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Still-life Paintings For Sale
Period: 20th Century
Period: 18th Century
Still Life painter (British school) - 20th century painting - Interior flower
Located in Varmo, IT
English painter (20th century) - Vase of flowers. 61 x 48 cm without frame, 76.5 x 66.5 cm with frame. Ancient oil painting on hardboard, in carved and lacquered wooden frame. - W...
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

20th Century French Modernist Painting Pepper Table Still Life
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Expressionist Painting by Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) gouache on artist paper, unframed painting : 11 x 16 inches provenance: private collection conditio...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings

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Gouache

Original French Impressionist Signed Oil Provencal Valley Old Town Gilt Frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Provencal Village French School, signed lower corner circa 1950's oil painting on canvas:20 x 24 inches gilt frame: 26 x 30.5 inches condition: excellent condition provenance: fr...
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1950s Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Fine Antique British Botanical Painting White Flower Plant
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very fine original antique English botanical watercolour paintings depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey, Eng...
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Early 20th Century Victorian Still-life Paintings

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Watercolor

Vintage 1930's French Impressionist Still Life Roses in Glass in Garden
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Roses by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below provenance stamp to the back gouache painting on artist paper, unframed measures: 13 high by 16.5 inches wide condition: ov...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Gouache

Fresh Cut Flowers in a Vase
Located in Wiscasett, ME
Oil on canvas by Eugene Edward Speicher signed lower right. Measures 28" x 25" including the frame. Provenance: Private Collection USA Bradbury Art and Antiques, Wiscasset, ME ...
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Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Woman in the Silver Dress, Oil on Canvas Vintage Figurative Painting
Located in Atlanta, GA
Step into a world of vintage allure with our exquisite figurative painting featuring a captivating woman adorned in a shimmering silver dress, gracefully seated in a chair with her e...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Reclining Woman in Blue, Oil on Canvas Vintage Figurative Painting
Located in Atlanta, GA
Indulge in the elegance of our figurative painting capturing a woman's serene repose on a luxurious settee, adorned in a captivating blue dress with her dark hair elegantly pinned up...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Windows With Flowers Still Life Painting
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Windows With Flowers Still Life Painting Artist signed lower left, 16" x 18" with frame 26"h x 28"w Calman Shemi was born in Argentina in 1939. He studied sculpture and ceramics at t...
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1980s Still-life Paintings

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Gold

Follower of Adriaen Coorte (1665-1707) 18th Century Still Life c1795 Dutch
Located in Holywell, GB
Follower of Adriaen Coorte (1665-1707) 18th Century Still Life c1795 A sumptuous still life painting depicting peaches, grapes, plums, exotic birds and butterflies in the style of ...
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18th Century Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Jozef Popczyk Cubist Art Deco Painting Still Life
Located in Oakland, CA
Jozef Popczyk Cubist Art Deco Painting Still Life oil on poster board. Joseph Popczyk is a Polish artist known for his vivid palette and love of Cubism, and in this case, the chevrons and wavy patterns of Art Deco can also be detected. Like many of his contemporaries in Eastern Europe, the artist was born in Poland and gravitated toward Paris in the 1910s. He loved to depict the flash and jazz of club life in Paris, always with stamina and energy. This still life has outstanding elements: drinking glasses...
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1930s Art Deco Still-life Paintings

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Wood, Paint

1958 Mid-Century Modern Still Life Oil Painting by Ture Fabiansson -Green Grapes
Located in Bristol, GB
GREEN GRAPES Size: 32.5 x 56.5 cm (including frame) Oil on Canvas An engaging and very pleasant modernist still life oil composition dated 1958, and painted by the established Swedi...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Bunch of Flowers, Painting Post-impressionist Circa 1930
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
GOBILLARD Paule (1869 - 1946) Bunch of Flowers Oil on canvas signed low right Framed with gold leaves Dim canvas : 47 X 39 cm Dim frame : 67 X 59 cm GOBILLARD Paule (1869 - 1946) ...
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1930s Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

