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Still-life Paintings For Sale
Style: Contemporary
Style: Photorealist
Original Modernist Oil Stick Pigment Painting by Aaron Fink, Cherry. Pop Art
By Aaron Fink
Located in Surfside, FL
Aaron Fink (American, b. 1955)
"Cherry"
Signed and dated "Aaron Fink 1980" lower right. framed. there is a label that was on the board on back from Obelisk gallery. it is currently ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Pigment
Irises - Contemporary Oil Flower Painting, 2023
Located in Boston, MA
Irises
24.0 x 24.0 x 1.5, 2.5 lbs
Oil Paint
Hand signed by artist
Description:
An original oil painting by Lee Campbell. This contemporary painting dep...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Electric Thames VII, Original painting, London, Cityscape, Contemporary
By Sarah Adams
Located in Deddington, GB
Bank, Poultry and the Royal Exchange Part of Neon London Series Exhibited at the ING Discerning Eye 2023, Mall Galleries
Additional information:
Acrylic paint on Canvas
12 H x 12 W ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
3 Musketeers-original impressionism still life oil painting-contemporary Art
By James Zamora
Located in London, Chelsea
"3 Musketeers" by James Zamora is a delectable journey into the world of impressionism, where the artist's brushstrokes elevate a simple still life to a v...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
“Still Life with Apples”
Located in Southampton, NY
Here for your consideration is a very well executed still life with apples by the American artist, Richard C. Pionk. Signed lower right “Pionk”. Oil paint on card stock. Condition is excellent. Circa 1980. The artwork is housed in a gold leaf gallery frame from the period which is in fine condition. Overall framed measurements are 10.75 by 12.75 inches. Provenance: A Ellenton, Florida estate.
Richard Cletus Pionk (April 26, 1936 – June 5, 2007), beloved instructor of painting at the Art Students League of New York and president of the Salmagundi Club, died June 5, 2007, but his work stands as a masterclass in still life painting, primarily in oils and pastels.
Born April 26, 1936 in Moose Lake, Minnesota Pionk moved to New York City where he made a life revolving around painting and teaching.
Best known for his still lifes, portraits, and interior scenes in oils and pastels, Pionk learned much about classical still life painting by spending hours in his beloved museums, including the Brooklyn Museum and other New York museums, as well as the École du Louvre in Paris. Pionk studied the works of many artists, in particular Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, Antoine Vollon, and Henri Fantin-Latour.
He also studied with Daniel Green and Sidney E. Dickinson at the Art Students League of New York. He later taught there, and at the Pastel Society of America School and the National Arts Club in New York. He was also the longest running president of the Salmagundi Club.
During his accomplished art career, Pionk earned more than 100 awards from the Pastel Society of America, Audubon Artists, National Arts Club, and numerous other professional associations. In 1984, he was named Master Pastelist by the Pastel Society of America, and in 1997 was inducted into the Pastel Hall of Fame. In 1994, his work was included in the Taiwanese exhibit, “Contemporary Pastel Artists...
Category
1980s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Archival Paper
Ladder
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original oil on canvas.
Signed lower right.
Category
2010s Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Peachy, Peaches, Green Pine Trees, Pink Tulips, Botanical, Fruit, Lake Landscape
Located in Kent, CT
A bright and inviting interior scene with a still life arrangement of pink, white and orange flowers with green leaves on a table with peaches in a white and blue painted fruit bowl....
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Raspberry Swirl, Oil Painting
By Pat Doherty
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A raspberry swirl cupcake, topped with mint and blueberry, serves as a creamy delight in this still-life painting. The vibrant frosting and garnish stand out ag...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Delph II, unframed oil pastel study
By Roy Wilce
Located in Loveland, CO
Delph II by Roy Wilce
Oil Pastel Monoprint on Archival Paper, signed lower right
image 3x4", paper size is 15"x12",
unframed, ships flat
Colorful little section of three delphinium...
Category
1990s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Oil Pastel
Colorful Macarons, Oil Painting
By Pat Doherty
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A stack of delectable French macarons takes center stage in this whimsical still-life painting. The texture and rich tones of the cookies come to life against a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Let's Talk, Original painting, London, Cityscape
By Sarah Adams
Located in Deddington, GB
Depiction of the Walkie Talkie building opposite The Shard across the river Thames Short listed for the RA Summer Exhibition 2023
Additional information:
Acrylic paint on Canvas
20 ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Dinky London City View IV, Original painting, London, Cityscape, Contemporary
By Sarah Adams
Located in Deddington, GB
An original painting of London by Sarah Adams. A view of the cityscape.
