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Still-life Paintings For Sale
Style: Contemporary
Style: Post-Impressionist
Big Momma's Still Life #2
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Big Momma's Still Life #2
Oil pastel on rag paper, 2007
Signed by the artist lower left: "Sedrick Huckaby III" (see photo)
Sheet size: 16 x 12 1/8 inches
Frame: 28 x 24 inches
Exhibi...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel
Coffee with Croissant- 21st Contemporary Hyper Realistic Still-life painting
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Coffee with Croissant
70x70 cm ( it will be delivered with frame, size frame included is 74x74 cm)
Acrylic paint on canvas
Dutch artist Heidi Von Faber lives and works in The Hague....
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Calla Lily, Oil Painting
By Jo Galang
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
"The most popular calla lily meaning these days is that of purity, faithfulness, and holiness," says artist Jo Galang. "The flower is often depicted in image...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
“Thatched Cottage”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil paint on heavy card stock of a european thatched cottage near a stream by the American impressionist artist, Bird Lefever. Signed lower right. Condition is very good; n...
Category
1920s Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Flower Machine - Flowers in Vase Surreal Botanical Still Life Red Pink, 2023
By Peter Hamlin
Located in Kent, CT
A futuristic botanical hybrid is the focus of this contemporary fantastical landscape in acrylic ink on canvas by Peter Hamlin. The meticulously detailed flower is whimsical and surr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Going to Bolinas - Realism oil on canvas painting - California Coast still life
Located in Burlingame, CA
Going to Bolinas - An iconic rural scene from Northern California's quintessential highway 1, while heading north to the town of Bolinas. A traditional landscape blending urban — manmade street signs and roadway — with nature. The painting depicts early evening light — the artist's favorite. Created in 2020 from celebrated American realist artist Willard Dixon, who has captured the undeniable beauty of the west for the past 35 years. Dixon’s work can be found in numerous distinctive private and public collections, as well as the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, as well as the Oakland Museum of California.
The work comes framed in a California redwood frame. Artwork is 30 x 30 inches. With framing the outer dimension is 31 x 31 inches.Signed and dated by the artist.
Born: Kansas City MO, 1942
Education: Art Students League, New York, NY
Cornell University
Brooklyn Museum School
San Francisco Art Institute, M.F.A. 1969
Awards and Commissions
N.E.A. Fellowship Grant- 1989
California Supreme Court Mural Commission- 1998
Las Vegas Federal Courthouse Commission, G.S.A.-1998
Teaching
1989-90: San Francisco State University
1975: San Francisco Art Institute Realism Seminar
1974-76: Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA
1973-74, 1976: California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
1971-72: California State University, Hayward, CA
One Man Exhibitions
2015: Willard Dixon Portraits College of Marin Fine Art Gallery, Kentfield
2014: SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
2008: SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
2005: Fischbach Gallery, NYC,NY
2005: Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2004: Fischbach Gallery, NYC, NY.
2002: Earl McGrath Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2002: Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA
2001: Hackett Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2000: Fischbach Gallery, NYC , NY
2000: Hearst Art Gallery, St. Mary’s College, Moraga, CA
1998: Hackett Freedman Gallery, SF, CA
1997: Tatistcheff/Rogers Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1996, 1995: Contemporary Realist Gallery (now Hackett Freedman Gallery)
1994: Fischbach Gallery
1993: Contemporary Realist Gallery
1992: Fischbach Gallery
1991: Earl McGrath Gallery, 454 North, Los Angeles, CA
1990: Fischbach Gallery
1989: William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1988: Gallery 454 North, Los Angeles, CA
1987: Fischbach Gallery
1987: Gallery 454 North
1986: William Sawyer Gallery
1985: Fischbach Gallery
1984: Harris Gallery, Houston, Tx
1984: William Sawyer Gallery
1983, 1982: Fischbach Gallery
1981: William Sawyer Gallery
1980,1979: Tortue Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1976, 1975: William Sawyer Gallery
1973, 1972: William Sawyer Gallery
Selected Group Exhibitions
2017: SHIFT / with Elizabeth Barlow, Kim Frohsin, Erin Parrish...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid 20th Century French Signed Oil Painting Red Tulips in Interior original frm
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Red Tulips in Interior
by Marcel Chesneau (French 1902 - 1975)
signed oil on canvas, framed
framed: 26 x 19 inches
canvas: 22 x 15 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
'Daybreak and Dusk'. Roses on raw linen, oak frame. Contemporary floral nature
Located in Penzance, GB
'Daybreak and Dusk'.
Original Artwork. Framed ready to hang
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I feel the autumnal whispers in the wind, gently carrying summer away with the first dry leaves. There i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Conté, Pastel, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Pencil
Still life oil on canvas painting postimpressionism
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Pilar Margenat (1939) - Still life - Oil on canvas
Oil measures 92x73 cm.
