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Still-life Paintings For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Still Life with Peaches
Located in New York, NY
Lilly Martin Spencer was a professional artist for over sixty years, painting portraits, still lifes, miniatures, and genre scenes. In the 1850s to mid-1860s her genre scenes depicti...
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19th Century American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still Life of Flowers, 19th Century Huge Circa 1880 French School Study
Located in Blackwater, GB
Still Life of Flowers, 19th Century
Huge Circa 1880 French School Study - Beautiful
Fine large 18th Century French Still Life study of an arrangement of flowers in a classical urn ...
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19th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still Life with Peaches
Located in Sheffield, MA
Morston Constatine Ream
American 1840-1898
Still Life with Peaches
Oil on canvas
Signed Lower Middle
16 by 20 in. w/frame 22 ½ by 26 ½ in.
Morston Constatine Ream was a specialist in fruits and dessert still lifes...
Category
1860s Barbizon School Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Still life of fruit on a woodland bank
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
G Gray (Early 19th Century)
Still Life of Fruit
Oil on panel
Signed
Painting Size 17.5" x 20" (44.4 x 50.8cm)
Framed Size 23 x 26 in
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Golden Rod and other Wildflowers
Located in New York, NY
Signed (at lower right): John Ross Key 1882
Category
Late 19th Century American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still Life, 1863
By George Forster
Located in Milford, NH
An interesting 1863 still life painted by George E. Forster (German/American, 1817-1896). George Forster was born in Bavaria, Germany and came to New York in 1865 with his wife and ...
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1860s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
17th Century Italian School Still Life of Fruit on a Marble Ledge with a Ewer
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
17th Century Italian School.
A Still Life of Fruit on a Marble Ledge, with a Ewer to the side,
Oil on Canvas, Unframed,
22" x 26.5" (56 x 67.3cm).
Con...
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17th Century Old Masters Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still Life of Fruit
By William Hughes
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Oil on board
Board size: 14 x 18 inches
Framed size: 18.25 x 22.75 inches
Signed lower left
Category
19th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Portrait of a woman
Located in PARIS, FR
Conditions: Excellent overall conditions. Signed upper right and dated 1889.
Painter and Teacher at the Academy des Beaux-Arts of Brussels.
Isidore Verheyden :
Peintre belge de pay...
Category
1890s French School Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Oil Still Life of Apples
By George Harvey
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
George Harvey was born in 1800 in Tottenham, England but moved to the United states at 20 years old and spent several years in the west before he established himself in New York City...
Category
Mid-19th Century Hudson River School Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still Life with Roses
Located in Milford, NH
A beautifully detailed still life with roses by American artist John O’Brien Inman (1828-1896). Inman was born in New York City, and studied under his father, Henry Inman, who painte...
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Mid-19th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Still Life With Carpet Gianlisi 17/18th Century Paint Oil on canvas Old master
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Antonio Gianlisi II, known as Il Cremonese (Rizzolo San Giorgio, 1677 - Cremona, 1727)
Still life with carpet, basket of grapes and figs
Oil on canvas 63 x 75 cm - Framed 80 x ...
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17th Century Old Masters Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Still Life composition
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Jacques DELANOY (1820-1890)
Still Life Fruits and vegetables
Oil on canvas signed and dated 1890 low left
Old frame regilded with leaves
Dim canvas : 41 X 34 cm Dim frame : 53 X 44 ...
Category
1890s Academic Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Flower Arrangement - Original 19th Century Painting
By Achille Théodore Cesbron
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Achille Théodore CESBRON (1849-1915)
Flower Arrangement
Oil on oval canvas signed low right
Framed by Gault (Paris - Fbg St Honoré)
Dim canvas : 63 X 48 cm
Dim frame : 79 X 64 cm
Achille Théodore CESBRON (1849-1915)
French school 19th-20th century
Born the 5th of November 1849 in Oran (Algeria). Dead the 4th of January 1915.
Painter of genre scene, portraits, still life, flowers, pastel.
