylinson's (US based) "Bodegon" is an oil painting that depicts a still of a kitchen counter stacked with a Pellegrino bottle, a pink spray bottle, a yellow pear, and a white m...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Pantry Variations" (2022) by Clyde Steadman, Original Still-Life Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Pantry Variations" by Clyde Steadman (United States) is a handmade still-life painting that is unframed, but ready to hang.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Lilacs in Glass" - oil painting, impressionistic bouquet of flowers in vase
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Lilacs in Glass" is a still-life oil painting on linen. It depicts a bouquet of lilacs sitting on a wooden table in a glass vase.
Ben Fenske (b. 1978), although a native of Minnes...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Large French Signed Oil - Colorful Interior Room Setting with Pink Flowers
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: Yvette Bossiere (French, b.1926) signed lower corner and verso
Title: The Interior
Medium: oil painting on canvas, unframed
Size: painting: ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hallway in Green
By Tim McGuire
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting of a a hallway interior. "Hallway in Green" presents to us a sunlit interior from one large window on the left. Forms McGuire incorporates creates playful geometric c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Zinnias in Blue by Millie Gosch, Framed Flowers Oil Still-Life Painting
By Millie Gosch
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Zinnias in Blue" by Millie Gosch is a delicate 5 x 5.5-inch oil on linen board that beautifully captures the charm of fresh zinnias against a cool blue backdrop. Gosch’s expressive ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Flower Still Life, Impressionist Oil Painting by Gustave Weigand
By Gustave Weigand
Located in Long Island City, NY
An oil on board painting by Gustave Weigand (1870 - 1957), signed lower right. Painting measures 16 x 12 inches. Wiegand was born in Bremen, Germany in 1870. Wiegand studied at the R...
Category
1940s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid Century Fauvist Floral & Fruit Still Life
Located in Soquel, CA
Stunning mid-century fauvist still life of flowers and fruit by California artist Virginia Sevier Rogers (American, 1916-2015). Signed and dated "VR 7/65" lower right. From the estat...
Category
1960s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1950's French Modernist Signed Oil - Colorful Fruit against dark background
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, circa 1951, signed with initials and stamped reverse.
Title: Modernist still life coffee pot and fruit
Medium: oil...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled (Abstract Still Life with Flowers)
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Untitled (Abstract Still Life with Flowers)
Year: 1963
Medium: Watercolor on heavy archival paper
Size: 29.5 x 21 inches
Condition: Good
Provena...
Category
1960s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Untitled (Abstract Summer Still Life with Flowers and Plants), Ian Hornak
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
Fine Impressionist Antique Signed Oil Painting Still Life Tankards interiors
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Still Life Of Tankards
Early 20th Century European School
signed oil painting on board, framed
framed: 16 x 21 inches
board: 12 x 16.5 inches
provenance: private collection, England ...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
The sea bay. Impressionism.Landscape" Volskaya Lily
Located in Zofingen, AG
The sea bay. Impressionism.Landscape" Volskaya Lilya.Size: 50x60cm, oil on canvas, lacquer.
The landscape is painted in bright colors. Blue, blue, turquoise are the colors of summer...
Category
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Lacquer, Oil
Huge British Oil Painting Impressionist Sunlit Country Lane Green & Gold Colors
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Impressionist Country Lane, British Artist
by Pamela Cawley, British 20th century
oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas: 32 x 39.5 inches
Stunning original Impressionist oil pai...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Red Roses & Blue Vase" (2024) By C.W. Mundy, Original Still-Life Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
C.W. Mundy's "Red Roses & Blue Vase" (2024) is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a still-life featuring vibrant red roses in a dark blue vase on a wooden table.
About ...
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2010s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Bouquet, Impressionist Oil Painting on Canvas laid on board by Lucien Neuquelman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Lucien Neuquelman, French (1909 - 1988) - Bouquet, Year: circa 1938, Medium: Oil on Canvas laid on board, signed lower left, Size: 14 x 9 in. (35.56 x 22.86 cm), Frame Size: 17.5...
Category
1930s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Contemporary expressive art naive oil painting of cherries on canvas
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This contemporary expressive piece, "Sweet Summer Red Cherries from the Garden," by French artist Natalya Mougenot, is part of her “Still-Life” series. Through this work, Mougenot ex...
Category
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Contemporary French Impressionist Oil Classical Still Life of Fruit
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Still Life
by Georges Bordonave (French contemporary)
signed oil painting on canvas, unframed
dated 1978
canvas: 15 x 24 inches
condition: very good
provenance: from a large privat...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Yellow Rose. Original oil painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
Technique (canvas handmade)
The picture was painted with a palette knife and a brush on canvas . (handmade)
I've poured my heart into this canvas, creating a vibrant dance of color...
Category
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Mid-Century Black Eyed Susan Floral Still Life
Located in Soquel, CA
Large scale mid-century floral still-life of black-eyed susan (Rudbeckia) by listed El Paso, Texas artist Lois Coleman Denton (American, 1897-1980). Signed "Lois Denton...
Category
1960s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
Still Life with Flowers
By Arthur Woelfle
Located in Milford, NH
A fine impressionist still life with tulips and irises in a stoneware vase on a table by American artist Arthur Woelfle (1873-1936). Woelfle was born in Trenton, New Jersey, studied ...
