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Still-life Paintings For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: 18th Century and Earlier
A Trompe l'oeil Still Life
Located in Austin, TX
This historical painting by Plasschaert in his classic trompe l'oeil style portrays documents and printed items on a wooden wall. This painting wa...
Category
1740s Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
De Wit Flowers Still life Paint Oil on canvas 18th Century Flemish Cupids Art
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Jacob De Wit (Amsterdam, 1695 - 1754) attributable/ workshop
Pair of Cupids with Garland of Flowers
Oil on canvas
91 x 103 cm. - Framed 104 x 115 cm.
Provenance: Christie's (London, Old master Painting 12.12.1996) lot 82
This magnificent composition depicts two cupids holding a garland of flowers, placed on a fine architecture with bas-reliefs and masks, presumably the top of a fountain.
One of the two cupids sympathetically holds a part of it with his hands, while his head turns towards the viewer; the second cupid, on the other hand, must have clumsily broken the thread holding its end, and is sitting sullenly with a torch and a tear streaking his chubby cheek.
The work, given its stylistic features and compositional taste, can be attributed to the Flemish artist Jacob de Wit (Amsterdam, 1695 - 1754), or to an artist from his workshop, with his typical triumphal and opulent style, which reveals clear influences from Rubens and Van Dijck, but also from Gerard de Lairesse...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Red-breasted Merganser
Located in Paris, IDF
Alexandre Jean-Baptiste THEUVENOT
(Port-sur-Saône, 1834 – Paris, 1882)
Red-breasted Merganser
Oil on canvas
Signed at the bottom
78 x 56 cm
Born in 1884 in Port-sur-Saône (Haute-S...
Category
Late 19th Century French School Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
17th Century Still Life Angelo Maria Rossi Still Life Oil on Canvas Fruit
By Angelo Maria Rossi
Located in Sanremo, IT
Pair of paintings, oil on canvas, measuring 54 x 44 cm unframed and 65 x 55 cm with a coeval frame, depicting still lifes with asparagus, pomegranates, quinces, figs and medlars by t...
Category
1690s Italian School Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Painting Still Life with Flowers and Fruit 17th-18th century
Located in Milan, IT
Oil on Canvas. Italian school of the 17th-18th centuries.
A large composition of colorful flowers in embossed metal vases and some fruits scattered on the ground are placed against a...
Category
Late 17th Century Other Art Style Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Oil on canvas "still life with flowers Putti and parrot" Vittorio Amedeo Rapous
Located in Gavere, BE
Biography:
His family originally came from Racconigi, his father was in the service of the King of Sardinia.
From 1748 to 1755 Vittorio Amedeo is mentioned as one of the pupils of ...
Category
1780s Italian School Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still Life with Grapes and Plums, Oil on Board, 1866, Realist Art
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Still Life with Grapes and Plums" is a 10" x 12", oil on board still life by British painter Edward Ladell. The painting is framed and signed "EL 1866" in the lower left. Provenance...
Category
1860s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Nicola van Houbraken (Messina, 1668 - Pisa, 1733) (attr.), Flower Vases
Located in Milan, IT
Nicola van Houbraken (Messina, 1668 - Pisa, 1733)(attr.)
Vases de Fleurs
(2) Oil on canvas, 58 x 44 cm
Framed, 72 x 57 cm
Nicola or Nicolino van Houbraken, also known as Nicolin...
Category
17th Century Other Art Style Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Stil life with Lobster"
By Martha A. Brockway
Located in Southampton, NY
Oil on canvas still life painting of a wine bottle along with a lobster. Signed lower left. Circa 1880. The painting is housed in its original monumental wood gesso and gilt Victoria...
Category
19th Century Academic Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bouquet De Fleurs (entourage) De Margherita Caffi (1648 - 1710)
Located in GOUVIEUX, FR
Huile sur panneau de pin Dim sans cadre 60/52 Dim avec cadre 68/59 Ecole italienne Entourage de Margherita Caffi Margherita Caffi (Milan, 1648 - Milan, 20 septembre 1710), est une ...
