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Still-life Paintings For Sale
Daisies in a Jug, Early 20th Century Realist Floral Still-Life by Claude Buck
By Claude Buck
Located in Soquel, CA
Daisies in a Jug, Early 20th Century Realist Floral Still-Life by Claude Buck 1929
Excellent oil on canvas still life entitled "Daisies and Jug" by Claude Buck (American, 1890-1974)...
Category
1920s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,600 Sale Price
20% Off
The Bouquet Of Aromatic Lilacs - lilacs still life painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
The modern and stylish still life with lilacs will become a wonderful decoration of any interior!
The painting is 100% hand painted using high quality oil paints on canvas.
The uniq...
Category
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cotton Canvas
Illustration Style Still Life Painting of Pink Dragon Fruit Tree, Botanical Art
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Dragon Fruit Bush" is an abstract expressionist painting by Romina Milano where a dance of black gestures unfolds across colorful brushstrokes infused with raw emotion.
Romina Mil...
Category
2010s Fauvist Still-life Paintings
Materials
India Ink, Acrylic, Rag Paper
The Bait Bin - Kitchen Fish Blue Gloves Pink Flowers Contemporary Interior, 2023
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary painting in oil on board, a kitchen interior has a still life arrangement of blue bait gloves and fish on a cutting board beneath a knife with pink flowers at th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Pocket Juicy Plum with Oil Paint on Canvas, Painting by Dani Humberstone
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Juicy Plum is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket Painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with a nod to baroque still lif...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Blush Pear Yellow Pocket Painting, original painting, still-life, contemporary
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Yellow Blush Pear is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket Painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with a nod to baroque st...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Early 20th Century Oil of French Stone Building entitled Interieur et Exteriuer
Located in Preston, GB
Early 20th Century Oil of French Stone Building entitled 'Interieur et Exteriuer' by the Award-Winning French Artist, Charles Perron (1893 – 1958).
Presented in a beautiful ornate period gold frame...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Peony Study-original modern realism floral still life painting-contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online.
"Peony Study" by Julie Whitehead is a stunning original still ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
“Bouquet with Japanese maple”Original floral painting in oil . Vertical .
Located in Oslo, NO
This exquisite artwork captures the vivid beauty of a floral arrangement in a clear glass vase. The painting showcases a harmonious blend of rich colors, with deep reds, soft pinks, ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Modernist SunFlower Still Life Framed Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American school modernist still life painting. Oil on board. Signed. Framed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a gold giltwood molding. Excellent c...
Category
1930s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$1,020 Sale Price
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Contemporary Pop Oil Painting – Inflated Condom as Black Bubble on Dark Canvas
By María Magán
Located in FISTERRA, ES
This contemporary pop oil painting reimagines an inflated condom as a luminous black bubble, suspended against a dark, minimalistic background. Through refined oil techniques, the ar...
Category
2010s Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fine Spanish Old Master style Oil Painting Flowers in Ornate Vase
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Classical Still Life of Flowers
Studio of Miguel Canals, Spanish 1925-1995
stamped with the studio mark verso
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 23.5 x 18 inches
Provenance: private col...
Category
20th Century Old Masters Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
It's lilac time. Realistic Flower Still Life
Located in Zofingen, AG
The coming of lilac season always heralds the world’s transformation into its most enchanting self. When the tender green on the trees has grown bold, and the evenings and early dawn...
Category
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
"Leopard Skin Dr. Scholl's Spa Sandals" - Fashion Pop Art Still Life
Located in Soquel, CA
Vivid and dynamic painting of leopard skin Dr. Scholls spa sandals by Marc Foster Grant (American, b. 1947). Signed, titled and dated "Leopard Skin D...
Category
Early 2000s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Acrylic, Watercolor
$1,080 Sale Price
20% Off
French school Still Life Oil painting Signed
Located in Zofingen, AG
➡️Still Life from J Robert⬅️
🟢Jacques Robert (1921–1997) was a French writer, journalist, and screenwriter. Born on June 27, 1921, in Lyon, France, he began his career in journalis...
Category
Early 20th Century Tonalist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Canvas, Linen, Oil, Stretcher Bars
$385 Sale Price
76% Off
Wildlife Collection: Pocket Green Woodpecker, Original Painting, Animal Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Wildlife Collection: Pocket Green Woodpecker is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket Painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Erwin Steinhauser (1939-2023) - Acrylic, Water Lilies Under The Willow
Located in Corsham, GB
Unsigned. Presented in a white frame. On canvas.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
E. Stanfield - Framed Late 19th Century Oil, Still Life of Fruit on a Ledge
Located in Corsham, GB
Still life of grapes, peaches and red currants on a stone ledge. Well presented in a gilt-effect frame with a crisp white mount. Signed 'E. Stanfield' to the lower right and dated 18...