Frameless.
He was born on August 2, 1939 in Sant Quirze del Vallés (Barcelona).
He studied drawing and pai...
Category
1980s Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Garden of Abstraction By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
A floral, but instead of a vase it finds itself in a jungle setting. Rich reds weave amongst the large green leaves and white flowers creating fullness for this tropical jungle
Flor...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still life flowers oil on canvas painting fauvist
By Jordi Curos
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - Still life
Oil on canvas.
Canvas measurements 35x27 cm.
Frameless.
Jordi Curós Ventura (Olot, Girona, March 4, 1930) is a Spanish painter.
He trai...
Category
1970s Fauvist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract Floral Horizontal, Sunflowers In The Morning by America Martin
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin
"Sunflowers In The Morning"
Oil & Acrylic on Canvas
35.5 x 81.5 in. Framed
Exploring the identity of both her namesake and country, LA-based America Martin draws insp...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
A Playful Disposition 4, Magdelena Morey, Floral painting, Contemporary art
Located in Deddington, GB
A Playful Disposition 4 by Magdelena Morey [2022]
A Playful Disposition 4 is a cheerful, original abstract floral painting by Magdalena Morey. This co...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Tess Michalik "Manet's Nosegay" 2024 Oil on panel
Located in New York, NY
Tess Michalik
Manet's Nosegay, 2024
oil on panel
24 x 18 in.
(mic023)
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Deborah Windsor, Roses In A Blue Lustre Jug, Floral Still Life Painting
Located in Deddington, GB
Roses In A Blue Lustre Jug [2021]
Original
Flowers
Oil Paint on Canvas
Size: H:40 cm x W:50.5 cm
Sold Unframed
Please note that insitu images are purely an ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Citrus Bowl with plums, Original painting, fruit, still life
By Lucy Routh
Located in Deddington, GB
Original work in acrylic paint and ink on canvas textured paper. Inspired by nature and the beauty found in everyday objects. I combine traditional still life subjects with a contemp...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Tulips. Gouache Painting, Abstract, Figurative, Flowers, Polish art
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary floral still life figurative gouache on paper painting by Polish artist Bozena Lesiak. Painting is in a small format. Bozena Lesiak's art embodies beauty of nature and i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Sun Eclipse Pocket Painting #4 c, original painting, still-life, landscape
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Sun Eclipse #4 c is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket Painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with a nod to baroque sti...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Geisha in Waiting" Figurative Oil Painting 49" x 81" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
Located in Culver City, CA
"Geisha in Waiting" Figurative Oil Painting 49" x 81" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
Ashraf El Zamzami was a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Minya, and he fast made a name for hims...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Flowers in the Round Vase - Oil Painting by Elena Mardashova - 2022
Located in Roma, IT
Oil painting on canvas realized by Elena Mardashova, 40x40 cm. , realized in 2022.
Excellent condition.
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Blue Thistle by Shirley Lewis Large Square Contemporary Blue Painting on Canvas
Located in Atlanta, GA
Bold, layered, and visually arresting, Blue Thistle by Shirley Lewis is a 48 x 48-inch mixed media painting that fuses contemporary abstraction with organic elegance. Rich in tonal d...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Encaustic
Happy Flowers - Oil Painting by Elena Mardashova - 2020
Located in Roma, IT
Oil painting on canvas by Elena Mardashova 70x50 cm. Meant to create the happy feeling that any flowers can gift.
Realized in 2020.
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Ranunculus- 21st Century Contemporary Dutch Flower Still-life Painting
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Keimpe van der Kooi
Ranunculus
40x 41 cm
Framed: 45x 46cm ( This frame is included)
Oil on wood panel
This Painting is made by Dutch Artist Keimpe van der Kooi. He likes to paint s...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Cherries - Oil Painting by Zhang Wei Guang - 2006
Located in Roma, IT
Cherries is an original oil painting realized by Zhang Wei Guang (Mirror) in 2006.
Includes frame.
Hand signed and dated on the lower right margin.
Good conditions.
Zhang Wei Gu...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Waterfall by Shirley Lewis Large Square Contemporary Blue Painting on Canvas
Located in Atlanta, GA
Immerse yourself in the expressive beauty of Waterfall, a striking 48 x 48-inch mixed media painting by contemporary artist Shirley Lewis. Layered with t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Encaustic
Picturesque Botany (Still Life Painting of Flowers on Blue in Victorian Frame)
Located in Hudson, NY
Realistic still life painting of colorful flowers on blue, made with cyanotype, watercolor, India ink, and gouache
"Picturesque Botany (Octagon/Foxglove, Gingko, Dusty Miller, Forget...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
India Ink, Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
1960's French Post Impressionist Signed Oil Flowers in a Vase Very Thick Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, mid 20th century, signed
Title: Still Life of Flowers in a Vase, beautifully thickly painted oil creating a dramatic surface texture.