WPA Landscape American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Farm Rural
Located in New York, NY
WPA Landscape American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Farm Rural James McCracken (1875 – 1967) WPA Landscape 28 x 36 inches Oil on canvas, c. 1930s Signed lower right ...
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1930s American Modern Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Claude Lepape, Still life with keys, Oil on Isorel panel
Located in PARIS, FR
Claude Lepape (1913-1994) Still life with keys Oil on Isorel panel Signed “CLAUDE LEPAPE” lower right 33 x 45.5 cm (dimension of the art work) Old frame with tiny marks
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Mid-20th Century Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Nature Morte - French Cubist Still Life Oil Painting by Jean Metzinger
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed still life oil on canvas circa 1936 by French cubist painter Jean Metzinger. The work depicts two peaches, a knife, four sugar cubes, a glass of red wine, a small red notebook...
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1930s Cubist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Memento mori, memento vive: Garland with Heron and skull.
Located in Firenze, IT
Memento mori, memento vive: Garland with Heron and skull. Technique: tempera on canvas. Signed below: G. Borgogelli-Ottaviani, probably refers to the Italian aristocratic family, wi...
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Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Tempera

Gary E. Hinte (1954-) Impressionist Oil On Canvas "Flower In White Vase"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Flower In White Vase Medium: Oil On Canvas Painting Size: 35"" x 29"" Frame Size: 38.5"" x 33"" Condition: This artwork is in good overall condition for its age. Signature: S...
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1960s Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

"Abode I" Drawing 20" x 12" inch (1967) by El Hussein Fawzi
Located in Culver City, CA
"Abode I" Drawing 20" x 12" inch (1967) by El Hussein Fawzi Signed and dated. 1967 EL HUSSEIN FAWZI: (1905-1999). Born in Helmia district, Cairo on 4 September 1905, El Hussein Fawzi was known in Egypt and the Middle Eastern his pioneering work in the field of journalistic graphic arts. Fawzibegan his artistic studies in 1922 at the School of Fine Arts, studying oil painting. He won the first prize at an art competition for which he received an art fellowship in 1928 and entered the printing school in Paris, from which he received a lithography diploma in 1932. He also studied lithography at the Estienne School in Paris. He was an artist and professor of oil painting before joining the ParisHigher School of Arts and Decoration from which he received a diploma in1933. Fawzi was also awarded an honorary degree for an oil painting exhibited at the 1939 French Salon. Although Fawzi’s fame was as an agraphic artist he also had an active career in the fine arts. Upon his return to Egypt, he founded the Department of Graphic Arts at the Faculty of Fine Arts and later was appointed director of the department, a position he held until his retirement. He made lots of illustrations for two books by Naguib Mahfouz that were published in the Al Ahram newspaper and also made drawings of all the big mosques of Egypt that were publishedin two big books...
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20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings

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Pastel, Cardboard

Still Life of Wine, Onion and Carrots
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful still life painting of a table consisting of wine, onions and carrots by California plein air artist Jack Lynn. Unsigned. Unfram...
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1980s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Vintage 1930's French Impressionist Still Life Pink and Red Roses Bunch In Vase
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Roses by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below provenance stamp to the back oil painting on artist paper, unframed measures: 14.5 high by 12 inches wide condition: overal...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Simka Simkhovitch WPA W/C Painting Gouache American Modernist Bouquet of Flowers
Located in Surfside, FL
Simka Simkhovitch (Russian/American 1893 - 1949) This came with a small grouping from the artist's family, some were hand signed some were not. These were studies for larger paintings. This is a miniature watercolor and gouache vibrant, colorful bouquet of flowers in a vase. Simka Simkhovitch (Симха Файбусович Симхович) (aka Simka Faibusovich Simkhovich) (Novozybkov, Russia May 21, 1885 O.S./June 2, 1885 N.S.—Greenwich, Connecticut February 25, 1949) was a Ukrainian-Russian Jewish artist and immigrant to the United States. He painted theater scenery in his early career and then had several showings in galleries in New York City. Winning Works Progress Administration (WPA) commissions in the 1930s, he completed murals for the post offices in Jackson, Mississippi and Beaufort, North Carolina. His works are in the permanent collections of the Dallas Museum of Art, the National Museum of American Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art. Born outside Kyiv (Petrograd Ukraine) into a Jewish family who owned a small department store. During a severe case of measles when he was seven, Simcha Simchovitch sketched the views outside his window and decided to become an artist, over his father's objections. Beginning in 1905, he studied at the Grekov Odessa Art School and upon completion of his studies in 1911 received a recommendation to be admitted to the Imperial Academy of Arts. Though he enrolled to begin classes in architecture, painting, and sculpture at the Imperial Academy, he was dropped from the school roster in December because of the quota on the number of Jewish students and drafted into the army. Simchovitch served as a private in the 175th Infantry Regiment Baturyn [ru] until his demobilization in 1912. Re-enrolling in the Imperial Academy, he audited classes. Simka Simkhovitch exhibited paintings and sculptures in 1918 as part of an exhibition of Jewish artists and in 1919 placed 1st in the competition "The Great Russian Revolution" with a painting called "Russian Revolution" which was hung in the State Museum of Revolution. In 1922, Simkha Simkhovitch exhibited at the International Book Fair in Florence (Italian: Fiera Internazionale del Libro di Firenze). In 1924, Simkhovitch came to the United States to make illustrations for Soviet textbooks and decided to immigrate instead. Initially he supported himself by doing commercial art and a few portrait commissions. In 1927, he was hired to paint a screen for a scene in the play "The Command to Love" by Fritz Gottwald and Rudolph Lothar which was playing at the Longacre Theatre on Broadway. Art dealers began clamoring for the screen and Simkhovitch began a career as a screen painter for the theater. Catching the attention of the screenwriter, Ernest Pascal, he worked as an illustrator for Pascal, who then introduced him to gallery owner, Marie Sterner. Simkhovitch's works appeared at the Marie Sterner Gallery beginning with a 1927 exhibit and were repeated the following year. Simkhovitch had an exhibit in 1929 at Sterner's on circus paintings. In 1931, he held a showing of works at the Helen Hackett Gallery, in New York City and later that same year he was one of the featured artists of a special exhibit in San Francisco at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor in Lincoln Park. The exhibit was coordinated by Marie Sterner and included four watercolors, including one titled "Nudes". He is of the generation of Russian Soviet artists such as Isaac Pailes, Serge Charchoune, Marc Chagall, Chana Orloff, Isaac Ilyich Levitan, and Ossip Zadkine. In 1936, Simkhovitch was selected to complete the mural for the WPA Post office project in Jackson, Mississippi. The mural was hung in the post office and courthouse in 1938 depicted a plantation theme. Painted on the wall behind the judge’s bench, “Pursuits of Life in Mississippi”, a depiction of black workers engaged in manual labor amid scenes of white professionals and socialites, was eventually covered over in later years during renovations due to its stereotypical African American imagery. Simka painted what he thought was typical of Jackson. His impression of pre-civil rights Mississippi was evidently Greek Revival column houses, weeping willow trees, working class families, and the oppression of African Americans. He painted African American men picking cotton, while a white man took account of the harvest and a white judge advised a white family, calling it Pursuits of Life in Mississippi. Though clearly endorsed by the government and initially generally well-received, the mural soon raised concerns with locals as the climate toward racial segregation began to change. The main concern was whether depictions that show African Americans in subjugated societal roles should be featured in a courtroom. The following year, his painting "Holiday" won praise at an exhibition in Lincoln, Nebraska. In 1940, Simkhovitch's second WPA post office project was completed when four murals, "The Cape Lookout Lighthouse and the Orville W. Mail Boat", "The Wreck of the Crissie Wright", "Sand Ponies" and "Canada Geese" were installed in Beaufort, North Carolina. The works were commissioned in 1938 and did not generate the controversy that the Jackson mural had. The main mural is "The Wreck of the Crissie Wright" and depicts a shipwreck which had occurred in Beaufort in 1866. "The Cape Lookout Lighthouse and the Orville W. Mail Boat" depicted the lighthouse built in 1859 and the mail boat that was running mail during the time which Simkhovitch was there. The boat ran mail for the area until 1957. "Sand Ponies" shows the wild horses common to the North Carolina barrier islands and "Canada Geese" showed the importance of hunting and fishing in the area. All four murals were restored in the 1990s by Elisabeth Speight, daughter of two other WPA muralists, Francis Speight...
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1930s American Modern Still-life Paintings

