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Still-life Paintings For Sale
Style: American Realist
Style: Street Art
Rockaway Shell
Located in Burlingame, CA
Rockaway Shell - an iconic American painting depicting a Shell Gasoline Station by James Torlakson who is known for his photorealist oil paintings, watercolors and aquatint intaglio ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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...
Category
19th Century American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Red and White Fuchsia
Located in Soquel, CA
Acrylic painting of white, red, and pink "Swingtime" varietal of fuchsia flowers, hanging from a vine on grey art board by Barbara Gibson (20th Century). Signed by the artist in the ...
Category
1980s American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Illustration Board, Acrylic
La Grande Serre II / oil on canvas - contemporary lush Pairs garden scene
Located in Burlingame, CA
Contemporary and mysterious oil painting inspired by 'La Grande Serre' gardens in Paris, France, at dusk. The lush work in mainly forrest greens with floating flowers and splashes of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Cocoa" - Contemporary Realism - Goat - Manet
By Marc Chatov
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Cocoa" is a small oil painting featuring hues of brown, blue and green.
Marc Chatov is inspired by the work of Diego Velasquez, Édouard Manet, William Bouguereau.
Renowned portrait...
Category
2010s American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Yellow Calla Lily
Located in New York, NY
In his long and productive career, Clarence Holbrook Carter followed an independent course. He incorporated an unlikely mixture of stylistic influences, drawing from such disparate s...
Category
Early 20th Century American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Set for Service
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting, a still life of glassware, tea cups, and greenery, set for service on a white tablecloth against a wooden backdrop. Artist's studio can be seen in the reflections i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Great Pumpkin, Oil Painting
By Jesse Aldana
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
In this classically styled still life, Jesse uses the opportunity to ruminate on colors he more frequently employs in describing a sunset. Deeply dyed fabric,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Cow Palace - oil on canvas
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Cow Palace' , 24 x 36 inches, iconic still life, architectural oil on canvas painting, from internationally acclaimed American Realist James Torlakson, whose work depicts majesty in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Grandpa's Tool Shed" - Contemporary Realism - Landscape - Manet
By Marc Chatov
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Grandpa's Tool Shed" is an oil painting featuring hues of blue, green, yellow and brown.
Marc Chatov is inspired by the work of Diego Velasquez, Édouard Man...
Category
2010s American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Dad's Hand Drill
By John Morfis
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
This is an oil painting, in the style of "Trompe l-oeil" of an antique hand drill, on a grey background. Painted by American contemporary painter, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel, Linen
Level B
By Matt Condron
Located in Fairfield, CT
Having spent many years as a photographer, Matt Condron is trained to recognize the importance of a moment or the preciousness of a fleeting opportunity. He is captivated by the ide...
Category
2010s American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Torn Poster - oil on canvas
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Torn Poster' 47 1/2 x 36 inches, iconic trompe l'oeil fireworks still life oil on canvas painting from internationally acclaimed American Realist James Torlakson, whose work depicts...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Still Life with Oranges" - Contemporary Realism - Still Life - Manet
By Marc Chatov
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Still Life with Oranges" is an oil painting featuring hues of bronze, orange, purple, and red.
Marc Chatov is inspired by the work of Diego Velasquez, Édouard Manet, William Bouguer...
Category
2010s American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Grandpa's Tool Shed Study" - Contemporary Realism - Landscape - Manet
By Marc Chatov
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Grandpa's Tool Shed Study" is an oil painting featuring hues of blue, green, yellow and brown.
Marc Chatov is inspired by the work of Diego Velasquez, Édoua...
Category
2010s American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
90˚ In The Shade
By Matt Condron
Located in Fairfield, CT
Having spent many years as a photographer, Matt Condron is trained to recognize the importance of a moment or the preciousness of a fleeting opportunity. He is captivated by the ide...
Category
2010s American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
At the Clinton Station Diner, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
The Clinton Station Diner is one of New Jersey's landmark diners. I was seated in this particular room that is actually a salvaged train dining car. I could n...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Charge
Located in Fairfield, CT
My paintings begin with a serious sense of play, both in the staging and the creating of the compositions. It is at this beginning stage that I operate under the Dadaist dictate that...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Blue Notes
By Matt Condron
Located in Fairfield, CT
Having spent many years as a photographer, Matt Condron is trained to recognize the importance of a moment or the preciousness of a fleeting opportunity. He is captivated by the ide...
Category
2010s American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Nantucket Peonies
Located in Greenwich, CT
Still life of a vase full of peonies in front of a map of Nantucket.
