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Still-life Paintings For Sale
Style: Contemporary
Style: Minimalist
"Delight or Disgust" Jell-o motif, images of food, glassware
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Delight or Disgust" is an original artwork by Angela Rio and is made of acrylic on masonite, framed in artist-made oak wood. This piece measures 18”h x 24”w framed...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Acrylic, Oak
Super Bowl 4 - (16.5"x14.5" - Framed, Still Life Painting, Brown, Black, White)
Located in Mississauga, Ontario
This still life painting captures the simplicity of the bowl, an everyday object with the ability of representing a story. Emphasis is placed on composition with the use of positive ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Pencil, Color Pencil
The Cowboy
Located in Denver, CO
My paintings operate in a fictitious world that utilizes the mythologies and realities of the modern American West. Because of its unique history, the Western United States is more t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Talavera Composition 2
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Talavera Composition 2' by master watercolorist Gary Bukovnik, who fuses sensual vitality with fluid yet powerful colorations to create floral images of great depth, intensity, and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Tulips. Gouache Painting, Abstract, Figurative, Flowers, Polish art
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary floral still life figurative gouache on cardboard painting by Polish artist Bozena Lesiak. Painting is in a small format with glossy varnish. Bozena Lesiak's art embodie...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Cardboard, Gouache
Delacroix's Window
Located in Westport, CT
"My life as a painter began in the late 1950s when abstraction was “The only game in town”. I followed and progressed through gesture, organic and finally, geometric non-objective painting. The radical move for me was to discover that the real world of landscape lurked behind all that past work. My childhood in the mountains of Pennsylvania pervaded my “way of seeing” and I wanted to investigate and celebrate the infinite variety of tone, color and composition that I found around me. Sky, the structure of trees, mist and water appeared to fill a hunger to look again and again. There was mystery and danger lurking behind the beauty, and my aim was to try to avoid the cliché and explore the infinite structure of the visual landscape. Now I use my camera as a sketchbook and search for images that seem to offer odd structure and “mystery”. I shoot multiple points of view, cull, crop, and mostly discard. The surviving photographs become the catalyst for the paintings and the process is always a mediation between memory and the small image pinned to my easel...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Super Bowl 1 - (16.5"x14.5" - Framed, Still Life Painting, Brown, Black, White)
Located in Mississauga, Ontario
This still life painting captures the simplicity of the bowl, an everyday object with the ability of representing a story. Emphasis is placed on composition with the use of positive ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Pencil, Color Pencil
Deborah Bigeleisen - Illuminata 12, Painting 2015
Located in Greenwich, CT
Having started my career by painting Rembrandt-like portraits of luminous white roses, I credit my discovery of fractals for transforming my artistic vision, and changing the directi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Oil
Tulips. Gouache Painting, Abstract, Figurative, Flowers, Polish art
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary floral still life figurative gouache on cardboard painting by Polish artist Bozena Lesiak. Painting is in a small format with glossy varnish. Bozena Lesiak's art embodie...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Cardboard, Gouache
Dry Leaves, Large Painting by George Chemeche
Located in Long Island City, NY
Dry Leaves by George Chemeche, Israeli/American (1934)
Date: 1975
Acrylic on Canvas, signed
Size: 60 x 72 in. (152.4 x 182.88 cm)
Category
1970s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Green River
By Peter Loftus
Located in Burlingame, CA
‘Green River’ oil painting by American Realist artist Peter Loftus, who is known for captivating breathtaking color-rich nature scenes through shadow and light in his oil on canvas p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Talavera Composition 1
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Talavera Composition 1' by master watercolorist Gary Bukovnik, who fuses sensual vitality with fluid yet powerful colorations to create floral images of great depth, intensity, and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Deborah Bigeleisen - Untitled No. 26, diptych, Painting 2011
Located in Greenwich, CT
My work with Fractals takes the literal definition - ‘the self-repeating properties found within a single object of nature’ – and broadens the principles to how nature repeats itself...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil
A River Runs Through It
By Peter Loftus
Located in Burlingame, CA
