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Still-life Paintings For Sale
The Margarete, Still Life, Interior, Green Dining Room, Daisies, Fruit
Located in Kent, CT
A bright and inviting interior scene with a still life arrangement of a terracotta vase with white daisies and a red flower, beside a matching fruit bowl with limes and lemons. A blue and white painted tea cup and a striped plate with a cut lemon allude to an afternoon of tea. The arrangement is beautifully complemented by the vibrant mint green color of the walls. A dark navy blue china cabinet...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Moving Sky
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Moving Sky' is 48 x 53 inches. The unique work bridges realism with surrealism. The painting is unframed and is ready to hang and enjoy over a lifetime. Signed and dated by the ar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still life oil painting european art Spain
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Rafael Duran Benet (1931-2015) - Still life - Oil on canvas on board
Oil measurements 38x46 cm.
Frameless.
Rafael Duran Benet (Terrassa, 1931 - Barcelona, 2015) is a Catalan painter...
Category
1990s Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Board
$525 Sale Price
44% Off
"Dahlias and Dark Green" - Oil Painting, 2022, Vibrant Still Life
By Jon Doran
Located in Denver, CO
Jon Doran's "Dahlias and Dark Green" (2022) is an exquisite oil painting on panel that captures the lush vibrancy of a floral arrangement. This original still-life artwork features r...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Lighthouse of Peggy's Cove" By Sandra Pratt (2022), Original Oil Painting
By Sandra Pratt
Located in Denver, CO
"Lighthouse of Peggy's Cove" is a beautiful original impasto oil painting, created on linen panel by American artist Sandra Pratt, which depicts a lighthouse on a rocky peninsula, st...
Category
2010s Expressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
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
Calla Lily
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Calla Lily' watercolor on paper. Gary Bukovnik, who fuses sensual vitality with fluid yet powerful colorations to create floral images of great depth, intensity, and size.
Internat...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Cubist still life of a table top with a vase, pears and bread
Located in Woodbury, CT
This striking American Cubist still life by Genara Del, circa 1970, is a masterful exploration of form, color, and abstraction, capturing the essence of modern art with both simplici...
Category
1970s Cubist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
White peonies on a silver background, Flower Original oil Painting Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Mishurovski V.V.
Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Style: Impressionism
Year: 2022
Title: White peonies on a silver backgrou...
Category
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Strawberry Crimson & Clementine Pocket Painting, diptych, original painting
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Crimson Strawberry 3c (canvas size 5x5cm) is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Resilience, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A poppy in full bloom pairs with a closed bud. Written fragments from books layer the background, adding a narrative depth to the composition. The vivid red con...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Still-life of Fruits" by Maria Meriggi - Oil on Copper - 30x24 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Maria Meriggi, born in 1935, is an Italian painter known for her evocative depictions of urban landscapes and everyday scenes, particularly those of Venice. Her notable works include...
Category
1970s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Metal, Copper
Rainbow Cacti - Southwest Colorful Large Artwork Ready-to-Hang
By Will Beger
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Will Beger and his contemporary-minimalist paintings, take on an entirely unique approach to southwest art. Influenced by his youth and inspired by nature, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Still life Flowers in a Vase
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Still Life Flowers in a Vase" c.1960 is an oil painting on canvas by noted California artist John William Orth, 1889-1976. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The canvas size is 36 x 30 inches, framed size is 46.5 x 40.5 inches. Custom framed in a wooden gold with brown patina frame, with fabric and gold liner. It is in excellent condition.
About the artist:
John W. Orth was born in Bavaria in 1889. He sold his first painting, a water color, when he was 13. At age 15 studied under a scholarship at Nuremberg's College of Fine Arts. Three years later, again on a scholarship, he attended Munich's Academy of Fine Arts. From there he went on to study at the Art Academy Julien in Paris and then traveled throughout Europe, studying work by the Old Masters.
For Nuremberg's Albrecht Durer Museum, he was commissioned to reproduce a number of Durer's paintings, and representatives of The Rhineland's Barmen Museum purchased his painting of The Prodigal Son. In 1922, Louis Mayer, an accomplished artist himself, purchased Orth's The Prophet from among thousands of paintings displayed at Munich's Glas Palast. He declared Orth's painting "the work of a genius," and for three years The Prophet was hung, by invitation, in the Brooklyn Art Museum.
