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Still-life Paintings For Sale
Period: 20th Century
Period: 1930s
Mid Century Still Life with Apples and Pitcher Original Oil on Artist's Board
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Still Life with Apples and Pitcher Original Oil on Artist's Board
Vibrant still life by C. (Clarence) Leslie Oursler (American, 1913-1987). Classic American impressionis...
Category
1950s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Illustration Board
A Bouquet of Digitalis, Poppy, Iris, Snapdragons, Cornflower, Buttercup, 1936
Located in Stockholm, SE
Ture Ander (1881-1959) Sweden
A Bouquet of Digitalis, Poppy, Iris, Snapdragons, Cornflower, Buttercup. 1936
oil on board
signed and dated Ture Ander 36
board dimensions 24,41 x 18,...
Category
1930s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
1986 Vintage Modern Still Life Oil Painting - Orchard Apples
Located in Bristol, GB
ORCHARD APPLES
Size: 46.5 x 54.5 cm (including frame)
Oil on Canvas
A very skilfully executed modernist still life composition in oil, painted onto canvas and dated 1986.
In this p...
Category
1980s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Contemporary British Oil Painting Yellow and White Dandelions
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Landscape
signed by Geza Somerset-Paddon (British 20th century)
dated 79'
oil painting on board, unframed
size: 10.5 x 7.5 inches
condition: overall very good
provenance: all the pai...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
“Poppies and Sunflowers”
Located in Southampton, NY
Here for consideration is a richly painted in a thick impasto technique; a vibrant and stylized vase overflowing with poppies and sunflowers. Signed by the artist Edith E. Ferullo lower right “Ferullo” and dated 1974. Condition of the painting is excellent. The painting is housed in a period burnt orange period wood frame in
fine condition. Overall framed measurements are 31 by 16 inches. Provenance: A Ellenton, Florida collector.
Edith E. Ferullo was born in 1928 and is known for her mid century and post modern paintings...
Category
1970s Post-Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Large Oil Painting Still Life and Child by Walter Stuempfig
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Walter Stuempfig Jr.
(American, 1914-1970)
Interior: Still Life and Child
Oil on canvas, 30 x 40 inches
Framed: 36 x 46 inches (approx.)
Signed at lower left: "STUEMPFIG"
Walter Stu...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
‘Chrysanthemum in a Vase’ by Kees Maks, Amsterdam 1876 – 1967, Dutch Painter
Located in Bruges, BE
Maks Kees
Amsterdam 1876 – 1967
Dutch Painter
‘Chrysanthemum in a Vase’
Signature: Signed lower left
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: Image size 108 x 94 cm, frame size 123 x 11...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Pears & Grapes with Copper Pot, Mid-Century Fauvist Still-Life
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous mid-century Fauvist still-life by an unknown artist, circa 1960. This vibrant painting features a gorgeous palette of rich colors that reflect beautifully on the copper pot....
Category
1960s Fauvist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Masonite
Dipinto con Natura morta con Frutta e Vasellame, XX secolo
Located in Milan, IT
Olio su tela.
La composizione guarda alle produzioni del XVII secolo e propone una tavola riccamente imbandita di vassoi di frutta, cesti di ciliege, canestri con pesche e grappoli d...
Category
20th Century Other Art Style Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Still life with fruit oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Frameless
Jordi Pagans Montsalvatge began his artistic career in 1948. In 1956 he began to work in the studio of Josep Roca Sastre, an artist who decisive...
Category
1970s Post-Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Flowers & Fruits - Colourist Still Life Oil Painting by George Leslie Hunter
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed still life oil on panel circa 1925 by colourist painter George Leslie Hunter. This beautifully brushed piece depicts a red, purple, pink an...
Category
1920s Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Fruit Cup unframed oil pastel study
By Roy Wilce
Located in Loveland, CO
Fruit Cup by Roy Wilce
Oil Pastel Monoprint on Paper, signed lower right
image 2x3", paper size is 10"x10",
unframed, ships flat
Colorful little contemporary still life of mixed fr...
Category
1990s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Archival Paper
Georges Louis Claude (1879-1963) Still life with fruits, 1938, oil on paper
Located in Paris, FR
Georges Louis Claude (1879-1963)
Still life with fruits, 1938
oil on paper
32 x 40 cm
In good condition
In a vintage white frame, 41.5 x 49 cm, numerous lacks of white painting (see photographs please)
Georges Louis Claude was born in Paris in 1879.
The artist first studied at the Bernard Palissy School of Drawing in Paris. There he learned mythological and religious subjects, the art of portraiture, still life and of course, wall decoration, which became his favourite medium.
