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Still-life Paintings For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: 18th Century and Earlier
A still life with flowers
By Georges Jeannin
Located in Naples, Florida
A still life with flowers
Category
19th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Cardinal Flowers Still Life, June" Walter Gay, Red and White Floral Bouquet
By Walter Gay
Located in New York, NY
Walter Gay (1856 - 1937)
Cardinal Flowers Still Life, June, 1875
Signed lower left; dated on the reverse
Oil on board
24 3/4 x 7 1/8 inches
Provenance:
Private Collection, Brunswick, Maine
Born in Hingham, Massachusetts, Walter Gay became a painter who specialized in interiors, particularly those of eighteenth-century French buildings. His style was traditional, and he ignored the influences of modernist paintings he saw while studying in Paris beginning 1876. He remained in Europe the rest of his life.
In his compositions, the rooms are nearly always devoid of human presence but suggest that someone has been there. Many of his interiors are museum settings, and although he was not an impressionist, his work often had atmospheric effects.
When Gay died in 1937, he was described in The New York Times as the "Dean of American Painters in France," where he and his Matilda moved in 1876. His first paintings there were genre subjects and realistic views of peasant life in Britanny, but he tired of these works, which he called "pot boilers."
In the 1890s, he began his signature interiors, mostly rooms in fashionable houses of the Gays and their friends. Reproductions of many of these paintings were published in 1920 by Albert Gallatin, also a painter. The Gays, with a retinue of about twenty servants, loved old houses, and lived in an eighteenth-century apartment on the Left Bank in Paris from January through April and beginning 1904, in a chateau in the countryside at le Breau, near Fontainebleau. There they had 300 acres of grounds to roam.
In 1907, they purchased this chateau which became quite a showplace and where they entertained extensively. However, during World War II, when Matilda was living there as a widow, German soldiers occupied the chateau, ruining much of the structure and plotting the destruction of the country the Gays loved...
Category
1870s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Paintings 19th Century Still Life With Flowers
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
GODCHAUX Emile (1860)
Compositions of Flowers in Pair
Oil on canvas signed low Left
Old Frames gilded with gold leaves
Dim canvas (each) : 130 X 89 cm
Dim frame (each) : 149 x 109 cm...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid-17th-Century Neapolitan School, Still Life With Grapes, Peaches & Plums
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This elaborate mid-17th-century Neapolitan school still life depicts a pyramidal arrangement of fruit on a circular silver platter. It’s somewhat reminiscent of works by Luca Forte (...
Category
1670s Italian School Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bouquet de fleurs dans une timbale posée sur la cheminée
Located in London, GB
Image dimensions: 46cm x 38cm
Framed dimensions: 62.5cm x 54.9cm
Signed lower left.
This beautiful original oil painting by Emile Mesnager depicts a bouquet of flowers in a tumbler...
Category
19th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Still-life with Pink Roses
By Gaetano Capone
Located in Mc Lean, VA
Still Life with Pink Roses in a vase.
Category
Early 19th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still Life Of Pears, Apples and Grapes in an upturned basket, 17th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
Still Life Of Pears, Apples and Grapes in an upturned basket, 17th Century
circle of BARTHOLOMEUS ASSTEYN (1607-1667)
Huge 17th Century Dutch Still Life of apples, pears and grape...
Category
17th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Floral still-life painting"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
This elegant floral still-life painting, executed in oil on canvas, showcases a meticulously arranged bouquet of roses, lilacs, and other blossoms in a gilded vase, placed on a reflective surface. The composition exudes a sense of classic beauty, reminiscent of Dutch Golden Age still-life traditions and 19th-century European academic painting.
The rich color palette and detailed rendering of individual petals, leaves, and the metallic sheen of the vase highlight the artist’s mastery of light and texture. The soft, atmospheric background enhances the contrast between the delicate flowers and their surroundings, drawing attention to the vibrancy of the composition.
Housed in an ornate gilded frame, this painting is an exquisite decorative piece that evokes the refinement and sophistication of traditional floral art...
Category
19th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still life of Summer Flowers in a Basket with Fruit.
By Pieter Casteels III
Located in Taunton, GB
Still life of Summer Flowers in a Basket with Fruit.