Already an established artist at age 34, Orth left his troubled country in 1923 to escape certain persecution for his outspoken liberal views on race, religion and politics. He came to America to start anew. Here, he felt certain, his restless spirit could continue to grow, his career to flourish in an environment of freedom, which encouraged individual expression and unrestrained thought.
In the United States, John Orth did portraits of notables including Winston Churchill, Albert Einstein, John F. Kennedy, Richard M. Nixon, Marian Anderson...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Still Life Painting - Motor Oil Cans on Table
Located in Houston, TX
Vibrant still life painting of Shell and Yacco motor oil containers, a reflective silver bucket, and a cork-stopped glass bottle by an un...
Category
1950s Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Oil
Mid-Century Floral Still Life with Yellow and White Irises Carmel California
By Alvira Powell
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid-Century Floral Still Life with Yellow and White Irises
Gorgeous mid-century floral still life of a bouquet of Irises painted in 1959, by Pacific Grove and Santa Cruz, Californi...
Category
1950s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Illustration Board
Wicket basket with Anemones a humble festive gift 19th century floral still life
Located in Norwich, GB
A charming 19th Century painting of Anemone flowers in a wicker basket. It has a warm, seasonal and festive feel. I love the great simplicity and sincerity it exudes. French in origi...
Category
Late 19th Century French School Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still Life of Man Holding Bird, Surreal Cleveland Woman Artist
By Mary Spain
Located in Beachwood, OH
Mary Spain (American, 1934–1983)
Man with Bird
Oil on canvas
Signed middle right
13.5 x 11.75 inches
17 x 15 inches, framed
Set in a realm of fantasy, Mary Spain’s work exhibits odd...
Category
1970s Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Still Life with Fruits, 1911, Oil Painting
Located in Stockholm, SE
This exquisite still life, painted in 1911, showcases Emma Ekwall’s mastery in capturing the vibrant textures and colors of fruit. The composition features apples and grapes arranged...
Category
1910s Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
$3,247 Sale Price
20% Off
Roses and Blues. Oil on panel Still Life with red roses on blue background
Located in Segovia, ES
Roses and Blues (Rosas y azules), oil on panel, Expressionist Still Life.
Dimension art: 27 x 22 cm.
Dimension framed 51 x 46 x 4.5 cm.
Small Expressionist still life...
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Mid Century Modern Still Life -- Two Pitchers and Fruit
Located in Soquel, CA
Vivid mid century still life of glass pitchers and apples by listed artist Jon Blanchette (American, 1908-1987), c.1965. Signed "Jon Blanchette" lower right corner. Letter of Authent...
Category
1960s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
$1,196 Sale Price
20% Off
FRENCH INTERIOR with STATUES original large painting FRAMED Paula Craioveanu oil
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"French Interior with Statues"
Oil on canvas
Large original, one-of-a-kind, painting 80x60cm / 31.5x23.5in. Framed!
Part of Interior series.
Free shipping with 1stDibs code.
This painting, "French Interior with Statues", radiates elegance and a strong sense of place. The artist has masterfully conveyed the sophistication of a French interior, blending architectural depth, light, and intricate details with expressive, painterly techniques.
The composition draws the viewer’s eye through a series of framed spaces: an open door, a corridor, and a distant room. This layering technique creates a sense of depth and invites the viewer to explore the scene step by step. The checkerboard...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"In giardino " Olio cm. 88 x 88 1998
Located in Torino, IT
Luminosa opera, tavolo in un giardino primaverile mazzo di fiori rosa e frutta
Vjacheslav ZABELIN (Mosca, 1935 – 2001)
Definito da alcuni critici come “il più grande impressionist...
Category
1990s Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid 20th Century Italian Impressionist Signed Oil Still Life Roses Green Vase
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Still Life of Flowers
Carlo Cherubini (Italian 1897-1978)
signed oil on canvas, framed
framed: 23 x 29 inches
canvas: 18 x 24 inches
Provenance: private collection
Condition: very g...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Still life of fruit and nuts
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
James Shaw (fl.1769-1784)
Still life of fruit and nuts
Oil on canvas
Canvas Size - 13 1/2 x 17 3/4 in
Framed Size - 16 1/4 x 20 1/2 in
Born in Sedgley in Staffordshire, it is unclea...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
$2,699 Sale Price
54% Off
Clin d'oeil, Large still life, Books, French artist, Expressionism, Contemporary
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
Choose the color of the frame
Sophie Dumont, a renowned painter known for her mastery of color and texture, presents "Clin d’Œil," an artwork where abstraction meets structure in a d...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still Life - Oil Painting by Franco Marzilli - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas 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 artist...