Category
Late 19th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vase of Flowers in a Metal Vase with a Mask - Oil Paint - Early 17th Century
Located in Roma, IT
A magnificent oil on canvas representing a Vase of Flowers in a Metal Vase with a Mask, realized by an italian artist in the first half of 17th Century.
In very good condition, it i...
Category
Late 17th Century Baroque Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Still Life with Apples, c. 1910
Located in Stockholm, SE
Still Life with Apples is an exquisite still-life painting that captures a quiet moment of abundance and peace. On a humble wooden table lies a cluster of ripe apples, their rosy and...
Category
1910s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pocket Pale Blue Sloes [2023], Baroque Still Life Painting, Small art, Fruit art
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Pale Blue Sloes is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket Painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with a nod to baroque stil...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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STILL LIFE - Giovanni Perna - Dutch School - Oil on Canvas Italian Painting
Located in Napoli, IT
Still life - Giovanni Perna Italia 2006 - Oil on canvas cm.60x80
In this beautiful oil on canvas Giovanni Perna was inspired by the paintings of the Spanish painter of Dutch origin ...
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Early 2000s Old Masters Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Botanical Studies, Watercolours on Silk on Handmade Paper, Set of Three Tulips.
Located in Cotignac, FR
A set of three fine hand painted botanical watercolour studies on silk of tulips by La Roche Laffitte. The works are signed bottom right. Some are titled and numbered (see photos) Th...
Category
Late 20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Handmade Paper, Silk
$1,332 Sale Price
20% Off
"Lilies"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Color combinations of red and green require virtuosity from the artist. It is very difficult to maintain color harmony, but I did it. This picture is harmonious and intense at the sa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Bright & Colorful French Impressionist Oil Painting - Flowers & Fruit
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Maggy Clarysse (1931-2011)
oil on canvas, unframed
16 x 20inches
signed front
condition: excellent
provenance: all the paintings we have by this artist have come from the artists es...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,393 Sale Price
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Composition in Blue and Green- 21st Century Dutch Realistic Still-life painting
By Henk Boon
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Henk Boon
Composition in Blue and Green
Oil on canvas on wood
100 x 120 cm
Frame included 107 x 127 cm
The still-life paintings of Dutch painter Henk Boon ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil, Wood Panel
Abstract impressionist expressive flowers acrylic on paper "Floral Inspiration"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This vibrant artwork captures a bouquet of pink flowers displayed in a glass vase, enveloped by expressive, swirling brushstrokes.
This artwork named " Floral Inspiration" belongs ...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Bouquet of flowers
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
oil on Canvas : 61 x 50 cm - With Frame : 80 x 69 cm
This oil on canvas depicts a sumptuous bouquet of flowers in a vase on a stone table. The style is classical, evo...
Category
20th Century Flemish School Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"The Constellation Crater" (2019) By Fred Wessel, Egg Tempera/Gold Leaf Painting
By Fred Wessel
Located in Denver, CO
Fred Wessel's "The Constellation Crater" is a stunning egg tempera painting on gold leaf. Created in 2015, this piece depicts a young woman, holding a crystal chalice and sitting upr...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
"Poetry." Large floral composition. Acrylic painting. Modern
Located in Oslo, NO
In this piece, I've channeled a blend of serenity and vitality. The acrylic colors capture nature's essence with a nod to oriental art's poetic elegance. This isn't just a painting; ...
Category
2010s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Fish with garlic
Located in Zofingen, AG
Original oil painting on canvas, still life painting made under natural light. This artwork is painted using high-quality fine linen canvas. Signed on the front and back of artwork. ...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Camellias Grow Near Water. Contemporary Expressionist Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Gently glowing with opalescent light Camellias Grow Near Water is a remarkable painting from Slade School alumni and leading British Impressionist artist Francesca Owen. Drawing insp...