His career began as an architectural decorator for the Galland house in Paris. He then collaborated with the orientalist architect Alexandre Marcel. Noticed at the
at the 1900 Universal Exhibition, he decided to emancipate himself and presented his
his own projects. It was at this time that Georges-Louis laude was to seduce some of the most influential personalities of their time with his talent.
First of all King Leopold II of Belgium, followed immediately by Baron Empain became infatuated with the artist to decorate palaces and flats.
In Belgium, Georges-Louis Claude was chosen to decorate the Royal Palace of Laeken (Japanese Tower...
Category
1930s Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sola Puig Red Teapot original impressionist acrylic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
red teapot original impressionist acrylic painting.
SOLÁ paints in a natural way, which reflects the Old Masters, soaking up the colour, air, smell and the pure scent of his enviro...
Category
1980s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Still life flowers oil on canvas painting fauvist
By Jordi Curos
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - Still life
Oil on canvas.
Canvas measurements 35x27 cm.
Frameless.
Jordi Curós Ventura (Olot, Girona, March 4, 1930) is a Spanish painter.
He trai...
Category
1970s Fauvist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Still life by Baldo Guberti - Oil on cardboard 32x45 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Oil on cardboard sold with frame
Wooden frame with glass
Total size with frame 47x60 cm
Baldo GUBERTI is an artist born in Italy in 1907 and died in 1974. His works have been sold ...
Category
1960s Academic Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
1930's French Impressionist Pink Zinnia Flower White Vase In Blue Interior
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Flowers In Vase
signed by Louise Alix, French 1950's Impressionist
oil on canvas
painting: 9 x 10.5 inches
provenance: from a large private collection of this artists work in Northe...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Bright Sunflowers In Pink Jug Still Life Watercolour Painting Parisian School
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Sun Flowers
original watercolour painting on artist paper
signed by Marjorie Schiele (1913-2008) *see notes below
piece of paper is 12.5 x 9.5 inches
...
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Mother's Copper Bowl"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim's of Lambertville Fine Art Gallery is proud to present this piece by Gershon Benjamin (1899 – 1985).
An American Modernist of portraits, landscapes, still lifes, and urban scene...
Category
1950s Still-life Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Henri Ottmann (1877-1927) A Still life, oil on canvas signed
Located in Paris, FR
Henri Ottmann (1877-1927)
A Still life,
signed lower right
Oil on canvas
41 x 51 cm
Framed : 53.5 x 63.5 cm
Another fine example of Henry Ottmann's original art, this still life ...
Category
1910s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Still Life. 20s-30s, canvas, oil, 48.5x70 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Still Life. 20s-30s, canvas, oil, 48.5x70 cm
Category
1920s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Almazan Still Life Acrylic Painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Almazan Realistic Still Life Acrylic Painting with frame
of the Spanish artist ALMAZAN MIQUEL.
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Year 1975. Still life. Between Pop Art and Radical Avant-gardes in Florence.
Located in Firenze, IT
Year 1975. Still life.
Between Pop Art and radical avant-gardes in Florence.
Oil painting on canvas.
Size: cm 71x 71
Signed and dated lower right Andrea Chiarantini.`75
The paintin...
Category
1970s Pop Art Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Maurice Asselin (1882-1947) A Bunch of flowers in a vase, Signed oil on canvas
Located in Paris, FR
Maurice Asselin (1882-1947)
A Bunch of flowers in a vase
Signed lower left
Oil on canvas
In good condition
46 x 38 cm
Framed : 52 x 44 cm
Maurice Asselin was born on June 24, 1882 ...
Category
1930s Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Poppies in a vase
Located in Bayonne, NJ
This painting was created by Hutsaliuk in his authentic modernist style yet he uses an element of Ukrainian ornament by placing the vase with poppies on a traditional Ukrainian embro...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Grey Figure Walking Through French Courtyard 1930's Impressionist
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Landscape
signed by Y. Blanchon, French 1950's Impressionist
gouache on board, unframed
painting: 16.5 x 12.5 inches
provenance: from a large private collection of this artis...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Lantern & Cardinal in Snow Holiday Watercolor
Located in New York, NY
Gouache painted on cardstock, intended for a greeting card design, painted circa 1970. Unsigned. Displayed in a red archival mat. Cellophane tape on board.
Category
1970s Still-life Paintings
Materials
Cardboard, Gouache
Roses & Wildflowers - 20th Century Italian Impressionist Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful 1930's impressionist oil on board depicting roses and wildflowers in a vase by Italian painter Carlo Marzorati.