Exhibited at the ING Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries 2021 Depiction from the Thames path when the tide is out ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
White Lilies, Flowers in Vase, Teal Blue, Green, White Botanical Still Life
Located in Kent, CT
This still life painting of flowers arranged in a vase is from Francis Sills' newest series of Flora Paintings. The ivory petals and green leaves in the bouquet of white lilies are b...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
By That Magic Thread That Cannot Be Untied - Floral Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Inspired by paintings created by old masters and the immersive nature she experienced in the Black Forest, German artist Katharina Husslein paints in a representational hyperrealistic manner to capture lively bouquets and saturated landscapes. Husslein’s controlled and smooth still-life floral artworks derive direct inspiration from art history and flower photography. Flowers’ visual and tactile qualities, as well as their associations with love, femininity, and the natural world, have contributed to Husslein's colorful compositions.
This one-of-a-kind oil painting on canvas measures 41.5 inches high by 47.5 inches wide. The artwork is stretched, wired, and ready to hang. The sides are painted as a continuation of the front. It is signed by Husslein on the front and the back. Free local Los Angeles area delivery. Affordable Continental U.S. and International shipping are available. A certificate of authenticity issued by the art gallery is included.
“I create paintings which capture the joy of the moment in time where everything seems quietly perfect and the flowers are in full bloom. A metaphor as old as time, to seize the moment and enjoy it to its fullest extent.” When you look closely at these paintings you will see all kinds of amazing plants arranged together in a vase, some of which may not flower at the same time. The artworks focus more on the colors, lighting, textures, and botanical details which make Husslein's paintings so intriguing.
Born in Wertheim, Germany, Husslein grew up in a quaint village surrounded by luscious hills and flowing rivers. To grow her practice and widen her perspective, she left Germany to study art in London, UK. As part of her studies, she lived in Los Angeles, New York, and Australia. Now based in Munich, Germany, Husslein has exhibited her artworks across Europe, gaining collectors internationally. Her original oil paintings have been exhibited at Artspace Warehouse Los Angeles since 2022.
REPRESENTATION
Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, California, USA
EXHIBITIONS
2023 Texture and Topography, Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles
Flowers, Galerie Katapult, Basel, Switzerland
Aldeburgh Art Fair with Newinger Art
Affordable Art Fair Hampstead with Newinger Art
Discovery Art Fair Cologne with Newinger Art
Affordable Art Fair Battersea Spring with Signet Contemporary
Affordable Art Fair Brussels with Folly & Muse
2022 Exhibition with Edward Montgomery Fine Arts
Affordable Art Fair Hamburg with Folly & Muse
Affordable Art Fair Battersea with Signet Contemporary
Affordable Art Fair Amsterdam with Folly & Muse
Signet Gallery...
Category
2010s Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Spotted!" oil on panel with a vibrant polka dot beach ball
Located in Edgartown, MA
Carol O’Malia’s paintings depict ordinary objects, people, and places, and the ephemeral moments that are often overlooked in the rush of our everyday lives. These instants, like hea...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Four Bridges, Original painting, London, Cityscape, bridge, contemporary
By Sarah Adams
Located in Deddington, GB
View from the top of the Shard of four bridges, looking towards Big Ben Short listed for the RA Summer Exhibition 2023
Additional information:
Acrylic paint on Canvas
20 H x 20 W x ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
APPLE ON PLATE - Realism, Still Life, Contemporary, Fruit
Located in New York, NY
Original oil painting by Olga Antonova
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Flowers and Lemons, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Two lemons and a vase of dainty flowers glow under the gentle radiance of the sun, exuding timeless charm. Muted pinks and blues contrast with the vivid yellows...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Neon Nike-original modern impressionism still life oil painting-contemporary Art
By James Zamora
Located in London, Chelsea
"Neon Nike" by James Zamora is a vibrant and dynamic exploration of the iconic Nike trainer, where the artist's impressionistic flair breathes life into the classic footwear. Execute...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Pomegranate, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
This still-life painting portrays a pomegranate with its beautiful crown. Light delicately reflects on its skin and leaves the other side in subtle shadow, enti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Kodak Flash Six-20
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery. Chris Stott is part of a new generation of representational painters pushing the genre forward in fantastic ways. At first glance, Stott’s pai...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pages d'équilibre, still life, books, french artist, expressionism, contempory
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
In 'Pages of Balance,' Sophie Dumont masterfully blends light and darkness in a captivating visual symphony. Through a stack of books, she explores the richness of knowledge, playin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
In Yer Face
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Abstract. Philosophical. Colorful.
