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Still-life Paintings For Sale
Red & Yellow Flowers in Vase Signed French Impressionist 1950's Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Yellow & Red Flowers French Impressionist artist, circa 1950's signed oil on board, unframed board: 12.5 x 9 inches provenance: private collection, France condition: a few minor scuf...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Mid Century Modern Expressive Swedish Still Life Oil Painting - Pears & Jar
Located in Bristol, GB
PEARS & JAR Size: 40 x 47.5 cm (including frame) Oil on board A charming mid-century still life that captures a tabletop scene with a loosely grouped arrangement of fruit and a cent...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Board

Antique Italian Modernist Abstract Flower Still Life Pop Art Signed Oil Painting
By Giorgio Celiberti
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique Italian modernist flower still life oil painting by Giorgio Celiberti (1929 - 1960). Oil on canvas, circa 1960. Signed on verso. Displayed ...
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1960s Modern Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Modern Impressionist Hydrangea Flower Oil Painting by P.Russo
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5-3530 Oil on canvas Set in a rapped canvas no frame required
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Early 2000s Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Abstract Painting Oil On Canvas. "Study Orange"
Located in Bogotá, Bogotá
Oil painting on canvas of an abstract composition in orange tones with the presence of other textured colors. Created with professional Winsor & Newton and Rembrandt colors. This pie...
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2010s Abstract Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Peonies
Located in Wenham, MA
In this large work the artist has shown a lovely bouquet of peonies in various states of bloom. The glass pitcher that holds them glints in the light. and casts a shadow on the table...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

"Still Life with Stack" 2025 Oil on Linen
Located in New York, NY
Remnants of our consumer culture keep finding their way into my work. Our visual lives are cluttered with packages, clothing and furnishings that come at us in a swirl of color and p...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Linen

Peaches and Stems - Contemporary Still Life Tulips Fruit Flowers Dining, 2022
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary painting in oil on canvas, a bright and inviting interior scene is set with a still life arrangement of red tulips beside a light green pitcher, peaches and pears on a yellow checkered table...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Mid Century Modern Expressive Swedish Still Life Oil Painting - Purple Blooms
Located in Bristol, GB
PURPLE BLOOMS Size: 57.5 x 48.5 cm (including frame) Oil on canvas A refined mid-century interior still life painting that captures a bouquet of vivid purple flowers arranged in a c...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The Bait Bin - Kitchen Fish Blue Gloves Pink Flowers Contemporary Interior, 2023
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary painting in oil on board, a kitchen interior has a still life arrangement of blue bait gloves and fish on a cutting board beneath a knife with pink flowers at th...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Board

Coral Flowers - Oil Paint by Elena Mardashova - 2023
Located in Roma, IT
Original oil painting on canvas, realized by Elena Mardashova in 2023. Perfect condition.
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2010s Modern Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Scottish Floral - Scottish art 1920's oil painting still life floral arangement
By John Aiken
Located in London, GB
A fine floral oil painting by Scottish listed artist John M. Aiken. This is a super oil on canvas painting of a floral arrangement entitled "Gay Companions" of yellow, pink, red and white flowers in a blue bowl. The flowers are marigolds, dahlias and cosmos amongst others. This is a fine example of a Inter War Scottish Post Impressionist floral oil with good subject. It is a good large size painting and is signed and in good condition. If you want a painting by this artist then this is a fine example. Signed lower right. Provenance. Private estate collection. Gallery label verso. Remnants of exhibition label. Condition. Oil on canvas. Image size 30 inches by 25 inches and in excellent condition. Housed in a complementary frame, framed size is 39 inches by 34 inches. In good condition. John Macdonald Aiken (1880-1961) was born in Aberdeen and a painter in oils and watercolours as well as an etcher and stained glass artist. After serving a six years apprenticeship as a draughtsman with the lithographer Robert Gibb he studied at Gray's School of Art in Aberdeen and at the Royal College of Art under Gerald Moira...
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20th Century Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

