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Still-life Paintings For Sale
Bouquet of Flowers in a Glass Vase
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Oil on canvas Canvas size: 25 x 30 inches Signed lower right
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20th Century Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Lemons"
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 a summer period. This artwork is done with oil paints on a heavy weight ...
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2010s Abstract Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

"Lemons"
"Lemons"
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A luxury Still life with lobster, ham and fruits, 17th Antwerp school, de Heem
By Jan Davidsz. de Heem
Located in PARIS, FR
A luxury Still life with lobster, ham and fruits Studio of Jan Davidsz de Heem (Utrecht, 1606 - Anvers, 1683-84) 17th century Antwerp school Bears a signature J D D Heem lower left on the table Oil on canvas, dim. h. 78 cm, l. 109 cm (h. 30.70 in, w. 42.91 inch) An 18th century giltwood frame, framed: h. 97 cm, l. 130 cm (38.19 in. x 51.18 in) This is a studio version after the slightly larger original by Jan Davidsz. de Heem (1606-1683) c. 1645 in the Royal Collection at the Royal Palace, Stockholm. Provenance: Galerie Charpentier auction, May 1st 1965 Sumptuous still life in which precious silver, glass and delicious food are displayed on a truly grand scale. The painter invites a viewer to the feast of red cooked lobster, mouth-watering ham, ripe peaches and plums, and sumptuous bunches of grapes. All of this extravagant food is richly displayed on a wooden table elegantly covered with a dark green velvet tablecloth. Our eye is directly attracted to the big red boiled lobster in the middle on a larger silver dish, with a silver plate of crabs in front. Behind the lobster is a large wicker basket with a white napkin, draped over its front edge and supporting a large silver dish...
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Mid-17th Century Old Masters Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

20th Century French Modernist Gouache Painting Of Monochrome Flower Arrangement
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
by Paul-Louis Bolot (French 1918-2003) signed original gouache painting on thick paper/ card unframed condition: very good and sound; the edges have a few curls and scuffs/ edge tear...
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20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings

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Gouache

"Still Life with Fruits", Large, Early 20th Century Oil on Canvas by Celso Lagar
Located in Madrid, ES
CELSO LAGAR Spanish, 1891 - 1966 STILL LIFE OF FRUITS signed "Lagar" lower left oil on canvas 29-3/4 x 38 inches (75 x 96 cm.) framed: 33-1/2 x 41-3/4 inches (84.5 x 105.5 cm.) PROVENANCE Private French Collector Celso Lagar Arroyo (Ciudad Rodrigo, 1891 - Seville, 1966) was an expressionist Spanish painter of the first generation of the School of Paris, where he lived most of his life. He was influenced by avant-gardes of all kinds, such as cubism and fovism. He painted mainly landscapes and still lifes...
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Early 20th Century Expressionist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Cornfields and Conversations - Large Original Colorful Still Life Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
English artist Jonjo Elliot's large-scale still-life works are a collision of expressionistic fauvism and his collections encourage a youthful candor. Plants thrive in environments t...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Still-life Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Óleo sobre tabla - Bodegón con elementos chinescos - Año 1929
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Excepcional obra del prestigioso pintor holandes Albert Boven (Bruselas, act. sig. xix - xx) Se trata de un oleo sobre tabla de gran tamaño y calidad Representando un bodegon con e...
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1920s Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Single Hummingbird, Original Painting, Bird, Animal, Nature
Located in Deddington, GB
Single hummingbird, oil on panel by Angela Smith Hummingbird on a green background, perfectly painted with lots of detail.  ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Singl...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

Marquis Fell Asleep. Oil painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
The painting is one of the best artworks of the artist. The painting took part in many professional exhibitions and was highly appreciated. The artwork is author's and original. It'...
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2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Flower Still Life, Impressionist Oil Painting by Gustave Weigand
By Gustave Weigand
Located in Long Island City, NY
An oil on board painting by Gustave Weigand (1870 - 1957), signed lower right. Painting measures 16 x 12 inches. Wiegand was born in Bremen, Germany in 1870. Wiegand studied at the R...
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1940s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

"Nature Morte A La Nappe Rouge" -- Still Life With A Red Tablecloth
Located in Berlin, MD
Rene Genis (French 1922-2004) “Nature Morte A La Nappe Rouge” Still Life on a Red Tablecloth. An abstract grouping of items on a table in just deep red...
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Late 20th Century Still-life Paintings

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Acrylic, Illustration Board

Mata Abstrata. Pindorama. SecXV, Abstract painting. From The Series Matas
Located in Miami Beach, FL
For Jose Ignacio Suarez an abyss of time and space distances him from those who were the first inhabitants of the Brazilian coasts and of this vast American continent. His initial la...
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2010s Abstract Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Fauvist Mid Century Floral Impasto Still Life
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous mid-century painting of heavily textured Ranunculus flowers in a blue vase by Bonnie Yankauer (American, 20th Century), 1964. The palette and impasto brush strokes gives thi...
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1960s Fauvist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

