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Still-life Paintings For Sale
1950’s French Impressionist Signed Oil Pink Roses Paris still life gilt frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Mary Ribelli ( French, mid 20th century) signed oil painting on board, framed inscribed verso framed: 23.5 x 20 inches board: 17 x 15 inches provenance: private collection, France c...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Roses. Original painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
The painting “Yellow Roses” is made in the technique of oil painting on canvas with the size of 50x50 cm. It depicts delicate buds of yellow roses, which occupy the center of the com...
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2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Mid Century Roses and Apple Blossoms Floral Still Life
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous mid century floral still life in soft spring palette with roses and apple blossoms by J. Herron (American, 20th Century), circa 1960. Signed lower right. Unframed. Image siz...
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1960s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Linen

Flowers. Canvas, cardboard, oil, 69x50 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Flowers. Canvas, cardboard, oil, 69x50 cm Aleksandr Rodin (1922-2001) Painter Born in a family of farmers. Wife Rasma Lace - art scholar. Studied at the Stalingrad School of Art, Sa...
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1970s Expressionist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Cardboard, Canvas

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...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Oil Pastel, Watercolor

French 20th Century Modernist Turquoise Still Life Spring Onions and Celeriacs
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Vegetable Still Life by Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) oil on artist paper, unframed painting : 21 x 16.5 inches stamped verso provenance: artists estate, France condition: very good...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Pruned, 12 x 12, Still Life, Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Robin Cole's "Pruned," a 2024 original, is an intimate oil on mounted linen painting that measures 12 x 12 inches, encased in a frame that extends the dimensions to 17 x 17 inches. T...
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2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Xtraordinary
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Xtraordinary' - depicts a San Francisco building with warm sunlight casting shadows that cascade across the facade of the green building with red inset window and trim. The piece i...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Leaf Autumn Pocket Painting 4c, original painting, contemporary
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Autumn Leaf 4c 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

Late September
Located in Dallas, TX
Allison Gildersleeve received her BA from the College of William and Mary and her MFA from Bard College. She has exhibited across the United States and abroad, including New York Cit...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

"Mâtinée à l'atelier" by Grégoire Mathias – Diachronic Cubism Acrylic Painting
Located in PÉRIGUEUX, FR
Mâtinée à l'atelier 40 x 32 cm Acrylic on Canvas "Mâtinée à l'atelier" offers a vibrant and dynamic depiction of a morning spent in the artist’s studio. Exemplifying the unique Diac...
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21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

"Musicis Tulips" (2023) by Sybiline, Oil Painting, Yellow Still Life
Located in Denver, CO
Sybiline's (CAN based) "Musicis Tulips" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts three yellow tulips with musical notes swirling around them. About the Artist: Sybiline i...
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2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Scottish Cliffside, Antique Oil Painting, Signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Scottish Cliffside, Antique Oil Painting, Signed by F. E. Jamieson (British 1895-1950) Signed on the lower right hand corner oil painting on canvas, framed Framed size: 23 x 33 inche...
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Early 20th Century Victorian Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Contemporary still-life expressive acrylic painting of strawberries on paper
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This vibrant and expressive artwork titled "Sweet Strawberries" showcases a rich palette of colors that serve as my means of expression. In this piece, I delve into the beauty of lu...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Antique American Modernist Nicely Framed Kitchen Still Life Bread Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted American school modernist still life painting. Nice color and modernist composition. Excellent ready to hang condition. Oil on canvas. Image size, 18"H x 24"L.
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1950s Modern Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Dripping Dots - Coco in Ibiza" Pop Art Chanel Perfume Bottle Oil Painting
Located in New York, NY
This piece is part of an exciting new collection depicting iconic "Coco Chanel" with the artists "Dripping Dots" style. Focused on a pointillistic technique, the paint is able to cap...
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2010s Pop Art Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil

Jam Doughnut Pocket Series, original painting, contemporary, still-life
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Jam Doughnut is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket Painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with a nod to baroque still l...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Found objects - 21st Century Contemporary Still-life painting with Shells
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
This still-life is made by Dutch painter Erik Zwaga. The painter started in the style of the romantic school, Erik Zwaga began to search more and more for his own visual language...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

"Pantry Variations" (2022) by Clyde Steadman, Original Still-Life Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Pantry Variations" by Clyde Steadman (United States) is a handmade still-life painting that is unframed, but ready to hang.
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Becca Clegg, Summer Bouquet, Original Bright Floral Painting, Affordable Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Summer Bouquet [2021] Original Flowers Acrylic paint on canvas Image size: H:15 cm x W:15 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:15 cm x W:15 cm x D:2cm Frame Size: H:18.5 cm x W:18.5 ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Moonlit Magnolia Realism 36" x 36" Oil on Canvas Gallery Wrapped Floral
Located in Houston, TX
Moonlit Magnolia Susan Meeks oil on canvas 36" x 36" Susan is a native Houstonian. She is passionate about oil painting, specializing in large scale florals as seen in The Magnolia ...
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2010s American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Still Life - Painting by Francesco Settimj - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on wooden panel realized in the early 20th Century. Good condition except for some missing parts on edges.
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Early 20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Hydrangeas and Other Garden Flowers
Located in New York, NY
Signed (at lower right): John Ross Key 1882
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Late 19th Century American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Fresh, Juicy Lemons-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. Bursting with energy and vibrancy, Fresh, Juicy Lemons captures the ze...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Board

Tondo Blue, Expanded Metal Painting
Located in Miami Beach, FL
For these paintings, Wolf uses expanded metal as a brush and thus creates abstract paintings. The irretrievable moment is found here in the expressive painting process. Also, he adds...
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2010s Abstract Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Pigment

Spring Light - unframed
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Spring Light' by master watercolorist Gary Bukovnik, who fuses sensual vitality with fluid yet powerful colorations to create floral images of great depth, intensity, and size. Internationally exhibited and celebrated worldwide, Bukovnik’s iconic works express a spiritual exultation - a joie de vivre - a vivid celebration of beauty. The painting captures the season of nature’s rebirth when the world awakes from its winter repose — Forever Spring...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

"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

American School Super Realist Still Life Surreal Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist still life oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed verso.
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1970s Photorealist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Studio (Interior), 2023 - Orange Oil on Gesso Board Painting with Plants
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Ffiona Lewis was born in London but grew up in Devon, now dividing her time between her studios near the River Debden in Suffolk and London. She studied at the Polytechnic of Central...
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2010s Still-life Paintings

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Gesso, Oil

"Still Life with Apples" Fruit Modern Mid Century Oil Painting on Board Painting
Located in New York, NY
A strong modernist oil painting depicted in the mid Century by Russian painter Michael Baxte. Mostly known for his abstracted figures on canvas or street scenes, this piece is a wonderful representation of his bold still life paintings, with expressive use of color, shape, and form. Later in his career, Baxte explores Expressionism, infusing both European and North American stylistic trends. This piece is from later in his career, but we can feel this underlying style throughout. Art measures 15 x 11 inches Frame measures 22 x 19 inches Michael Posner Baxte was born in 1890 in the small town of Staroselje Belarus, Russia. For the first half of the 19th century, it was a center of the Chabad movement of Hasidic Jews, but this group was gone by the middle of the 19th century. By the time the Baxte family immigrated to the United States at the beginning of the 20th century, the Jewish population numbered only on the hundreds. The native language of the Baxte family was Yiddish. It is likely that the death of Michael Baxte’s father triggered the family’s immigration. Three older brothers arrived in New York between 1903 and 1905. Michael and his mother, Rebecca, arrived in 1907. By 1910 Michael, his mother, and brother, Joseph, were living in New Orleans and may have spent some time on a Louisiana plantation. Around 1912, Michael Baxte returned to Europe to study the violin. In 1914 he, his mother, and Joseph moved to New York City. Meanwhile, in Algeria, a talented young woman painter, Violette Mege...
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1960s Expressionist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Board