A Bright Day - Large Canvas Print, ocean scene, uk, sunrise, blue, seascape art
Located in Deddington, GB
Michael Sanders A Bright Day Large Canvas Print Edition of 50 Sold Unframed Size: H 80cmx W80cm Limited edition canvas prints by Michael Sanders. These stunning prints are created u...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Archival Pigment

Fresh and Peeled - original still life impressionism painting - contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is framed, signed & currently available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery. There is an undeniable elegance in the simplicity of Fresh and Peeled,...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Board

Bay Oyster Shell
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Every oyster shell is a unique thing of beauty. This is one of many I have smuggled from restaurants after devouring a dozen or mo...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Backyard Sunset (Contemporary Landscape Oil Painting by Carl Grauer, Framed)
Located in Hudson, NY
"Backyard Sunset" By Carl Grauer Oil on Canvas 20x20 inches, 21 x 21 x 3 inches framed in painted white wood floater frame Signed en verso Artist Carl Grauer expertly and astutely c...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

Sunny Rose". realism is an oil painting of the Volsky Lilya
Located in Zofingen, AG
Sunny Rose". realism is an oil painting of the Volsky Lily. I am in love with summer, sunshine and warmth. And my sunny flower is written for you as a hymn to summer. He's in love wi...
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2010s Pop Art Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The Vegetable Garden Huge Still Life Signed Large French Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Garden, Signed Oil Painting By French artist Claude Benard, (1926 - 2016) Signed by the artist to the lower left hand corner, oil painting, unframed size: 31.5 x 41.5 inches Stu...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Blue Viola. Spring Flowers. 1 of the Triptych
Located in Zofingen, AG
First artwork of the triptych. We are especially delighted by the blooming of spring. As if in it, we see the birth of a new cycle of hope and joy. Seemingly so fragile, yet at the ...
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2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

Wonder Woman (large signed giclee on canvas)
Located in Aventura, FL
Giclee on canvas. Hand signed lower right by Doug Bloodworth. Hand numbered 24/150 lower right. Canvas size 38 x 50 inches. Canvas is not stretched. Artwork is in excellent co...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Contemporary impressionist floral roses oil painting on canvas ready to hang
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This painting features a bouquet of red summer flowers in a blue vase and two red apples near it. I wanted to capture summer through the beauty and charm of apples and flowers. T...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Still-life Paintings

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Cotton Canvas, Oil

Interior with Minotaur original painting by Paula Craioveanu 23.5x31.5in FRAMED
Located in Forest Hills, NY
Minotaur in Interior, 80x60cm / 31.5×23.6in Shipped stretched, as it is, ready for hanging and FRAMED. This painting, "Minotaur in Interior" offers a fascinating interplay of mythol...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

A Icing Kind of Day - Vibrant Still Life Painting on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Columbus, Georgia (USA) based artist Kellie Newsome specializes in dynamic and abstracted still-life artworks. Her expressive style emphasizes line structure, creating vibrant painti...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic

"Two avocados" (contemporary impressionist oil painting on paper)
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
I have worked on a new series of small oil paintings. This is the one of them. This series is dedicated to the scenes of everyday life. This painting is called "Two avocados". Thi...
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2010s Abstract Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Paper

Twin 2 - colorful, expressive, minimal, abstract, floral, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Pat Service has painted florals throughout her long career. Here, a single blossom in a stunning celadon and yellow fills the canvas. Reminiscent of Andy Warhol, the Vancouver artist...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Bright Still Life with Yellow Daisies and Purple Irises in a Glass Vase
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Yellow Daisy Still Life Simone Forge 1930's French Impressionist oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 18 x 15 inches Provenance: Private collection Condition: Great condition For more ...
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Early 19th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

1930's French Impressionist Still Life Painting Daffodils and Pink Roses In Vase
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Flower Bunch by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below provenance stamp to the back old exhibition label verso signed oil painting on board, unframed measures: 12 high by ...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Obsessive - Original Surrealist Red Spray Paint Can Pop Art on Canvas
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 ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media