Pupil of Bonnat and Cormon, he regularly exhibited at the « Salon des Artistes Français », whose he became shareholder in 1883, getting several rewards and medals from 1882 to 1886.
He has got the Marie...
Category
1880s Academic Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Still Life Of Grapes In The Vineyard, 17th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
Still Life Of Grapes In The Vineyard, 17th Century
Pierre Antoine Lemoyne (French 1605-1665) similar to $250,000
Huge 17th Century French Old Master study of grapes in the vineyard, oil on canvas by Pierre Antoine Lemoyne. Excellent quality and condition study of the vines and grapes growing before a rustic building. Exceptional detail and rare early work of art on the subject of wine making...
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17th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still Life of Plums, Peaches and Strawberries
By Oliver Clare
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Oil on canvas
Canvas size: 8 x 12 inches
Framed size: 12 x 14 inches
Signed lower right
Category
19th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Viool en Koffiepot op Nachtkastje Violin and Coffee Pot on Nightstand In Stock
Located in Utrecht, NL
Barend Blankert (December 30, 1941 – July 11, 2023) was a Dutch painter known for his quiet, melancholic works. Born in Kampen, he studied at the National Normal School for Art Teach...
Category
19th Century Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Still life of Flowers on a Mossy Bank
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Oil on canvas
Canvas size: 20 x 16 inches
Framed size: 22.5 x 18.5 inches
Signed lower right
Category
19th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Painting 19th Century Flowers
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
MAUCHERAT de LONGPRÉ Raoul (1843-1922)
Two Bunch of Flowers in Pair
Oils on canvas each signed low right
Frames gilded with gold leaves
Dim canvas (each) : 65 X 54 cm
Dim frame (each) : 92 X 81 cm
For sale only by Pair
Certificate of authenticity
MAUCHERAT de LONGPRÉ Raoul (1843-1922)
French Painter 19th century
Born in Lyon in 1843. Died in Plessis-Robinson in 1922
Painter, Painter in watercolours, painter with the gouache. Flowers
Raoul Victor Maurice Maucherat de Longpré was taught by his father the silk painter Jean Antoine Marie Victor Maucherat de Longpré (1815). According to the family tradition related to the industry of the silk trade of Lyon, he starts very young to paint fans before making true paintings. Consequently, he specialized in floral painting. At the 30 years age he leaves his hometown and started his career at the "Salon de Paris" in 1876.
His brother Paul de Longpré...
Category
1880s Academic Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Still Life with Fruit and Vase on a Tabletop
Located in New York, NY
Signed and dated lower left: 1848
Category
Mid-19th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Herbert Parrish "Roses & Mirror" Floral Still Life
Located in San Francisco, CA
Herbert Parrish "Roses & Mirror" Floral Still Life. Oil on Masonite. 18 x 24 unframed, 26.5 x 32.5 framed.
Category
Late 19th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Fine 18th Century Old Master Oil Painting Dead Game in Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Still Life with Dead Birds
18th Century Italian School
oil painting on canvas, framed
framed: 16 x 20 inches
canvas: 13 x 17 inches
provenance: privat...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Orientalist Watercolor Painting a Carpet Merchant by Eugene Louis Lami
By Eugène Louis Lami
Located in New York, NY
The Carpet Seller depicts a man in a domed Fez hat as he is approached by three women and a child. Middle eastern architecture floods the scene. The way the pa...
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19th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Wisteria Bouquet in the Style of William Hubacek Original California Still Life
By William Hubacek
Located in Soquel, CA
Wisteria Bouquet in the Style of William Hubacek Original California Still Life
Exceptionally well painted and framed painting of a Bouquet of ...
Category
1890s Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Still Life Painting with Flowers and Parrot 19th century
Located in Milan, IT
Oil on Canvas.
Lively nature composition of multicolored flowers in blue ceramic vases, echoing the sky color of the upper part of the background, which then fades to an earthy col...
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19th Century Other Art Style Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
19th Century French Oil, Ornamental Flowers & Fruit Still Life Classical Setting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, 19th century
Title: still life of fruit and flowers (and vegetables) within an ornamental, classical setting.
