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Still-life Paintings For Sale
French Expressionist Abstract 20th Century Oil Painting Blaze of Colors
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist composition
by Andre Guillou (French 1925-2017)
oil on board stuck on board, mounted
mount: 25.5 x 19.75 inches
board: 11.5 x 9 inches
provenance: the artists...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
$814 Sale Price
30% Off
Walking Path- 21st Century Contemporary Landscape painting of a Walking Path
By Erik Zwaga
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
This landscape painting 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 visua...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
The Black Chair
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An impressionist still life painting. The seat and back of an antique wooden chair are centered in the composition. On the colorful seat of the c...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Mid-Century Modernist Multi-Color Bouquet, Yellow Vase of Flowers Still Life
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid-Century Modernist Multi-Color Bouquet, Yellow Vase of Flowers Still Life
Vivid and fun mid century modern still-life of a yellow vase of...
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1960s Abstract Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
Cheng Wang Still Life Original Oil On Canvas "Daffodils"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Daffodils
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 15.5 x 23 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition.
Note: This painting is u...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,040 Sale Price
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Heavily textured Green Guitar 10x8
By Kim Simmonds
Located in Southampton, NY
Sad news of the recent passing of Kim Simmonds, a great artist, guitarist, Rock and Blues Legend and founding member of Savoy Brown. Kim was a long-time friend who will be missed by ...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Air BnB Shower
Located in Atlanta, GA
Chris Liberti is a favorite with collectors here and abroad. Gesture, color, and surface enliven the new harmonies and patterns Liberti creates as he works, generating a distinct bac...
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2010s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
A Summer Feeling - Landscape Painting Original Oil on Canvas Impasto Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
With a contemporary perspective on landscape painting and inspired by paintings created by old masters, German artist Katharina Husslein paints in a representational manner to captur...
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2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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
Materials
Oil
$646 Sale Price
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Cyclamens
Located in Zofingen, AG
Cyclamens picked in my garden set in a transparent vase. The various shades of pink and the choice of details made it possible to convey the beauty of these flowers. My intention was...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Anticipation
By Mimi Jensen
Located in Burlingame, CA
Mimi Jensen uses bold colors to depict theatrically lit objects. Her paintings invite speculation into possible metaphors – California Home+Design magazine
Ms. Jensen is a Still Li...
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Studio Still Life
Located in Dallas, TX
Donald S. Vogel's work has entered the collections of the following institutions:
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Beaumont Museum of Fine Art, Beaumont, Texas
Charle...
Category
1980s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Still life by Benjamin II Vautier - Oil on canvas 50x61 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Oil on canvas sold with frame
Total size with frame 70x81 cm
Benjamin II VAUTIER is an artist born in Switzerland in 1895 and died in 1974. His w...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
$528 Sale Price
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Original Cubist still life oil painting of a violin, French mid 20th Century
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Serra (French, 20th Century)
Homage au violin
Oil on canvas laid down on board
Signed ‘SERRA’ (lower right)
16.7/8 x 20.7/8 in. (43 x 53 cm.)
Category
20th Century Cubist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
#807, Original Painting, Abstract, Cloud, Vibrant, Gold, Shapes
Located in Deddington, GB
Original abstract painting, exploring the language of paint and colour
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Acrylic paint on Canvas
120 H x 160 W x 3 D cm (47.24 x 62.99 x 1.18 in)
Sold unframed...
Category
2010s Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Mid 20th Century French Signed Oil Painting Red Tulips in Interior original frm
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Red Tulips in Interior
by Marcel Chesneau (French 1902 - 1975)
signed oil on canvas, framed
framed: 26 x 19 inches
canvas: 22 x 15 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condi...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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.
Category
1930s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fine Antique British Botanical Painting Yellow Menziesia Pilosa
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
Contemporary Cityscape Acrylic Painting, "Tower Totem No. 1"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one-of-a-kind original acrylic and gold leaf still life painting by San Diego artist, Duke Windsor. Its dimensions are 6.5" x 60" x 2.5" in (L x H x D). It is unframed. A c...