‘A River Runs Through It’ oil painting by American Realist artist Peter Loftus, who is known for captivating breathtaking color-rich nature scenes through shadow and light in his oil...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Abstract Flowers II" Oil Painting 35" x 24" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
Located in Culver City, CA
"Abstract Flowers II" Oil Painting 35" x 24" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
ABOUT
A characteristically bold and optimistic palette does not belie the inescapably pensive nature and at times...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Caples Lake with Sun and Clouds
By Peter Loftus
Located in Burlingame, CA
‘Caples Lake with Sun and Clouds’ oil painting by American Realist artist Peter Loftus, who is known for captivating breathtaking color-rich nature scenes through shadow and light in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Three Blooming Roses and Thorns, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Light peach roses bloom from a bed of thriving leaves, with the soft edges of their petals displaying their delicate nature. The sun casts a gentle glow on the ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Green Barn Reflected - blue, landscape, abstracted, pop-art, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Charles Pachter’s love of barns has spanned decades. For the cherished Canadian contemporary artist the barn is a reminder of Canada’s strong rural roots and agricultural heritage. In this painting, the barn is a forest green; a colour that became popular after the 18th century invention of a paint pigment called ‘Paris green.’ The rich colours are enhanced by the reflection of the image in cool blue waters. The undulating borders blur the line between earth and sky. While Pachter has been much lauded as a pop artist often compared to David Hockney, Andy Warhol and Jim Dine, his charming imagery is distinctly his own.
“Charles Pachter is the most Canadian artist this country has ever produced, including the Group of Seven. Charlie is a Group of One, and no one else can do what he does.” Leonard Wise, Author and Art Critic
Pachter is an Officer of the Order of Canada, a Chevalier of France’s Ordres des Arts et des Lettres and twice a recipient of the Queen’s Jubilee...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Yellow Still Life by Viola Frey (NP#5016)
By Viola Frey
Located in Morton Grove, IL
VIOLA FREY (1933-2004)
Rare Yellow Still Life
1966
oil on canvas, signed 'V. Frey' lower right
34 x 44in (86.3 x 111.8cm)
Provenance- The Nevica Project, Ch...
Category
1960s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Pink Peonies by Anne Harney, Contemporary Floral Painting with Black and Blue
By Anne Harney
Located in Atlanta, GA
Anne Harney is a representational painter beginning her work from observation and concluding with a mix of imagination. “I prefer to begin my work from life. My landscape paintings u...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Bouquet, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Fully bloomed white roses flourish in the bright sunlight. Resting on a bed of lush green leaves, the soft edges of their petals display their delicate nature. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
White Roses by Anne Harney, Contemporary Floral Painting with Pink, Blue, Green
By Anne Harney
Located in Atlanta, GA
Anne Harney is a representational painter beginning her work from observation and concluding with a mix of imagination. “I prefer to begin my work from life. My landscape paintings u...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Used Monuments
Located in Denver, CO
My paintings operate in a fictitious world that utilizes the mythologies and realities of the modern American West. Because of its unique history, the Western United States is more t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Autumn’s Treasures, Classical Style Woodland Painting, Autumn Landscape Painting
Located in Deddington, GB
A seasonal acrylic painting, Autumn colours, golds, rusts and greens contrast with the lilacs and blues of the sky. Sunlight breaks through lightning up the woodland floor, highlight...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Autumn Reflections no. 2
By Peter Loftus
Located in Burlingame, CA
‘Autumn Reflections no. 2’ oil painting by American Realist artist Peter Loftus, who is known for captivating breathtaking color-rich nature scenes through shadow and light in his oi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Big Momma's Still Life #2
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Big Momma's Still Life #2
Oil pastel on rag paper, 2007
Signed by the artist lower left: "Sedrick Huckaby III" (see photo)
Sheet size: 16 x 12 1/8 inches
Frame: 28 x 24 inches
Exhibi...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel
Tulips. Gouache Painting, Abstract, Figurative, Flowers, Polish art
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary floral still life figurative gouache on cardboard painting by Polish artist Bozena Lesiak. Painting is in a small format. Bozena Lesiak's art embodies beauty of nature a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Cardboard, Gouache
Golden Oysters One, Mushroom Fungi Still Life Painting, Yellow, Peach, Green
Located in Kent, CT