Category
2010s Expressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pocket Wild Apple, Dani Humberstone, Contemporary painting, still life art
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Wild Apple [2022]
original and hand signed by the artist
Oil paint on canvas
Image size: H:15 cm x W:15 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:5 cm x W:5 cm x D:2cm
Frame Size:...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
All Saints
Located in Wenham, MA
This is an original oil painting on a linen panel. Mums, the traditional flower of All Saints Day in France, are pictured in a reflective silver cup. A jewel-like deep green-blue bac...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Watervale Yellow - Contemporary Still Life Red Flowers Kitchen Window, 2024
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary painting in oil on canvas, a bright and inviting interior scene is set with a still life arrangement of red and yellow flowers in a green glass vase, beside a pa...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Interior with Clay Pot and Flowers by Ellen Rolli, Contemporary Still Life
By Ellen Rolli
Located in Atlanta, GA
Interior with Clay Pot and Flowers by Ellen Rolli is a beautifully expressive 12 x 12-inch acrylic painting that blends rich textures with a refined color palette. This piece capture...
Category
2010s Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Floral Still Life, Toledo, Ohio Artist
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Emmeline B. Spencer (American, Born 1880)
Signed: Emmeline Spencer (Lower, Right)
" Floral Still Life ", circa 1920s-1930s
Oil on Canvas
24 1/8" x 20"
Housed in a 2" Period Orn...
Category
Early 20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American School Museum Quality Fruit Still Life Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American school realist fruit still life oil painting. Oil on board. Unsigned. Framed. Image size, 16L x 16H.
Category
1850s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$6,000 Sale Price
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Still Life of Wallflowers - Scottish 1920's exh. floral art flower oil painting
By Andrew Law
Located in London, GB
This rich and vibrant Scottish still life oil painting is by noted Scottish artist Andrew Law. It was painted circa 1920 and has a Glasgow Club exhibition label verso entitling the p...
Category
1920s Art Deco Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Desert Rose" - Still Life on a Retaining Wall with Landscape in the Background
Located in Soquel, CA
Clean and modern still life against a landscape background by Kipp Stewart (American, b. 1928). The still life consists of a rose in a pitcher, two Native American baskets (Salish an...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
BLUE PULSATING
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Oil painting on cardboard
Original art by Grigori Ivanov.
Founder of art style "Svetizm"
healing paintings with light and color.
Ready to hang.
Sh...
Category
2010s Folk Art Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Details about LARGE 1970'S FRENCH MODERNIST SIGNED OIL - BRIGHT & COLORFUL INT
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, signed lower left, circa 1970's
Title: The Interior.
Medium: oil painting, on canvas, framed.
Size: frame: 25 x 41inches
painting: 23.5 x...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
George Weissbort (1928-2013) - Oil, Still Life of Tomatoes & Corguettes
Located in Corsham, GB
Still Life, oil on board. Tomatoes and courgettes on a wooden chopping board with checkered towel. Presented in a contemporary style frame. Signed to the lower right and dated 1971.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
REDOUTE, Pierre Joseph. Rosa Parvi-Flora.
Located in London, GB
A Gift from King Charles X to the Duchesse de Berry
REDOUTE, Pierre Joseph.
Rosa parvi-flora.
Watercolour over traces of black chalk on vellum, within gold framing lines; signed in...
Category
1820s Naturalistic Still-life Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Ink, Watercolor, Pen
Spring Collection: Pocket Bluebells, Baroque Still Life, Flower art, Realism
Located in Deddington, GB
Spring Collection: Pocket Bluebells is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket Painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with a nod to...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
André Lhote Cubist Composition Pen Drawing Painting, circa 1910
By André Lhote
Located in Atlanta, GA
This cubist black ink pen drawing by André Lhote (1885 - 1962), circa 1910, features a still-life composition, a bowl with fruits on a table with a cubist geometric design.
We added ...
Category
1910s Cubist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pen
Pocket Sloes [2023], Baroque Still Life Painting, Food Art, Small art
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Sloes [2023] is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket Painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with a nod to baroque still l...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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Pocket Peacock Butterfly 2, Original painting, Still life, Butterfly, Insect
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Peacock Butterfly 2 is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket Painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with a nod to baroque ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large Antique Cubist Impressionist Flower Still Life Signed Oil Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist still life oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed.
Category
1930s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ikebana 13 (Hoover) - surreal, contemporary, figurative, oil on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary oil painting by Toni Hamel has an environmental theme.
The engaging and thought-provoking work of Canadian artist Toni Hamel has attracted the attention of an impr...
Category
2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Joseph Vickers Deville (1856-1925) - Late 19th Century Oil, Still Life of Fish
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine still life study of fish, lobster and kitchenware wonderfully displays Deville's skilful use of light and shadow, bringing depth to the scene, while the ornate gold-leaf inner...
