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Still-life Paintings For Sale
Vintage American Modernist Abstract Cubist Still Life Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very impressive mid 20th century cubist abstract. Oil on canvas. Framed.
Category
1950s Cubist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Secret Beach, Clouds" - oil painting, Sag Harbor beach with sailboats, framed
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Secret Beach, Clouds" is an oil painting on canvas by American Neo-Impressionist Ben Fenske. It depicts a Hamptons beach view with a sandy shoreline in the foreground, green grass, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Framed 20th Century Oil - Still Life of Fruit and a Vase
Located in Corsham, GB
Caught in a glimpse of daylight, this fine still life depicts a white and gilt vase arranged with soft fruits on a marble ledge. The oil has been well-presented in a bright gilt-effe...
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20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
1993 Vintage Modernist Original Framed Oil Painting - Expressionist Still Life
Located in Bristol, GB
ESPRESSIONIST STILL LIFE
Size: 54 x 43 cm (including frame)
Oil on canvas
A brilliantly executed 20th century expressionist still life, painted in oil onto canvas and dated ’93.
Th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Blue Shed
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Blue Shed no. 1', by one of the finest American contemporary realist painters, Willard Dixon, who has painted western landscapes for 35 years. His work captures the undeniable beauty of the West with its grand and humble spirit. This painting captures a quiet nature-scene through a golden pink haze that includes a stream, mountains, grasses, trees and rolling hills with a blue shed, adding a human and contemporary touch.
Dixon’s work can be found in numerous distinctive private and public collections, as well as the San Francisco Museum of Art, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Oakland Museum of California.
Signed front - Also signed, dated and titled Verso. oil on canvas - 52 x 60 inches. A glorious contemporary work of original art by Willard Dixon. Comes framed in a minimal hardwood strip frame. From Andra Norris Gallery in California.
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
Roses in vase
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this piece, I sought to capture the ephemeral beauty of nature, using the giclée print medium to convey the delicate dance between light and shadow. My brushstrokes breathe life i...
Category
2010s Expressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Cardboard, Giclée
Original 20th Century French Oil Pink Flowers Illuminated In a Dark Room
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pink Flower Still Life
by Annie Faure (French 1940-2021)
signed lower corner
oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas size: 13 x 16 inches
condition: overall very good, minor surface ...
Category
Late 20th Century French School Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
One Hybiscus Two Hummingbirds
By Hunt Slonem
Located in PARIS, FR
Original and unique artwork by Hunt Slonem.
Oil on wood
Painting is framed, as seen in the images. Framed dimension 32.5 x 23.5 inches
Signed Verso, titled and dated.
Please note th...
Category
2010s Post-Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood
Lovebirds Pocket Painting 2, original painting, contemporary
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Lovebirds 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 li...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vase of Orange Gerberas, Hubert Glansdorff, Brussels 1877 – 1963 Knokke, Signed
Located in Knokke, BE
Vase of Orange Gerberas
Hubert Glansdorff
Brussels 1877 – 1963 Knokke
Belgian Painter
Signature: Signed bottom left
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimension...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Warhol - Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Tulsa, OK
"Vintage Warhol" by Abra Johnson pays homage to pop art while showcasing her own mastery of realism. This 10" x 20" oil painting on a wood cradled panel features a meticulously rendered still life of a vintage Coke...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
French 20th Century Modernist Painting Artists Paint and Paint Tools Still Life
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artists Tools
by Guy Nicod
(French 1923 - 2021)
oil on artist paper, unframed
painting : 20 x 16 inches
stamped verso
provenance: artists estate, France
condition: very good and soun...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Impressionist Still Life of Coral Flowers In Vintage Pint Jug
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Coral Flower Still Life
signed by Fanch Lel (French b. 1930)
Size: 10.75 x 8.75 inches
Oil painting on cardboard, unframed
Condition: The painting is in good condition, with minor si...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
New Attitude - Original Surrealist Red Paint Brush Pop Art on Canvas
By Carl Smith
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Carl Smith explores the area between Pop Art and Surrealism and expresses it in one-of-a-kind original works on canvas, paper or wood. With the use of found images he tells slightly ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Vibrant Watercolor Floral Composition with Roses and Wildflowers
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Vibrant Watercolor Floral
original watercolour painting on artist paper
by Marjorie Schiele (1913-2008) *see notes below
piece of paper is 9.5 x 12.5 inches
In good condition
proven...
