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Still-life Paintings For Sale
Style: Art Deco
Style: American Impressionist
Vintage Teapot Still Life
Located in Soquel, CA
Charming still life of a teapot, teacup, and large red plate displayed on a green tablecloth by California artist Vlasta M. Janecek (Salak) (American,...
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1970s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

Still Life of a Vase of Red & White Flowers by 20th Century American Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Still Life of a Vase of Red & White Flowers by 20th Century American Artist, Robert Cox (1934-2001) Art measures 24 x 20 inches Frame measures 29 x 25 inc...
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20th Century American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil

"Life Beneath the Stillness" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
David Cheifetz's "Life Beneath the Stillness" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an opulent table with red wine and silver contrasted with contemporary fruit and a la...
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2010s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Panel, Oil

Charles PICART LE DOUX, Bouquet of Wild Flowers, 1934
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on canvas by Charles PICART LE DOUX (1881-1959), France, 1934. Bouquet of Wild Flowers. Artwork typical of the manner of Charles Picart Le Doux. However, the robust and contrasti...
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1930s Art Deco Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Picnic in the Vineyard Spring Contemporary French Impressionist Style Landscape
By Alexandr Rapoport
Located in Soquel, CA
Spring Picnic in the Vineyard, Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Beautiful oil painting of a variety of fruits with cups in a field of grass by Alexander Rapoport (Russian-Ameri...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Pau Alemany Roses original contemporary mixed media painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Roses original contemporary mixed media painting. Pau Alemany Mascareñas estudió la carrera de arquitectura, pero destacó sobre todo en el campo de la pintura. Formado con artistas ...
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1990s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Wood, Mixed Media

Watermelon and Blue Vase Still-Life
Located in Soquel, CA
Fun and vibrant still-life of a watermelon and blue vase by Sally Minton (American, 20th Century). Unsigned. Gallery tag accredits artist Sally Minton. Presented in a carved giltwood...
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Late 20th Century American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Yellow Rose Bouquet Still Life - Watercolor on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Yellow Rose Bouquet Still Life - Watercolor on Paper Watercolor still life painting depicting a bouquet of yellow roses surrounded by an all green backgroun...
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1940s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Watercolor, Paper

Tropical Still Life with Green Pot and Ukulele in Oil on Wood Panel
Located in Soquel, CA
Tropical Still Life with Green Pot and Ukulele in Oil on Canvas Vibrant still life by Santa Cruz County artist N. Weber (20th Century). There are ...
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1940s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Wood Panel, Oil

Still Life with Lemons and Chianti Wine Still life on Canvas and Cardstock
Located in Soquel, CA
Still Life with Lemons and Chianti Wine still life on table with wine bottle and lemons by California artist Harold F. Porter (American, 19th-20th Century). A muted mauve and blue wall paper sets the table for this classic still life of a glass of wine and a Chianti bottle with lemon bowl...
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1930s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Canvas, Illustration Board

untitled (Peonies)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled (Peonies) Oil on artist's board, c. 1910-1920's Signed by the artist in ink lower center (see photo) Provenance: Joseph Erdelac, Private Collector, Cleveland, acquired from ...
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Oil on Canvas Painting -- Down the Narrows
Located in Troy, NY
Achieved through plein air, this wonderful painting of an Adirondack landscape shows dynamic blue waters in movement around a small island. The vibrant blue of the sky is mirrored be...
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2010s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Linen, Oil

Geraniums, a Cigar & Nude Figure Still Life
Located in Soquel, CA
Unique still life of a table with geraniums and a lit cigar, with a framed painting of a nude in a forest setting in the background by an unknown artist (American, 20th Century). Pre...
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Cardboard, Canvas, Oil

Mid Century Apple Still-Life
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant still-life with apples and various vessels on a bright turquoise table with a two-toned orange and brown background by an unknown California artist (American, 20th Century). ...
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic, Cardboard