Excellent quality work which is in very good original con...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Nature morte au bouquet d’animones Still Life Fruit & Flowers Scotch circa 1960
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Jacques Martin-Ferrières
Nature morte au bouquet d’animones (Still life with anemones, oranges, lemons, bananas and a bottle of Johnnie Walker Red Scotch)
Framed Dimensions: 35 x 2...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
1930's French Impressionist Daises In Vase On Blue and White Table Interior
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Daisies In Vase
signed by Y. Blanchon, French 1950's Impressionist
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 15 x 23 inches
canvas: 13.5 x 22 inches
provenance: from a large private collection ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Still Life of Fruits and Wine Carafe Large Framed Oil Painting
Located in ludlow, GB
George Leslie Reekie
British 1911 - 1969
Painter in Oils of Still Life mostly featuring Flowers, Fruits and Wine Bottles. His work is detailed, precise and well executed and his ba...
Category
1950s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
1930's French Impressionist Watercolour Interior Scene Dressing Room
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Vintage French Watercolour Painting
by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below
provenance stamp to the back
watercolour pa...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Mid 20th Century French Oil Painting Yellow Forsythia Stem Flower Still Life
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Yellow Forsythia
by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below
provenance stamp to the back
oil painting on canvas, unframed
measures: 24 high by 13 inches wide
condition: ove...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Still Life with Roses in a Vase Large Signed Oil Painting
Located in ludlow, GB
George Leslie Hunter
British 1911 - 1969
George Leslie Reekie
British 1911 - 1969
Painter in Oils of Still Life mostly featuring Flowers, Fruits...
Category
1950s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Still Life of various Fruits and Wine Carafe Large Framed Oil Painting
Located in ludlow, GB
George Leslie Reekie
British 1911 - 1969
Painter in Oils of Still Life subjects with an interesting background style that is vaguely cubist. Extremely proficient at depicting his s...
Category
1960s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pierre TROFIMOFF, Still Life with Basket, Oil on Canvas, 1992
By Pierre Trofimoff
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on canvas by Pierre TROFIMOFF (1925-1996), France, 1992. "STILL LIFE WITH BASKET". Another version of this still life, very close to this one and entitled "Still life with the blue wall", is found in the book "Trofimoff" by Jacqueline de Grandmaison, Editions Vision sur les Arts, Béziers, 1978, page 29, full-page color illustration. This last work will have been used as cover page for the invitation 4 pages-card to the exhibition which took place from October 18 to November 10, 1978 at La Cadrerie - Galerie Edouard Chaix-Bryan, 23 rue du Docteur Fiolle in Marseille. With frame: 82x71 cm - 32.3x28 inches ; without frame: 65x54cm - 25.6x21.3 inches. 5F format. Signed "Trofimoff" and dated "92". Titled on the back (see photos).
Pierre Trofimoff was born October 20, 1925 in Marseille in a very traditional bourgeois family, distant Polish origin. Very early, he declares a desire to become a painter. At 10, he entered the Melizan Institute in Marseille. His teenage vacation, he spent them in the house of his grandmother in Revest-les-Eaux near Toulon. In the countryside, he observes many artists drawing or painting on the motif, like the painter Eugène Baboulène and the sculptor Dionisi. Later, he will meet on the same place the engraver Decaris. Little encouraged by his family in his vocation, he was denied entry to the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Marseille. However, he will go there as a free listener every Thursday
It's the war. He is an inveterate museum-goer and deprives himself of cinema to buy books of Art. He likes Puget, Loubon, Delacroix, Courbet. Later Van Gogh, Soutine, Modigliani, Leprin, Pascin, Marquet, Dufu, Braque and Verdilhan by which he will be influenced.
At the end of the war, Trofimoff works as a leather and hides broker. But simultaneously, he works his painting. He paints a lot in the company of Pierre Gontard and often goes to Meiffren's studio, cours Estienne d'Orves. There, the poet Boissin, the painters Jammes, Helene Martin and the actors of the troupe of the Galion d'Or meet. Trofimoff also meets Louis Pons, Raffaelli, Pierre Ambrogiani and Antoine Ferrari...
Category
1990s French School Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
SOLA PUIG Mimosas original impressionist acrylic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Mimosas original impressionist acrylic painting.
SOLÁ paints in a natural way, which reflects the Old Masters, soaking up the colour, air, smell and the pure scent of his environmen...
