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Still-life Paintings For Sale
Coastal Elder at Cayucos, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Elizabeth Garat paints an inspiring view of the California coast. She references the piece on scenes from an expedition to the beautiful coastal town of Cayucos, California. The stately tree stands alone in the surrounding field, capturing the viewer's attention. Elizabeth fully offers the tranquility of the quiet view.
About the Artist
Growing up in California and Colorado, Elizabeth spent much of her formative years outdoors. “Exposure to nature early on planted the seed of landscape painting in me,†she says. She enjoyed spending time on her grandfather’s sunny sheep ranch and going to the beach with her grandmother. Her grandmother also would bring her to art galleries in Laguna Beach, where she was first introduced to California Impressionism...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pink Orange Red & Turquoise Expressive Abstract Canvas by Contemporary Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Pink Orange Red & Turquoise Expressive Abstract Canvas by Contemporary British Artist.
Art measures 24 x 24 inches
Frame measures 29 x 29 inches
Angela Wakefield has twice been on...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Basket with Fruit - Modernism
Located in Miami, FL
Bold outlines and strong weighty forms coalesce with a compositional delicacy that forms the hallmark of Hartley's work.
The work has a long and distinguished provenance and exhibit...
Category
1920s American Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Le Pipe
Located in Wenham, MA
Le Pipe, is an original oil painting on panel. It is framed in a handmade, black frame with pale gold lip. The overall dimensions with the frame included are approximately 12x10.5 inches. A master of Trompe l'oeil, the artist here has depicted an antique smoking pipe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Romantical" (2022) by Carrie Goller, Oil & Cold Wax Painting, Hummingbird
Located in Denver, CO
Carrie Goller's (US based) "Romantical" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a hummingbird hovering above white orchids. This piece is unframed yet ready to hang.
Born and raised on Washington’s tiny Bainbridge Island, artist Carrie Goller recalls being advised as a child to pursue a career in fine art. After an early career as a paralegal, a life-changing experience led her to become a serious and dedicated artist.
Once I finally indulged my need to create art, the door was opened and I haven’t looked back. I’ve been making up for lost time; a bit obsessed. Art is now a necessity for me. I find true expression and balance in that world, says Goller.
Goller is inspired by simple, sensuous organic forms and the realm of colors, shapes and textures found in nature. Her thoughtful approach to subject matter can be evidenced from her tender still life work, along with a passion for rendering impressionist oils of daily life. From her Bainbridge Island and Hood Canal...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, Oil
Fresh Flowers - contemporary, floral still life, acrylic and oil on canvas
By Pat Service
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A pretty, mixed floral bouquet fills the canvas with joyful colour in this still-life painting by Pat Service. The Canadian artist explored the traditional art form in the 1990’s but...
Category
1990s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Red Bottles on Green, Modern Still Life, Pink, Kitchenware Display Silhouette
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Red Bottles on Green" is a contemporary still-life painting that depicts a vibrant arrangement of red bottle silhouettes taking center stage in contrast against the green pastel bac...
Category
2010s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Archival Paper
Flowers. Gouache Painting, Abstract, Figurative, Floral, Polish art
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary floral still life figurative gouache on paper painting by Polish artist Bozena Lesiak. Painting is in a small format. Bozena Lesiak's art embodies beauty of nature and i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Flower Still-life Virgin Trevisani Stanchi Paint Oil on canvas 17/18th Century
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Flower garland with a portrait of the Virgin
Francesco Trevisani (Capodistria 1656 - Rome 1746) and Niccolò Stanchi (Rome 1623 - 1690), attributable
Oil on canvas
66 x 49 cm. - In f...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid Century French Colorful Illustration Sketches Of Different Fruits
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Fruit Medley
by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
signed
pastel/watercolor on paper, unframed
painting: 13 x 20 inches
good condition
provenance: from the artists estate, France
Jos...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Watercolor
Succulent Summer, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
"Last spring, I picked up a little collection of succulents from the grocery store," says artist Tara Zalewsky-Nease. "I hesitated to buy them at first, as I’...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Double Trouble - Two Red Guitars Original Music Instrument Painting on Canvas
By Carl Smith
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Carl Smith combines his own photographic material with drawings and other fragments of narrative imagery onto canvas. He works with several layout combinations before creating a fini...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas, Mixed Media
Rabbit Sculpture in the Garden - Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Idyllic scene of a rabbit statue among flowerpots in a garden by unknown artist "Trulee" (20th Century). A rabbit statue faces away from the viewer, look...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
20th Century French Modernist Oil Painting Still Life Objects
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French School, 20th century
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 24 x 18 inches
provenance: private collection
condition: very good and sound condition
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sloe Blossoms Oil on Panel Floral Still-life in a vase 14" x 10"
Located in Houston, TX
Sloe Blossoms is a 14" x 10" oil on panel painting by European /Croatian artist Tina Orsolic Dalessio who is classically trained. This is part of her new 2024 series of still-life ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Still life flowers roses oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Lafuente - Flowers - Oil on canvas
Spanish school signed "Lafuente".