Mid Century Lotus Still Life Floral / Bangkok Landscape on Verso (Double Sided)
By Marge Quate Burt
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Lotus Still Life Floral / Bangkok Landscape on Verso (Double Sided) Mid-century lotus flower composition by Marge Quate Burt (American, 1896-1984). This unique piece, dated 1949-1950, is a two-sided painting on artists cardboard. While on side depicts a botanical lotus flower, the verso features a lush tropical landscape painting...
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Board, Oil, Cardboard

Peace Lily Still Life in Terra Cotta - Acrylic on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Peace Lily Still Life in Terra Cotta - Acrylic on Paper A simple still life of a peace lily with a fruit bowl in the background by acclaimed bluegrass musician Katherine "Kathy" Kallick (American, b. 1952). This composition has a cubist feel, with somewhat exaggerated angles and lines. Unsigned, but was acquired with a collection of the artist's work. Paper size: 15.25"H x 14.25"W Katherine Kallick...
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1970s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Acrylic, Paper

Oil on Canvas Triptych -- Upstate New York
Located in Troy, NY
This painting is a triptych composed of three landscapes from upstate New York, and is framed in a richly toned wood that was custom made and is unique to this piece. The composition of this piece allows the landscape to flow from one panel to the next, creating a magnificent scene. Vibrant blue skies pair with bright greens of foliage in the landscape below. Deep browns and greens ground the piece in the foreground and add depth to the scenery. The artist has signed the piece on each panel. Bill...
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2010s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Floral Still Life with Blue Vase and Mirror in Acrylic on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Floral Still Life with Blue Vase and Mirror in Acrylic on Paper Bright still life by acclaimed bluegrass musician Katherine "Kathy" Kallick (American, b. 1952). A dark blue vase with a flower arrangement sits on a trunk with a tablecloth. There is also a smaller yellow bottle alongside. A mirror leans in a corner, reflecting part of the scene. This composition has a cubist feel, with somewhat exaggerated angles and lines. Unsigned, but was acquired with a collection of the artist's work. Paper size: 22.5"H x 28.38"W Katherine Kallick...
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1970s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Acrylic, Paper

Art Deco Still Life -- Spring Tulips in Vase
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful art deco style still life of yellow and lavender tulips in vase with sugar bowl by Hamlin (American, 20th Century), circa 1935. Signed lower right "Hamlin" Condition: Good;...
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1930s Art Deco Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Masonite

Oil on Canvas Painting -- The Bridle Path
Located in Troy, NY
This oil on canvas painting shows a beautiful scene of Washington Park in Albany, NY, developed by the famous Frederick Olmsted. Bright green grass lights up the background of this piece with a row of trees in the foreground. Leaves of the trees have vibrant yellows and deep oranges that bring a sense of richness to the scene. There is a sense of rhythm in the composition of this scene. This painting is signed by the artist on the front of the work, and is being sold with an elegant black and gold frame. Bill...
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2010s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Oil on Canvas Painting -- The Path by the Lake
Located in Troy, NY
This oil on canvas painting shows a beautiful scene of Washington Park in Albany, NY, designed by the famous Frederick Olmsted. The bright greens of sunlit grass cut through deep brown shadows made by the trees. Light pink and beige leaves create a sense of peace alongside the bright blue sky of the park. The composition in this painting reflects the balance of the park itself. This painting is signed by the artist on the front of the work, and is being sold with an elegant black and gold frame. Bill...
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2010s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Oil on Linen Painting -- Shelving Rock 2
Located in Troy, NY
This vibrant landscape shows some of the bright colors that can be seen in the Adirondacks. Bright oranges and yellows stand out from the green landscape, and deep purples add a rich...
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2010s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Linen, Oil

Flowers Nasturtium Red Orange Green 1920 Santa Barbara, California oil on board
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Estate signed verso. Painted between the years 1916 and 1926 while living in Santa Barbara, CA. This painting is listed in the Francis Draper Jr. archives. PROVENANCE: The Franci...
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1920s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Cardboard, Oil