Category
2010s American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Mahogany
Lemon White Lily, Still Life Oil Painting by Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993)
Title: Lemon White Lily
Year: 1982
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated verso
Size: 26 x 26 in. (66.04 x 66.04 cm)
Category
1980s American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Citrus III
Located in Fairfield, CT
My paintings begin with a serious sense of play, both in the staging and the creating of the compositions. It is at this beginning stage that I operate under the Dadaist dictate that...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Tahoe Evening, Winter
Located in Burlingame, CA
People enjoying the setting sun on a frozen Lake at Tahoe, with cascading evening light and majestic alpine mountain ridge in the distance. Willard Dixon is one of our finest American contemporary realist painters, who has painted Northern California coastal landscapes for over 35 years. His work captures the undeniable beauty of the West with its grand and humble spirit. Dixon’s work can be found in numerous distinctive private and public collections, as well as the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and the Oakland Museum of California.
Tahoe Evening I is 36 x 54 inches. The work of art comes to you framed in a light wood floater frame and is ready to hang and enjoy for years to come. Artist signed and dated. Condition is excellent.
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Oakland Museum
The Utah Museum of Fine Art
The San Francisco Art Commission
AMA Headquarters, washington, D.C.
Pacific Gas and Electric Co., S.F. CA.
Transamerica Headquarters,S.F., CA.
San Francisco International Airport
IBM Corporation, San Jose, CA.
Pacific Bell
SELECTED PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Mr. Harrison Ford
Mr. Peter Duchin
Ms. Linda Ronstadt
Ms Faye Dunaway
Mr. Peter Morton
Mrs. H.J. Heinze
Mr Rupert Lowenstein
Mr. Chappy Morris
Mr. Griffen Dunne
Margy Boyd
Caroline Graham
Mr. Richard Baker
Ms. Sabrina Guinness
Mr. Peter Asher
Mr. Earl McGrath
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
1999 Art and Architecture, San Francisco Civic Center Complex Catalogue
1999 What Good is Art? William T. Wiley & Mary Hull Webster& 100 Artists, StudioDot Wiz
1998 The Artist and the American Landscape, John Driscoll, First Glance Books
1996 Rediscovering the Landscape of the Americas Alan Gussow, Gerald Peters Gallery
1995 Facing eden: 100 years of Landscape Art in the Bay Area, The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, and University of California Press
1993 Paintings of California , Arnold Skolnick...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Heart of Candles, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Hadley encountered this heart-shaped arrangement of candles during San Francisco's Day of the Dead Festival of Altars. "Flowers, a photograph and colorful can...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Ruse
Located in Fairfield, CT
My paintings begin with a serious sense of play, both in the staging and the creating of the compositions. It is at this beginning stage that I operate under the Dadaist dictate that...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Two Pears with Grapes and Shallot
Located in Fairfield, CT
My paintings begin with a serious sense of play, both in the staging and the creating of the compositions. It is at this beginning stage that I operate under the Dadaist dictate that...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Five Pears With Nectarine
Located in Fairfield, CT
My paintings begin with a serious sense of play, both in the staging and the creating of the compositions. It is at this beginning stage that I operate under the Dadaist dictate that “anything can be art”, and at the same time I seek out a balanced and harmonious composition by way of line, shape, and color. I work according to my whimsy, sometimes seeking to assert some form of narrative however personal or ambiguous, and other times I am simply satisfied with the hint of a human presence.
Once I have my compositions the paintings then very quickly become about work, a very labor intensive work that forces me to focus my mind and slow things down (which I feel is relevant especially in this day and age of high-speed everything). A great amount of effort is spent on trying to get to the highest level of finish that is possible according to my current skill level.
For inspiration I have drawn from the past four centuries of object specific paintings, from the ontbijtjes (laid tables) of the 17th Century Dutch masters such as Willem Kalf...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel, Canvas
Heart of Candles, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Hadley encountered this heart-shaped arrangement of candles during San Francisco's Day of the Dead Festival of Altars. "Flowers, a photograph and colorful can...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Two Bowls With Grapes
Located in Fairfield, CT
My paintings begin with a serious sense of play, both in the staging and the creating of the compositions. It is at this beginning stage that I operate under the Dadaist dictate that...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Panel
Summer Flowers with Lavender Bells
Located in Fairfield, CT
Realism as a style has basically remained unchanged since the Renaissance. Realism as a technique, however, has definitely been altered and heavily influenced by technology. Most art...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Plums #6
Located in San Francisco, CA
This lush still life pastel is by Phyllis Plattner (1940-2022), a noted artist who lived in the Washington, DC area. It is a work of light and shadow ...