Category
2010s Street Art Still-life Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
''Shiitake'' Contemporary Dutch Miniature Still Life Painting of a Shiitake
Located in Utrecht, NL
Dutch artist Nico Heilijgers (1964) works in the tradition of the great seventeenth-century still life painters. In his work we see conventional object...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Mid-Century Oil on Canvas Abstract Still Life Entitled "Tavolo E Oggetti"
Located in New York, NY
Infuse your art collection with a remarkable piece of mid-century modernism: the oil on canvas abstract still life entitled "Tavolo E Oggetti," signed Giancarlo Isola, Italy, circa 1...
Category
1950s Abstract Geometric Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Yellow Tulips in Tall Vase
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Yellow Tulips in Tall Vase' by master watercolorist Gary Bukovnik, who fuses sensual vitality with fluid yet powerful colorations to create floral images of great depth, intensity, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Glass Half Full, Original Painting
By Nava Lundy
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A solitary glass of bourbon stands against the backdrop of muted hues. Bathed in soft, ambient light, its amber depths evoke a sense of warmth and tranquility...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Monstera Plant, Green Interior Plant Pot, Modern Still Life Yellow Background
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Monstera Plant" is a contemporary still-life painting portraying green Monstera plant leaves in a ceramic pot.
Details:
Title: Monstera Plant
Medium:...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
Acero Y Rayas - Colorful Cactus Painting Southwest Art Style Contemporary
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
2010s Minimalist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Mid Century Modern Floral Still Life Bright Painting Framed Rare Female Artist
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original watercolor painting by American female artist Genevieve D. Anderson Morgan (1900 - 1987)
This modernist vivid abstract expressionist painting depicts a still life with l...
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
1940’s French Tonal Abstract Signed Oil Still Life Objects superb quality
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Pierre Georgeot, signed and dated 43'
signed on back
Title: still life of objects
Medium: oil on board
Size: 8.5 x 11 inches
Provenance: private collection, Franc...
Category
Mid-20th Century Cubist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,915 Sale Price
30% Off
Flower still life of black and pink by master italian painter
Located in Milan, IT
Gianluca Corona is a still-life and portraiture contemporary Italian painter who looks for the inner truth of what he paints. His beautiful fruits, flowers, vegetables and food subj...
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Early 2000s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Mata de verde, 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...
Category
2010s Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Swim, Summer Fresh Painting on Paper, Word Art Pastel Tones Typography in Purple
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Swim is a hand-painted acrylic painting on high-quality 300g paper by artist Ryan Rivadeneyra. The hand-drawn render is reminiscent and inspired by the word art that Ed Ruscha produ...
Category
2010s Pop Art Still-life Paintings
Materials
Ink, Archival Ink, Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper, Acrylic
"Lanterns", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Yana Beylinson's (US based) "Lanterns" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts impressionistic flowers of purple and yellow melding together ...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bouquet of Roses, Oil Painting, Impressionism, LA Academy of Figurative Art
Located in Houston, TX
Bouquet of Roses by Vadim Zang is an oil painting that is 14" x 11". This is painted in the style of Impressionism.
Vadim Zanginian was born in Armenia in 1965. He is a graduate fr...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,120 Sale Price
20% Off
Hello Tulips in a tall vase 1
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Hello Tulips in a tall vase 1' watercolor on paper. Gary Bukovnik, who fuses sensual vitality with fluid yet powerful colorations to create floral images of great depth, intensity, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Daffodils Oil on Canvas Floral Italy Still-life nature
Located in Houston, TX
Daffodils by Melissa Franklin Sanchez is an Oil on Canvas Painting. Looking closely at Daffodils by Mellissa F. Sanchez you will notice the background with objects. There is pot...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Fishing Reel" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
David Shingler's (NC based) "Fishing Reel" is an oil painting that depicts a fishing reel with a freshly caught fish.
Bio/artist statement:
David Shin...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
'Still Life with Geranium', Paris, Post-Impressionist, Royal Academy, Denmark
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'V. Isbrand' for Victor Isbrand (Danish, 1897-1989), titled, verso, on old label, 'Opstilling' (Still Life) and dated 1949.
Exhibited: Landmandsbankens Kunstforen...