Still Life of Wallflowers - Scottish 1920's exh. floral art flower oil painting
By Andrew Law
Located in London, GB
This rich and vibrant Scottish still life oil painting is by noted Scottish artist Andrew Law. It was painted circa 1920 and has a Glasgow Club exhibition label verso entitling the p...
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1920s Art Deco Still-life Paintings

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Oil

The Tulips, Art Deco Still Life on Canvas of Tulips in a Vase in an Interior
Located in Cotignac, FR
French Art Deco still life of a vase of tulips in an interior by Auguste Mallard. The painting is signed bottom right and presented in a period patinated wood frame. A colourful and strong painting of an interior view, a table with books and as the centre piece a beautiful blue ceramic vase with twisted handles holding a magnificent bouquet of brightly coloured tulips. Mallard has captured the abandon of the blooms in the vase, the way tulips twist and furl raising and lowering their beautiful colourful petals. The colours of the flowers really stand out against the more muted tones of the background, curtain and table. A very elegant and stylish painting. This painting has the feel of some of the still life works from the same period by Tamara de Lempicka who was a contemporary of Mallard painting...
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Mid-20th Century Art Deco Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Long Beach, Sag Harbor 08.05.2023 - American Impressionist Plein Air Painting
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A 2023 painting from the plein air painter, and American Impressionist, Nelson Holbrook White. White depicts one of his iconic red umbrellas on a beach in Long Island, NY. Framed Dimensions: 13.5 x 17.75 inches Artist Bio: Nelson H. White was born in New London, Connecticut in 1932. White has been surrounded by art and artists from the time he was born. He received his earliest art instruction from his grandfather, Henry Cooke White (1861-1952) and his father Nelson Cooke White (1900-1989), both important American artists. The family lived in Waterford, Connecticut and the elder White had been an early member of the art colony in Old Lyme, Connecticut. Known for his paintings of the Connecticut landscape and shoreline, Henry Cooke White became a teacher to his son, Nelson Cooke White. Living with his parents at the Florence Griswold house in Old Lyme, he met some of the most important and influential artists of the day, Childe Hassam, Will Howe Foote and Harry Hoffman. Later, Nelson White's father began to take his family to summer on Shelter Island and became friendly with many of the artists of the Peconic colony...
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2010s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Panel, Wood Panel, Oil

Oil on Linen Painting -- Green River Rocks
Located in Troy, NY
This wonderful scene depicts a bright blue river flowing through a rich forested area. Achieved through plein air, the vibrant blues, teals and whites of the water allow it to stand ...
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2010s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Linen, Oil

Birds Nest and Apple Blossoms Oil on Linen Gump's S.F. Store 1900 by Rose Elliot
Located in Soquel, CA
Birds Nest and Apple Blossoms Oil on Linen Gump's S.F. Store 1900 by Rose Elliot Very well executed oil painting on linen after a painting by Oliver Clare (1893) by San Francisco pai...
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Early 1900s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Linen, Oil

1980s Impressionistic Oil on Canvas Painting of a Patio Signed by Artist
Located in Plainview, NY
A 1980s impressionistic oil on canvas painting. This beautiful painting comes in a custom gilt frame and features vivid colors and a beautiful scene of an outdoor home garden/ patio ...
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1980s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Impressionist Still Life
Located in Mokena, IL
Impressionist Still Life, 15.5 x 18.5 inches. Oil on Canvas with frame. Painting by artist Justas Varpucanskis. 21st century contemporary artwork done in an impressionistic manner. A...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Flower labyrinth
Located in Sempach, LU
Flower labyrinth Original floral painting on canvas 70x70 cm
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2010s Art Deco Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Small Bouquets - 16x16" oil on board
Located in Loveland, CO
Small Bouquets by Lu Haskew Oil 16x16" image size Still Life of spring flowers, pansies, daffodil, in blue vases. This painting is unframed, canvas on gator board, the price reflects that it is unframed. ​Online Order Only, not in gallery display. ABOUT THE ARTIST: Lu Haskew 1921-2009 "Life is...
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Early 2000s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Board

