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Still-life Paintings For Sale
Voyage au Venezuela 1919 - Impressionist Seascape Oil Painting by Emilio Boggio
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed and dated oil on canvas seascape by French impressionist painter Emilio Boggio. The piece in a view of the vast, open ocean - a rich blue sea with white ocean foam leading to ...
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1910s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Blue Purple and Pink Anemones Still Life Bouquet French Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Anemones Still Life
by Annie Faure (French 1940-2021)
signed lower corner
oil painting on board, unframed
canvas size: 26 x 25.5 inches
condition: o...
Category
Late 20th Century French School Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
The beauty of three roses in bloom (floral oil painting on paper)
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This contemporary floral artwork "The beauty of three roses in bloom" celebrates the charm of summer garden blooming roses.
I explore the beauty of these beautiful summer roses v...
Category
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
$191 Sale Price
61% Off
Tulips and lilacs 1992, paper, watercolor, 64x73 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Dzidra Bauma (1930)
Dzidra Bauma works in watercolor technique. She paint figural compositions, portraits, landscapes, flowers and still life. She is one of the most productive wate...
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1990s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Watercolor
Single Dahlias Bouquet - British Victorian floral still life exh. oil painting
By Mary Rischgitz
Located in London, GB
This wonderful exhibited British Victorian floral still life oil painting is by female artist and flower painter Mary Rischgitz. Painted in 1886 it was exhibited at the Royal Academy...
Category
19th Century Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Champs de fleurs - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil by Jacques Martin-Ferrieres
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
A simply beautiful oil on canvas circa 1950 by French post-impressionist painter Jacques Martin-Ferrieres. The work is of a field filled with bright flowers in all shades of red, lil...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Blue Spruce by Shirley Lewis Large Square Contemporary Blue Painting on Canvas
Located in Atlanta, GA
Blue Spruce by Shirley Lewis is a serene and sophisticated mixed media painting that captures the quiet beauty of nature through a contemporary lens. Measuring 40 x 40 inches, this original work features soft layers of blues, greens, and neutral tones that subtly reference botanical and woodland forms with a modern, abstract twist.
Perfectly scaled for intimate spaces or layered gallery walls, Blue Spruce brings calm, texture, and visual interest to any interior. Ideal for collectors of abstract landscapes or designers seeking a nature-inspired piece with a minimalist feel, this painting adds a refined organic element to bedrooms, offices, or transitional spaces.
Blue Spruce is an elegant, one-of-a-kind original that balances tranquility with sophisticated artistry.
Shirley’s love of creating came at an early age. She learned many of her techniques from the time she spent with her depression-era grandmother, making artistic statements from items found. Working with various mediums over the past 25 years, she has developed a unique way to manipulate ink and color movement, using traditional and non-traditional artistic tools.
Interpreting nature in its various spectrums, Shirley’s paintings and the techniques used allow the colors to organically blend and take their shape. With spontaneous composition, each painting creates magnificent imagery, allowing for multiple interpretations. The looseness in the process demands a layering of complex colors, yet the results are intended.
botanical abstract painting
blue spruce inspired artwork
nature-themed abstract
40 x 40 canvas painting
organic neutral art...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Palette de pensées, Abstract, Black Library, Expressionism Contemporary, Oil
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
SIZE FRAME: 157 X 57 cm (61.81 x 22.44 in) you can request a wood frame
Sophie Dumont is a professional painter whose work is collected worldwide and is known for her deep explorat...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Purple Rhododendrons Flower Heads Still Life 20th Century French Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Purple Rhododendrons
by Annie Faure (French 1940-2021)
signed lower corner
oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas size: 21 x 28.5 inches
condition: overall very good, minor surface ...
Category
Late 20th Century French School Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rewarded Patience
Located in Wenham, MA
This piece is an original oil painting on panel. It features a colorful bouquet of flowers in a silver cup. A blue and white fabric patterns the background. The piece is framed in a ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid 20th Century French Vintage Floral Still Life with Roses in a Red Vase
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Vibrant Floral Still Life with Roses in a Red Vase
French School, mid 20th century
signed
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 29 x 24 inches
Provenance: Private collection
Condition: Goo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Pomegranates and Earthenware" 2013 Sarah Lamb oil painting still life
By Sarah Lamb
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Pomegranates and Earthenware" is a 2013 Sarah Lamb oil painting still life.
Sarah Lamb is a talented and dynamic realist painter. With classical s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Apple Red Wild Pocket Painting, original painting, still-life
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Wild Red Apple 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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th century French or Flemish Still life of fruit, original frame
Located in Woodbury, CT
Very High quality French or Flemish still life of fruit.