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Vintage Oil Painting of Flowers On Wood, Gilded Wood Frame
Located in Jacksonville, FL
A rich display of color and texture defines this exquisite oil-on-board painting, where a grand, wide-mouthed vase overflows with a lush bouquet of flowers. Delicate blossoms in shad...
Category
20th Century Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Proud Vegetables - Table Still Life White Flowers Lettuce Carrots Pear, 2024
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary still life painting in oil on panel, purple flowers in a glass vase sit on a wooden table with the spoils of an autumn harvest spread across the table, green lea...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Leeks and Onions, realistic, food imagery and glass, green and earth tones
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Inspired by our local produce. The subtle colors of the leeks and the textures of the onion skins prompted me to paint this. The glass bowl is there for contrast. Something man-made ...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Rustic Apples and Bread Food Still Life French Salon Academic Antique Painting
Located in Norwich, GB
A remarkable work by Charles Nicolas Etienne Mayre, an academic painter born in Choisy le Roi near Paris in 1819. He studied with the masters Michel-Martin Drolling and Leon Cogniet...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique Painting Plethora of Ripe Raspberries in Fruit Basket signed Bohner
Located in Buffalo, NY
Original frame to the painting. Dramatic highlights and shadows.
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Autumn Mums" (2022) By Yana Beylinson, Original Oil Painting on Board
Located in Denver, CO
Yana Beylinson's (US based) "Autumn Mums" is an original, handmade still-life oil painting that depicts a vase with large white, pink, and yellow flowers.
About the artist:
Yana is ...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board, Paper
"Spring Tulips" pop art painting of red and yellow tulips on blue background
Located in Edgartown, MA
James Wolanin’s paintings transport the viewer to an effervescent, candy coated world inspired by vintage advertisements, photographs, and the artist’s own personal history. The Russ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
21th Century French Modernist Gouache Painting Colorful Figure Sitting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
by Paul-Louis Bolot (French 1918-2003)
signed inverso
original gouache painting on thick paper/ card
unframed
condition: very good and sound; the edges have a few curls and scuffs/ e...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Oranges
Located in Spokane, WA
Measures
Painting 22.25 x 16.25 inches
Framed 30.25 x 24.125 inches
Hugo Possner was a 19th-century California artist known for his still-life paintings, particularly of fruit and f...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Reaching Higher, Original Signed Contemporary Impasto Floral Landscape Painting
Located in Boston, MA
Reaching Higher, Original Signed Contemporary Impasto Floral Landscape Painting
36" x 24" x 1.5" (HxWxD) Oil on Canvas
Hand-signed by the artist.
The s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Eclipse Sun Pocket Painting 5c, original painting, contemporary
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Sun Eclipse 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
"CHILDREN OF THE SUN", oil painting, axis politics, garden, fantasy, allegory
By Tslil Tsemet
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"CHILDREN OF THE SUN", 2019, is an oil painting on canvas by artist Tslil Tsemet, and measures 47x62". Characteristic of the artist's best work, it features a group of four contemporary strong-man heads of state portrayed in a child's garden of dangerous toys – from plastic ray-guns to nuclear warheads. Putin, barechested on his black unicorn, is blowing bubbles that float throughout this fascist paradise. Trump and Netanyahu appear at the end of a rainbow looking both grumpy and sinister. And Kim Jong...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Synthetic Songbird - Contemporary Still Life Animal Painting Bird Flower, 2024
By Peter Hamlin
Located in Kent, CT
A futuristic looking canary is the focus of this fantastical still life painting in acrylic ink on canvas by Peter Hamlin. The golden yellow bird is whimsical and surreal, sitting in...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas, Screen
F. Szekelly - 20th Century Oil, Summer Perennials
Located in Corsham, GB
Depicting a beautiful array of summer perennials in a shallow ceramic vase. Painted in a highly expressive manner. Signed to the lower right. Presented in a part-gilt frame with a gr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American Impressionist Parrot Portrait Interior Scene Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American impressionist parrot portrait oil painting. Framed. Oil on board. Image size, 20H by 16L.