Category
1970s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Almond blossom" ( almond trees blossom inspired by Vincent va Gogh)
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This painting features almond trees which are coming into full flower: big branches of white and light pink almond blossom against a blue sky. In these flowering trees, I wanted to ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
Undivided Lemon, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A solitary lemon rests on a table, exuding a subtle blue glow. Soft light brings out its textured skin, creating a contrast with the shadow that pools beneath...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Jacques Loiseau (French, b.1920) "Jarre aux Lupins" Original Oil on Canvas
Located in San Francisco, CA
Jacques Loiseau (French, b.1920) "Jarre aux Lupins" Original Oil on Canvas
Brilliant bunch of colorful lupine displayed in a large yellow jar.
Original o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"A Shot to the Heart" by Karina Rodríguez, Contemporary Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"A Shot to the Heart" is an exquisitely detailed contemporary still life by Karina Rodríguez, rendered in oil on panel in 2024 and depicts a box of crayons. This artwork is framed in...
Category
2010s Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Ochre with Violet - contemporary, floral, still-life, oil on panel
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This abstract, floral, still-life oil painting was created by Jennifer Hornyak.
Highly regarded as one of Canada’s finest contemporary artists, Jennifer Hornyak has been painting fo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Acrylic abstract flowers painting on canvas "Whirlwind of summer flowers"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This unique contemporary floral artwork named "Whirlwind of summer flowers" presents an abstract interpretation of floral beauty, captivating viewers with its dynamic expression and...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,069 Sale Price
43% Off
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
$668 Sale Price
30% Off
“5 Peaches” Contemporary Fine Realist Still-Life Painting of Peaches, Fruit
Located in Utrecht, NL
During his successful career as a goldsmith the desire to paint grew on Dutch artist René Smoorenburg (1954). The attention to detail, which was of great importance in his work as a ...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Fine Classical Still Life Flower Painting Signed & Dated English Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Classical Still Life of Flowers
English artist, 20th century
signed oil on board, unframed
dated 1980
board: 14.5 x 11.5 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
condition: overall ...
Category
20th Century Old Masters Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Still life - FRENCH SCHOOL - Garlic Starwars Chut les Barbizons!
Located in Zofingen, AG
⭐Garlic Starwars ⭐
This painting follows the same expressive, semi-abstract style as the previous ones, featuring a textured and dynamic portrayal of garlic.
⏩Subject & Composition...
Category
1920s Tonalist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Glue, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
$238 Sale Price
75% Off
Fig Green Pocket Painting 3c, original painting, still-life
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Green Fig 3c 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 l...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage American Modernist Framed Strawberry Still Life Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist strawberry still life painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 8H by 10L.
Category
1960s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$300 Sale Price
20% Off
"The Toreador" Pierre Ambrogiani (France, 1905-1985) Circa 1950s
Located in SANTA FE, NM
"The Toreador"
Pierre Ambrogiani (France, 1905-1985)
Oil on canvas
Circa 1950's
28 1/4 x 20 3/4 (31 1/4 x 23 3/4 frame) inches
Signed bottom right corner
If the artists Diego Veláz...
Category
1950s Expressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Vista Firaglioni, Impressionist Oil Painting by Diane Monet
By Diane Monet
Located in Long Island City, NY
Diane Monet’s idyllic seaside retreat is shown with the same bright sunlight and flourishing flowers as is found in many of her other Impressionistic works.
Vista Firaglioni
Diane M...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist 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
20th Century French Modernist Painting Purple Pink & Teal Green Abstract Nude
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude
by Paul-Louis Bolot (French 1918-2003)
original gouache painting on thick paper/ card
unframed
condition: very good and sound; the edges have a few curls and scuffs/ edge tears ...
Category
20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Fuchsia flower
Located in Zofingen, AG
This painting captures one of nature’s most elegant flowers — the fuchsia — rendered in rich, vibrant shades of purple, magenta, and crimson. The voluminous petals seem to glow again...