Category
Mid-17th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Dipinto Natura morta con Frutta, Ortaggi e Gatto
Located in Milan, IT
Olio su tela. Scuola italiana del XVII secolo.
La grande composizione presenta una varietà di alimenti su un tavolo di cucina: a sinistra un grande canestro di vimini pieno di ortag...
Category
17th Century Other Art Style Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Studiolo delle meraviglie
By Edward Henry Corbould
Located in Milano, IT
This extraordinary watercolor and tempera on paper, signed Edward Corbould R.A. (Royal Academy) and dated 1894, testifies to the English painter's refined mastery of still life and h...
Category
1890s English School Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Tempera, Watercolor
Armand Félix Abel Seguin, Still life
By Armand Seguin
Located in Tricase, IT
Armand Félix Abel Seguin
Still life oil on canvas 45x60 cm, with frame 95x110
Signed: F. Seguint he signature could be resolved with Armand Félix Abel Seguin.
Armand Félix Abel Segui...
Category
1880s Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pair of 18th century Italian Still Life Paintings of Flowers
Located in Rome, IT
Pair of very decorative Italian Still-life paintings of flowers with vases and classical figures .
18th century, oil on canvas, with original gilt-wood frames.
This pair is an exce...
Category
18th Century Baroque Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antonio Ermolao Paoletti The Lacemakers oil painting .
Located in New York, NY
Antonio Ermolao Paoletti Italian, 1834-1912
A Serenade for the Venitian Lacemakers
Signed and inscribed Antonio Paoletti di Giov / Venezia (ll) in bottom left corner
Oil on cradle...
Category
19th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Still Life with Apples
Located in New York, NY
Signed and dated (at lower left): W. R. Miller 1891; (at lower right): No. 10
Category
Late 19th Century American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Old Master Painting, Flemish Baroque Grisaille, Cornelis Schut, Mary with Child
Located in Greven, DE
Cornelis Schut, atrributed to
(1597 - Antwerp - 1655)
Mary with Child, St. Elisabeth and John the Baptist en grisaille
Oil on wood, 33,5 x 26,5 cm
Co...
Category
17th Century Baroque Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
By Paolo Paoletti, still life with fruit, vegetables and mushrooms
Located in Milan, IT
Paolo Paoletti (Padua, c. 1671 - Udine, 1735)
Still life with vegetables, fruit and mushrooms
Oil on canvas, 76 x 106 cm
Framed, 87 x 117 cm
Critical Record Prof. Alberto Crispo...
Category
17th Century Other Art Style Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Cliffs Of Treport - Normandy Etretat, oil on wood by Léon Richet
By Leon Richet
Located in PARIS, FR
Conditions : Excellent overall with a genuine oil on board with original period frame.
Minor 3 mm retouching under UV light. (As seen on picture)
A student of Narcisse Diaz de la P...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
White and Pink Peonies in Vase, Charles Swyncop, Brussels 1895 – 1970, Signed
Located in Knokke, BE
White and Pink Peonies in Vase
Charles Swyncop
Brussels 1895 – 1970
Belgian Painter
Signature: Signed top left
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: Image size 46 x 38 cm, frame size 64 x 56 cm
Biography: Swyncop Charles was born in Brussels in 1895. Charles was a painter of landscapes, city views, seascapes, still lifes, flowers, children, genre scenes, figures (often Spanish beauties) and portraits. He was also illustrator and lithographer.
Younger brother and pupil of Philippe Swyncop. He studied at the Academy of Brussels (1908-1917 and 1919-1920) with as teachers, J. Delville, H. Richir and Alfred Bastien. He also travelled to Rome and Venice. In Rome he studied iconography and the study of the great masters.