Category
1910s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract Painting of Shells
Located in Houston, TX
Small size watercolor image of shells. Painting is mainly blue, yellow and brown tones. Painting is framed in a painted wooden gold frame with a yellow matte.
Dimensions without Fram...
Category
1950s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
1950s French Post Impressionist Watercolor Painting Of Ferns
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
stamped verso ...
Category
20th Century Still-life Paintings
"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
"Orange Wrapped in Plastic" Oil Painting by Kelly Birkenruth
Located in Denver, CO
Kelly Birkenruth's "Orange Wrapped in Plastic" (2023) is an original oil painting on panel, measuring 5 x 5 x 1 inches. This captivating still life features an orange wrapped in a tr...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
'Still Life with Blue Bottle', Paris, Salon d'Automne, Danish Post-Impressionist
By Karl Larsen
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Karl Larsen' (Danish, 1897-1977) and dated 1968.
A substantial and vibrant Post-Impressionist oil still-life by this well-listed Danish modernist, winner of the...
Category
1960s Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Set of Four Botanical Watercolours of Fruiting Plants on Silk on Handmade Paper.
Located in Cotignac, FR
A set of four fine hand painted botanical watercolour studies on silk by La Roche Laffitte. The works are signed bottom right and titled below three of the watercolours in Latin and ...
Category
Late 20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Silk, Watercolor, Handmade Paper
Oranges in a blue bowl - original realism still life acrylic painting art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online.
“Oranges in a blue Bowl” by Laura Critchlow is an exquisite st...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
Rafael Illana BREAD JARS original still life acrylic painting
By Rafael Illana
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
. BREAD. JARS original still life acrylic painting.
Illana, an artist trained in Barcelona and Paris, although heavily self-taught, reduces the forms in his paintings to essentia...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Roses, Flowers Still Life Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Ashot Muradyan
Work: Original Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Linen
Year: 2024
Style: Impressionism,
Subject: Roses,
Size: 24" x 15" x 0.8'' inch, ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Car Wash
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Car Wash' a highly collectable 48 x 48 inch oil on canvas painting by Internationally acclaimed American Realist James Torlakson, framed in a contempo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Flowers Paint Oil on canvas Old master 17th Century Italy Still-life Art
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Master of the Grotesque Vase (active in Rome and Naples in the first quarter of the 17th century)
Still life of flowers in a classic vase
oil on canvas
66 x 51 cm, In frame cm. 82 x...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Impressionist Oil Painting on Linen -- The Arbor
Located in Troy, NY
This oil painting on linen is a fine example of an American impressionist landscape by a masterful painter. The painting provides a scene of green and many-hued trees that give an em...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Intangible Happiness - Oceanside Impressionist Textural Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
With a contemporary perspective on landscape painting and inspired by paintings created by old masters, German artist Katharina Husslein paints in a representational manner to captur...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, 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
'Pink and White Poppies beneath Blue Skies', Whitney Museum, PAFA, AIC, ASL, ICA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'C G Nelson' for Carl Gustaf Simon Nelson (American, 1898-1988) and dated 1956.
A substantial, Modernist oil showing a profusion of white and pink poppies contra...