Framed in its original 19th-century hand-made counted corner frame the painting is a wond...
Category
1880s Victorian Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Forest river. 1990. Cardboard, oil. 67, 5x93 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Forest river. 1990. Cardboard, oil. 67,5x93 cm
Information about artist Edgars Vinters (1919-2014).
Edgars Vinters was working in oil, waterc...
Category
1990s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
$1,711 Sale Price
20% Off
Reading Quietly. Contemporary Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Reading Quietly,
oil on canvas, 76 x 100cm,
I am very fortunate to have a studio with lots of windows and so have lots of beautiful sunlight pouring in. I can understand why artists...
Category
2010s Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Four Cupcakes, Oil Painting
By Pat Doherty
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Four cupcakes with different frostings and toppings form a luscious, eye-catching display. Bold colors and confident brushstrokes give the treats a lively prese...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Les Meules - Impressionist Landscape Oil by Jean Baptiste Armand Guillaumin
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed landscape oil on canvas circa 1885 by French impressionist painter Jean Baptiste Armand Guillaumin. The work depicts a farmland with haystacks pilled up into the distance unde...
Category
1880s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
20th Century French Post Impressionist still life with apples by Aujame
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Jean Claude Aujame (French, 1905 – 1965)
Nature Morte aux pommes
Signed and dated ‘Aujame 62’ (lower right)
Oil on canvas
23.1/2 x 32 in. (60 x 81.3...
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Basket With Fruit - Hyperrealism - Oil On Canvas Italian Still Life Painting
Located in Napoli, IT
Basket with fruit - Maximilian Ciccone Italia 2011 - Oil on canvas cm.40x50.
This oil on canvas painting is an incredible example of the artist's ability to capture breathtaking deta...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
“Bouquet with Japanese maple”Original floral painting in oil . Vertical .
Located in Oslo, NO
This exquisite artwork captures the vivid beauty of a floral arrangement in a clear glass vase. The painting showcases a harmonious blend of rich colors, with deep reds, soft pinks, ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Old Teapot, Still life, Oil painting, Impasto, Canvas on panel, Vertical
Located in Oslo, NO
This still life was painted in 2024.
Vertically composed, oil on canvas on panel.
The main subject is the Old black Teapot, accompanied by a cup and a red apple on a golden-yellow ...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Autumn Leaf Pocket Painting 5c, original painting, still-life
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Autumn Leaf 5c 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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Lotus Number Fifteen: Photo-realist Still Life Painting of Green Leaves
Located in Hudson, NY
Horizontal photo-realist still life painting on canvas of green lotus leaves on a light grey background
'Lotus Number Fifteen' by Frank Depietro, made i...
Category
2010s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Pink Flowers" Abstract Expressionist oil and resin painting of flora polka dots
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A rare small painting from contemporary Abstract Expressionist, Darius Yektai. Although titled "pink flowers" the hue of the painting is really more peach, or a light orange. A patte...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Resin, Epoxy Resin, Raw Linen, Oil
Morning Flowers, Impressionism, Still Life, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Oksana Kalenyuk
Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind
Medium: Oil on canvas
Year: 2016
Style: Impressionism
Title: Morning Flowers...
Category
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Geometric Abstract Painting by Listed British artist - Mix of Bright Colors
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'Abstract Composition'
by Michael Haswell (British, 1931-2020)
inscribed verso
acrylic painting on box canvas (painted edges so do not require framing)...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Late 19th Century Post-Impressionist Oil Painting Still Life of Wine & Open Book
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French School, late 19th century
Post Impressionist painter, circa 1880-1890 period
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 12.5 x 15 inches
canvas: 7.75 x 10 inches
provenance: private collec...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
The Wrapping of Sea Warmth by Anne Darby Parker, Cubist Figure Oil on Canvas
Located in Atlanta, GA
Charleston native and celebrated native, Anne Darby Parker, has spent her life creating. As a young child she learned to knit from her mother and grandmother and later, developed a passion for photography. After a successful career as a photographer her artistic interests evolved into painting. She recently earned her MFA at Academy of Art University. Anne paints daily in her Sullivan’s Island studio surrounded by the natural elements of the island. Several of her paintings have been featured in juried exhibitions, including Xavier University...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Huge Spanish Contemporary Oil Dancing Ballerina Figures strong colors
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Ballet
by Maria Tort Xirau (Catalan, 1924-2018)
signed lower corner
dated 1993
oil painting on canvas, framed
framed: 24 x 33 inches
canvas: 20 x 29 inches
Very good condition.