Medium: oil on...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
American School Still Life Painting 'Study of Citrus Fruits'
Located in San Rafael, CA
American School (20th c.)
Still Life Study of Citrus Fruits
Oil on canvas
Unframed
18in H x 24in W
This charming still-life study of lemons, oranges and other citrus exhibits wonder...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pretty in Pink- 21st Century Still-life painting, Pink Peonies in a Square Vase
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Erik van Elven is a modern painter with a romantic and impressionistic style. Both his brushstrokes and use of color are fresh and done in a fluid way.
Erik started years ago to pa...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
North Coast Stacks
Located in Burlingame, CA
'North Coast Stacks', by one of the finest American contemporary realist painters, Willard Dixon, who has painted western landscapes and nature-scenes for 35 years, capturing the und...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Tea for Two & Ranunculus
By Tim McGuire
Located in Wenham, MA
To stand before one of Tim McGuire‘s works is to be immersed in a world of colorful energy and vibrant joy. Common objects sing with lively brushstrokes and unexpected colors. One ca...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
1940's French Post-Impressionist Oil Painting Beautiful Bunch of Flowers
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Still Life of Flowers
by Regine David (French mid 20th century, female)
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 22 x 18inches
Provenance: private collection, Pari...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Midnight Roses". Contemporary Floral Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
'Midnight Roses'
Acrylic and plaster paste on canvas
71x91 cm
First the canvas is primed with gesso, and several layers of the base coat are applied. When I am satisfied that there is enough depth to the colour, I start to sculpt the actual roses onto the painted canvas using a flexible plaster paste. The sculpted roses are then primed individually with gesso and painted with high-quality, heavy-body acrylic paint. The resulting relief has a highly 3-dimensional feel.
I am a lover of the old English roses...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Frederick Cuming, Modern British Impressionist still life of fruit on a table
By Fred Cuming
Located in Harkstead, GB
Frederick Cuming (1930-2022)
Yellow kettle and fruit,
Signed,
Oil on board,
15 x 19½ inches
Provenance: Private Collection
A most appealing still life by one of the United Kingdom's foremost contemporary artists. The wonderful array of colours in the fruit set off by the yellow kettle.
Frederick Cuming trained at Sidcup School of Art and then at the Royal College of Art, before being awarded the Abbey Travel Scholarship to visit Italy. He was elected an Associate Member of the Royal Academy in 1964 and a full member ten years later. He exhibited widely and won many awards. His work features in many public and private collections including Monte Carlo Museum, Royal Academy of Arts, Department of the Environment, Guinness Collection, Lloyds of London...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Green and White Hydrangeas - Floral Still Life Watercolor Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Anna Kudriashova, born in a small town in Russia, has always been an artist at heart. From her youngest years, she was passionate about painting, spending her days immersed in the wo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Silent Serenade- 21st Century Stlllife Painting of a Figurine playing Violin
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
This painting by Astrid Ritmeester belongs to a series she has called 'Memories'
Ritmeester also works as a costume and graphic designer for theatre productions.
Astrid Ritmeester...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Picturesque Botany (Still Life Painting of Pink Lilies & Roses on Indigo Blue)
Located in Hudson, NY
Realistic still life painting of pastel pink lilies, roses, and foxglove on dark blue
Hand-painted cyanotype by Julia Whitney Barnes
"Picturesque Botany (Lily, Rose, Cherry Blossom, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
India Ink, Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
"Heavenly Blue", White Yellow Turquoise Empowering Bouquet Abstract Painting
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
"Heavenly blue" is a mixte media painting on canvas by Andrée de Frémont, a piece inspired by a vibrant memory and serendipitous encounter, reflecting the artist's creative journey. ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
The Italian Table, Lobster, Original painting, Food art, Seafood, Mediterranean
Located in Deddington, GB
This contemporary still-life depicts two vibrant and juicy prawns with a lemon wedge on blue and white Mediterranean tiles. This box canvas is part of my MINI Tiles series, and is re...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Still life with an artist's palette", horizontal, oil painting, classic
Located in Oslo, NO
This evocative still life captures a harmonious interplay of artistic elements, blending rich textures and muted tones with thoughtful symbolism. At the heart of the composition lies...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Beautiful 1960's French Post Impressionist Oil The Artists Studio Interior
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Artists Atelier
by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
signed
oil painting on canvas, framed
framed: 37 x 32 inches
canvas: 29 x 24 inches
Colors: Green colors, beige, blue and gr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Neige de Nuit (Night Snow)
Located in Burlingame, CA
Neige de Nuit (Night Snow) — luminous oil on linen. Dimensions are 32 x 24 inches.