Medium: oil painting on canvas, frame...
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19th Century Victorian Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Large French Post Impressionist Oil - Bright River Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School/ Date:
Douglas Stuart Allen (American/ French 1923-2021)
American born artist from Chicago, retiring to France during his latter years to become a full time painter.
Title: River Landscape
Medium & Size:
oil painting
canvas: 19.5 x 24 inches
Condition:
the painting is very sound and good.
Provenance:
private collection, France
The painting is for auction with no...
Category
Mid-19th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Still-life of various art objects
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
François CARLIER-RUBRECQ
(active around 1820-1830)
Study of various works of art
Oil on canvas
H. 50 cm; L. 58.5 cm
Signed and dated upper left, countersigned on the stretcher 1825
...
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1820s French School Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Bouquet of hollyhocks
By Eugène Petit
Located in Paris, IDF
Louis Marie Eugène Arthur PETIT
(Paris, 1838 – Paris, 1886)
Bouquet of Hollyhocks
Oil on canvas
Signed lower right
110 x 55 cm
Eugène Petit was born in Paris in the ninth arrondis...
Category
Late 19th Century French School Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Still Life with fruits - Oil Paint On Canvas - 17th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Still Life with fruits is an original oil on canvas realized in the 16th Century by an Italian School Master.
Original oil painting on Canvas.
The painting represents a still life...
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17th Century Baroque Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
By Gaspare Lopez (Naples, c. 1650. - Florence, 1732), Still Life with Flowers
Located in Milan, IT
Gaspare Lopez (Naples, c. 1650. - Florence, 1732)
Still life with flowers, plate and wineskin
Oil on canvas, 48 x 69 cm
Framed, 75 x 94 cm
The still life that we describe here sh...
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Late 17th Century Other Art Style Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Still life with fruits and bird"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
18th-Century Still Life Painting – Classical Fruit Composition
Artist: Unidentified
Period: 18th Century
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: Framed: 54 x 74 cm Artwork: 35 x 54 cm
Sty...
Category
18th Century Baroque Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19TH CENTURY CONTINENTAL SCHOOL OIL PAINTING WOOD PANEL STUDY OF A SAINT
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
19th Century Continental School
A study of a saint
Medium ; oil on panel
Size: 26" x 12" inches
Category
19th Century Old Masters Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
1890's French Impressionist Signed Oil Still Life Flowers in Vase Beautiful Work
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French School, indistinctly signed/ dated 1898
signed and dated
oil painting on canvas, unframed
painting: 13 x 9 inches
provenance: from a private collection, France
condition: over...
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
“Flowers in Classical Urn”
Located in Southampton, NY
Very fine example of the artistry of the master still life painter of his day, Edward Chalmers Leavitt. Signed lower left and dated 1875. Condition is very good. Provenance: Christie’s Auction, New York, December 2, 1992, lot 228. Overall in period replica gold leaf deep cove gallery frame 25.75 by 17.75 inches.
Edward C. Leavitt (1842-1904) worked in Providence but is also associated with the Fall River School of still life painting through the influence of, and affinity of his style to, the work of Robert S. Dunning. Leavitt was a student of landscape painter James Morgan Lewin, a founder of Providence’s artistic “group of 1855.” Leavitt’s work is known for its realism, rich coloration, sharp focus and careful finish. His paintings of fruit and flowers incorporate ornate decorative pieces such as silver or bronze ewers, salvers, tankards, or plates on carved and polished tables. Leavitt was a prolific artist, exhibiting frequently at the National Academy of Design, the Boston Art Club, and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. His work inspired other still life painters in Providence, resulting in that city’s own still life tradition, including artists such as John Clinton Spencer, Bryant Chapin...
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1870s Academic Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French romantic flowers Salon painter Mid 19th DUDAN Oil canvas beautiful frame
Located in PARIS, FR
Gabriel-Dominique DUDAN (Active 1830s-1850s) Oil on canvas 61 x 50 cm (77 x 66 cm with frame) Signed and dated lower right "G. Dudan / 1854" Beautiful carved and gilded wooden frame from the 19th century Very good condition
Gabriel Dudan...