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Gouache, Board, Watercolor

Mid 20th Century French Oil Painting Iris Flowers in Vase Still Life Interior
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Irises by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below provenance stamp to the back oil painting on canvas, unframed measures: 24 high by 15 inches wide condition: overall very...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Large 1950's French Modernist Signed Oil Pink White Lilac Flowers in Vase
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Flowers in Vase by Lucie River (French female artist b. 1910) titled and inscribed verso signed oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 26 x 32 inches inscribed verso provenance: private col...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Large Vintage Still Life oil painting of flowers in a vase by Constantin Font
Located in AIGNAN, FR
Large still life oil painting by French artist, Constantin Font signed in the lower left. This very attractive oil on canvas hails from the 1930's. A composition that is perfecti...
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1930s French School Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Monet's Rose Garden Giverny Signed French Impressionist Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
La Rosaire Monet's Garden, Giverny French School, signed inscribed verso oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas: 8.75 x 10.75 inches provenance: private collection, France condition...
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20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

"Bouquet de fleurs" Pastello cm. 36 x 45 1910 ca
Located in Torino, IT
Eccezionale Pastello Liberty , colori luminosi, bellissima cornice decò Lucien Victor GUIRAND DE SCÉVOLA (Sète, 1871 – Parigi, 1950) È allievo ...
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1910s Jugendstil Still-life Paintings

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Paper, Crayon

Antique Italian Modernist Abstract Flower Still Life Pop Art Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique Italian modernist flower still life oil painting by Giorgio Celiberti (1929 - 1960). Oil on canvas, circa 1960. Signed on verso. Displayed ...
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1960s Modern Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Yellow Flower Vase - Oil Paint by Giovanni Antoci - Late 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Yellow flower vase is a modern artwork realized by the artist Giovanni Antoci (1947) in the late 20th Century Mixed colored oil pastel painting. Hand signed on the lower margin. I...
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1970s Modern Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Fine Antique British Botanical Watercolour Painting Yellow Lysimachia Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
A very fine original antique English botanical watercolour painting depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey, En...
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Early 20th Century Victorian Still-life Paintings

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Watercolor

Still Life Oil on Canvas painting of White and Yellow Roses, Signed
Located in Plainview, NY
A timeless still life oil on canvas painting featuring a round vase in copper color filled with beautiful yellow and white roses. The background in a light blue add serenity and a to...
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20th Century Naturalistic Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Sonoma Kitchen Table - after Henri Matisse - Still Life with Geranium
Located in Soquel, CA
Sonoma Kitchen Table - after Henri Matisse - Still Life with Geranium An exceptional painting of Still Life with Geranium styled after and Henri Matisse by Bay area and Sonoma artist...
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1970s American Modern Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Pau Alemany 9 Roses original contemporary mixed media painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Roses original contemporary mixed media painting. Pau Alemany Mascareñas estudió la carrera de arquitectura, pero destacó sobre todo en el campo de la pintura. Formado con artistas ...
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1990s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Wood, Mixed Media