Category
Late 19th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Huge 19th Century Italian Classical Still Life Ornamental Birds Fruit & Flowers
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Ornamental Still Life with fruit, flowers and birds
Italian School, 19th century
oil painting on canvas, unframed
size: 31.5 x 47 inches
condition: relined canvas and in very good and presentable condition
provenance: from a collection here in England.
A very beautiful and decorative oil painting on a huge scale, depicting this classical landscape scene, with ornamental birds...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pocket Bluer Blackbird's Egg #3 (c), Original Painting, Egg Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Bluer Blackbird Egg #3 c is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket Painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with a nod to bar...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Village Street with Church Spire and Figures in Soft Pastels
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Village Street with Church Spire and Figures in Soft Pastels
by Fanch Lel
Signed: Yes
Size: 8 inches (height) x 9.75 inches (width)
Medium: Oil on board, unframed
Condi...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
$421 Sale Price
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Still Life with Flowers on Marble Ledge - British 19th century art oil painting
Located in London, GB
This stunning 19th century still life floral oil on panel painting is by noted still life female Norwich School artist Emily Stannard. Emily Stannard and her niece Eloise Harriet Stannard are nowadays considered to be among the most accomplished British women still life painters of the 19th century. Stannard is associated with the Norwich School of painters. She also travelled to Holland to study Dutch art and was given permission to copy Jan van Huysum's work which was then highly praised. She had a long and distinguished career as an artist and many of her works are house in Norfolk Museums. Painted circa 1840, this lovely composition is a naturalistic floral arrangement in an urn on a marble ledge. The flowers are a mix of whites, pinks and blues with some geraniums, roses, daisies and mallow. There is a beautifully detailed dragonfly and butterfly as well as a little snail on the marble ledge. One side of the background is darker than the other which shows of the flowers against it to great effect. The colours are vibrant and brush work detailed. This painting is a fantastic example of Stannard's work and clearly shows how well she deserved her superb reputation as being one of the most accomplished female 19th century still life painters.
Provenance: Oscar and Peter Johnson Gallery, London
Condition. Oil on panel, 20 inches by 15 inches and in good condition.
Frame. Housed in a beautiful gilt swept cradled frame, 27 inches by 22 inches and in good condition.
Emily Stannard (née Emily Coppin; 8 February 1802 – 6 January 1885), who from 1826 called herself (even during her long widowhood) Mrs Joseph Stannard, was a British still life painter. She was associated with the Norwich School of painters, Britain's first provincial art movement. Along with her niece Eloise Harriet Stannard, she is considered to be the most accomplished British female still life artist of the 19th century. Stannard was born in Norwich of artistic parents. In 1820, she travelled with her father Daniel Coppin to the Netherlands to study the paintings of Jan van Huysum and other Dutch masters, an episode which influenced her artistic style. She married the Norwich artist Joseph Stannard in 1826, but was widowed four years later. She painted until she was in her eighties, mainly depicting paintings of flowers in vases...
Category
1840s Victorian Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Clouds over Coecles Harbor" Impressionistic, oil painting seascape view
By Viktor Butko
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Clouds over Coecles Harbor" is an Impressionist oil on linen painting by Viktor Butko. It depicts the Shelter Island setting with boats in the water, a cloudy blue sky, and a green ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Fauvist Style Illustration Painting, Tropical Hibiscus Bloom, Coral Tones, Paper
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Tropical Hibiscus Bloom II" is an abstract expressionist painting by Romina Milano where a dance of black gestures unfolds across colorful brushstrokes infused with raw emotion.
R...
Category
2010s Fauvist Still-life Paintings
Materials
India Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor
Palette de pensées, Abstract, Black Library, Expressionism Contemporary, Oil
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
SIZE FRAME: 157 X 57 cm (61.81 x 22.44 in) you can request a wood frame
Sophie Dumont is a professional painter whose work is collected worldwide and is known for her deep explorat...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American Impressionist Flower Still Life Framed Interior View Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American school impressionist still life oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Measuring 23 by 27 inches overall and 20 by 24 painting alone. In excellent original condition....
Category
1910s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$796 Sale Price
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California Poppies Watercolor
Located in New York, NY
Watercolor illustration for a series of commercial seed packets. Printed by Stecher-Traung Lithograph Corporation, Rochester, NY, circa 1935. Some staining...
Category
1930s Still-life Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Board
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.