Also found, like his brother, inspiration in Spain. Like his brother, he painted in a lighter genre. But, unlike his brother, he used subtle, spontaneous brushstrokes such as the French Fauvists. His colourful sea views are reminiscent of the works of Henri Matisse and André Derain.
In 1920 Swyncop assisted his teacher Alfred Bastien with the panoramic painting “Panorama de l’Yser”. Other assistant painters were Charles Léonard and Jef Bonheur, also former pupils of Bastien. The work was done in what later became the mosque of the Cinquantenaire Park. From 1924 onwards, it was given a suitable panoramic building in Ostend. The canvas was severely damaged during the Second World War.
Charles Swyncop took part in a group exhibition at ‘Maison d’Art Moderne’ in Brussels in 1920 together with Jean Colin, Philippe Swyncop, Arthur Navez, Samuel Milbauer, L. Bisschops, J. Payro and Jean-Jacques Gailliard.
He received an honourable mention (third prize) on the Prize of Rome in 1920.
In the years 1922-1923 he made study trips to Spain and Italy. There he made portraits of the local population. He regularly returned to Spain.
Commissioned by the Ministry of Colonies, he painted decorative panels for the 1930 World Fair in Antwerp.
Swyncop was a member of the group ‘La Lierre’ and took part in the annual exhibitions. Other members of ‘La Lierre’ included Alfred Bastien, Julius Brouwers, Louis Clesse, Henri De Clerck...
Category
Early 19th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Still Life with Flower Vase on a Table' by David De Noter (1818 – 1892)
Located in Knokke, BE
David De Noter
Ghent 1818 – 1892 Bologhine
Belgian Painter
'Still Life with a Lapis Lazuli Coloured Flower Vase on a Table'
Signature: signed lower right 'David De Noter'
Medium: oil on panel
Dimensions: image size 35 x 27 cm, frame size 41,5 x 34 cm
Biography: David De Noter was born in Ghent on June 24, 1818, and passed away in Saint Eugène Bologhine, Algiers, on January 21, 1892. He was a renowned Belgian painter, celebrated for his detailed still lifes and interior scenes. Born in Ghent, he was the son of Jan-Baptist De Noter, a draftsman and architect, from whom he received his early artistic training. His mother, Carola Maya, married Jan-Baptist shortly before David’s birth. He had a brother, Michaël, who tragically passed away at a young age (1821-1823), and two sisters, Anne-Marie and Edalie.
In 1840, De Noter moved to Brussels, and five years later, on November 25, 1845, he married Clemence Wauters in Mechelen. Together, they had seven children. His son Raphaël would also become a painter.
By the 1860s, De Noter had relocated to Paris, where it is believed he shared a studio with the well-known art dealer J. Goupil around 1864. In his later years, De Noter and his family moved to Algiers, North Africa, where he contributed a floral still life to the Algiers Museum in 1870. By around 1879, he was living in Le Nador, near Marengo.
David De Noter is primarily celebrated for his exquisite still lifes featuring flowers, vegetables, seafood, game, and fruit. He also painted detailed kitchen and salon interiors, as well as genre scenes, often with a strong focus on still life elements within the broader composition. His style combined meticulous realism with a romantic atmosphere, capturing both the beauty and mood of his subjects.
During his time in Algiers, De Noter began painting local scenes, including views of the Kasbah of Algiers.
Throughout his career, De Noter collaborated with notable artists such as Henri Leys, Guillaume Koller, Louis Tuerlinckx, and Alfred Stevens. His works remain highly valued on the art market today.
His paintings were exhibited in various cities, including Kortrijk, Brussels, Rotterdam, The Hague, and Paris. In 1854, he was awarded a gold medal at an exhibition in Brussels.