Circa 1730
Oil On Canvas
32 ¾ x 48 ¼ inches83.1 x 122.5 cm
Presented in a 17th century Italian carved gilt frame.
Acquired from The collection of the Late Edgar Wigan, Bradstone Brook, Shalford.
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
The son of the Flemish painter Pieter Casteels II (referred to as Casteels the Younger) whom he studied under. While Casteels II was best known for his capriccio harbour scenes and landscapes of his native Antwerp, Casteels III worked primarily in England, where he immigrated in 1708 at the age of 24 and began his career copying Old Master.
Casteels III painted still lives of flowers, and bird and game scenes, and in 1726 produced a volume of twelve plates of bird etchings. Following the success of the publication, he created similar volumes for both flowers and fruit. Pieter Casteels III...
Category
17th Century Flemish School Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pair of Exceptional Italian Still Life Paintings of Flowers 18th century
Located in Rome, IT
- ANNA CATERINA GILLI or
GILLI Anna Caterina Turin 1729- 1751
Her paintings recorded in Turin as a decorative artist for the Royal Palace and the Stupinigi,
working in a simil...
Category
Mid-18th Century Baroque Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
19th Century still life oil painting of apples, grapes & other fruit
By Oliver Clare
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Oliver Clare
British, (1853-1927)
Still Life of Apples, Grapes & Other Fruit
Oil on canvas, signed
Image size: 17.5 inches x 13.5 inches
Size including frame: 23.5 inches x 19.5 inches
A lovely still life painting of fruit by Oliver Clare. Apples, black grapes and plums can be seen together with a strawberry and gooseberries. The fruit is shown lying amongst foliage and trailing ivy on a woodland bank.
Oliver Clare was born in Birmingham in 1853, the son of the flower artist George Clare (1839-1890) and his wife Elizabeth Bowen. His brother Vincent Clare (1856-1917) also became an artist and both would have received tuition from their father who influenced their style and subject matter. At the age of 18 he enlisted as a soldier in the Kings Own regiment, but gave this up to become a full time artist. Like his father, Clare specialised in still life paintings, containing fruit and garden flowers, often on mossy banks.
Sometime after 1871, he moved to London where he married Emma Mary Webb...
Category
19th Century Victorian Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
17th Century by Giovanni Paolo Castelli Still Life Oil on Canvas
By Giovanni Paolo Castelli detto Spadino
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Giovanni Paolo Castelli known as Spadino (Rome, Italy, 1659 - 1730)
Title: Still life
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: without frame 81 x 31 ...
Category
Late 17th Century Old Masters Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil
'A Still Life of Roses, grapes and an Ivory Vase' Edward Ladell antique painting
Located in St. Albans, GB
Edward LADELL
Picture Size: 20 x 16" (50 x 40cm)
Outside Frame Size: 26 x 22" (65 x 55cm)
An exquisite example of Ladell's painting. Signed with his traditional stylistic monogram,...
Category
1850s Victorian Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
17th Century by Onofrio Loth Still Life Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Onofrio Loth (Naples, Italy, 1665 – 1717)
Title: Still life
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: without frame 37.5 x 47.5 cm – with frame 50 x 57 cm
Original ebonised wooden frame wit...
Category
Late 17th Century Old Masters Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil
Still Life
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
Floris van Schooten (1585/88-1656)
Still Life
Oil on canvas, 121 x 85 cm
Provenance:
Private Collection
Floris van Schooten, a Dutch painter mainly active in Haarlem, is renowned ...
Category
1630s Baroque Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Victorian English Oil Painting Young Girl In Dress Standing in Village Garden
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: English School, late 19th/ early 20th century.
The painting came from a large collection of works by one artist. A very few of them are signed what looks to be 'F. Wa...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Pink Hydrangeas" Oil painting, Still life round glass vase with pink blossoms
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Pink Hydrangeas" is a still life painting of a glass vase with pink hydrangeas. Framed in a black frame with gold inner lip.
Melissa Franklin Sanchez was born in 1984, in Warwicks...
Category
19th Century Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Copper
A Fine French 19th Century Oil on Board "A Standing Beauty with Spring Roses"
Located in LA, CA
A very fine French 19th century oil on board titled "A Standing Beauty with Spring Roses" by Charles Baptiste Schreiber (French, 1845-1903)...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Still-life Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Oil Flower Still Life of Morning Glories
By Sarah E. Davis
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
During her lifetime, Davis was best known for her exquisitely-painted floral still lifes, which she exhibited to much acclaim in New York from the mid-1870s to the mid-1880s. As an a...