"Merc Power" (2019) by Sheri Farabaugh, Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Merc Power" (2019) by Sheri Farabaugh (United States Based) is a handmade still life oil painting that depicts a scene on a lake, with a closeup of a boat engine in deep blue waters...
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2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Board

French Contemporary Art by Claudine Picard - Kaki
Located in Paris, IDF
Claudine Picard is a French artist born in 1949 who lives & works in Sainte Marie, France. She is graduated from the Ecole Nationale des Arts Décoratifs in 1973 (ENSAD).
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2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Yellow Jar by Millie Gosch, Framed Flowers Oil Still-Life Painting
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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Board

French still life 19th roses vase BRUYAS
Located in PARIS, FR
Marc BRUYAS Lyon, 1821 - 1896 Oil on canvas 32 x 23 cm (42 x 33 cm with frame) Signed and dated lower left “Bruyas / December 1863” Beautiful carved and gilded wooden frame from the...
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1860s Romantic Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Stella Day (6.3.17) - Original Textural Abstract Floral Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This original floral oil painting by Sally West features a vibrant bouquet of impasto flowers, perfect for collectors drawn to expressive contemporary botanical textured art created with a palette knife. Bursting with rich reds, peachy corals, soft lilacs, and lush greens, each flower is sculpted with thick, gestural strokes that radiate vitality and movement. The composition feels abundant and celebratory, capturing the joyful chaos of a garden in full bloom. What makes Sally West’s original oil paintings so recognizable is the combination of texture, abstraction, and calming colors. The movement of her paint strokes on canvas is reminiscent of a light breeze or waves. Each painting is completed in one day, with the date present in the title. West's textural pieces take at least eight weeks to completely dry. Once dry, the thick paint takes on an almost sculptural effect. Overall, West’s color palette is uniquely her own, conveying a very specific feeling of comfort associated with familiarity and softness. This one-of-a-kind 39-inch square artwork is painted with thick, textural oil paint on canvas. It is wired and ready to hang. It is signed by the artist on the front lower right corner as well as the back. The sides of this artwork are painted, and it is ready to hang. Free local Los Angeles area delivery. Affordable Continental U.S. and worldwide shipping are available. A certificate of authenticity issued by Artplex Gallery is included. Sally West was born in West Wyalong, Central New South Wales. West grew up on a farm and, as a teenager, moved to Eastern Sydney for school. Throughout her life, she has traveled through and lived in both Europe and South East Asia to gain inspiration for her artwork. Although her international journeys have influenced her style, the subjects of her paintings are very close to home. The subjects of all of her paintings exist in an infinite timeline inspired by her location in Eastern Australia. Since West’s first breakthrough solo exhibition in New York in 2011, her artworks have become highly sought after internationally. She has won and placed as a finalist in numerous worldwide art competitions and juried exhibitions throughout her career. Her artworks are exhibited in influential galleries across Australia and the USA and are included in significant art collections around the globe. Artplex Gallery has been representing and exhibiting Sally West's original artworks since 2019. Artspace Warehouse, a partner gallery of Artplex Gallery, has been a 1stdibs partner since 2014 with consistently excellent reviews from clients worldwide. The gallery exhibits a large selection of original artworks from established and emerging international artists with diverse backgrounds at high standards. Artspace Warehouse and Artplex Gallery are known to provide accurate descriptions, images, reliable services, communication, and delivery. The gallery's commitment to customer satisfaction means that clients can invest in art with confidence, knowing they have a reputable and established art gallery backing their acquisition. Artplex Gallery prioritizes our clients' peace of mind by ensuring a seamless and worry-free art-buying experience. REPRESENTATION Artplex Gallery, Los Angeles, USA SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2021 Breeze, KAB Gallery, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Terrigal Sally West, Jag Gallery, Key West, Florida, USA 2020 PINK, KAB Gallery, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Terrigal 2019 Spring Colours – Sydney, Fellia Melas Gallery, Woollahra, Sydney Lizzie Beach, KAB Gallery, Terrigal 2018 Sally West, Art Images Gallery, Adelaide All Sorts, Fellia Melas Gallery, Woollahra, Sydney 2017 Surf & Snow, KAB Gallery, Crowne Plaza, Terrigal Figurative Focus, KAB Gallery, Crowne Plaza, Terrigal Around Town, Traffic Jam Galleries, Netural Bay 2016 Spring Sydney, Fellia Melas Gallery, Woollahra, Sydney Sally West, KAB Gallery, Crowne Plaza, Terrigal 2015 Sally West Plein...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Tulips. Gouache Painting, Abstract, Figurative, Floral, Polish artist
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...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