Do you see it? The face. It is right in front of you. It is like looking for your glasses that are on top of your head. FUN, right?!
Are you so c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Gathering no.2
Located in Loveland, CO
"Gathering no. 2" by Alyson Kinkade
9" x 9" oil on canvas
11x11" framed in black floater style
"One of a handful of still life paintings I've done over the years. This one features dried Chinese Lantern plants in a simple black vase...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
A Mango, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A ripe mango on a wooden slab is set against a dark background, enhancing its luminosity. The skillful use of light and shadow adds a dramatic dimension to the ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Dejun Chen Floral Original Oil On Canvas "Blooming Flower"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Blooming Flower
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 38 x 38 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Note: This painting is unstretched
Year: 2000 Circa
Artist: Dejun Chen
Sig...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sunset Crane Shield Original Kevin Red Star Crow Indian Native American Painting
Located in Whitefish, MT
"Sunset Crane Shield" by Kevin Red Star, Acrylic and Mixed Media on Canvas, 36" x 36" unframed, 38" x 38" framed in a thin modern floater with hanging wire included. Signed upper right and handwritten caption on the back.
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
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Brown Pears, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
This still-life painting depicts three Bosc pears against a dark background. Their placement demonstrates a sense of balance in form and space. The interplay of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled - Orquid, nature, figurative oil painting, film negatives, blue & black
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
Using pure oil paint, which gives the artwork its unique texture, the artist manages to use two particularly difficult colors to work with: black and blue. In his composition, he cre...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
London Warming III, Original painting, London, Cityscape
By Sarah Adams
Located in Deddington, GB
Depiction from the Thames Path of Tower Bridge painted in shocking neons to capture the hot, hot, summer
Acrylic paint on Canvas
10 H x 15 W x 2 D cm (3.94 x 5.91 x 0.79 in)
Sold unf...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Electric Dreams of Uncanny Things, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
David Cheifetz's "Arbiter" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an abstracted, fiery still life with bright colors.
About the Artist:
David is an internationally accla...
Category
2010s Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mini Macintosh 2-original impressionism still life oil painting-contemporary Art
By James Zamora
Located in London, Chelsea
"Mini Macintosh 2" by James Zamora stands as a captivating testament to the seamless intersection of technology and art. This original still life, crafted with meticulous strokes in ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Carrot Cupcake, Oil Painting
By Pat Doherty
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A carrot cupcake with cream cheese frosting, topped with marzipan, serves as a delightful treat in this still-life painting. Artist Pat Doherty draws inspiratio...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Abstract Flowers III" Oil Painting 24" x 21" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
Located in Culver City, CA
"Abstract Flowers III" Oil Painting 24" x 21" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
ABOUT
A characteristically bold and optimistic palette does not belie the inescapably pensive nature and at time...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Wes Anderson's Dog - Canary Wharf, London art, Underground, Animal art
Located in Deddington, GB
Limited edition screen print of a man and his dog in the Canary Wharf underground, London.
Additional information:
Mychael Barratt
Wes Anderson's Dog - Canary Wharf [2023]
Screen ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Screen, Paper
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
Oakland Burgers & Pies
Located in Fairfield, CT
or nearly twenty years, Thompson has focused primarily on painting old neon signs that have somehow avoided the wrecking ball - the signs that have lived and beat the odds. These sc...
Category
2010s Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Afternoon View - Original Surrealist Still Life Animal Painting
By Amy Tai
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Capturing fragments of dreams, memories, and emotions in her surrealist paintings, Taiwanese-American artist Amy Tai blends cultures within her soft and sensua...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Hot Cake House
Located in Fairfield, CT
or nearly twenty years, Thompson has focused primarily on painting old neon signs that have somehow avoided the wrecking ball - the signs that have lived and beat the odds. These sc...