Category
Mid-19th Century Hudson River School Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Still Life with Sparrow and Grapes, Artist 19th century, European School
Located in Knokke, BE
A Still Life with Sparrow and Grapes
Artist 19th century
European School
Signature: Verso signed and dated 1883
Medium: Oil on panel
Dimensions: Image size 23 x 18 cm, frame size 3...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Dipinto Natura Morta con Funghi e Fiori XVIII secolo
Located in Milan, IT
Olio su tela.
Una delicata composizione di fiori è collocata dentro una sorta di culla di legno, con funghi e frutti per terra; lo sfondo è in esterno, ma poco definito da macchie v...
Category
18th Century Other Art Style Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Three Angels in a Park Scene, Marcel Hess, Brussels 1878 – 1948 Grimbergen
Located in Knokke, BE
Three Angels in a Park Scene
Hess Marcel
Brussels 1878 – 1948 Grimbergen
Belgian Painter
Signature: Signed bottom right
Medium: Drawing on paper
Dimensi...
Category
Early 19th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Peonies on a Palette
By Félix Ziem
Located in Milford, NH
A fine impressionist painting of peonies on a palette by French artist Felix François Georges Philibert Ziem (1821-1911). Ziem was born in Beaune,...
Category
1890s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Qing Dynasty Floral Bed Canopy Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
Thoughts of a long, happy life greeted the young couple who gazed up from their bed on this canopy panel. Adorned with chrysanthemums and peaches, both symbols of longevity, the lyri...
Category
19th Century Qing Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paint, Wood Panel, Lacquer
17th Century Oil Painting Still Life: Turtles & Fish with a Ship in Stormy Seas
Located in London, GB
A Still Life of Turtles, An Eel, Pike, Lobsters and other Fish on the Shore, A Ship in the Stormy Seas Beyond
Signed and dated lower left 1640
Inscribed with inventory number lower right: no. 44
Oil on canvas
Framed 29.5 x 37.9 inches
Provenance
Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby's, 15 April 1999, lot 87, (as 'Circle of Giuseppe...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
An American Still Life of an Apple, Pear and Grapes circa 1880s
Located in SANTA FE, NM
An American Still Life of an Apple, Pear and Grapes
Oil on canvas on board
Signed illegibly
circa late 1800s
9 3/4 x 5 7/8 (16 x 12 3/4 frame) inches
This is an example of late 19...
Category
Late 19th Century American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Oil paintings pair by Oliver Clare "Fruit" and "Flowers"
By George Clare
Located in Mere, GB
Pair of oil paintings on canvas by Oliver Clare "Fruit" and "Flowers" , with has son Oliver and Vincent. Exhibited at Royal Academy and society and especially at the Royal society of...
Category
19th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Coppia di Nature Morte con angurie, uva e fichi di Maximilian Pfeiler
Located in Milan, IT
Maximilian Pfeiler (attivo dal 1683 al 1721 ca)
Natura morta con anguria e Natura morta con uva e fichi
(2) Olio su tela, cm 62 x 76
Con cornice, cm 79 x 92
La coppia di nature mort...
Category
Late 17th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Scholars' Treasures, " Qing-Dynasty Ink Painting on Fabric
Located in Chicago, IL
A scroll and a small lantern depicted in this 19th-century painting suggest the romantic notion of a Chinese scholar painting in the evening hours. Re...
Category
Mid-19th Century Qing Still-life Paintings
Materials
Silk, Ink, Pigment
Still Life in a Landscape
By Paul LaCroix
Located in New York, NY
Oil on canvas
Category
19th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Still Life with Fruits", 17th Century Oil on Canvas by Flemish School
Located in Madrid, ES
FLEMISH SCHOOL
17th Century
STILL LIFE WITH FRUITS
unsigned
oil on canvas
17-3/4 x 21-3/4 inches (45 x 55 cm.)
framed: 22 x 27 inches (56 x 68 cm.)
PR...