Verbena Flowers by Stéphanie Guerzoni - Oil on Canvas - 55x46 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Stéphanie Caroline Guerzoni (1887-1970) was an Austrian-born artist who spent much of her life contributing to the European art scene. Born in Vienna, she experienced the vibrant cul...
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1960s Modern Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Red Rump - Horse Racing, Original Horse Painting, Animal, Sport, Equestrian Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Red Rumps -Horses Racing an original painting by Garth Bayley. Oil on Canvas There they go into the distance, a convivial bunch. Affordable art. Horses Capturing the Heart of Moments...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Risveglio" interior, open window, springtime tree blossoming and butterfly
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil on copper painting. Risveglio, meaning "Awakening" in Italian, is a fitting title for this representation of spring blossoming outside the artist's window in her Tuscan farmho...
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2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

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Copper

French Modernist Gouache Painting Posed Yellow Nude Lady With Black Hair
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
by Paul-Louis Bolot (French 1918-2003) signed initials original gouache painting on thick paper/ card unframed condition: very good and sound; the edges have a few curls and scuffs/...
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20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings

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Gouache

Large Pink Botanical Study Landscape Oil Painting "Winelands"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
A large format, unique oil painting on stretched canvas, ready to hang. The artworks depicts Birds of Paradise trees or Ikhamanga. These old Ikhamanga trees are from a garden in St F...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Lush and Bold - Large Contemporary Impressionist Abstract Flower Original Art
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Georgia-based artist Kellie Newsome specializes in dynamic and abstracted still-life artworks. Her expressive style emphasizes line structure, creating vibrant paintings that celebra...
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2010s Abstract Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

1960's French Post Impressionist Still Life Oil Flowers & Artists Palette
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Still Life by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) signed on front and back inscribed verso oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas: 21.5 x 18 inches Colors: Red colors, brown , yellow...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

FLOWERS - Italian School - Still Life Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Napoli, IT
Flowers - Giovanni Bonetti Italia 2008 - Oil on canvas cm. 60x80 Undisputed artist of still life, Giovanni Bonetti reveals his originality and shrewd mastery in this precious Flower...
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Early 2000s Italian School Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Party Ring Pocket Painting , Still life, Sweet Original
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Party Ring 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...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Beautiful French Still Life Oil Painting Flowers Fruit & Hat Deep Colors
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Favourite Hat by S. Lenormand (French 20th century) signed to the front and back, titled and dated 1992 oil painting on canvas, framed canvas: 25.5 x 31.75 inches framed: 31.75 x 38 inches Painted with beautifully deep and rich colors, this vibrant French oil painting captures this kitchen table interior scene Fresh flowers and fruit sit on the surface whilst a favourite hat is casually perched on the old wooden chair...
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Late 20th Century Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Impressionist Flowers in a Blue Vase Still- life by Rovini
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
4080 Impressionist style still life on artist board Displayed in a thin black wood frame Image size 12x14" Signed Rovini
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1960s Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Cypress Cove / grand realist nature 52x80 in. oil on canvas painting
Located in Burlingame, CA
‘Cypress Cove’ oil painting by American Realist artist Peter Loftus, who is known for captivating breathtaking color-rich nature scenes through shadow and light in his oil on canvas ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

1960's French Post-Impressionist Oil Still Life Pink Roses and Cherries
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Still Life by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) stamped verso oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas: 26 x 18 inches Colors: Brown colors, blue, pink, white and red Very good cond...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

1896 Oil - Hanging Fruit
Located in Corsham, GB
Signed with the initials 'A. M. G.' Presented in a gilt frame with acanthus details and a panel slip. On canvas laid to board.
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Late 19th Century Still-life Paintings

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Oil

1896 Oil - Hanging Fruit
1896 Oil - Hanging Fruit
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"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...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Board

Spring Wildflowers (18 x 18 inch oil painting on wood panel)
Located in Oakland, CA
This original oil painting on birchwood panel is painted in the shades of pale green wildflowers that one sees along forest paths and clearings as summer approaches. This is the silh...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Birch, Oil, Wood Panel