Art Deco Spring Flowers - British 1930's art floral still life oil painting
Located in London, GB
This beautiful British Art Deco floral oil painting is by noted Cornish artist Philip Rashleigh, who used the name Frank for exhibition purposes. The Rashleighs were an old and disti...
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1930s Art Deco Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Still Life of Fuchsias, Geraniums and Marionettes - British 30's oil painting
By Herbert Davis Richter
Located in London, GB
This charming British still life floral oil painting is by Herbert Davis Richter. Painted circa 1930 it is a vibrant and interesting arrangement of fuchsia and geraniums in a vase ne...
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1930s Art Deco Still-life Paintings

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Oil

White Peonies floral still life Dyf like provenance art deco period ocean liner
Located in Norwich, GB
This charming and exuberant posy of peonies immediately made me think of similar works by Marcel Dyf - but it is actually a work by the ultimate master of art deco...
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1930s Art Deco Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Board

Sunflower Floral Arrangement - French 1930's Art Deco flower oil painting
Located in London, GB
This vibrant French Art Deco floral oil painting is by noted French artist Jacques Emile Blanche. Painted circa 1930, the palette is of wonderful tones of yellow and orange with spla...
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1930s Art Deco Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Roses Are Red
Located in Fairfield, CT
George Billis Gallery presents Stephanie Reiter. Painting for me is about capturing the light and beauty of the day. Usually a landscape will hit me and say, “paint me”. Then I k...
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2010s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

American Winter Landscape with Sun Glow. 'Lights and Shadows of Evening'.
Located in New York, NY
American landscape with sunny glow by American Artist Harry F. Waltman (1871 - 1951). The painting shows a bright sunny winter landscape during sunset. Hints of warm tones reflect o...
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20th Century American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Pretty Peonies
Located in Fairfield, CT
George Billis Gallery presents Stephanie Reiter. Painting for me is about capturing the light and beauty of the day. Usually a landscape will hit me and say, “paint me”. Then I k...
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2010s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Sit Still Look Pretty
Located in Fairfield, CT
George Billis Gallery presents Stephanie Reiter. Painting for me is about capturing the light and beauty of the day. Usually a landscape will hit me and say, “paint me”. Then I k...
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2010s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Hysterical Hydrangeas
Located in Fairfield, CT
George Billis Gallery presents Stephanie Reiter. Painting for me is about capturing the light and beauty of the day. Usually a landscape will hit me and say, “paint me”. Then I k...
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2010s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Happy Hydrangeas
Located in Fairfield, CT
George Billis Gallery presents Stephanie Reiter. Painting for me is about capturing the light and beauty of the day. Usually a landscape will hit me and say, “paint me”. Then I k...
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2010s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Twist And Shout
Located in Fairfield, CT
George Billis Gallery presents Stephanie Reiter. Painting for me is about capturing the light and beauty of the day. Usually a landscape will hit me and say, “paint me”. Then I k...
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2010s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Sunny Suggestion
Located in Fairfield, CT
George Billis Gallery presents Stephanie Reiter. Painting for me is about capturing the light and beauty of the day. Usually a landscape will hit me and say, “paint me”. Then I k...
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2010s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Better Days
Located in Fairfield, CT
George Billis Gallery presents Stephanie Reiter. Painting for me is about capturing the light and beauty of the day. Usually a landscape will hit me and say, “paint me”. Then I k...
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2010s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