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1850s French School Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Victorian Still Life with Fruit and Foliage Small Oil Painting one of a pair.
Located in ludlow, GB
Victorian Still Life with Fruit and Foliage a Small Oil Painting, one of a pair. Exquisitely painted Still Life of Apples and Plums, it looks like you can just reach in and pick one...
Category
19th Century Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique French Impressionist Oil Still Life Jug & Plate in Interior
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, late 19th century
Title: Still life of a jug and plate within an interior, beautifully executed work.
Medium: oil on b...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Single Dahlias Bouquet - British Victorian floral still life exh. oil painting
By Mary Rischgitz
Located in London, GB
This wonderful exhibited British Victorian floral still life oil painting is by female artist and flower painter Mary Rischgitz. Painted in 1886 it was exhibited at the Royal Academy...
Category
19th Century Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Still Life with Mythological Motifs - Oil Painting - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Still Life with Mythological Motivs is an original artowork realized by European Master in the Late 19th Century.
Mixed colored oil on Canvas
Includes a coeval wooden frame.
Category
Late 19th Century Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Late 19th Century Grape Vine Pryography Wood Burning Art, Double Sided
Located in Soquel, CA
Very fine late 19th Century depiction of grape cluster pyrography (wood burning), C. 1900, double-sided. Perfect gift for wine enthusiast. Unsigned. Primitive still life on verso. Un...
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Late 19th Century Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
French 19th painting Oil Still life Compass fruits cherries glass and oysters
Located in PARIS, FR
French school of the 19th century Oil on canvas 24 x 32 cm (37 x 45 cm with the frame) Mark of the canvas merchant "Binant" (Active in Paris between 1820 and 1859) Very good conditio...
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Mid-19th Century French School Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Large French Impressionist Oil - Elegant Abstract Portrait Of A Lady
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School/ Date:
Douglas Stuart Allen (American/ French 1923-2021)
American born artist from Chicago, retiring to France during his latter years to become a full time painter.
Title: Lady Portrait
Medium & Size:
oil painting
canvas: 26 x 20.5 inches
Condition:
the painting is very sound and good.
Provenance:
private collection, France
The painting is for auction with no...
Category
Mid-19th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique French Belle Epoque Portrait of a Lady with Flowers, Original Frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, late 19th century
Title: Portrait of a lady from the Belle Epoque period
Medium: oil painting on canvas, framed in origin...
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Return from hunting
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Black wooden frame
86 x 74 x 3 cm
Category
19th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pair of 17th Century Oil on Canvas Still Life Lombard School Paintings, 1680s
Located in Vicoforte, IT
Rare pair of Italian paintings from the second half of the 17th century. Oil on canvas artworks from the Lombard school depicting splendid vases of flowers with birds and insects, of...
Category
1680s Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Animated Landscape With House By The River, oil on wood, signed lower left
Located in PARIS, FR
Conditions : Excellent overall Conditions. No restoration necessary. Dimensions with frame 44 cm x 36 cm.
Born in Paris, the French painter Paul Lecomte, Paul Emile Lecomte's uncle,...
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Still life with fruit and bouquet
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Category
19th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Still Life - Oil Painting by Edward Ladell - 1870 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Still Life is a superb original oil painting on panel, realized around 1870 by the British artist Edward Ladell (1821-1886), the best known English still-life artist.
The artwork r...
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1870s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Exquisite Antique Still Life, Japanese Figures, Oil on Canvas by Caroline Pitkin
Located in Baltimore, MD
This is a spiritually inspired oil painting by noted American artist Caroline W. Pitkin. The Japanese themed setting is well composed with figures, a screened backdrop and a folded f...
Category
1890s Aesthetic Movement Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Still Life of Bouquet in two-handled vases - Oil on Panel by Vincenzo dé Fiori
Located in Roma, IT
Still Life is a superb original oil painting on panel, realized by the Italian artist Vincenzino Volò, best-known as Vincenzino dei Fiori (Rémondans, 1620-Milan, 1671) around 1640-1660.