Category
2010s Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Portrait of Ambition
Located in Belfast, GB
Portrait of ambition
Oil on Canvas
39 3/8 x 27 1/2 in
100 x 70 cm
"The quirky manner in which Johnston pulls and twists narratives, highlighted by the realistic nature of his work, ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Red Sky at Night, Scottish Painting, Tree Art, Douglas Fir Tree Painting
Located in Deddington, GB
Red sky at night by Rebecca Tucker [2021]
Additional information
Acrylic on wooden panel
Image size: H:61 cm x W:61 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:61 cm x W:61 cm x D:2cm
Sold...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
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
Liquor Deli
Located in Fairfield, CT
or nearly twenty years, Thompson has focused primarily on painting old neon signs that have somehow avoided the wrecking ball - the signs that have lived and beat the odds. These sc...
Category
2010s Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Still life oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Joan Hernandez Pijuan (1931-2005) - Still Life 1969 - Oil on canvas
Oil measurements 46x55 cm.
Category
1960s Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Reno Circus Circus
Located in Fairfield, CT
or nearly twenty years, Thompson has focused primarily on painting old neon signs that have somehow avoided the wrecking ball - the signs that have lived and beat the odds. These sc...
Category
2010s Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Sacto Bowl
Located in Fairfield, CT
or nearly twenty years, Thompson has focused primarily on painting old neon signs that have somehow avoided the wrecking ball - the signs that have lived and beat the odds. These sc...
Category
2010s Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Zegen Blessing Oil Painting on Canvas Flowers Still Life Bouquet
By Juane Xue
Located in Utrecht, NL
Zegen Blessing Oil Painting on Canvas Flowers Still Life Bouquet In Stock
Juane Xue (Hui Xue, Kaiffeng, China, 1962) has been drawing since her childhood.
This helped her to go to t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1873
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original oil on canvas
2023
Signed lower right
Category
2010s Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
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
Red Tea, Interior, Botanical Still Life, Red Dining Room, Yellow, Red Flowers
Located in Kent, CT
A bright and inviting interior scene with a still life arrangement of a vase with red chrysanthemum flowers, and yellow and pink orchids in another glass, a pair of yellow teacups be...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Orpheum
Located in Fairfield, CT
or nearly twenty years, Thompson has focused primarily on painting old neon signs that have somehow avoided the wrecking ball - the signs that have lived and beat the odds. These sc...
Category
2010s Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Portrait of consequence
Located in Belfast, GB
Portrait of consequence
Oil on Canvas
35 3/8 x 23 5/8 in
90 x 60 cm
"The quirky manner in which Johnston pulls and twists narratives, highlighted by the realistic nature of his work...
Category
2010s Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
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
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
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
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
Ken Orton, "Tonic", Photorealistic Colorful Bottles Still Life Oil Painting
By Ken Orton
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Ken Orton's "Tonic" is a 36x54 original oil painting on canvas. This painting depicts a still life setting featuring multiple antique bottles. The bottles range in size, color and shape, some of which are filled with red, yellow, green, or blue liquid. The artist chooses to paint larger than life still lives, cropping in closely for more impact. Every detail from the reflections on the table, to the illusion of the raised letters on the bottles, is painted masterfully.
About the artist:
Ken Orton has dedicated his life to painting. His childhood was spent drawing the urban, industrial surroundings of Birmingham, England. At the Birmingham and then Manchester Colleges of Art he studied Art Education and after six years teaching in England accepted an offer to head the arts program at the Joan Miro Centro de Arte of the Baleares International School in Mallorca, Spain. For the next twenty years he would introduce the concepts of pictorial composition, color theory and draftsmanship to his students. Many of these students would go on to achieve great success in the many branches of the arts, architecture and music and remain close friends with their teacher to this day.
An integral part of Orton’s perspective training for his students was the study of the ellipse. He often used glass cylinders to demonstrate how the perceived ellipses generated by variations in the circle's relationship to the eye-line could be used as a powerful tool in creating the appearance of a third dimension on a two dimensional surface. Later, after he had moved to America in 1999, he discovered a treasure trove of antique mason jars...
Category
2010s Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Ken Orton, "Patent Image", 40x60 Photorealist Glass Jar Still Life Oil Painting
By Ken Orton
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Ken Orton's "Patent Image" is a 40x60 original oil painting on canvas. This painting depicts a still life setting featuring a grouping of crystal clear jars and bottles. Included in ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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.