'Bouquet de Fleurs' Impressionist Still Life of Flowers, Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'Bouquet de Fleurs' Impressionist Still Life of Flowers, Signed Oil Painting By artist, Degerna, Mid 20th Century Signed and dated '1949' by the artist on the lower right hand corner...
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1940s Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

1970's French Cubist Abstract Oil Painting Signed, Blue & White Flowers in Vase
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French cubist/ abstract artist, signed, circa 1970's Title: Blue & white flowers in a vase Medium: oil painting on canvas, framed fram...
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Mid-20th Century Cubist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

'Le Bouquet' French Floral Still Life, Flower Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'Le Bouquet' Floral Still Life, Flower Oil Painting French School, mid 20th Century Oil painting on canvas, framed Framed size: 29 x 18 inches Beautiful oil painting of a lovingly c...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Sweet Still Life, Abstract cubism Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Peter Tovpev Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2022 Style: Cubism Title: Sweet Still Life Size: 31.5" x 27.5" x 0.8''...
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2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Abandoned Barn Revisited, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Samantha Buller's (US based) "Abandoned Barn Revisited" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a field of green sloping grass leading to a ...
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2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Antique American School Modernist Flower Still Life Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist still life painting. Oil and gouache on board, circa 1940. Housed in a period modernist frame. Image size, 24L x 18H.
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1930s Modern Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Set Of Two Fine Antique British Botannical Watercolour Paintings, circa 1900's
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Two very fine original antique English botanical watercolour paintings depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey,...
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Early 20th Century Victorian Still-life Paintings

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Watercolor

Three Pears Painted in the Style of Realism, Oil Texas Artist 9 x 12 $1500
Located in Houston, TX
Painted by Texas artist Helene Robinson who has studied under great Texas painters. Artists is known for painting still life in the style of Realism. Her subjects are usually f...
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2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Provencal Sunflowers" Modern Impressionist Still Life by Maria Bertran
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Provencal Sunflowers" is an beautiful large oil painted from life in France by Maria Bertran. This Contemporary Impressionist painting captures the brilliant golds and greens of lar...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Sunflowers , Oil Painting, American Expressionism , Texas Artist, Floral
Located in Houston, TX
Sunflowers is an oil painting done in the American Expressionism style done from Sunflowers picked in the Texas Hill Country. The artist said : Painting landscapes en plein air or ...
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2010s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Untitled
By Richard Pousette-Dart
Located in Miami, FL
Acrylic on masonite. This is a pivotal work in deep and radiant cobalt blue from 1950. It dipicts calligraphic and hieroglyph structures over a grid and pyramidal base by the first generation abstract expressionist. Provenance: Skinner: November 13, 1992 [Lot 00219}, The entry in the Skinner catalog indicates that the painting came directly from the artist to the family of the consignor to Skinner. Kaminsky Auctions. There is an unbroken paper trail that traces the ownership of the painting from the current owner, through two auction houses to the artist. Perfect unbroken provenance. Pousette-Dart was among the most inventive of the Abstract Expressionist generation, His uncanny talent was to expand the nature of abstraction and still make each mark each element very much his own; a reflection of what he called   "the concealed power of the spirit," he said, “not of the brute physical form."   His was not aiming for a singular, realized aesthetic formula but to expand the possibilities of painting; the transcendental in painting. Typical of such invention and exploration is this  painting  Untitled 1950 when the artist was only 34 years old and represented by one of the champions of the new American painting, Betty Parsons.  
A banner year for Pousette-Dart, the Museum of Modern Art acquired their first painting by the Minnesota born artist.  He worked on easel size works such as this painting an oil on masonite. At the same time Pousette-Dart was also working on larger scale works such as Path of the Hero, running over ten feet in length now in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.  Both contain fields of color articulated by a highly sophisticated white hieroglyphic vocabulary. Rather than demonstrate an expressionist sensibility, Pousette-Dart harnesses his more cerebral ideas transforming thick areas of paint into a more refined composition of geometric forms akin to the pattern and forms of say a stained glass window. In a way he is looking back at Fugue, 1940 a black and white composition which makes use of a similar format of painting albeit smaller. Color and form are minimal, but what Pousette-Dart has maximized is the rhythmic and syncopated character of painting casting his ideas into purely symbolic terms that one might link to the pictograms of Adolph Gottlieb. Nonetheless, nature is always at the core of Pousette-Dart’s thinking and dreaming. Here he has transformed the local Ramapo Mountains—where he will eventually move with his family to live and work— into a complex series of articulated fragments linked by style, scale and color.  The painting’s imagery built on two large triangles and reduced to just two colors, cobalt blue and white all outlined in black.  Pousette-Dart symbols stacked in horizontal and vertical rows:  blue is ground, white is language, symbolic of light, consciousness and awareness . The painting maintains a mystical character images compounded that formulate a secret code and linked to the series of white paintings Pousette-Dart authored in the first half of the 1950s. Get up close to the picture and you discover images within images a kind of picture puzzle...
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1950s Abstract Expressionist Still-life Paintings