Provenance: private collection
Maria Tort Xirau ( Figueres , 26 May 1924 – 6 June 2018) was a painter and photographic and cinematographic editor from Emporda. She developed a long professional career in leading photographic studios, in films for The Walt Disney Company and also in advertising claims for companies such as Educa Borràs . The second half of her life was dedicated to painting, exercising a luminous, varied and nostalgic chromatic style in the techniques of oil and watercolor and with exhibitions of her work in Barcelona and Figueres. The Biographical Dictionary of Art Empordà defined Tort Xirau's work as "a painting that is characterized by the strength of the strokes, the vividness and brightness of the chromatic range and exudes mastery of the photographic technique. A mixture of nostalgia and tenderness is evident.".
Tort Xirau's paintings were exhibited in the two towns where she spent her life: in 1992 she exhibited his work at the Caixa de Figueres Exhibition Hall. Two years later, she did it at Sala Conex in Barcelona and in 2007 and 2013 the Consortium of Sant Ferran Castle and the Figueres Town Council organized tribute exhibitions. In 2013, she ceded to the council of the city of Figueres her work Mercat de la plaça de l'Ajuntament , watercolored on paper around 1991, which is exhibited in the rest room of the building.
On June 6, 2018, she died in Figueres at the age of 94, receiving the apostolic blessing . Two years after her death, part of her paintings were included in the exhibition Paint, create, live. Women artists in the Alt...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Chinese Vase - Oil Painting by Zhang Wei Guang - 2004
Located in Roma, IT
Chinese Vase is an original oil painting realized in 2004 by Zhang Wei Guang (Mirror).
Oil painting on canvas.
Hand-signed and dated on the lower right corner.
Excellent conditi...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Still Life with Fruit and a Pitcher
By Beni E. Kosh
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Estate stamp verso: Beni E Kosh Collection #436
Frame: 22-1/4 x 16-1/2 x 1-5/8"
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
STILL LIFE -Salvatore Marinelli - Oil on Canvas Italian Painting
Located in Napoli, IT
Still life - Salvatore Marinelli Italia 2007 - Oil on canvas cm. 50x100
Salvatore Marinelli's painting is a still life of peaches, black and white grapes together with a pear, a melon and an ear, all with a dark baroque background and a simple table. The objects and the light are intensely studied and are painted with wonderful tenderness with a variety of fruits. Marinelli is inspired by one of the many works of Adriaen Coorte...
Category
Early 2000s Dutch School Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still life with samovar
Located in Zofingen, AG
“Still life with samovar" is a painting that pays homage to the natural beauty and timeless elegance of things around us in everyday life. The main objects, the teapot and two cup ho...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Dreams in a Ceramic Shell" Porcelain Blue Vase with Pink Flowers Oil Painting
Located in New York, NY
An impressionistic depiction of a blue porcelain vase with a burst of white, pink, and light red flowers exploding with color and bold marks. Alfaro bridges the Baroque cultural move...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Antique American Modernist Framed Flower Still Life interior Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American school modernist still life painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed.
Category
1940s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$396 Sale Price
20% Off
Pocket Ladybird 2, Original painting, Still life, Insect
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Ladybird 2 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 lif...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cowgirl Barbie 1980
Located in Lexington, MA
Cowgirl Barbie 1980 by McKenzie West is an original contemporary oil painting that merges photorealistic technique with nostalgic pop imagery. This striking artwork features a detail...
Category
2010s Pop Art Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American or European Trompe L'oeil Realist Macabre Skull Framed Drawing
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American or European realist skeleton still life drawing. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a silver leaf molding. Excellent condition, ready to hang ...
Category
1890s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Archival Paper, Pencil
French 1950's Signed Large Oil Painting Colourful Flowers in Vase Still Life
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Still Life of Flowers in a Vase
French School, mid 20th century
signed oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 36 x 29 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very good and ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Bouquet (Figurative Still Life Painting of Pastel Pink Flowers in Tabletop Vase)
Located in Hudson, NY
Large gestural still life painting of light pink peony flowers in a simple tabletop vase
"Bouquet", oil on canvas, 50 x 36 inches
Framing is optional, sides are cleanly painted whit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Modernist Cubist Abstract Framed Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive 1963 modernist painting. A cubist abstract with great composition and color. Framed. Signed.