A Warm Afternoon
Located in Wenham, MA
This is an original oil painting by American artist Ginny Williams, on linen panel, framed in a gold frame. GC Williams has a degree in art history which gave her an understanding ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Mid Century Impressionist Still Life in Tissue Paper on Cardboard
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Impressionist Still Life in Tissue Paper on Cardboard Impressionist still life by Honora Berg (American, 1897-1985). Pieces of tissue paper have been cut out and thought...
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1950s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Cardboard, Paste, Tissue Paper

Feeling Lucky
Located in Fairfield, CT
George Billis Gallery presents Stephanie Reiter. Painting for me is about capturing the light and beauty of the day. Usually a landscape will hit me and say, “paint me”. Then I k...
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2010s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Hydrangea Interlude
Located in Fairfield, CT
George Billis Gallery presents Stephanie Reiter. Painting for me is about capturing the light and beauty of the day. Usually a landscape will hit me and say, “paint me”. Then I k...
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2010s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Lucien Victor Guirand de Scevola (1871-1950) A bunch of flowers, oil on canvas
Located in Paris, FR
Lucien-Victor Guirand de Scevola (1871-1950) A Bunch of flowers Oil on on canvas Signed upper left 38 x 46 cm In a nice modern frame : 53 x 61 cm Lucien...
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1930s Art Deco Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Everyone's Favorite - multicolored Still Life of vibrant pansies
Located in Loveland, CO
Everyone's Favorite by Lu Haskew Oil 14x18" image size multicolored Still Life of vibrant pansies This painting is unframed, canvas on gator board, the price reflects that it is unframed. ​Online Order Only, not in gallery display. ABOUT THE ARTIST: Lu Haskew 1921-2009 "Life is good...
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Early 2000s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Board

Edna Gass Still Life
By Edna Gass
Located in San Francisco, CA
Edna Gass: 1904-1993. Fabulous little impressionist still life by the Pennsylvania artist Edna Gass. She was considered a member of the new Hope school of artist. The painting is oil...
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Still Life with Onions Oil on Panel American Impressionistic Style
Located in Houston, TX
Still Life with Onions displays the American Impressionistic Style . The artist describes himself as one of the New Orientalists a traveling painter in the modern world. Custom Frame...
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2010s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Quiet Life
Located in Sempach, LU
Still Life Quiet Life reflects the mood of the evening of a summer day. Flowers bloomed in the garden near the house. The lights were turned on. Butterflies flew to the light. The da...
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2010s Art Deco Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Lilies
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Jane Peterson (1876-1965) Lilies Oil on canvas, 1952-1953 Signed by the artist lower right: JANE PETERSON (see photo) Painting size: 29 x 23 inches Frame size: 38 x 32-1/2 x 1-1/2 inches Exhibited: The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts: One Hundred and Forty Eighth Exhibition of American Painting and Sculptures, January 25-March 1, 1953 (Photo of original label). Original tacks on stretcher where label was afixed. Label stolen while on exhibition. Exhibited: Childs Gallery, Boston, 2019- 2023 Jane Peterson was an artist who achieved significant critical attention and adulation over the course of her career. Following her first American solo exhibition in 1909, a critic observed, “There is not a dull canvas in the entire collection and everything is interesting”.1 Thirty-five years later, Historical Records published her biography in the almanac Prominent Women of New York.2 Regardless of her success, Peterson remained pragmatic as she always sought to challenge herself with new ideas and techniques. She spent a lifetime immersed in the practice of painting; as a student, teacher, and gifted artist. Peterson was a painter with little interest in self-promotion or the conventional achievements of an artist, as a result there has only been a moderate body of scholarship written about her posthumously. Peterson’s legacy is her brilliant oeuvre of impressionistic paintings, held by collections such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Brooklyn Museum of Art. "Jennie Christine Peterson was born in Elgin, Illinois in 1876. From an early age Peterson, who was known throughout her life as Jane, showed a natural talent for drawing. As a teenager, having received no formal art training, Peterson sat the art aptitude test conducted by the Pratt Institute. The results were promising and, in 1895, Peterson moved to New York to study at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. Peterson thrived at Pratt as a conscientious student, although it was not an easy time for her financially. When her money ran low Peterson gave art lessons to other students, and also earned some income through the sale of her paintings in student exhibitions. When Peterson graduated in 1901, she began working as Drawing Supervisor of Public Schools in Brooklyn. She also continued her art education taking classes at the Art Students League. Between 1904 and 1906 Peterson worked as an art teacher in New York, Massachusetts, and Maryland. In 1907, Peterson sailed to Europe where she visited artists and museums in France, Holland, and Italy. She found Europe to be more socially progressive for women artists and decided to stay and continue her art education. While in Europe, Peterson studied under Frank Brangwyn at the London School of Art, before relocating to Paris where she received instruction from Jacque-Emile Blanche, Charles Cottet, and Claudio Castelucho. Throughout 1908, Peterson was extremely productive, creating many works in her spare time while also taking on portrait commissions to augment her income. She lived in rooms in Montparnasse located around the corner from Gertrude Stein’s salon, where on Saturday evening artists and art enthusiasts would gather to view and discuss Stein’s seminal collection of Modern art. Attending these events Peterson surrounded herself with powerful art luminaries such as Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Georges Braque, André Derain, and Henri Rousseau. Peterson’s style from this period is neither entirely academic nor avant garde. Rather she blends the technical skills of her academic training with the loose brushwork and bold color palette of her contemporaries to produce paintings that are beautiful impressions of life. Peterson’s early oil paintings from Europe...
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1950s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