Original Title: Natura morta di fiori entro vasi biansati (Still life of Bouquet in two-handled vases).
On the back of the panel, two labels are glued "da Milano", "A Piacenza", ("from Milan" "to Piacenza").
The labels indicate a transfer of the artwork, perhaps in the first half of the twentieth century, from Piacenza to Milan. While instead the style and technique make us understand the artwork was commissioned or created in the Milan of Federico Borromeo, archbishop of Milan from1595 to 1630.
The author of the painting can be identified in the person of Vincenzo Volò, a talented artist who fell into oblivion, recently rediscovered and appreciated. Founder of the Vincenzini family, he was born in Franche-Comté in 1620 (in the past its birth was erroneously fixed to 1606). In the mid-forties of the seventeenth century he arrived to Milan, and held a leading artistic role: he was the founder of a family workshop that imposed his style and strongly influenced Milanese collecting with his still lifes and influenced generations and generations of painters. Vincenzino also was the first painter of still life to work on the Bella Island for Vitaliano VI Borromeo and collaborated with well-known figure painters such as Francesco Cairo, Scaramuccia, Nuvolone and Fumagalli.
As regards the style, the archaic tendency of Lombard painting of still life from the early decades of the seventeenth century is clearly evident, looking at primitivism and the happy schematization of the composition of the artwork.
The dating of this artwork could be fixed around the first half of the seventeenth century because it is confirmed by the type of support, a wooden panel, always used by Vincenzino.
As for the subject, Volò generally painted bouquets of flowers in two-handled vases placed on transversal planes seen from the front. It is possible to compare this work with other Dei Fiori's artworks: the pair of Flower Vases...
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Mid-17th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Still Life with Peaches and Grapes
By D.M. Ridley
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Still Life with Peaches and Grapes
Oil on paper, 1890
Signed and dated lower right (see photo)
Image size: 5 8 5/8 inches
Frame size: 10 x 13 1/2 inches
Housed in the original frame ...
Category
1890s American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
A Pair of Oils on Board, Henry Chaplin. "Fruit" and "Flowers"
Located in Mere, GB
Henry Chaplin who flourished 1855 - 1879.
A Worcestershire fruit and flower painter, exhibited at the Royal Academy, British Institution, Royal Society of British Artists in London a...
Category
Mid-19th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Painting Still Life 19th COUTY Artichokes Cherries Wine Plate
Located in PARIS, FR
Jean Frédéric COUTY Issoudun, 1829 - 1904
Oil on canvas 47 x 61 cm (63.5 x 79 cm)
Signed and dated lower left "JFCouty / 1899"
Very beautiful wooden frame and gilded stucco decorat...
Category
Late 19th Century French School Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Romanticism Still Life Portrait Painting of a Headmaster with Studying Students
By Thomas Sully
Located in Houston, TX
Scene of a seated headmaster watching over a pair of studying students in the style of Romanticism. The work has been attributed to the renowned American portrait artist Thomas Sully...
Category
Late 19th Century Romantic Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Still life with flowers, fruits, historiated vases, a parrot and a monkey
Located in Como, IT
NORTHERN ARTIST ACTIVE IN ROME IN THE LAST QUARTER OF THE XVII CENTURY
Still life with flowers, fruits, historiated vases, a parrot and a monkey
The painting is part of a pair: th...
Category
17th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Allegory with Parrot, Capital, Amphora and Drapes - Painting - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Allegory with parrot, capital, amphora and drapes is an original oil painting on canvas realized by the artist belongs to the Italian School of the Late 19th Century
An esoteric sub...
Category
Late 19th Century Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Flowers In A Basket - Original Oil, Still Life, French, Franco-Flemish painter
Located in Knowle Lane, Cranleigh
Flowers in A Basket by Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer. A Still Life of flowers in a basket including jasmine, honeysuckle, dahlias, parrot tulips, delphiniums and white carnations.
Category
1690s Baroque Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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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.
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