Oil measures 61x50 cm.
Frameless.
Category
1950s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Peonies", pink and white cm. 68 x 68
Located in Torino, IT
Peonies, pink and white
Georgij MOROZ (Dneprodzerzinsk, Ucraina, 1937 - St. Petersburg, 2015)
1937: he was born in Dneprodzerzinsk, Ucraina.
1949-56: he began artistic studies in Dn...
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sunflower, 2024 - Contemporary Still Life Acrylic Painting of Flower in Red
By David Pearce
Located in Kingsclere, GB
David Pearce is a British painter.
After travelling widely throughout the 1980s, Pearce returned to settle and work near Padstow in Cornwall. As a self-taught artist, he sought in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
1950’s French Expressionist Signed Oil Still Life Lemons Oranges on Table
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French expressionist artist, 1955
signed oil painting on canvas, framed
dated 55'
framed: 22 x 29 inches
canvas: 15 x 22 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: ove...
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Diptych of Pocket Yellowy Orange Clementine and Very Shiny Very Red Apple
Located in Deddington, GB
Very Shiny Very Red Apple is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her series of realistic oil paintings of fruit with a nod to baroque still life painting. The pa...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Still Life - Oil Painting by Claude Decamps - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
The Still Life is a painting realized by Claude Decamps in the 1970s
Oil painting on cardboard canvas.
Hand-signed on the lower.
Good conditions.
Th...
Category
1970s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Evening in peace. Raquel Fariñas Symbolic Blue Folk Art Still-life
Located in Segovia, ES
"Evening in peace" (Tarde en calma). Acrylic and mixed media on wood panel.
Dimensions: centimeters (H) 45 x (W) 60 (D) 6 / inches: 17.72 x 23.62 x 2.36
The pictures of Raquel Fariñas...
Category
2010s Folk Art Still-life Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Panel
Lilac on the chest of drawers
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this oil painting, I've embraced the essence of a serene moment captured through a dance of delicate brushstrokes and soft, harmonious hues. Inspired by both impressionism and rea...
Category
2010s Expressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Breakfast at Nencioni Cafe Florence Oil Table Top Interior Morning Espresso
Located in Houston, TX
Breakfast at Nencioni Cafe Florence Oil Table Top Interior Morning Espresso 8" x 12"
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The painting measures 8" x ...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Pair of flower still lifes on copper, Flanders, 17th century, tulip
Located in DEVENTER, NL
Pair of flower still lifes with various flowers (including a tulip) in a basket, oil on copper
Flemisch school, second half 17th century.
Dimensions excl. frame: 17 x 22 cm.
Dimensions incl. frame: 23 x 28 cm.
Still-life painting as an independent genre or specialty first flourished in the Netherlands during the early 1600s, although German and French painters (for example, Georg Flegel and Sebastian Stoskopff; 21.152.1, 2002.68) were also early participants in the development, and less continuous traditions of Italian and Spanish still-life painting date from the same period. Still-life motifs occur fairly frequently in manuscripts, books of hours, and panel paintings of the 1400s and 1500s, such as Robert Campin’s Annunciation Triptych (56.70) of about 1425, and in Petrus Christus‘ Goldsmith in his Shop of 1449 (1975.1.110). Many of the objects depicted in these early works are symbolic of some quality of the Virgin or another religious figure (for example, the lily stands for purity), while other objects may remind the viewer of an edifying concept such as worldly vanity or temperance (as in the case of the goldsmith’s mirror and scales). Moralizing meanings are also common in independent still-life paintings of the seventeenth century, which range from such obviously didactic works as Jacques de Gheyn...
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17th Century Flemish School Still-life Paintings
Materials
Copper
Yellow Jar by Millie Gosch, Framed Flowers Oil Still-Life Painting
By Millie Gosch
Located in Atlanta, GA
Unframed this piece is 8 x 8
"Yellow Jar" by Millie Gosch is a charming 8x8-inch oil on linen board that radiates warmth and simplicity. With expressive brushstrokes and a rich, sun...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Williamsburg Bridge" oil painting, realist, iconic build, lower east side NYC
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Williamsburg Bridge" is a collaborative realist painting by Stephen Bauman & Steven Forster. It depicts the Williamsburg Bridge in New York City at sunset. The painting shows the bo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pocket Green Fig and Pocket Gooseberry by Dani Humberstone- fruit- figurative
Located in Deddington, GB
original
Oil on Canvas
Image size: H:5 cm x W:5 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:5 cm x W:5 cm x D:3cm
Frame Size: H:16 cm x W:16 cm x D:3.5cm
if sold together would be H:5 and W...