A golden oyster mushroom in hues of yellow, ochre, peach and orange is masterfully painted, arranged in a dynamic, asymmetrical composition, luminous against an emerald green backgro...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Tea for Two" Still life, oil painting of tea satchel, lemon halves, + matchbook
Located in Morgan Hill, CA
"Tea for Two" is a still life oil painting on canvas by Petaluma, CA based artist Samantha Buller. The work features a freshly unpacked tea bag accompanied by two orange slices on ei...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
''Turquoise Vase'', Dutch Contemporary Still Life Painting of Porcelain Vase
Located in Utrecht, NL
When you look at this painting "Turquoise Vase" by Dutch artist Sasja Wagenaar (1959) from a distance you see a perfectly painted image, but up close a generous paint streak is visib...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Pink Peonies in Glass Vase by Anne Harney, Contemporary Floral Painting and blue
By Anne Harney
Located in Atlanta, GA
Anne Harney is a representational painter beginning her work from observation and concluding with a mix of imagination. “I prefer to begin my work from life. My landscape paintings u...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Kiawe at Hilo Bay
By Peter Loftus
Located in Burlingame, CA
‘Kiawe at Hilo Bay’ oil painting by American Realist artist Peter Loftus, who is known for captivating breathtaking color-rich nature scenes through shadow and light in his oil on ca...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Tulips. Gouache Painting, Abstract, Figurative, Flowers, Polish art
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary floral still life figurative gouache on cardboard painting by Polish artist Bozena Lesiak. Painting is in a small format with glossy varnish. Bozena Lesiak's art embodie...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Cardboard, Gouache
White Bouquet in Gray Vase by Anne Harney, Contemporary Floral Painting
By Anne Harney
Located in Atlanta, GA
Anne Harney is a representational painter beginning her work from observation and concluding with a mix of imagination. “I prefer to begin my work from life. My landscape paintings u...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
French Contemporary Art by Anne du Planty - La Havane Grise et Verte
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Anne du Planty is a French artist born in 1953 who lives & works in Paris, France.Originally from North of France, she discovered lights of the South, the brightness o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Snowy Field with Aspens
By Peter Loftus
Located in Burlingame, CA
‘Snowy Field with Aspens’ oil painting by American Realist artist Peter Loftus, who is known for captivating breathtaking color-rich nature scenes through shadow and light in his oil...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Lili'Uokalani Gardens no. 2
By Peter Loftus
Located in Burlingame, CA
‘Lili'Uokalani Gardens no. 2’ oil painting by American Realist artist Peter Loftus, who is known for captivating breathtaking color-rich nature scenes through shadow and light in his...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Snow Above Emerald Bay
By Peter Loftus
Located in Burlingame, CA
American Realist nature scene oil painter Peter Loftus who is known for captivating color rich scenes through shadow and light through his oil on canvas paintings that breathe life w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Three Protector Shield Original Kevin Red Star Native American Crow Indian Art
Located in Whitefish, MT
"Three Protector Shield" by Kevin Red Star. It was thought that the Crows' shields had powerful spirits that protected them and allowed them to win so many battles. This warriors' medicine was the horse. Acrylic, Mixed Media on Canvas, 16" x 20", 19" x 23" (framed in a deep floater frame).
Kevin Red Star’s art is honored throughout Native America for its authenticity. It presents a shining vision of centuries-old Crow...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Canvas, Acrylic
Seven Red Roses, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Seven red roses delicately cling to their slender stems and sparse bush. The bright sunlight illuminates their vivid presence, imbuing the garden scene with a c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Elly's Drawing, Art on Studio Wall, Plumb Bob Pendulum, Wooden Table
Located in Kent, CT
In this quiet still life painting, a drawing on paper of a sketched plant in a simple pot is taped with blue tape to a white wall with gray marks, while a plumb bob, an artist's tool...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
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
White Bouquet by Anne Harney, Contemporary Floral Painting with White and Black
By Anne Harney
Located in Atlanta, GA
Anne Harney is a representational painter beginning her work from observation and concluding with a mix of imagination. “I prefer to begin my work from life. My landscape paintings u...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Fleur (Contemporary Black & White Floral Still Life Collage with Yellow Stripe)
Located in Hudson, NY
Abstracted still-life painting on panel of a striped flower on a striped collaged background.