Impressionist Piece of Flowers & Fruit - Pastel by Olwen Tarrant
By Olwen Tarrant
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
OLWEN TARRANT won her first prize while still at Art College in London. The judge was Sir Charles Wheeler, former President of the Royal Academy, who prophesied a successful career ...
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20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Pastel

"Marigold flowers" by Helene Zolo - Oil on canvas 38x46 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on canvas sold with frame Total size with frame 51x59 cm Hélène ZOLO-LEVY is a swiss artist born in 1904
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Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Still Life with Sardines
Located in Genève, GE
Work on cardboard
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1950s Modern Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Nice bouquet
Located in Genève, GE
Work on paper mounted on cardboard
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Late 20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Still Life with Flowers
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Still Life with Flowers" 1960 is an oil painting on canvas by American artist Ralph Anderson, b.1929. It is signed and dated at the lower right corner by the artist. Th...
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Still Life (artist in Met, Chicago Art Inst., Boston MFA, Whitney, etc.)
Located in New Orleans, LA
A burst of pure delight in primary colors, by a notable artist who's been exhibited at many of America's most important museums. It was painted during the mid-century resurgence of c...
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Mid-20th Century Cubist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Mid 20th Century French Oil Painting Pink Stem Flower Interior Candle Stick
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Interior Scene by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below provenance stamp to the back oil painting on canvas, unframed measures: 18 high by 13 inches wide condition: overa...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

White Roses and Red Berries, Signed 20th Century American Female Artist
Located in London, GB
Oil on board, signed top left Image size: 15 3/4 x 11 1/2 inches (40 x 29 cm) Bespoke gilt cased frame Provenance By descent from the estate of the artist Emma Fordyce MacRae Emm...
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20th Century American Modern Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Board

Yellow Roses in Hopi Pot, American 20th Century Female Artist
Located in London, GB
Oil on board Image size: 15 3/4 x 11 1/2 inches (40 x 29 cm) Framed Provenance By descent from the estate of the artist Emma Fordyce MacRae Emma Fordyce MacRae was an American re...
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20th Century American Modern Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Board

Fine Antique British Botanical Watercolour Painting Pink Oxalis Flower
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
A very fine original antique English botanical watercolour painting depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey, En...
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Early 20th Century Victorian Still-life Paintings

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Watercolor

Still Life. Oil on canvas, 94. 5 x 115. 5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Still Life. Oil on canvas, 94.5x115.5 cm Victor Karnaukh (1950, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR – 2012, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine) – a painter, a monument designer, gradua...
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1990s Cubist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Oil Painting, Large Still Life Oil Circle of Emillio Greco
Located in Uppingham, GB
Large 20th Century Still Life Oil Painting (unsigned) circle of Emilio Greco (Italian, born 1932) Very nice gilded frame with Arched panels. 72" x 40". Very attractive wall filler.
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1990s Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

(1927-2015) Original large still life French post impressionist oil painting
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: Guy Bardone (1927-2015) French TITLE: “Still Life” SIGNED: lower left MEDIUM: oil on canvas SIZE: 114cm x 98cm inc frame CONDITION: excellent DETAIL: Guy Bardone was born in...
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Late 20th Century Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

“Petite Bouquet Rouge”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil on canvas painting of a floral still life by the well known French artist, Gaston Sebire. Signed lower right by the artist. Signed and titled verso. Circa 1965. Condi...
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1960s Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Fine Antique British Botanical Watercolour Painting Yellow Primrose Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
A very fine original antique English botanical watercolour painting depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey, En...
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Early 20th Century Victorian Still-life Paintings

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Watercolor

Lantern & Cardinal in Snow Holiday Watercolor
Located in New York, NY
Gouache painted on cardstock, intended for a greeting card design, painted circa 1970. Unsigned. Displayed in a red archival mat. Cellophane tape on board.
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1970s Still-life Paintings