Category
17th Century Flemish School Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Natura morta con frutti, verdure e vaso con fiori su un ripiano in pietra
Located in Como, IT
Artista attivo in ambito lombardo nel primo quarto del XVII secolo
Natura morta con frutti, verdure e vaso con fiori su un ripiano in pietra
Olio su tela cm. 115 x 170
Studio del ...
Category
Early 17th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Botanical Watercolour Painting of Purple Trumpet Flowers with Lush Green Foliage
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Purple Trumpet Flowers
watercolour drawing on artist paper, unframed
drawing: 8.5 x 6.5 inches
Provenance: Private collection
Condition: Great condition
Description: This elegant b...
Category
Early 19th Century English School Still-life Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
ANTIQUE FRENCH PAINTING WITH MONUMENTAL GARDEN VASE, BY JEAN LE PAUTRE
Located in Milan, IT
Painting on board depicting a monumental garden vase
Category
17th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Wood, Tempera
Rimpa School Six-Panel Screen, Chrysanthemum Motif, Japan, Meiji Period
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A Rimpa School six-panel screen with a chrysanthemum motif in gold, red, green, and white by an unknown Japanese artist from the Meiji Period. The artwork is unsigned. Provenance: Pr...
Category
19th Century Tribal Still-life Paintings
Materials
Pigment
Fruit Still Life titled "The Wine Taster's Table"
By John F. Francis
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
"The Wine Taster's Table" by John F. Francis is a quintessential example of his mastery in still life painting, showcasing his meticulous attention to detail and vibrant use of color...
Category
Mid-19th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A 19thC. Fantasy of Abundance
Located in San Francisco, CA
Almost a folk painting in its naiveté and awe of the abundance on display. It’s a direct reminder of another era when such fruits, imported from warmer, faraway climates were an uni...
Category
19th Century Naturalistic Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bunch of Iris
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Joseph Alexis KREYDER (1839-1912)
Bunch of Iris
Oil on canvas signed low left
Old frame gilded with leaves
Dim canvas : 82 X 61 cm - Dim frame : 104 X 8...
Category
1880s Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Joseph Vickers Deville (1856-1925) - Late 19th Century Oil, Still Life of Fish
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine still life study of fish, lobster and kitchenware wonderfully displays Deville's skilful use of light and shadow, bringing depth to the scene, while the ornate gold-leaf inner...
Category
Late 19th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sara Frederika Hendriks (1846-1925) - Framed Oil, The Fruit Bowl
Located in Corsham, GB
A richly detailed still life scene depicting an elegant arrangement of fruit, glassware and wine, against a dark shadowy background. The composition is masterfully balanced by the go...
Category
Late 19th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Peonies in a Blue Vase
Located in Mc Lean, VA
One of three still-life paintings by the French flower painter Germain-Theodore Ribot.
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still Life with Flowers, Grapes and Mushrooms, XVIIth - XVIIIth century
Located in Milan, IT
Oil painting on canvas. Lombard school of the late 17th-early 18th century. The rich composition offers a large bouquet of colorful flowers in an embossed vase, next to a bowl full o...
Category
Late 17th Century Other Art Style Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
A Pair of 18th cent Dutch Still Life Watercolors Flowers in a Glass Vase 1797
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Cornelis Johannes de Bruyn (c. 1763- c. 1828)
A lovely pair of 18th century Dutch still life watercolors depicting assorted flowers in a glass vase.
Watercolor on paper
13 5/8 x 9 5/8 inches (34.6 x 24.4 cm) each
Framed: 23 x 18 1/2 inches each
Signed: J.C.J. Bruyn 1797 G
(Please request photos of the actual frame)
Johannes de Bruyn made his debut as a flower and fruit still life painter in the 19th
century in Utrecht. He was a student of the painter G.J. van Hulstyn. In our pair of flower still lifes, Cornelis Johannes de Bruyn has depicted two bouquets of colorful flowers set in a stone niche. They are delicate, highly detailed, realistic pieces painted in the vein of seventeenth century Old Master works. Each bouquet is arranged in a low glass bowl on a small marble pedestal...
Category
1790s Dutch School Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Bouquet de roses et giroflées sur entablement
Located in Barbizon, FR
Oil on canvas Signed lower left Signed, located and dated on reverse side "N.Diaz Barbizon 1857".
Provenance:
Christie's sale, New York, 10/1990 N°51
Christie's sale, New York, 28...