Category
1980s American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel
La Grande Serre / oil on canvas - contemporary lush Parisian garden scene
Located in Burlingame, CA
Contemporary and mysterious oil painting inspired by 'La Grande Serre' gardens in Paris, France, at dusk. The lush work in mainly forrest greens with floating flowers and splashes of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Til Paradise II - falling flowers 72 x 72 inches
Located in Burlingame, CA
Til Paradise II is a stunning and sublime oil on canvas painting featuring falling or floating flowers from established California artist Stephanie Peek, who is knows for her contemporary romantic, poetic and mysterious oil paintings, where light and drama often mingle to play central roles. The painting speaks metaphorically of the fragile beauty and ephemeral nature of the world. Peek's lush works are focused on exotic and wild flowers that reveal their beauty while suspended in silence and time. Main colors are periwinkle blue, grey, rose and green.
'Til Paradise II' takes it inspiration from French Antoine Watteau. whose brief career at the turn of the 18th century, spurred the revival of interest in colour and movement, suffused with a theatrical air. The painting is created with the highest quality oil pigments on canvas. 72 x 72 inches...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Artichokes
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Two artichokes lay beside two lemons in this academic still-life painting. Dark hues and low light create that old-renaissance feeling.
Edward Minoff Graduated with honors from NYU'...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
"Nostalgia" - Contemporary History Painting - Vermeer
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Nostalgia" features soft hues of brown, orange, yellow, purple and blue.
Richard Thomas Scott is inspired by the work of Rembrandt, Andrew Wyeth,...
Category
2010s American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
Vintage Coral Cyclamen
Located in Soquel, CA
Acrylic painting on illustration board of three pink cyclamen flowers and heart-shaped leaves on a blue background by Barbara Gibson (American, 20th Century). Artwork is presented in...
Category
1980s American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Illustration Board, Pencil
Blue Shadows, Oil Painting by Harry Lane
By Harry Lane
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Harry Lane, American (1891 - 1973)
Title: Blue Shadows
Medium: Oil on Board, signed l.r.
Size: 15 in. x 11 in. (38.1 cm x 27.94 cm)
Frame Size: 19 x 15 inches
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Billboard Dusk 1
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery, NY & LA -- The pursuit for something new, unique forms and compositions, found in our everyday exterior environments are the subjects that are ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Still Life with Wine Glass, Photorealist Oil Painting by Alejandra Gauzen
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Alejandra Gauzen, Chilean (1967 - )
Title: Still Life with Wine Glass
Year: circa 2000
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r.
Size: 30.5...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Saxophone #1
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
This is a painting of a saxophone, the image was painted entirely with an airbrush. I photographed this saxophone outdoors on a sunny summer day.
About...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Late Summer, Oil Painting by Harry Lane
By Harry Lane
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Harry Lane, American (1891 - 1973)
Title: Late Summer
Medium: Oil on Board, signed
Size: 16.5 in. x 12.5 in. (41.91 cm x 31.75 cm)
Frame Size: 20 x 16 inches
Category
1950s American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Still Life with Red Wine"
Located in Southampton, NY
Wonderful small still life painting by John T. Axton III done circa 1980. Oil on canvas and signed with the artist's monogram lower left. Unframed.
Axton was born in Fort Leavenwo...
Category
1970s American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pepper Party / oil on canvas - still life with food
By Mimi Jensen
Located in Burlingame, CA
Glorious fun with food in this bold and colorful still life celebration where green, red, orange and yellow reigns, in this chili pepper scene from highly collectible American realis...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Spring Rain
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting of daffodils in a silver vessell. Situated upon a table, before a window.
Maryann Lucas lives and works in Sag Harbor. She is primarily self-taught but has also rec...
Category
2010s American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Italian Still Life, Early Painting by Philip Pearlstein 1940
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Philip Pearlstein, American (1924 - )
Title: Italian Still Life
Year: 1940
Medium: Oil on Board, signed
Size: 16 in. x 12 in. (40.64 cm x 30.48 cm)
Frame Size: 22 x 18 inches
Category
1940s American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Tennis Ball
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
This piece is a close up of a tennis ball. This piece was completed using an airbrush. Working from background to foreground I used...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Wildflower Composition (California Poppy#14)
By James Oliver
Located in Fairfield, CT
In organizing these paintings, I combine aspects from multiple sources-drawings, reference photographs, both personal and others, and memories of events or places where crowds gather...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Panel, Casein
Nantucket Roses
Located in Greenwich, CT
Arrangement of roses in front of a map of Nantucket
Category
2010s American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Mahogany
Blushing Bouquet
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting of a group of roses in a slender glass vase; a black background.