David De Noter’s artwork has been exhibited in prestigious galleries and museums across Europe, showcasing the enduring appeal of his detailed and romantic still life paintings. His works can be found in the permanent collections of several important institutions, including: Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels; Musée des Beaux-Arts, Cambrai; Stedelijk Museum, Kortrijk; Art Gallery, Leeds; John Selbach Museum, Maaseik; Museum Hof van Busleyden, Mechelen; Musée des Beaux-Arts, Mulhouse; Municipal Collection, Schaerbeek; Museo Revoltella, Trieste; Museo Municipal “Quiñones de León...
Category
Mid-19th Century Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
18th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Antique Still Life Painting, 1720
Located in Vicoforte, IT
Antique Italian painting from the early 18th century. Artwork oil on canvas depicting an amazing still life with flowers and a view in the background of excellent pictorial quality. ...
Category
1720s Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Under Summer Skies
Located in Greenville, DE
LaValley is an American artist born in New York in 1858. His style is realism and most of his paintings were either landscapes or still lifes. This perticular painting is an exclent ...
Category
19th Century Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage painting by Vincent Clare - dead nature art composition- oil on canvas.
Located in PARIS, FR
Conditions: Very good overall condition. Edge right, visible under UV Light, minor retouching (5mm). The frame is period frame original baring stickers from Galleries in London. Low...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Still life with flowers. Oil on canvas, 110x80 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Still life with flowers. Oil on canvas, 110x80 cm
Category
1870s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Original Oil on Canvas, George Clare, "Primroses"
By George Clare
Located in Mere, GB
George Clare 1830 - 1890
Leading Birmingham still-life painter who exhibited at the Royal Academy, Society and B.I., teacher at the R.B.S.A., father of Oliver and Vincent.
Signed
Oi...
Category
Mid-19th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage oil painting by Vincent Clare - fruit and apples oil signed
By George Clare
Located in PARIS, FR
Condition: Excellent overall Condition. Original canvas and frame. No restauration necessary. No retouching under UV light. Dimensions with frame 28 x 34 cm.
Free US CONTINENTAL Shi...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Oil On Canvas "Still life with porcelain and fruit "
Located in Gavere, BE
Beautiful painting of a still life with fruit and white soup tureen, restored and cleaned in good condition.
Very special painting for collectors!
Additional information:
Title: S...
Category
1890s Still-life Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Antique Oil Painting, Still Life with fresh Fish, Apples, Lettuce and Pewter Jug
Located in Berlin, DE
Decorative, antique still life with fresh fish, apples, lettuce and pewter jug.
Oil on canvas. Unsigned.
Dimensions with frame: 130 cm x 159.5 cm.
Dimensions without frame: 91.5 cm...
Category
19th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still life, XVII century
Located in Milan, IT
Oil on canvas depicting a still life, a pantry with a table set with a copper basin and different kinds: hanging game, trays full of fruit and cutting boards with fish. On the left o...
Category
17th Century Other Art Style Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Cherry Picking, Monogrammed MAB and Dated 1890, American School, Still Life
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Classic 19th century American School painting, "Cherry Picking," is monogrammed MAB and is dated 1890. In the tradition of the Fall River School artists like Robert Spear Dunning and Bryant Chapin...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Late 17th Century By Still-life Italian painter Still life Oil on Canvas
Located in Milano, Lombardia
17th Century Still-life Italian painter
Title: Still life
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: without frame 58 x 136 cm - with frame 71.5 x 150 cm
Antique shaped and gilded wooden box...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Pair of 18th century Italian Still Life Paintings of Flowers
Located in Rome, IT
Pair of very decorative Italian Still-life paintings of flowers with vases and classical figures .
18th century, oil on canvas, with original gilt-wood frames.
This pair is an exce...