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Impressionist Still Life with Fruit and Spoon Autumnal
Located in Soquel, CA
Impressionist Still Life with Fruit and Spoon Autumnal
Traditional still life with oranges, bananas, apples, and a spoon by an unkn...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Postcard
June Beauties by Millie Gosch, Framed Flowers Oil Still-Life Painting
By Millie Gosch
Located in Atlanta, GA
Unframed this piece is 14 x 11
Millie Gosch is an avid plein air painter who paints studies from real life and from these studies she creates her beautiful landscape pieces. An exp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
1940's Still-Life with Pussy Willows and Blue Drape
Located in Soquel, CA
Elegant 1940's still-life of pussy willows in a white vase with a rich royal blue drape by an unknown artist (American, 20th Century). Unsigned and unfram...
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1940s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Antique American Impressionist Framed Flower Garden Landscape Signed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist flower garden painting. Watercolor and gouache on board. Signed. Framed.
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Contemporary French Impressionist Oil Multiple Shells Interior Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Interior Scene
by Georges Bordonave (French contemporary)
dated 1979
signed oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas: 10.75 x 14 inches
condition: very good
provenance: from a large ...
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Late 20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Studio Still Life
Located in Dallas, TX
Donald S. Vogel's work has entered the collections of the following institutions:
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Beaumont Museum of Fine Art, Beaumont, Texas
Charle...
Category
1980s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
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: 29.5 x 21 inches
Condition: Go...
Category
1960s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Peonies 1965, oil on cardboard, 70x58 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Ingrida Kalns (1910-1984)
Peonies
1965, oil on cardboard, 70x58 cm
Category
1960s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
«The sun in my house. Sun in the glass jars» Original vertical still life.
Located in Oslo, NO
This captivating artwork presents a still life composition of various jars and kitchen items placed on a reflective surface by a window. Bathed in soft, natural light, the glass jars...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Acrylic
Bouquet of flowers
Located in Zofingen, AG
"The picture was painted with a palette knife and a brush on canvas . (handmade)
In this vibrant fusion of expressionism and impressionism, I've joyfully layered acrylics and oils t...
Category
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Large French Post-Impressionist Signed Oil Tulips, Apples & Pears Still Life
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Guy Benard (French b.1928) signed lower corner. Painter from Rouen, Normandy, exhibited throughout France.
Title: Interior Still Life
Medium: signed oil on canvas,...
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Late 20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
1930's English still life of Tulips and other red flowers in a vase
Located in Woodbury, CT
Wonderful English 1930's Still life of Tulips and other red flowers in a vase.
The 1930s was a period of great artistic experimentation, and many artists were exploring new techniq...
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1930s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vase in the Window (Impressionist Floral Still Life Painting of Pink Peonies)
Located in Hudson, NY
Vase in the Window (Impressionist Floral Still Life of Magenta Pink Peony Flowers in a Vase Against an Off-White Window Scene) by David Konigsberg
oil on panel
50 x 36 x 1.5 inches
no frame required - painting is wired on reverse for easy installation
Signed by the artist, verso
This painting is an exquisite example of the artist's unique ability to capture the very whimsical side of nature. Widely known for painting expansive views of the Hudson Valley where the artist often embarks on extensive hiking trails, Konigsberg also takes to painting more intimate and commonplace household objects. A coffee pot, salt and pepper shaker, or as in this case, a simple bouquet of long stemmed pink peonies careening over the side of a green vase; his use of oil washes capture both fluidity and structure. The fanciful treatment of the flowers calls to mind French Impressionist Toulouse Latrec...
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2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Oil, Wood Panel
The triptych is winter. Landscape in oil . Volskaya Lilia
Located in Zofingen, AG
The triptych is winter. Landscape in oil . Volskaya Liliya. A painting with landscapes is a wonderful mediator between people and nature.Paintings with views of nature that can make...
Category
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Lacquer, Oil
Lilac still life, Flowers, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Mishurovski V.V.
Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Style: Impressionism
Year: 2021
Title: Lilac still life
Size: 31.5" x 27....
Category
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Moonlight Lit Purple Sky Over Desert Contemporary British Modernist Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Landscape
signed by Geza Somerset-Paddon (British 20th century)
dated 2000
oil painting on board , unframed
board: 12 x 16 inches
inscribed verso
condition: overall very good
provena...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
'Mas Pres Eypalieres, Provence' French Vineyard Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'Mas Pres Eypalieres, Provence' French Landscape, Signed Oil Painting
By French artist 'De Tigny', 20th Century,
Signed by the artist on the right hand corner, signed, dated '67' and titled verso
Oil painting on canvas, unframed
Canvas size: 18 x 24 inches
Wonderful oil painting of a scenic view of a village in Provence, with an idyllic crop field in the forefront. This lovely oil painting is such a pretty impression of the French rural countryside, with hilly background and sun kissed houses with terracotta roof tiles...
Category
1960s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Contemporary French Impressionist Oil White Flowers on Rocky Ledge
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Flowers on the Rocks
by Georges Bordonave (French contemporary)
signed oil painting on canvas, unframed
dated 1998
canvas: 13 x 16 inches
condition: very good
provenance: from a larg...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Abundant Floral Still Life
By Gerdell Schroder
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful still life oil painting, abundant with color and texture in a variety of fruit and flowers. A full spectrum of rich color throughout. Signed lower left Gerdell (Gerdill) Sc...
Category
1990s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Mid Century Copper Teapot, Vase and Fruit Still Life
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful mid century still life of a copper teapot and fruit by listed California artist Helen Gleiforst (American, 1903-1997), circa 1950's. The artist...
Category
1950s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
"Pantry Variations Act II" by Clyde Steadman, Original Still-Life Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Pantry Variations Act II " by Clyde Steadman (United States) is a handmade still-life painting that is unframed, but ready to hang.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
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.