Category
1960s Cubist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,020 Sale Price
20% Off
March, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Vivid colors and expressive brushwork depict a cluster of blooming and budding peonies. Set against a pale background filled with cursive handwritten text, the ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Still Life - Oil on Canvas - Late 19th century
Located in Roma, IT
Still Life is an artwork realized by an unknonwn artist in the late 19th Century.
Oil on Board.
21 x 15 cm.
Good conditions
Category
Late 19th Century Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board, Canvas
Fish with garlic
Located in Zofingen, AG
Original oil painting on canvas, still life painting made under natural light. This artwork is painted using high-quality fine linen canvas. Signed on the front and back of artwork. ...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Tall German Expressionist still life oil painting by Hans Schellinger in blues
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Hans Schellinger (German, 1905–1990)
Cornucopia, 1970
Oil on canvas
Signed ‘Schellinger Hans’ (on the stretcher); dated ‘70’ (lower right)
47.5 x 16.5 in. (120.7 x 42 cm)
In Cornuco...
Category
20th Century Expressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Absurd Awakening - Acrylic Painting Red White Black Blue Grey Pink Green Purple
By Denis Nunez
Located in Sofia, BG
"Absurd Awakening" is a painting by Maestro Denis Núñez.
About the painting:
Style and Technic: Abstract, Contemporary, Acrylic on canvas
About the artwo...
Category
2010s Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Still Life - Oil Painting by Franco Marzilli - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on wooden table realized by Franco Marzilli (1934-2010) in 1970s.
Hand signed lower left.
Very good condition.
Franco Marzilli was born in Rome in 1934. He received his first ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Butterfly Common Blue (White Collection) Pocket Painting, original painting
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Common Blue Butterfly (White Collection) (canvas size 5x5cm) is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket painting series featuring small scale realis...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abundance - original still life painting - contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online.
A feast for the senses, Abundance by Keimpe van der Kooi is an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
"Breath in the Warm Salty Air" (2025) Original Acrylic Painting, Whimsical
Located in Denver, CO
Leigh Ann Van Fossan's "Breath in the Warm Salty Air" is an original acrylic and charcoal painting depicting a blue vase with flowers next to a picturesque scene featuring a blue oce...
Category
2010s Expressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Acrylic
Cherries - Oil on Canvas by Zhang Wei Guang - 2000s
Located in Roma, IT
Cherries is an original oil on canvas realized by the chinese painter Zhang Wei Guang (Mirror) at the beginning of 2000s.
Excellent conditions.
Zhang Wei Guang, also called ‘mirror'...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Still Life Oil Painting on Canvas by Denis Paul Noyer, Framed
Located in Encino, CA
Untitled (Still Life), an original oil on canvas by Denis Paul Noyer, is a piece for the true collector. Noyer's use of red immediately captures the viewer, which serves as the backd...
Category
1960s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$2,500 Sale Price
54% Off
Colourful French Interior View, The Artist's Atelier, Chez Marie Astoin
Located in Cotignac, FR
French gouache on card, an interior view of an artist's atelier by Claude Gemy. The painting is signed bottom right and is annotated, signed and dated to the back of the card.
Prove...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Gouache
"Flower Still Life" Post-Impressionism French Oil Painting of Colorful Flowers
Located in New York, NY
This painting depicts a whimsical bouquet of flowers in a white vase resting on a table with a multicolored background. The piece is done in a highly impressionistic manner with uniq...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Flowers Bouquet Still Life Painting
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Still Life Bouquet De Fleurs Champs, 1970.
Robert Mendoze was a French Post Impressionist painter who was born in 1930- 2014.
After graduating from the...
Category
1970s Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Dandelion" Original Vintage Oil Painting
Located in Soquel, CA
"Dandelion" Original Vintage Oil Painting
Like a scientific illustration, Edith Bruning (American, 1899-1961) depicts various stages of a dandel...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
$1,480 Sale Price
20% Off
Still Life - Oil Painting by Zhang Wei Guang - 2000s
Located in Roma, IT
Still Life is an original oil painting realized by Zhang Wei Guang (Mirror) in 2000s.
Includes frame.
Signature and various signs in Chinese calligraphy on the back.
Good conditi...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Séptico I, Mixed media Abstract painting on Canvas
By Alec Franco
Located in Miami Beach, FL
DNA is genetic information, hidden and encrypted in body fluids. Veiled data that we load, that we do not know and that someone knows how to decipher. Such specifications characteriz...
Category
2010s Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Oil Pastel
"Lanternes du Japon" Olio cm. 46 x 38 1910 ca
Located in Torino, IT
Luminoso quadro con mazzo di fiori arancioni su fondo verde
Category
1920s Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Plywood
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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.
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