Category
18th Century Baroque Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Still Life with Pink Ewer and Sheet Music" Nicholas Alden Brooks, Trompe L'oeil
By Nicholas Alden Brooks
Located in New York, NY
Nicholas Alden Brooks
Still Life with Pink Ewer and Sheet Music, 1891
Signed and dated lower right
Oil on canvas
20 1/8 x 16 inches
Considerable mystery surrounds the name Nicholas Alden Brooks. Other than having been active in New York City between 1880 and 1904, very little is known about the artist. There are no records of any art societies showing him as a member or his having participated in any exhibits. The name Brooks, in fact, could possibly be a pseudonym for Robert Fullington, whose name appears on theatrical memorabilia in Brookss trompe loeil still-life paintings.
William Harnett...
Category
1890s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
17th Century Still Life Nicolas Baudesson Natura Morta Oil on Canvas Red White
By Nicolas Baudesson
Located in Sanremo, IT
Painting, oil on canvas, measuring 82 x 67.5 unframed and 98 x 82 cm with frame, by the painter Nicolas Baudesson ( Troyes 1611 - Paris 1680 ).
Born in Troyes to a family of artists ...
Category
1660s French School Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Still Life with a Cigars, Playing Cards and Delft Plate, Artist 19 - 20 Century
Located in Knokke, BE
Still Life with a Cigars, Playing Cards and Delft Plate
Artist 19th - 20th century
Influenced by 17th Century
Dutch Still Life Painters
Signature: Not signed
Medium: Aquarelle
Dime...
Category
19th Century Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Lilacs
Located in New York, NY
Raoul M. de Longpre paints a beautiful still life rendering of a bushel of lilacs with a unique gold border in his work entitled, “Lilacs.”
Category
Late 19th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Oil Painting by Henry Archibald Major "Black and White Grapes"
Located in Mere, GB
Oil Painting by Henry Archibald Major "Black and White Grapes" 1829- 1902 Shropshire and London painter of still life, animals and portraits . He exhibited at the Royal Academy Brit...
Category
19th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Still life with vase of flowers, fruits and architectural ruins
Located in Como, IT
NORTHERN ARTIST ACTIVE IN ROME IN THE LAST QUARTER OF THE XVII CENTURY
Still life with vase of flowers, fruits and architectural ruins
The painting is part of a pair: the twin can...
Category
17th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still Life with Plums, Apples and Peaches on a Mossy Bank
By Oliver Clare
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Oil on canvas
Canvas size: 14 x 18 inches
Framed size: 18 x 22 inches
Signed lower right
Category
19th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Grapes, figs, pomegranate and peaches on a pillar, first quarter 18th century
Located in Milan, IT
Oil on canvas depicting a still life composed of grapes, pomegranate and peaches placed on a pillar, the composition also features a silver tray; in the background a landscape with t...
Category
Late 17th Century Other Art Style Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pair of 18th century Italian Still Life Paintings of Flowers
Located in Rome, IT
Pair of very decorative Italian Still-life paintings of flowers with vases and classical figures .
18th century, oil on canvas, with original gilt-wood frames.
This pair is an exce...
Category
18th Century Baroque Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Flowers
By Marius Vasselon
Located in Paris, FR
Marius Vasselon,
1841-1924
"Bouquet de Fleurs dans un Vase "
Oil on canvas,
Signed lower left
Canvas: 29 1/2" high x 23 5/8" wide
Frame: 36 1/4" high x 29 7/8" wide
Category
19th Century Academic Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still Life Of A Bouquet Of Summer Flowers, 19th Century by Matthijs MARIS
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait of a Chow Dog "Pagoda Mah Gye", 19th Century
by Monica Gray (19th Century British)
19th Century English portrait of a Chow dog called Pagoda Mah Gye, oil on panel by Monica Gray. Excellent quality and condition example of Grays work, a popular turn of the century painter based in London commissioned by dog owners to capture their beloved pets. Presented in its original ebonised frame. Signed and titled.
Measurements: 15" x 14" framed approx
Artist Biography
Matthijs Maris was the brother of Jacob and Willem Maris. He was awarded a retainer by the Dutch Crown. He moved to Antwerp around 1855 to be with his brother. There, he studied under Nicaise de Keyser...