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1940s Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"After Sunset" (2023) By Linda Lillegraven, Original Oil Painting on Linen
Located in Denver, CO
Linda Lillegraven's beautiful original oil landscape "After Sunset" (2023) depicts a serene moment of a western plain at evening, with a herd of cows far in the distance.
Linda Lill...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Panel
Red Carnations, Mid Century Textured Floral Bouquet Still Life
Located in Soquel, CA
Heavily textured still life of a bouquet of carnations by an unknown artist, Singed "Gavincy" possibly. This background of this piece has layers of texture created by paper squares a...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Glaze, Mixed Media, Oil
$612 Sale Price
20% Off
Large American Modernist Watercolor Painting Leeks Bernard Chaet Expressionist
Located in Surfside, FL
Hand signed and dated leeks on a kitchen table
31.5 X 39.5 framed. 21 X 28.5 sheet without frame.
Bernard Chaet (born 1924, Boston, MA - 2012) was an American artist; Chaet is known for his colorful, dynamic modernist paintings and masterful draftsmanship, his association with the Boston Expressionists, and his 40-year career as a Professor of Painting at Yale University. His works also include watercolors and prints. In 1994, he was named a National Academician by the National Academy of Design. Chaet was instrumental in transforming Yale’s traditional art program into one with a more modernist approach that gained national prominence.
Chaet melded landscape and abstraction in a traditional established by Vincent Van Gogh, Georges Seurat, Edvard Munch, Piet Mondrian, and Ferdinand Hodler. His own tenure began in 1951 at Yale, where he worked closely with Josef Albers to revamp Yale’s art program. Between 1959 and 1962 he was the chair of what was then called the Yale Department of Art of the School of Fine Arts — prior to becoming one of the independent professional schools at Yale in 1973. Chaet taught painting and drawing and mentored generations of emerging talents. Chaet was the author of the 1970 textbook “The Art of Drawing” and “An Artist’s Notebook 1979,” both of which have since been reissued several times. In the latter book, alongside examples of work by his favorite artists, are student drawings by Yale graduates such as Robert Birmelin, Michael Mazur and Eugene Baguskas.
Born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1924, Chaet studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and then earned a B.A. at Tufts University. Known for his expressionist landscapes and still lifes, Chaet’s work has continuously been shown in galleries in his native Boston, in New York City, and around the country. In 2010, a retrospective of his seascapes was featured at the Cape Ann Historical Society in Gloucester, Massachusetts, where he had a home and a summer studio in nearby Rockport. His has also exhibited at David Findlay Gallery in New York and at Swarthmore College. Many of Chaet’s students went on to notable art careers, including Janet Fish, Chuck Close, and Richard Serra. His work is represented in the collections of the Brooklyn Museum, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum in Lincoln, Massachusetts, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C., the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the Yale University Art Gallery in New Haven, CT, and the Addison Gallery of American Art in Andover, MA.
Chaet is the recipient of many awards including: the National Foundation of the Arts and Humanities, Sabbatical Grant in 1967-68, the National Academy of Fine Arts, Benjamin Altman Award in Painting in 1997, and the American Academy of Arts and Letters Jimmy Ernst Prize in 2001. Chaet was born and raised in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, MA. He completed a dual program at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston—studying painting with Karl Zerbe—and Tufts University, graduating with a B.S. in 1949. Chaet is known for his association as a first generation Boston Expressionist. (along with Hyman Bloom and Jack Levine)
Chaet was a contributing editor to Arts Magazine. In 1960 he published the book Artists At Work, which features in depths conversations with artists Pat Adams, Anni Albers, Josef Albers, Al Blaustein, Hyman Bloom, James Brooks, Robert Engman...
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1970s American Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
Fleurs d'abricot - contemporary, floral, still-life, oil on panel
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary, floral, still-life oil painting is reminiscent of the great Fauvist artists such as Matisse.
As a young artist, Jennifer Hornyak appreciated the distinctive colo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Dripping Dots - Coco in Ibiza" Pop Art Chanel Perfume Bottle Oil Painting
By Cindy Shaoul
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...
Category
2010s Pop Art Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
FLOWERS -Dutch School - Italian Still Life Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Napoli, IT
Flowers - Carlo De Tommasi Italia 2011 - Oil on canvas cm. 80x50
In this precious oil painting, Carlo De Tommasi is inspired by the compositions of the Dutch Balthasar van der Ast...