French American Frédéric Choisel, is inspired by the cities and country...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
The New Blue and White Vase. Contemporary Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
The temprature in my studio seems to alter what I paint and the way I paint! I generally turn in during the cooler months and this is one such painting. In the summer I want to throw...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Offering: Grapes & Fig
By David Ligare
Located in New York, NY
David Ligare (b. 1945)
Contemporary American Painter
'Offering: Grapes & Fig,' 2023
Oil on canvas, 20 x 24 in.
Signed (at lower right): L; (on back): Ligare / 2023
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Flowers, Cat & Book - Mid 20th Century English Post Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful mid 20th century English post-impressionist oil on canvas still life depicting a large bunch of flowers in a vase, with a cat and book on a table.
Artist: English School...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Judas Medal- 21st Century Still-life painting of a tin with dry Judas Medal
By Erik Zwaga
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
This still-life is made by Dutch painter Erik Zwaga.
The painter started in the style of the romantic school, Erik Zwaga began to search more and more for his own visual language...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Timeless: Blooms in Crystal
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Timeless: Blooms in Crystal" is a beautiful rendering of April blooms and antique bottles collected by the artist. In this mesmerizing watercolor painting, the artist masterfully ca...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Archival Ink, Rag Paper
''Basket with Leeks'' Contemporary Dutch Still Life Painting with Leeks
Located in Utrecht, NL
Dutch artist Nico Heilijgers (1964) works in the tradition of the great seventeenth-century still life painters. In his work we see conventional object...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Fishing Boats Moored, Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Boat at Sea, Signed Oil Painting
By French artist Claude Benard, (1926 - 2016)
Signed by the artist on the lower right hand corner,
Oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas size: 18 x...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
'Still Life in Turquoise & Coral', Fauve, Paris, Salon d’Automne, Section d'Or
By Jais Nielsen
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right 'Jais' for Jais Nielsen (Danish, 1885-1961) and dated 1913.
A lyrical, early twentieth-century still-life of pink dog-roses shown loosely arranged in a cobalt bl...
Category
1910s Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still-life with Skull, 21st Century Contemporary Classical Still-life Painting
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Still-life with skull
50 x 80 cm
Oil on wood panel
Framed (included 62 x 92 cm
Ksenya Istomina graduated in 2018 at the 'Imperial Academy of Arts in St Petersburg'.
Since her sta...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Night Light Pocket Series, original painting, contemporary, still-life
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Night Light is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket Painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with a nod to baroque still li...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Lighter Blue Coffee, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
"This painting was created in one fast sitting, with furious yet thoughtful brushstrokes," explains Rachel. "The acrylic paint ranges from thick impasto a thin watercolor-like veil." Part of Rachel's signature cubist coffee series. For these pieces, she studies her extensive collection of cafetieres that she keeps in her studio. The works are both about celebrating her love of coffee, and depicting light, pattern, and repetition as though it were set to music.
About the Artist
For Rachel Srinivasan, an idea is worth putting on a canvas only if it still feels exciting after a few days. Rachel enjoys mulling the idea over in her mind for some time before creating an artwork. She hopes viewers will engage with her work and wonder about the subject matter, shapes and colors. "My current work is all about creating a connection between the person on the canvas with the viewer," she explains. She prefers large paintings and sometimes even makes her own canvases. She currently lives in Arizona and enjoys baking rhubarb pies, reading, running and going to art museums.
Words that describe this painting: coffee, espresso, caffe, breakfast, cubism, still life, cuisine, non-representational, modern , acrylic painting, grey
Lighter Blue Coffee...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Oil on Canvas - Sedona Sunset -- After A Storm
By Bob Blackmon
Located in Troy, NY
This oil on canvas piece features a vibrant sunset with a complementary color scheme of orange and blue. The burnt umber rock and patches in the sky ground the composition and balance out the expanse of the horizon. The clouds reflect the warmth of the earth below. This piece is sold framed and is signed by the artist in the back.
Bob Blackmon...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Art Foundry Carpino
Located in Dallas, TX
David Pryor Adickes born January 1927, Huntsville, Texas) is a modernist sculptor and painter. His most famous work is the 67-foot tall A Tribute ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Bronze
Twilight Redbud (Acrylic painting: 48 x 24 inches)
Located in Oakland, CA
Original acrylic painting on 24 x 48 inch canvas with 1/5 in inch deep clean white sides. Unframed.
This is the fourth in the artist's ‘Twilight’ series of nine monochrome botanical...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Acrylic
Flower Song, Oil Painting
By Mary Pratt
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Bright yellow trumpet flowers hang gracefully from green stems, while a leaf-patterned background creates a sense of rhythmic movement. As the summer days wan...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Chateau Park Flower Gardens & Gates Mid 20th Century French Impressionist Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Jean La Forgue (French 1901-1975)
oil on unstretched canvas, unframed
painting: 24 x 19.5 inches
provenance: the artists estate, France
condition: the painting is on unstretched canv...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
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.