"Cardinal Flowers Still Life, June" Walter Gay, Red and White Floral Bouquet
By Walter Gay
Located in New York, NY
Walter Gay (1856 - 1937) Cardinal Flowers Still Life, June, 1875 Signed lower left; dated on the reverse Oil on board 24 3/4 x 7 1/8 inches Provenance: Private Collection, Brunswick, Maine Born in Hingham, Massachusetts, Walter Gay became a painter who specialized in interiors, particularly those of eighteenth-century French buildings. His style was traditional, and he ignored the influences of modernist paintings he saw while studying in Paris beginning 1876. He remained in Europe the rest of his life. In his compositions, the rooms are nearly always devoid of human presence but suggest that someone has been there. Many of his interiors are museum settings, and although he was not an impressionist, his work often had atmospheric effects. When Gay died in 1937, he was described in The New York Times as the "Dean of American Painters in France," where he and his Matilda moved in 1876. His first paintings there were genre subjects and realistic views of peasant life in Britanny, but he tired of these works, which he called "pot boilers." In the 1890s, he began his signature interiors, mostly rooms in fashionable houses of the Gays and their friends. Reproductions of many of these paintings were published in 1920 by Albert Gallatin, also a painter. The Gays, with a retinue of about twenty servants, loved old houses, and lived in an eighteenth-century apartment on the Left Bank in Paris from January through April and beginning 1904, in a chateau in the countryside at le Breau, near Fontainebleau. There they had 300 acres of grounds to roam. In 1907, they purchased this chateau which became quite a showplace and where they entertained extensively. However, during World War II, when Matilda was living there as a widow, German soldiers occupied the chateau, ruining much of the structure and plotting the destruction of the country the Gays loved...
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1870s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Board

Two Cooked Fish with Garnish - Still Life in Oil on Artist's Board
Located in Soquel, CA
Two Cooked Fish with Garnish - Still Life in Oil on Artist's Board Still life of two fish by an unknown artist (20th Century). This piece is executed in a classical, painterly style...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Plaster, Oil, Illustration Board

Wispy Day
Located in Fairfield, CT
George Billis Gallery presents Stephanie Reiter. Painting for me is about capturing the light and beauty of the day. Usually a landscape will hit me and say, “paint me”. Then I k...
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2010s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Panel

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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.

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