Category
19th Century Barbizon School Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still Life of Fruits (Pair)
By Oliver Clare
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Oil on canvas
Canvas size: 11.25 x 13 inches each
Framed size: 18 x 20 inches each
Signed lower right
Category
19th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still Life with Flowers, Fruit and Goldfinch, 17th century
Located in Milan, IT
Oil painting on canvas. In the beautiful composition you can see, resting on an inlaid wooden sideboard, a basket full of cherries, some of which are scattered on the top, and a plat...
Category
17th Century Other Art Style Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Treasures of the Scholars' Studio, " Ink and Paint on Fabric
Located in Chicago, IL
With careful brushwork, this 19th-century painting honors the four treasures of the scholar's studio - paper, calligraphy brush, ink, and inkstone. Essential to his way of life, the ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Qing Still-life Paintings
Materials
Silk, Ink, Pigment
DOLARD Realist Painting Still life Trompe-l'oeil Orange Glass Bread French 19th
Located in PARIS, FR
Camille DOLARD
Lons-Le-Saunier, 1810 – Lyon, 1884
Oil on panel
24 cm x 33 cm (34 x 43 cm with frame)
Signed and dated lower left “Camille Dolard / 1860”
Very beautiful period frame i...
Category
1860s Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fine 17th Century Still Life Oil Painting Italian Old Master Fruit on Ledge
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Ornate Classical Fruit Still Life
Italian School, 17th century
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 22 x 27 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
condition: very good and sound condi...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Still life painting of fruit in a basket
Located in London, GB
Still life painting of fruit in a basket
Continental, c. 1800
Frame: Height 81cm, width 91cm, depth 7cm
Canvas: Height 57cm, width 69cm, ...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Roses Arrangement
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
MITTON, Mathilde (1849 - 1919)
Roses Arrangement
Oil on canvas signed low left
Old original frame gilded with leaves
Dim canvas : 90 X 113 cm
Dim frame : 116 X 140 cm
MITTON, Mathilde (1849 - 1919) French painter 19th-20th century - Lyon School
Born in Amplepuis in 1849 - Died in Lyon in 1919
She studied with André Perrachon (1828-1909), Charbonnier and Elie Laurent...
Category
1890s Academic Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
German Danish School, Decorative Marine Painting, Coastal Scene, Fishermen, Boat
Located in Greven, DE
German or Danish School, 19th Century
Coastal Scene with boat and fishermen
very decorative cabinet piece in a golden frame
The painting is very fine and goes with a very nice and so...
Category
19th Century Romantic Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Early 19th century English Antique Still life of peaches, grapes, melon outdoors
By George William Sartorius
Located in Woodbury, CT
Wonderful Early 19th-century Still life of different fruits on an earth bank.
Very much painted in the same way as George William Sartorius painted his still lives this piece has al...
Category
1810s Old Masters Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1930's Interior Still Life with Potted Plant and Draped Fabric on Ornate Chair
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Interior Still Life
Simone Forge 1930's French Impressionist
oil on board unframed
board: 9.5 x 7.5 inches
Provenance: private collection
Condition: great condition
For more any m...
Category
Early 19th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Still Life with Fish and Large Copper Pot, Late 18th Century Spanish Painting
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas
Image size: 24 x 28 1/2 inches (61 x 73 cm)
Contemporary style hand made frame
This is an incredibly carefully executed work. On what appears to be a wooden ledge we see a plate of freshwater fish, possibly a roach, a copper pot, a larger terracota pot...
Category
Late 18th Century Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bird's Nest, Victorian 19th Century Royal Academy Oil
Located in London, GB
William Henry Hunt
1790 - 1864
Bird's Nest
Oil on canvas
Image size: 11½ x 8⅜ inches
William Henry Hunt was a painter and watercolourist of fruit and flowers, landscapes and rust...
Category
19th Century Victorian Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still life with Silver Tazza, Glass Roemer and Fruit
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Oil on canvas
Canvas size: 17 x 14 inches
Framed size: 18 x 21 inches
Signed lower right
Category
19th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Peaches in Cut Glass Dish
Located in Greenwich, CT
Pristine and purely American in its aesthetic due to the fact that the artist concentrates on one type of fruit. Europeans were much more opulent in their approach to still lifes an...
Category
1870s Hudson River School Still-life Paintings
Materials
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.
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