Oleander in a Tall Vase
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Oleander 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 si...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

'Loquats & Chinese Bowl' Contemporary photorealist still life painting, yellow
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Contemporary Still Life Painting 'Loquats & Chinese Bowl' by Barbara Vanhove. Inspired by the Dutch Masters. Barbara was born in Watermael-Boisfort in Belgium in 1974. She showed an...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Panel

"Shelter Island Yacht Club"- Oil painting, impressionis sailboats at rest in sun
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
“Shelter Island Yacht Club” is an oil painting by Kelly Carmody. It depicts sailboats at rest alongside a dock in full sun. A yellow under-tone peeks through, creating an overall war...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Still life fruit and flowers
Located in Genève, GE
Illegible signature Work on canvas Golden wooden frame 56.2 x 74.5 x 3.5 cm
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Mid-20th Century Still-life Paintings

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Oil

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

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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Canvas, Oil

Rochers par temps gris - Impressionist Seascape Oil Painting by Emilio Boggio
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
A beautiful oil on panel circa 1900 by French impressionist painter Emilio Boggio. The piece depicts a coastal scene. The blue-green water crashes against the rocks on a grey day. S...
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Early 1900s Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Autumn Still Life -original still life impressionism painting - contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
A rich and evocative composition, Autumn Still Life encapsulates the quiet beauty of the changing seasons. A crisp red apple and a golden quince rest on a weathered blue wooden surface, their presence made all the more poetic by a single fallen leaf. The contrasting colors—a vibrant red, a muted green, and the warm yellows of decay—speak to the passage of time and the beauty of nature’s cycles. Titorenkov’s handling of texture is remarkable; the polished skin of the apple gleams with reflected light, while the rougher, imperfect surface of the quince tells a different story, one of rustic charm and natural imperfection. The worn wooden surface, marked by time, adds another layer of history to the scene, while the curled leaf suggests the quiet rustle of an autumn breeze. This painting is not merely an arrangement of objects—it is a meditation on impermanence, on the fleeting nature of ripeness and change. Autumn Still Life invites the viewer to reflect on time’s passage, to embrace both the vibrancy of the present and the nostalgia of the past. This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online. Artist bio: Born in 1963 in Kotel, Bulgaria, Alexander Titorenkov...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The Window Sill, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
As the first frost approaches in fall, artist Peg Belcastro pots up her plants to save them. She brings them inside, where they sit on wide window sills to ca...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Acrylic

Tulips. Gouache Painting, Abstract, Figurative, Floral, Polish artist
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...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

" Primi fiori" Olio su tela cm. 68 x 60 1990
Located in Torino, IT
Bellissima Natura morta con i primi fiori della primavera Colori tenui come viola ,verde,bianco e un tocco di arancione
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1990s Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Bouquet of flowers
Located in Zofingen, AG
"The picture was painted with a palette knife and a brush on canvas . (handmade) In this vibrant fusion of expressionism and impressionism, I've joyfully layered acrylics and oils t...
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2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Acrylic

Jo Haran, Jewel Heads in Darkness, Contemporary Floral Art, Affordable Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Jewel Heads in Darkness [2021] Original Flowers Gouache, watercolour ink and gesso. Image size: H:53 cm x W:64 cm Paper Size: H:56 cm x W:67.5 cm x D:0.01cm Sold Unframed Please note...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Gesso, Paper, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Gouache