Category
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Power Plant, Yellow Flowers Indigo, Periwinkle Blue Futuristic Botanical
By Peter Hamlin
Located in Kent, CT
Meticulously detailed flowers with yellow and orange blossoms and blue stems and leaves are whimsical and otherworldly against an intricately detailed patterned background with smile...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Screen
Blossom Diptych, Monoprint on Japanese Paper, Pastel Tones Flowers Patterns 2025
Located in Barcelona, ES
This series by Enric Servera explores the relationship of humans to salt and seawater. The intention of these works is to submerge us into the sea, a salty treasure that surrounds us...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Watercolor, Monoprint, Paper
Flower vase of Roses
Located in Naples, Florida
This is a beautiful oil on canvas painting of a vase of pink flowers. This work is circa the 19th century and is an original by the Belgain artist Jean Capeinick (1838-1890). ...
Category
19th Century Naturalistic Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Judith Davis - Contemporary Acrylic, Vase of Lisianthus
Located in Corsham, GB
Well presented in a cream wood frame and white mount. Inscribed to the reverse with the title. Signed to the lower left edge. On watercolour paper.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
$300 Sale Price
20% Off
Vibrant Bouquet of Roses and Carnations in a Glass Vase Still Life Mid Century
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Vibrant Bouquet of Roses
signed by Fanch Lel (French b. 1930)
size: 10.75 x 9 inches
oil painting on board, unframed
condition: the painting is in very good condition. It has previou...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
In octavo, Abstract, Minimalism, Textured, Expressionism, Oil, Books, Library
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
Sophie Dumont is a French artist whose work is recognized internationally. She works on several themes such as books here or landscapes and artists' studios
Table of red, white and g...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Huge British Oil Painting Impressionist Sunlit Country Lane Green & Gold Colors
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Impressionist Country Lane, British Artist
by Pamela Cawley, British 20th century
oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas: 32 x 39.5 inches
Stunning original Impressionist oil pai...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Erwin Steinhauser (1939-2023) - 20th Century Acrylic, Flower Garden
Located in Corsham, GB
Unsigned. On board.
Category
20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Still Life with Quinces And Candlestick. Classical Oil Painting Irina Trushkova
Located in Zofingen, AG
The beautiful gold color of fruits and their texture inspired me to create this work. The painting style is inspired by the masters of the 17th century of Holland. The color scheme i...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large Textured Library Painting – Abstract Oil on Canvas by Sophie Dumont
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
Oil on canvas – 50 x 150 cm (19.7 x 59.1 in)
Framed dimensions: 57 x 157 cm (22.4 x 61.8 in)
Framing available upon request: natural wood or black American box
Signed – Ready to hang...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Anemones - Belgian Impressionist Still Life, Antique Flowers Floral Oil Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A very beautiful early 20th century impressionist oil on board still life depicting colourful anemones in a blue vase by Victor Simonin.
This important and very fine work was exhib...
Category
1910s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Hunting Trophy with Mallard Duck – Circle of Baldassarre de Caro
By Baldassarre De Caro
Located in Firenze, IT
Hunting Trophy with Mallard Duck – Circle of Baldassarre de Caro (Naples, 1689–1750)
Italy, second half of the 17th century – very early 18th century
Oil on canvas, relined
Dimension...
Category
Early 18th Century Baroque Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Ten Lemons on Blue, Large Photorealist Painting by Lowell Blair Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Lowell Blair Nesbitt's arrangement of lemons against a blue tablecloth is full of contrast and color. With light shining over the table and casting shadows across the cloth, the lemo...
Category
1970s American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Still Life with Daisies, Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Field Flowers oil Painting, Impressionism
Artist: Ashot Muradyan
Work: Original Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Linen
Year: 2025
Style: Impressionism,
Subj...
Category
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Floral Still Life" Post-Impressionist Interior Oil Painting on Canvas Framed
Located in New York, NY
A charming oil painting on canvas depicting a colorful floral still life in a blue vase on top of a wood table. The flowers depicted are a bright bunch of tulips, placed effortlessly...
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Leopard Skin Dr. Scholl's Spa Sandals" - Fashion Pop Art Still Life
Located in Soquel, CA
Vivid and dynamic painting of leopard skin Dr. Scholls spa sandals by Marc Foster Grant (American, b. 1947). Signed, titled and dated "Leopard Skin D...
Category
Early 2000s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Acrylic, Watercolor
$1,080 Sale Price
20% Off
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.
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