David Konigsberg
Fleur, 2023
9" x 12" oil on panel
This contemporary still-life paintin...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Monotype, Panel
Love, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Red roses bloom in the bright sunlight. Against the hazy garden background, the soft edges of their petals reveal their delicate nature, giving a classical feel...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Garden Bouquet by Anne Harney, Contemporary Floral Still Life Painting Gray
By Anne Harney
Located in Atlanta, GA
Anne Harney is a representational painter beginning her work from observation and concluding with a mix of imagination. “I prefer to begin my work from life. My landscape paintings u...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Sunshafts II / realist nature 52x80 in. oil on canvas painting
By Peter Loftus
Located in Burlingame, CA
‘Sunshafts II’ oil painting by American Realist artist Peter Loftus, who is known for captivating breathtaking color-rich nature scenes through shadow and light in his oil on canvas ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mixed Florals by Anne Harney, Contemporary Floral Still Life Painting, Pink
By Anne Harney
Located in Atlanta, GA
Anne Harney is a representational painter beginning her work from observation and concluding with a mix of imagination. “I prefer to begin my work from life. My landscape paintings u...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Tulips. Gouache Painting, Abstract, Figurative, Flowers, Polish art
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary floral still life figurative gouache on cardboard painting by Polish artist Bozena Lesiak. Painting is in a small format with glossy varnish. Bozena Lesiak's art embodie...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Cardboard, Gouache
Black Vase (Contemporary Still Life of Simple Flower collaged on oil)
Located in Hudson, NY
Abstracted still-life painting on panel of a black vase with a flower and a seed pod
David Konigsberg
Black Vase, 2023
11" x 9" oil and monotype collage o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel, Monotype
Milan Still Life
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Tony Scherman (1950-2023) is one of the most collected and cherished Canadian artists. He is renowned internationally for his work in encaustic (a mix of wax and oil, one of the most...
Category
1990s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Encaustic
Bergamo Still Life
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Tony Scherman (1950-2023) is one of the most collected and cherished Canadian artists. He is renowned internationally for his work in encaustic (a mix of wax and oil, one of the most...
Category
1990s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Encaustic
''Japanese Porcelain'', Dutch Contemporary Still Life Painting of Porcelain
Located in Utrecht, NL
When you look at this painting "Japanese Porcelain" by Dutch artist Sasja Wagenaar (1959) from a distance you see a perfectly painted image, but up close a generous paint streak is v...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Green Drawers, Still Life Painting, Light Green Drawers Curvilinear
Located in Kent, CT
A painting with curvilinear perspective of a light green set of drawers in a wooden dresser, lovingly painted. Signed, dated and titled on verso.
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Tulip Red
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Tulip Red
Date: 2023
Medium: Oil on Panel
Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8"
Framed Dimensions: 13.5" x 11.5"
Signature: Signed Verso
Edition: Unique
Pr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Landscape with Repeater" Oil Painting 39" x 39" inch by Egor Plotnikov
Located in Culver City, CA
"Landscape with Repeater" Oil Painting 39" x 39" inch by Egor Plotnikov
Egor Plotnikov was born in Kirov (Russia) in 1980.
2000 – graduated from the Rylov Art School of Vyatka.
2006...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Fragment, Still Life, Botanical Patterned Green, Yellow Fabric, Wooden Table
Located in Kent, CT
A floral patterned fabric with yellow flowers on light green lays atop a nondescript light wood table. The botanical patterned object is unexpectedly dramatic against a stark white w...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Lamp Revisited, Still Life with Lamp on Dark Brown Mahogany Wooden Desk
Located in Kent, CT
In this quiet still life painting, a single lamp with a yellowed lamp shade stands atop a dark brown mahogany wooden desk with gray metal handles on the drawer. The object and furnit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
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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.