Maryann Lucas lives and works in Sag Harbor. She is primarily self-taught but has also received ins...
Category
2010s American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Garden of Eden
Located in Fairfield, CT
Thompson's oil paintings of neon signage explore his appreciation for how these hand-made signs are built. This may be a result of the many years he spent as an equipment engineer in...
Category
2010s American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Golfball Closeup
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
This is a close up painting of a golf ball. This piece was painted entirely using an airbrush. Every dimple, highlight, shadow, mark was created using templat...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Gala
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A beautifully executed, super-sized, trompe l'oeil oil painting of a gala apple with several levels of irony. A plump, bright, fresh apple, painted hyper realistically. The vibrant ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Hydrangea in Fall
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting a Hydrangea in a vase on a table. Framed in a simple white, floating frame.
Maryann Lucas lives and works in Sag Harbor. She is primarily self-taught but has also r...
Category
2010s American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Wildflower Composition (California Poppy#10)
By James Oliver
Located in Fairfield, CT
In organizing these paintings, I combine aspects from multiple sources-drawings, reference photographs, both personal and others, and memories of events or places where crowds gather...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Panel, Casein
Basketball #1
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
This is a close up painting of a basketball. The painting was completed entirely using an airbrush. Hundreds of templates were created by hand using mylar.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Farm to Table
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting of farm-fresh goods laid on a table with a plaid picnic-print tablecloth.
Maryann Lucas lives and works in Sag Harbor. She is primarily self-taught but has also received instruction and support from wonderful and generous members of the East End artistic community. Working exclusively in oils, Lucas sets out almost daily to create plein aire landscapes and seascapes. In her studio, she works directly from life and captures the beauty of natural light as it transforms ordinary objects into visual delights.
Lucas wants her work to celebrate all that is well with this world and brilliant in this life, despite its pockets of darkness.
For me, she says, I know I am in the Presence of something beautiful, when it steals my breath, silences my mind, pushes out everything else and draws me in. I trust That. I use That to guide my hands as I arrange a still life or scan a landscape to determine where to set down my easel. Ultimately, That is what drives me to paint.
Becoming evermore skilled as an oil painter is another of Lucas goals. To that end she remains teachable, finding it refreshing and vital for her own growth to paint with others. She has studied with favorite artists including Michael Klein...
Category
2010s American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Royal" - Original Colorful Crowns Pop Street Art Painting by Gary John
By Gary John
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene first during Art Basel Miami in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he was nam...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Graphite
Shop Still-Life Paintings on 1stDibs
Still-life paintings work as part of the decor in nearly every type of space.
Still-life art, which includes work produced in media such as painting, photography, video and more, is a popular genre in Western art. However, the depiction of still life in color goes back to Ancient Egypt, where paintings on the interior walls of tombs portrayed the objects — such as food — that a person would take into the afterlife. Ancient Greek and Roman mosaics and pottery also often depicted food. Indeed, still-life paintings frequently feature food, flowers or man-made objects. By definition, still-life art represents anything that is considered inanimate.
During the Middle Ages, the still life genre was adapted by artists who illustrated religious manuscripts. A common theme of these paintings is the reminder that life is fleeting. This is especially true of vanitas, a kind of still life with roots in the Netherlands during the 17th century, which was built on themes such as death and decay and featured skulls and objects such as rotten fruit. In northern Europe during the 1600s, painters consulted botanical texts to accurately depict the flowers and plants that were the subject of their work.
Leonardo da Vinci’s penchant for observing phenomena in nature and filling notebooks with drawings and notes helped him improve as an artist of still-life paintings. Vincent van Gogh, an artist who made a couple of the most expensive paintings ever sold, carried out rich experiments with color over the course of painting hundreds of still lifes, and we can argue that Campbell’s Soup Cans (1961–62) by Andy Warhol counts as still-life art.
While early examples were primarily figurative, you can find still lifes that belong to different schools and styles of painting, such as Cubism, Impressionism and contemporary art.
As part of the wall decor in your living room, dining room or elsewhere, a still-life painting can look sophisticated alongside your well-curated decorative objects and can help set the mood in a space.
When shopping for a still-life painting, think about how it makes you feel and how the artist chose to represent its subject. When buying any art for your home, choose pieces that you connect with. If you’re shopping online, read the description of the work to learn about the artist and check the price and shipping information. Make sure that the works you choose complement or relate to your overall theme and furniture style. Artwork can either fit into your room’s color scheme or serve as an accent piece. Introduce new textures to a space by choosing an oil still-life painting.
On 1stDibs, find a collection of still-life paintings in a wide range of styles and subject matter.