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Masonite, Acrylic

1970s French Interior Still Life - Flowers in deep Blue Vase - Superb Original
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
' Blue Vase' by Édouard Righetti (1924-2001) Dated 1973 Signed lower front oil painting on canvas, beautifully painted with thick impasto oil and bold colors. very good condition...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Light
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Light" is a painting that pays homage to the natural beauty of apple blossom. Painted with great precision and a keen eye for detail, this work exudes a contemporary realism infuse...
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2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

'Silk and Blood'. Red Roses. Blue, white, green contemporary painting. Framed
Located in Penzance, GB
'Silk and Blood' Original Artwork. Framed, ready to hang __________________________ “We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.” – ...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Paint, Ink, Mixed Media, Board, Photogram

1930's English still life of Tulips and other red flowers in a vase
Located in Woodbury, CT
Wonderful English 1930's Still life of Tulips and other red flowers in a vase. The 1930s was a period of great artistic experimentation, and many artists were exploring new techniq...
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1930s Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Mountain Road, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Samantha Buller's (US based) "Mountain Road" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a red roof of a building and the road that runs alongsi...
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2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Rev. C. W. Hopkins - Framed Mid 20th Century Oil, Still Life of Yellow Flowers
Located in Corsham, GB
Full of natural light and movement, this spritely still life depicts yellow Rudbeckia opening up inside a terracotta jug. Unsigned. Well presented in a handsome shabby chic frame. On...
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Mid-20th Century Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Mid 20th Century French Delicate Still Life of Red Flowers in a Glass Vase
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Blossoms in Blue signed by Regine David (female French artist, 1910-2018) pastel painting on artist paper painting: 13 x 10 inches dated 1946 condition: This painting is in excellent...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Pastel

Antique American Modernist Flower Still Life Interior View Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist interior flower still life oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 30H by 24L.
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1930s Modern Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Blooming Dandelions and Wild Tulips, Illustration Style, Mediterranean Flowers
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Blooming Dandelions and Wild Tulips" is an abstract expressionist painting by Romina Milano where a landscape of black gestures unfolds across colorful brushstrokes infused with raw...
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2010s Folk Art Still-life Paintings

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Acrylic, Watercolor

Orange Tulips
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Orange Tulips' watercolor on paper. Gary Bukovnik, who fuses sensual vitality with fluid yet powerful colorations to create floral images of great depth, intensity, and size. Inter...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Mato de fogo século XV, Abstract painting. From the series Matas
Located in Miami Beach, FL
For Jose Ignacio Suarez an abyss of time and space distances him from those who were the first inhabitants of the Brazilian coasts and of this vast American continent. His initial la...
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2010s Abstract Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Still Life with Purple Plate / oil on canvas
Located in Burlingame, CA
purple, grey and blue still life composition from American realist painter, Willard Dixon, who says "the charm of Still Life painting for the artist lies in the ability to manipulate...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Roses in a turquoise green vase" ( acrylic floral painting on paper)
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This artwork "Roses in a turquoise green vase" is an evocative bouquet composition, masterfully rendered with expressive brushstrokes and a vibran...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor

A Tasty Trio - 21st Century contemporary Hyper realistic oil painting of Cookies
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Jean Paul Marsman (Dutch artist) A Tasty Trio 20 x 20 cm (framed, included in price 23 x 23 cm) Oil paint on wood Craftsmanship: The work is painted so realistically that everythin...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

Iris Inspiration - Floral, Abstract, Contemporary, Nature, Soft tones, Original
Located in Cullinan, ZA
Title: Iris Inspiration Floral, Abstract, Contemporary, Nature, Soft tones, Original, Authentic, Investment In this gentle, though lively acrylic painting, I connected to the joys ...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Still-life Paintings

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Acrylic

Large Antique American Modernist Interior Kitchen Still Life Cubist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist interior view still life painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Image size, 34 by 40 inches.
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1940s Modern Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Scallop on Tiles, Original painting, Food art, Seafood, Mediterranean style
Located in Deddington, GB
This contemporary still-life depicts a vibrant and juicy scallop on blue and white Mediterranean tiles. This box canvas is part of my MINI Tiles series, and is ready to be hung unfra...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Rare Antique American Modernist Flower Still Life Signed Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist flower still life painting by Henrietta Elizabeth Dodd Hoopes (1904 - 1996). Oil on board. Framed. Signed. Image size, 22 by 15 inches.
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1930s Modern Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Flight II" (2023) by Carrie Goller, Original Encaustic Painting of Bird Wings
Located in Denver, CO
Carrie Goller's (US based) "Flight II" (2023) is an original, mixed media using encaustic on wood panel that depicts a pair of colorful abstract bird wings on a light blue background...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Wood Panel, Mixed Media, Encaustic