Category
Late 19th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Orange Roses and Lilac Posie"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
This gouache on paper is signed in the lower right.
A specialist in floral still lives, especially informal arrangements, Raoul M. De Longpre was born in Lyons, Paris into an aristocratic, albeit poor, family that were "fleuristes", persons associated with flower painting whose center was Lyons. His father, Jean Antoine, decorated fans and exhibited floral still lifes in Paris and Lyons.
He began drawing at a young age. By the time he was twelve he was earning a living painting flowers on fans for a firm in Paris. He worked and studied with his brother, Paul De Longpre...
Category
19th Century Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Grapes and Peach
By George Cope
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Signed lower right & dated 1888.
Category
1880s Hudson River School Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still life of Bird's Nest and Flowers on a Mossy Bank
By Oliver Clare
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Oil on canvas
Canvas size: 10 x 12 inches
Framed size: 18 x 20 inches
Signed lower right
Category
19th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
English Native School, 19th Century, still life with fish
Located in Tricase, IT
English Native School, 19th Century, still life with fish
Oil on canvas 54x63 cm frame included.
Beautiful native English painting, representing an elegant still life of fish, cabba...
Category
1880s English School Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still Life with Bird
Located in New York, NY
Morton Constantine Ream paints a tabletop still life with a fruit bowl, a jade figurine, silver vessels, a jewel box, and two small yellow birds in his...
Category
Late 19th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
18th Century Anna Gilli Still Life Flowers in a Garden Oil on Canvas Green Blue
Located in Sanremo, IT
By examining with interest this lively "Still life" (oil painting on oval canvas, 60 x 80 cm without frame and 78 x 88 cm with frame), set in the open air in a park with a small foun...
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian School Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
école Française Du XVIIIè "Nature morte au vase de fleurs, à la coupe de fruits"
Located in ROUEN, FR
École Française du XVIIIè. « Nature morte au vase de fleurs, à la coupe de fruits et aux oiseaux ». Huile sur toile. Belles dimensions H.90 L.110.
Category
18th Century French School Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Paintings 19th Century Still Life With Fruits
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
GODCHAUX Emile (1860)
Compositions of Fruits in Pair
Oil on canvas signed low right
Old Frames gilded with gold leaves
Dim canvas (each) : 46 X 55 cm
Dim frame (each) : 61 x 79 cm
G...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Still Life with fruit and Delft plate
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas
Image size: 15 ½ x 19 ¼ inches (39.5 x 49 cm)
18th Century carved gilt frame
Provenance
Irish Country Estate
This complex and convincing composition is painted from a...
Category
17th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still Life with Cherries
Located in Sheffield, MA
Eugene Henri Cauchois
French, 1850-1911
Still Life with Cherries
Oil on canvas
Signed “H. Cauchois” lower right
22 ½ by 28 ½ in. W/frame 30 ...
Category
1890s Barbizon School Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
An Impressionist Study of a White Rose
Located in Naples, Florida
An Impressionist Study of a White Rose
Category
19th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
KPM Porcelain Historical Plaque Of 'Jesus In The Temple'
Located in New York, NY
KPM Porcelain Historical Plaque of 'Jesus in the Temple'
LATE 19 Century
After a painting by Johann Michael Ferdinand Heinrich Hofmann (German 18...
Category
Late 19th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Porcelain, Glaze
Still life
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Oil on canvas
Canvas size: 12 x 14 inches
Framed size: 18.5 x 20.5 inches
Signed and dated 1876 lower left
Category
19th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bouquet of Roses in a Brass Pot
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Oil on canvas
38 x 29. 1/2 inches (96.5 x 74.9 cm.)
Framed: 51 x 42 inches
Signed lower right: Aimé Perret
Aimé Perret participated regularly in the Salon in Paris, from 1870 to 188...
Category
Late 19th Century French 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.
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.