Category
1980s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
French Impressionist Still Life Painting Sunflowers In Yellow Table Interior
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Sunflowers
signed by Y. Blanchon, French 1950's Impressionist
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 20.5 x 17 inches
canvas: 16 x 13 inches
provenance: from a large private collection of th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid 20th Century French Impressionist Oil Still Life of Flowers Female Artist
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below
provenance stamp to the back
oil painting on board, unframed
measures: 15 high by 18 inches wide
condition: overall very good an...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Orange and Yellow In Stone Vase On Oak Table Interior Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Flowers In Vase
signed oil on board, unframed
board: 18 x 13 inches
provenance: private collection
condition: very good and sound condition
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Swedish Interior Still Life Oil Painting - Expect
Located in Bristol, GB
EXPECT
Size: 43 x 53 cm (including frame)
Oil on Canvas
A mid-century modernist style interior still life painting that captures a moment of tranquil elegance, executed in oil onto...
Category
1960s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Surrealist Still Life with Apples, Mid 20th Century Cleveland School Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000)
Still Life with Apples, 1940
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated upper right
18 x 24 inches
Clarence Holbrook Carter achieved a level of na...
Category
1940s American Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sola Puig Porcelain original impressionist acrylic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
porcelain original impressionist acrylic painting.
SOLÁ paints in a natural way, which reflects the Old Masters, soaking up the colour, air, smell and the pure scent of his environm...
Category
1990s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Cubist Still-Life
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful ca. 1960s copy of a Picasso still-life from 1930s by Eve Peri. Watercolor on paper, image measures 5.5 x 8 inches; 9.5 x 11 inches framed. Signed under the matting as depic...
Category
Mid-20th Century Cubist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Post Impressionist French still life oil painting of lemon and garlic by Dulac
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
A bold and beautifully depicted still life oil painting of a lemon and garlic with pestle and mortar by 20th Century Post Impressionist painter Jean Dulac.
Jean Dulac was born on Bo...
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20th Century Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Monet's Rose Garden Giverny Signed French Impressionist Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
La Rosaire
Monet's Garden, Giverny
French School, signed
inscribed verso
oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas: 8.75 x 10.75 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition...
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20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Vintage French Impressionist Pink Roses In Stone Vase In White Stone Frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Flowers In Vase
signed by Louise Alix, French 1950's Impressionist
watercolour on artist paper stuck on board, framed. Glass covered
frame: 12.5 x 9.75 inches
painting: 11 x 8 inche...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Abella Fruits Vertical original still life Cubist acrylic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Abella original still life cubist acrylic painting
Juan Jose Abella Rubio was born in Estercuel, a hamlet anchored in the Teruel mining basin in March 1944. In his painting the oche...
Category
Late 20th Century Cubist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Nature Morte - A Still Life , Oil on Canvas
By Claude Vernard
Located in St. Albans, GB
Claude Venard
1913 - 1999
This painting comes with a certificate of authenticity.
Canvas Size: 21.5 x 25.75" (54 x 65cm)
Outside Frame Size: 29.5 x 33.75" (73.75 x 84.25)
Claude ...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
French Impressionist Still Life Purple Anemone's In Brown Vase
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Purple Anemone's
by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below
provenance stamp to the back
oil painting on board, unframed
measures: 13 high by 9.5 inches wide
condition: ove...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floral Still Life Oil Painting - Tulips in Pastel
Located in Bristol, GB
TULIPS IN PASTEL
Size: 38 x 32 cm (including frame)
Oil on canvas
A very elegant mid-century modernist floral oil composition, painted onto canvas.
In this floral piece we have lig...
Category
1960s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
SOLA PUIG Carnation and Trumpet original impressionist acrylic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
carnation and trumpet original impressionist acrylic painting.
Sola PUIG, Joan (Barcelona 1950 )
Joan SOLÁ paints in a natural way, which reflects the Old Masters, soaking up the c...
Category
1990s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Violin Still Life Oil Painting 1950
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3903 Colorful oil on canvas unframed of a violin still life
Category
1950s Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Large Antique American Modernist Signed Cubist Still Life Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on board. Signed. Framed. Image size, 23 1/2H x 29 1/2L
Category
1960s Cubist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Vintage Pink Rose and Wine Glass Still Life French Impressionist Watercolour
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pink Rose
signed by Y. Blanchon, French 1950's Impressionist
watercolour on board, unframed
painting: 7 x 8 inches
provenance: from a large private collection of this artists work i...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Bouquet of Flowers in Pitcher
Located in Genève, GE
Work on wood
Oil on canvas mounted on panel
Category
Early 20th Century French School Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Still life with flowers and pottery
Located in Genève, GE
Work on cardboard
Golden wooden frame
75.5 x 65 x 3.5 cm
The Haberjahn family, of Norwegian origin – Habrian or Haberian – had settled in Germany at the beginning of the 19th centur...
Category
1920s Still-life Paintings
Materials
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.
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