Early 1900's French Impressionist Signed Flower Watercolours Marie Carreau
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Flowers" by Marie-Amelie Chautard-Carreau (French, 19th/20th century) set of 2 watercolour on paper, unframed top painting : 6 x 4.5 inches, signed bottom right bottom painting: 5 ...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Watercolor

Marigolds in a tall vase
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Marigolds in a tall vase' watercolor on paper. Gary Bukovnik, who fuses sensual vitality with fluid yet powerful colorations to create floral images of great depth, intensity, and s...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

White peonies watercolor
Located in Zofingen, AG
When I start a new paintong, I go to my garden and try to find a new topic. Every day something unusual happens there, new flowers bloom, the seasons change. My garden is always a so...
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2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

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Watercolor

Bouquet of roses
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas Golden wooden frame Dimensions with frame : 55 x 45.5 x 4.2 cm This work of art features a magnificent floral arrangement where white and red roses bloom. The flowers...
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Mid-20th Century Italian School Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Cecile Hertz-Eyrolles (1875-1974) Large Mid 20th Century Oil, Ode To Wildflowers
Located in Corsham, GB
A beautifully large, expressive piece depicting wildflowers arranged in a shallow vase on folded cloth. Signed to the lower right. Presented in a distressed gesso frame. Studio stamp...
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20th Century Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Song Sparrow Pocket Painting 2, original painting, contemporary
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Song Sparrow 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...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Still Life With Cups And Saucers
By Vitali Miagkov
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Still Life With Cups and Saucers Artist signed, canvas 24hx48w, beautiful custom made silver-gold frame. Mr. Miagkov was born in Ukraine in 1936 and had formal training from the Odes...
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2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

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Cotton Canvas, Oil

Still life painting of fruit and a parrot by French artist Eugène Boudin
Located in London, GB
Still life painting of fruit and a parrot by French artist Eugène Boudin French, 1869 Canvas: Height 90cm, width 80cm This very fine still life painting is by the French artist Eugè...
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1860s Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Dripping Dots - Chanel in Procida" Contemporary Perfume Bottle Chanel Painting
Located in New York, NY
This piece is part of an exciting new collection depicting iconic "Chanel N°5" with the artists "Dripping Dots" style. Focused on a pointillistic technique, the paint is able to capt...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Glass, Mixed Media, Oil, Board

"The Dining Room" by M. Petersen - Beautiful Figurative Colorful Couple Scene
Located in Carmel, CA
Maura Petersen (American, born 1956) "The Dining Room" 2025 Acrylic Paint, Canvas, Stretcher Bars The artist signed the bottom right of the painting. In "The Dining Room," Maura Pet...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas, Stretcher Bars

St. Clements Lime - original realism still life painting contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online. A vibrant symphony of color and abundance, St. Clements Lime C...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Poppies . 2007. acrylic on canvas, 40x40 cm
Located in Riga, LV
This work by Ingrida Irve makes us travel to Latvian fields around midsummer, where poppies are dominating the color palette. Ingrida Irbe (1969) Born 15th of June 1969 in Riga ...
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Early 2000s Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Jannie Dodger 3 Pocket Painting, Still life, Sweet Original
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Jammie Dodger 3 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 stil...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Breakfast at Goretto Cafe Florence Oil Table Top Interior Morning Espresso
Located in Houston, TX
Breakfast at Goretto Cafe Florence Oil Table Top Interior Morning Espresso 8" x 12" Look for free shipping at checkout The painting measures 8" x 12...
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2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Painting Floral Bouquet Gold Fine art Investment Colorful Flowers Contemporary
Located in Cullinan, ZA
Title: Bouquet of Beauty for You Painting Floral Bouquet Gold Fine art Investment Colorful Flowers Contemporary This acrylic painting bursts with vibrant colors, capturing the wild...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Still-life Paintings

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Gold, Gold Leaf

"Lilacs in Glass" - oil painting, impressionistic bouquet of flowers in vase
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Lilacs in Glass" is a still-life oil painting on linen. It depicts a bouquet of lilacs sitting on a wooden table in a glass vase. Ben Fenske (b. 1978), although a native of Minnes...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Blue Bottle by Fernand Blondin - Oil on Canvas - 50x61 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Fernand Blondin (1887-1967) was a Swiss painter and teacher, celebrated for his depictions of idyllic rural life, interiors, female nudes, portraits, still-lifes, religious subjects ...
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Mid-20th Century Symbolist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

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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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