Category
1960s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Sweet & Sour, Bone & Flesh" (2023) By Destiny Bowman, Original Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Sweet & Sour, Bone & Flesh" (2023) by Destiny Bowman is an original, handmade oil painting on wood panel that depicts a still-life featuring animal skulls, plants, fruit, and a dise...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Hermann Peters (1886-1970) - Framed Mid 20th Century Oil, Still Life of Cups
Located in Corsham, GB
An original oil painting by Hermann Peters (1886-1970). The composition depicts a cosy table setting with various objects arranged on a patterned tablecloth with fringing. A pink tea...
Category
20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid Century French Watercolour Walled Garden Blossom Tree Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Landscape
Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Ballpoint Pen
The Flower of My Secret, Purple, Yellow Fruits Dining Room Botanical Still Life
Located in Kent, CT
A bright and inviting interior scene with a still life arrangement of a green leafy plant in a yellow pot, purple, red and orange flowers in a glass vase and a brown fruit bowl with ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cup of coffee and tangerine
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Cup of coffee and tangerine” is a celebration of the beauty that can be found in the simplest of things. The style of the painting is inspired by the Holland masters of the 17th cen...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, 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
Squash and Onions, warm earth tones food realistic still life
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Doug Newton’s hyper-real paintings observe reality, explore translucency, reflections and luminosity, and dazzle the viewer with all the ways light can transform our perceptions. His subject matter concentrates on still lives of food, toys, candy and household objects.
In addition to many group shows across the country, Mr. Newton’s show, “HARD CANDY and other confections” represents his fifth solo exhibition. His paintings have been collected in numerous private collections.
Mr. Newton resides in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, NY.
Dr. Sonia Coman writes in her essay, Doug Newton’s hard candy: the confection of painting
Doug Newton’s paintings are about… painting.
The hyperrealist technique of trompe l’oeil or “trick the eye” is knowingly playful. It simultaneously calls attention to the illusion of a different material—for example, translucent candy wrappers—and the reality of the layers of paint, masterfully applied to the canvas. In that, Newton’s paintings pay homage to an esteemed series of trompe l’oeil masters, from Inquisition-era Spanish painter Francisco de Zurbarán to Gilded-Age American painter William Michael Harnett...
Category
2010s American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Antique still life painter (Italyl) - 19th-20th Still life painting - Flowers
Located in Varmo, IT
Italian painter (19th-20th century) - Still life with vase of flowers.
83 x 62 cm without frame, 96.5 x 76.5 cm with frame.
Antique oil painting on wood, in a wooden frame.
Condit...
Category
Late 19th Century Naturalistic Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Still Life - Large Post Impressionist Belgian Guitar Interior Oil Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful post-impressionist interior still life oil on canvas depicting a guitair and fruits on a chair, by modern Belgian artist and sculptor Roger Duterme.
Ther work is signed ...
Category
1940s Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage French Signed Oil Painting Lilac Flowers in Original Mid Century Frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Still Life of Flowers
French School, mid 20th century
signed oil on canvas, framed in original frame.
framed: 17.5 x 29 inches
canvas : 12 x 24 inches
provenance: private collection,...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Autumn Leaf Pocket Painting 5c, original painting, contemporary
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Autumn Leaf 5c is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her small scale realistic oil paintings, with a nod to baroque still life painting. The paintings are...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Garden Party- 21st Century Contemporary Dutch Impressionistic Garden Painting
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Keimpe van der Kooi
Garden Party
101 x 116 cm
Framed: 110 x 124 cm ( This frame is included)
Oil on wood panel
This Painting is made by Dutch Artist Keimpe van der Kooi.
The impre...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
FLOWERS -In the Manner of Mario Dei Fiori -Oil On Canvas Italian Painting
Located in Napoli, IT
Flowers - Oil on canvas cm.80x60 by Maximilian Ciccone, Italy 2002.
Frame available on request from our workshop.
In this oil on canvas painting the painter Ciccone draws inspiration from the masterpieces of the great Roman master Mario Nuzzi...
Category
Early 2000s Old Masters 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.