Category
2010s Dutch School Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Classical Bouquet of Roses, French Artist, Signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Classical Bouquet of Roses, French Artist, Signed
By French artist Suzette Mezie, Mid 20th Century
Signed by the artist on the lower right hand corner
Oil painting on canvas, unfram...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
$570 Sale Price
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Still Life with Roses, Impressionist Oil of Flowers in a Blue Vase
Located in Wiscasset, ME
"Still Life with Roses" features delicately painted flowers gathered in a blue vase. The painting itself measures 8 1/2" x 6".
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Subirachs, Jose Maria. 20 original pencil drawing
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Subirachs, Jose Maria. original pencil drawing
Josep Maria Subirachs i Sitjar (Barcelona, March 11, 1927-ibidem, April 7, 2014)1 was a Spanish sculptor, painter, engraver, set desi...
Category
1980s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Carbon Pencil
French Modernist Painting Of Red Amaryllis Flowers In A Clear Vase
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...
Category
20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Antique Fauvist "Still Life with Flowers and Skull" Louis Mathieu Verdilhan
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Fauvist Vanitas "Still Life with Flowers and Skull"
Louis Mathieu Verdilhan (Provence, France, 1875-1928)
Circa 1910
Oil on canvas on ...
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Early 1900s Fauvist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, 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 ...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
$169 Sale Price
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Vase with Peony and Butterflies, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Guigen Zha paints a realistic still life of lotuses in different stages of development. He props them on Chinese ceramic vases against a background of ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid Century White Pitcher, Brown Jug and Onion Still Life
Located in Soquel, CA
Starkly simple yet compelling mid century still life by listed artist Jon Blanchette (American, 1908-1987), circa 1965. Signed "Jon Blanchette" lower left and verso. Letter of Authen...
Category
1960s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
$780 Sale Price
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Excentris
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Jennifer Hornyak was born in England, where she studied at the Grimsby School of Art before coming to Canada. For more than forty years, her work has been exhibited in prestigious ga...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Red and Black I, Expanded Metal Painting
Located in Miami Beach, FL
His The panel paintings "Expanded Metal Paintings" are the closest to the classic art of painting. Firstly paint is applied by a brush on a primed canvas. Then wire mesh is dunked in...
Category
2010s Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Paper
Grandiose - Elegant oil and gold tree painting, pink blossoms, landscape, nature
Located in Dallas, TX
"Grandiose" is a stunning oil painting of an elegant tree with pink blossoms. The background is gold and has a rich feeling. Artist Anastasia Gklava is an expert at applying gold lea...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Skull Blue Pocket Painting c, original painting, contemporary, still-life
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Blue Skull c is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket Painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with a nod to baroque still l...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
1960's French Post Impressionist Signed Oil Flowers in a Vase Very Thick Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, mid 20th century, signed
Title: Still Life of Flowers in a Vase, beautifully thickly painted oil creating a dramatic surface texture.
Medium: oil on...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
1930's French Impressionist Painting Three Red Poppies In Vase
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below
provenance stamp to the back
oil painting on artist paper, unframed
measures: 15.75 high by 10.25 inches wide
condition: overall...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
$570 Sale Price
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Untitled Abstract Expressionist Still Life painting
By Eve Peri
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Still Life, ca. 1950's. Tempera on paper. Image measures 14 x 17 inches. Black paper sheet measures 18 x 24 inches.
Unframed.
Signed lower left. Discreet tears in upper right corn...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
"Three" Yellow, Red, Purple Large Scale Floral Petal Oil Painting
Located in East Quogue, NY
Edie Nadelhaft “Three” Oil on canvas, 48 x 44 inches. Offered unframed.
Edie Nadelhaft's bold, large-scale, colorful monolithic oil paintings of bodega flowers were born from her ea...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
“Spring Bouquet”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil paint on heavy card stock of a lovely spring bouquet of pink flowers by the American impressionist artist, Bird Lefever. Signed lower left...
Category
1930s Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
$1,120 Sale Price
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"Vase the fleurs"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Signed lower right
Category
20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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.