Category
2010s Expressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Superb Antique American Framed Fruit Table Still Life Nuts & Wine Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Incredible early American realist still life by John F. Francis (1808 - 1886). Oil on canvas. Incredible detail and masterfully painted. Museum provenance. Unsigned. Measuring 2...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Le lapin, Oil Painting on canvas, Contemporary Figurative painting, Realism
Located in AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FR
Work : Original Oil Painting, Handmade artwork, Unique Work.
Medium : Oil painting on stretched Linen.
Artist : Jade Boissin
Subject : Le lapin (Title)
Signature : The work is signe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil
WPA Landscape American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Farm Rural
Located in New York, NY
WPA Landscape American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Farm Rural
James McCracken (1875 – 1967)
WPA Landscape
28 x 36 inches
Oil on canvas, c. 1930s
Signed lower right
...
Category
1930s American Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Caples Lake with Sun and Clouds
By Peter Loftus
Located in Burlingame, CA
‘Caples Lake with Sun and Clouds’ oil painting by American Realist artist Peter Loftus, who is known for captivating breathtaking color-rich nature scenes through shadow and light in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Contemporary impressionist artwork of sunflowers on paper inspired by Van Gogh
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This captivating piece "Sunny sunflowers in a pot" is part of my "Floral" series, featuring a bouquet of radiant yellow sunflowers nestled in a charming terracotta pot. Inspired by ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
A Warm Disparity / still life painting heels
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
'A Warm Disparity' still life painting of a simple pair of women's heels by California artist Kim Frohsin, who employs mixed media, acrylic, Stabilo pencil, Prismacolour, watercolor,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Gouache, Archival Paper
Untitled (Abstract Still Life with Flowers and Fruit), Ian Hornak
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Untitled (Abstract Still Life with Flowers and Fruit)
Year: 1963
Medium: Watercolor on heavy archival paper
Size: 29.5 x 21 inches
Condition: Go...
Category
1960s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Festive bouquet"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
This painting was inspired by a beautiful festive bouquet. The lightness and feeling of the holiday is determined by the brightness of colors and textured brushstrokes. Perfect for a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Severin Roesen (German/American, 1815-1882) Fruit Still Life with Wine Glass
By Severin Roesen
Located in New York, NY
Severin Roesen (German/American, 1815-1882)
A Magnificent Fruit Still Life with Wine Glass and Compote Oil On Canvas Painting
In a letter ...
Category
19th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Big Sur bouquet - Still-life Art by Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
Floral - Abstract Paintings - Contemporary Art By Marc Zimmerman
This masterpiece is exhibited in the Zimmerman Gallery, Carmel CA.
The painting comes with a certificate of authen...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Original Oil on Board, Gerald Norden, "A Packing Job"
Located in Mere, GB
Gerald Norden 1912 - 2000
Gerald van Norden came to London before the war and studied at the Royal College of Art. He taught Art in Canterbury, Maidstone...
Category
Mid-20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Still life with pomegranate
Located in Oslo, NO
This captivating artwork features a vivid still life composition dominated by a potted plant with lush, broad leaves, prominently positioned in the foreground. The plant's leaves exh...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Wood, Gouache
Medieval Peach Wine -original still life impressionism painting-contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is framed, signed & currently for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery.
There is something enchantingly old-world about Medieval Peach Wine, a compositi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Ninja!" Oil Painting
By Calvin Lai
Located in Denver, CO
Calvin Lai's (US based) "Ninja!" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a still life of a miniature wooden mannequin, a ninja toy, and a blond haired girl figurine in sit...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Overdue- 21st Century Contemporary Painting of radish in plastic bucket
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Adriana van Zoest
Overdue
65 x 45 cm Framed 77 x 55 cm ( Frame is included in price)
Oil paint on wood panel (2024)
Various subjects
Adriana van Zoest's paintings are not easy to cl...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Antique American Modernist Southwest Cactus Still Life Framed Signed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Wonderful early American modernist cactus still life oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 20H by 24L.
Category
1960s Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Yellow Symphony", Contrast Blue Musical Movement Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Titled "Yellow Symphony", this abstract oil painting by Marcel Demagny depicts distinctive yellow color blocks emerging against various blue colors defi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Melting Snow" 2023 Impressionistic winter scene in Vermont, fence and mountains
By Viktor Butko
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Butko paints the natural, sprawling light of early, mid, and late day. In this composition–his largest of 2023—Butko takes on early summer's mid-day light in Northeastern U.S. The cl...