Champagne Cat
Located in Columbia, MO
ASHLEE SELBURG Champagne Cat Ink and pencil on paper 20 x 16 inches
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Ink

1920's Pink & Blue Impressionist Floral Still-Life Early Work Society of Six
By William Clapp
Located in Soquel, CA
A brilliant early 20th century impressionist floral still-life by William Clapp (American, 1879-1954). Beautiful and bold, this 1920's pink floral still-life pops against a bright blue background. The artist uses expressive and loose brushstrokes in a fun and energetic palette, bringing a dynamic and lively energy to this one-of-a-kind piece. Signed lower right, "W. Clapp". Oil on old Canada packing crate board and presented in a rustic wood frame. Board size: 20"H x 24"L. Framed size: 24"H x 28"W. This an early work by the artist which is distinctive in his bold Impressionist style before he merged into his signature pointillist style. Born in Montreal, Canada of American parents on Oct. 29, 1879. At age six Clapp moved to California with his family, settling in Oakland where he spent his childhood. In 1900 he returned to Montreal for four years of study with Wm Brymner followed by further study in Paris at Académies Julian, Colarossi, and Grande Chaumière. He then returned to Montreal where he was elected an associate member of the Royal Canadian Art Academy. He lived and worked in Cuba before returning to Oakland in 1917. He then served as director and curator of the Oakland Art Gallery from 1918-49. In this position, and as a member of a group of painters called the Society of Six...
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1920s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Board, Oil

Dwight Baird-Red, White and Blue from the Baseball Collection
Located in Brooklyn, NY
In his 1993 series For Love of the Game, Canadian artist Dwight Baird pays tribute to America's beloved pastime with a vibrant depiction of 30 baseballs, each adorned with the insign...
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1990s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Watercolor

"Knight Horrors" Aaron Bohrod, Realism, Surrealism, Dream, Nightmare Monsters
Located in New York, NY
Aaron Bohrod Knight Horrors, 1985 Signed lower left Oil on gesso panel 12 x 16 inches Aaron Bohrod's work has not been limited to one style or medium. Initially recognized as a regionalist painter of American scenes, particularly of his native Chicago, Bohrod later devoted himself to detailed still-life paintings rendered in the trompe l'oeil style. He also worked for several years in ceramics and wrote a book on pottery. Born in 1907, Bohrod began his studies at Chicago's Crane Junior College in 1925, and two years later enrolled in the Art Institute of Chicago. But it was at the Art Students League in New York City, from 1930 to 1932, that he studied under the man believed to be his most significant early influence, John Sloan. Sloan's romantic realism is reflected in the many depictions of Chicago life...
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1980s Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Board

Carmin, Red Abstract Library, Modern, Expressionism, Geometric Collage, Oil
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
In this abstract and geometric composition, the artist immerses us in a red library where warm and cool tones blend in a captivating chromatic dance. This ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

"Summer table" (contemporary impressionist still-life acrylic painting on paper)
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
In this abstract still-life floral artwork "Summer table" I experience the world of nature through the bright colors of a summer period. While painting, I sought to capture the beau...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor

Venice Beach Pier
Located in Burlingame, CA
Venice Beach Pier - The painting was created in 2022 by celebrated American realist artist Willard Dixon, who has captured the undeniable beauty of the west for the past 35 years. D...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Carnations & Marigolds Framed Post Impressionist French Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Jean Chaleye. French ( b.1878 - d.1960 ). Still Life Of Carnations & Marigolds. Oil On Board. Signed Lower Right. Image size 20.9 inches x 25.2 inches ( 53cm x 64cm ). Frame size 27...
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Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Board

Sardines with Lemon, Original painting, Food art, Seafood, Mediterranean
Located in Deddington, GB
This contemporary still-life depicts a two juicy sardines with a slice of lemon on blue and white Mediterranean tiles. This box canvas is part of my MINI Tiles series, and is ready t...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

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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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