Along The Backroads - Vibrant Textural Desert Mountain 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...
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2010s Photorealist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Lily Pond at Pana'ewa / oil on canvas painting - 36 x 24 inches
Located in Burlingame, CA
Tranquil tropical lily pond by American Realist nature scene oil painter Peter Loftus who is known for captivating color rich scenes through shadow and light through his oil on canvas paintings that breathe life while reflecting natural western and Hawaiian environments. Lotus's subject matter includes oceans, mountains, babbling brooks, mountain ridges and vistas, as well as people and figures. This beautiful oil painting glows with cool tranquil waters reflecting the tropical palm trees on a pool of floating lotus pads. Peter Loftus was born in 1948, in Washington DC. He received a BFA in painting from the Maryland Institute College of Art, in 1971. In 1974, Loftus earned an MFA from the University of Pennsylvania. Drawn by the glorious California light, Loftus moved to Santa Cruz in 1975. He has lived and painted there ever since. Loftus taught at both University of California at Santa Cruz and Cabrillo Community College between 1975, through the present (at UCSC). He taught Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced Drawing, and Painting, in both oil and aqueous media. During that time, he also sustained a rigorous exhibition schedule, showing regularly on the East and West coasts; in New York at Fischbach Gallery, and San Francisco at William Sawyer Gallery and later Hackett-Freedman Gallery. In addition, Loftus has participated in a number of group exhibitions. These include: American Realism: 20th Century Drawings and Watercolors (and accompanying book), San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, New Horizons in American Realism: Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI. Loftus is also included in several publications, including: "The Artist as Native: Reinventing Regionalism" by Alan Gussow...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

“Chemin de la Colline” Pastel Impressionist St. Tropez France Landscape Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful Impressionist landscape painting of St. Tropez by French artist Marcel Dyf. The work features a path by a field leading towards a group of distant houses. Signed in the fron...
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20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

20th Century French Cubist Modernist Interior Cafe Scene with Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Cafe Interior by Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) gouache on artist paper, unframed painting : 20 x 26 inches provenance: artists estate, France condition: very good and sound cond...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings

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Gouache

Sunflowers
Located in Dallas, TX
Over the past forty years, Malou Flato’s paintings have focused on the Texas landscape—its native flowers, blooming cactus, diverse citizenry, and especially its precious water and abundant sky. “Texas is my inspiration,” she says. “I have made my life here, and I would like to think that my art reflects the place I know best.” Malou Flato’s works can be seen in many public places in Texas and beyond. They enliven a border crossing...
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2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Paper, Acrylic

Cherry Blossom Lined Path, French Landscape, Signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Colourful Floral Bouquet, French Artist, Signed By French artist Suzette Mezie, Mid 20th Century Signed by the artist on the lower right hand corner Oil painting on canvas, unframed...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Hendrick Bloemaert, Allegory of Justitia, Justice, signed, dated, Old Master
Located in Greven, DE
Hendrick Bloemaert An Allegory of Justitia protecting Innocence from Calumny, Treachery and Deceit signed and dated 'HBloemaert fc. 1638' (HB linked, lower right, on the pedestal) oil on canvas 85.5 x 110.3 cm Provenance H. Hoogers, Nijmegen, 7 June 1816, lot 6, as Cornelis Bloemaert. J. Brolsma, Ede, 1957. with Baer, The Hague, 1960. Collection Hirschberg, The Hague. Anonymous sale; Heerlen, 10 April 1962, lot 121 (as measuring 68 x 108 cm.) Sale of Christie's Amsterdam: Tuesday, November 25, 2014 [Lot 00045] Old Masters, 19th Century and Impressionist Art Literature Marcel Roethlisberger, Abraham Bloemaert...
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17th Century Baroque Still-life Paintings

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Canvas

Still Life - Oil on board - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Still Life is an original modern artwork realized by an Unknown Artist in the mid-20th Century. A mixed colored oil on board. Hand signed on the lower left margin J. Meamier. Incl...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings

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Oil

McCormick Mustard - Original Oil Painting by Renowned Photorealist Mark Schiff
Located in Boca Raton, FL
If you love spices, you will love this original oil painting by renowned photorealist Mark Schiff. One cannot appreciate this painting on a computer screen; in real life, it is absolutely amazing. Because you cannot appreciate it on a computer screen, our gallery has a unique policy. When purchasing from us, the buyer has sixty days to determine if they want to keep the artwork. If not, the buyer returns to piece to us for full refund, and we pay the shipping both ways! A collector should consider several factors when deciding from whom to purchase artwork online. Check the location of the seller. When one buys from a foreign seller, one also has to consider the problems of getting the piece through Customs. There are often delays and considerable fees to pay in order to import the item. When purchasing from us, we ship the same day and you receive it via FedEx the next day, no problems or hassles. When one purchases from an auction house, one pays a buyer’s premium of anywhere from 23% to 28% over the “hammer price”. So when one “wins” an auction for $20,000, the actual price paid is more like $25,000. By contrast, when purchasing from us, the price agreed to is the price paid by the buyer, no hidden fees. Secondly, when one purchases from an auction house, the buyer pays the packing and shipping fee, which are usually exorbitant. By contrast, when purchasing from us, the price includes packing and shipping. Thirdly, when one purchases from an auction house, the sale is final. If one receives the piece and is not 100% satisfied with it, there is nothing the buyer can do about it. They are stuck with it. By contrast, when purchasing from us, the buyer has sixty days to determine if they want to keep it. If not, the buyer returns to piece to us for full refund, and we pay the shipping both ways. About Mark Schiff -- Animated by photographs that reflect his personal life, Mark Schiff’s paintings are fueled by what makes him happy. Through his open touch and signature blending method, he lends his artistic perception to the original photographic compositions captured on his Leica. Mark’s creative vision has been alive since he was a boy. As a child he spent his summers observing life as he rode the trolley back and forth to art classes at the Pratt Institute. During his future travels to Europe, Mark’s eye for light and photography merged with his passion for painting at the Jeu de Paume in Paris; which triggered his career in photorealism. Mark is well known for painting objects that people can identify and emotionally connect with. His work is distinctly marked by a rich palette and the luminous range of light he paints into his compositions. Each painting is a true extension of his vision and can take up to 200 hours to complete. Mark Schiff’s work has been commissioned by the well-known brands The Hershey Company and Tropicana. His private collectors include A-list celebrities and also corporate collectors in the US and abroad. Possessing a strong philanthropic nature, Mark donates both his time and works to charitable organizations such as Big Brothers Big Sisters, The Ronald McDonald House, Make-A-Wish Foundation, The Humane Society and the Special Olympics. Photorealism is widely viewed as one of this century’s most exciting genres of art. When a photorealistic painting is viewed from afar, it looks like a photograph. Only when getting very close to the art does the viewer realize that it is in fact not a photo, but rather an oil painting. Photorealism can also refer to sculptures. Duane Hanson is known as the greatest photorealistic sculptor of all time. Some of the greatest photorealistic painters include Mark Schiff, Richard Estes, Ralph Goings, Charles Bell and Audrey Flack. Photorealist Mark Schiff was born in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, in a neighborhood known as a kuchalane, a Yiddish word which Schiff defines as a place where everyone (from the Old Country) ended up living on the same street, and most likely knowing each other’s business. His Russian grandfather came to the US before the revolution and both his parents were first generation American. Even at five years of age, Mark showed exceptional talent. In the summer, his mother permitted him to travel by himself on the trolley for art classes at the Pratt institute. He continued studying there until he was eleven and the family moved to Great Neck. Except for a few art classes in high school and playing baritone horn in the band, Mark focused on other things besides art, especially when his mother worried for his financial future, kept insisting “that Jewish boys don’t starve to death.” His father made a good living as a production man in textiles so Mark, who had spent years doing the rounds of knitting mills with his father, decided to major in textile chemistry at North Carolina State. ROTC was mandatory on his campus and he did two years in order to be eligible for officer status. He won the Armed Forces Chemical Association award and thought for sure that he would be assigned chemical work, but instead was made a tank commander and stationed at Fort Knox. Not exactly what his heart yearned for, but a good job awaited him at