Category
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil
Yellow Rose. Original oil painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
Technique (canvas handmade)
The picture was painted with a palette knife and a brush on canvas . (handmade)
I've poured my heart into this canvas, creating a vibrant dance of color...
Category
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
"Beach Stones" (2024) By Scott Fraser, Original Oil Painting
By Scott Fraser
Located in Denver, CO
Scott Fraser's (US based) "Beach Stones" is an original, handmade oil painting on panel that depicts a variety of stones from the beach. Several fill a beautifully lit white porcelai...
Category
2010s Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Strawberries - original realism still life acrylic 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. "Strawberries" brings a sumptuous, glowing still life into shar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
Zen Garden - bright, floral, impasto, abstract expressionist, acrylic on canvas
By Adam Cohen
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Rendered in pink, lemon, green, and blue this abstract painting with a floral motif is by Adam Cohen.
Thickly applied expressive brushstrokes in a bright palette bring a palpable energy to this lively, joyful painting that resembles a floral tapestry.
Cohen likes to cut into wet paint with a palette knife to create visible texture.
Pink, lemon, green, and blue flower petals overlap one another in a luscious visual display.
“… I like abstract painting. I can create accidents. And then I can edit in or out what I like. Use them as a springboard. A place to build the rest of the painting around. I create paintings that feel deeply personal to me. Somehow I always know when they are done.” Adam Cohen
“A painting by Adam Cohen is like a sudden burst of light. Vision is dazzled by a surface alive with color, swarming with incident. As you approach the canvas, it feels as if it were coming forward to meet you, to immerse you in a field of visual energy.” Carter Ratcliff, Art Critic
Adam Cohen studied at Philadelphia’s Tyler School of Art and lived and painted in Rome for a year. After many successful years as an illustrator in NYC, he returned to his first love...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Slow Rise, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Eric G. Thompson's "Slow Rise" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a red clay teacup steaming with warmth with a cast shadow on the silver background.
About the Artist:
Eric G. Thompson captures stillness. He captures moments. Whether he is painting in oil, egg tempera or watercolor, he is seeking to evoke a haunting memory, a lost feeling. In a fast-paced world of deadlines, obligations and busyness, Eric invites you into the peace that he has enveloped within this momentary glimpse in time. Believing that we all seek silence, without even realizing it, he implores you to dwell on something you otherwise would have overlooked, or have long-forgotten. Literally and figuratively, he sheds light into the attics of our lives, even if it is just to awaken a feeling buried deep within the viewer.
A major influence on Eric’s work is the Japanese aesthetic of wabi-sabi, an appreciation of imperfection, age and patina, often referred to as “flawed beauty.” Balance and light are also key elements found in every painting he creates. Like the characters of the objects, figures and houses Eric paints, his technique has been refined through life experience. He is completely self-taught, and believes this process has led him to find a unique voice and vision, through perseverance, trial and error. A painter since 1989, Eric now resides in Salt Lake City, Utah and has been selling his work professionally since 2002. He paints from his travels and the treasures discovered along the way, and he chooses his medium based on the mood he wishes to convey.
Eric will continue to paint, evoking our memories, shedding light on the beauty and solitude of ordinary moments once forgotten, now glorified before us in fluid brushstrokes. Eric seeks to find greatness in the most humble of subject matter, illustrated by Elbert...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Silver
Lamp Revisited, Still Life with Lamp on Dark Brown Mahogany Wooden Desk
Located in Kent, CT
In this quiet still life painting, a single lamp with a yellowed lamp shade stands atop a dark brown mahogany wooden desk with gray metal handles on the drawer. The object and furnit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Rose bouquet
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Category
Mid-20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid-Century Australian Still life of flowers in an Asian bowl
Located in Woodbury, CT
Allan Hansen, Still life of of Japonica.
Hansen was a painter of many different subjects during the middle to end period of the 20th century. He painted many still lives and this...
Category
1960s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Forest river. 1990. Cardboard, oil. 67, 5x93 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Forest river. 1990. Cardboard, oil. 67,5x93 cm
Information about artist Edgars Vinters (1919-2014).
Edgars Vinters was working in oil, waterc...
Category
1990s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Strawberry and Cream - Vibrant Southwest Inspired Pop Art Painting
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, he effortlessly captures a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel
"Elegant Still Life of Two Gold Metal Cups on Patterned Fabric" Realism Oil
Located in Wellesley, MA
"Elegant Still Life of Two Gold Metal Cups on Patterned Fabric," 24 x 24 Inches.
Look carefully and you will see the artist at work in the studio reflected in the sparkling surfaces...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fine Antique British Botanical Painting Orange Blossom
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
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, Eng...
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian Still-life Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
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.