Sandoz, a Swiss company that made dyestuff. What perfect training for someone who would soon be working in wonderful rich colors on canvas. He went on to receive his MBA degree from Hofstra University, left Sandoz and was hired to sell at a spinning mill. He liked it. In 1976 he joined Bennett Berman Associates and had an opportunity to buy the spinning mill Spun Fibers. But what of art? In the early days, Elsie, his wife of fifty-two years, had a problem with the large amount of space his canvases occupied in their one bedroom apartment. Mark took up photography instead, which only required a small darkroom. Photography was a natural ally for his eventual return to painting in the photorealistic style. It was on his second trip to Europe that Mark fell in love with painting all over again. The impressionistic museum, Jeu de Paume in Paris, renewed his passion and it’s been non-stop since then. Out came the brushes, but this time, he used his love and skill of photography, and built a style based on the photographs he had taken, bringing them to life with paint. Mark was still not painting to sell until in 1990 when someone discovered and desperately wanted his candy bar (Sweet Series) painting. Mark didn’t want to let go of that particular piece, but was finally convinced to sell it and a second candy painting to this ardent art and candy lover. Two years later, Mark was commissioned to make three paintings of this man’s new Ferrari. Some of the artists who have inspired his work are Richard Estes, Sandy Scott, Chuck Close, and Charles Bell. He appreciates the work of Ken Keeley, but unlike Keeley’s hard-lined/tape and ruler style, Mark prefers an open touch, using the blending method. Mark’s subject matters range from candy bars to spice racks to soda cans and soda bottles. He photographs with a Leica M-7 and each painting can take up to 200 or more hours to complete. His palette is rich; his subjects, be it a fire engine or a pretzel cart, take on a luminous quality, always photoreal, but even more beautiful. Mark developed his own technique for working with bottles by painting a canvas all black, so that the transparency of the bottles allows a wonderful range of light to filter through. The same light and reflection can be seen in the black rotary phone...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Mary Chaplin, From the Meadow, Contemporary Still Life Painting, Affordable Art
Located in Deddington, GB
From the Meadow [2020] Original Flowers Acrylic on canvas Size: H:60 cm x W:73 cm x D:1,8cm Sold Unframed Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look Artist Mary Chaplin was inspired by a bouquet she brought back from a walk across fields. Poppies, cornflowers and dog daisies arranged in a glazed black terracotta vase...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Sunflowers, Impressionism Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Flowers oil Painting, Impressionism Artist: Ashot Muradyan Work: Original Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Oil on Linen Year: 2025 Style: Impressionism, Subject: S...
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2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The yellow apples. Still-life, oil pastel, yellow, horizontal
Located in Oslo, NO
"I was inspired to paint the still life "yellow apples" by a Japanese medieval miniature." Anait said about this still-live painting. "Many artists of the late 19th century were insp...
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2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

20th Century German Modernist Oil Painting Bright Yellow Lemons Still Life
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: Elisabeth Hahn (German 1924-2021) Elisabeth Hahn was born in Dortmund, Germany, where she began her artistic studies. In 1953, she moved to Paris. She continued her studies ...
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20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Contemporary Impressionist Expressionist Food Art "Oysters, lemons and fish"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This contemporary impressionist expressionist food painting titled "Oysters, Lemons and Fish" by French artist Natalya Mougenot combines vivid color, spontaneous brushwork, and a fre...
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2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

1940's French Post-Impressionist Oil Painting Beautiful Bunch of Flowers
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Still Life of Flowers by Regine David (French mid 20th century, female) oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 22 x 18inches Provenance: private collection, Pari...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

Still Lives Triptych - Oil on Canvas attr. to F. Guardi - Late 18th Century
By Francesco Guardi
Located in Roma, IT
This is a wonderful Guardi's Triptyc, composed by three oval oil painted panels attributed by some of most reputable scholars to the Venetian old master Francesco Guardi (1712-1793)....
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Late 18th Century Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

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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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