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Cardboard, Gouache

Impressionist Oil on Board Still Life. 'Pepe, Sale e Stecchii'..
Located in Cotignac, FR
Late 20th century oil on board painting of a still-life signed bottom left 'Magotti'. The painting is titled 'pepe, sale e stecchii' (pepper, salt and toothpicks) to the reverse and ...
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1970s Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Board

1970s Belgian Gouache Still Life Provençal Tablescape of Fruit and Tableware.
Located in Cotignac, FR
1970s expressionist still life gouache on paper by Belgian artist André Pierard painted in Provence in the south of France. Colourful representation of table laden with tableware and...
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1970s Expressionist Still-life Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

Fine Antique British Botanical Watercolour Painting Pink Bougainvillea Flower
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
A very fine original antique English botanical watercolour painting depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey, En...
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Early 20th Century Victorian Still-life Paintings

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Watercolor

Fine Antique British Botanical Watercolour Painting Purple Plant Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
A very fine original antique English botanical watercolour painting depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey, En...
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Early 20th Century Victorian Still-life Paintings

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Watercolor

Fine Antique British Botanical Watercolour Painting Narcissus Flower
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
A very fine original antique English botanical watercolour painting depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey, En...
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Early 20th Century Victorian Still-life Paintings

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Watercolor

Fine Antique British Botanical Watercolour Painting White Dimorphotheca Flower
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
A very fine original antique English botanical watercolour painting depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey, En...
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Early 20th Century Victorian Still-life Paintings

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Watercolor

Fine Antique British Botanical Watercolour Painting Grey Pansie Flower
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
A very fine original antique English botanical watercolour painting depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey, En...
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Early 20th Century Victorian Still-life Paintings

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Watercolor

Lily
Located in Genève, GE
Work on wood Green wooden frame 63.5 x 49 x 3 cm
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1930s Still-life Paintings

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Oil

1930's French Impressionist Oil Roses in Window Terrace Interior Garden Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Roses in the Window by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below provenance stamp to the back oil painting on board, unframed measures: 8.75 high by 10.75 inches wide conditi...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

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Still-life paintings work as part of the decor in nearly every type of space.

Still-life art, which includes work produced in media such as painting, photography, video and more, is a popular genre in Western art. However, the depiction of still life in color goes back to Ancient Egypt, where paintings on the interior walls of tombs portrayed the objects — such as food — that a person would take into the afterlife. Ancient Greek and Roman mosaics and pottery also often depicted food. Indeed, still-life paintings frequently feature food, flowers or man-made objects. By definition, still-life art represents anything that is considered inanimate.

During the Middle Ages, the still life genre was adapted by artists who illustrated religious manuscripts. A common theme of these paintings is the reminder that life is fleeting. This is especially true of vanitas, a kind of still life with roots in the Netherlands during the 17th century, which was built on themes such as death and decay and featured skulls and objects such as rotten fruit. In northern Europe during the 1600s, painters consulted botanical texts to accurately depict the flowers and plants that were the subject of their work.

Leonardo da Vinci’s penchant for observing phenomena in nature and filling notebooks with drawings and notes helped him improve as an artist of still-life paintings. Vincent van Gogh, an artist who made a couple of the most expensive paintings ever sold, carried out rich experiments with color over the course of painting hundreds of still lifes, and we can argue that Campbell’s Soup Cans (1961–62) by Andy Warhol counts as still-life art.

While early examples were primarily figurative, you can find still lifes that belong to different schools and styles of painting, such as Cubism, Impressionism and contemporary art.

As part of the wall decor in your living room, dining room or elsewhere, a still-life painting can look sophisticated alongside your well-curated decorative objects and can help set the mood in a space.

When shopping for a still-life painting, think about how it makes you feel and how the artist chose to represent its subject. When buying any art for your home, choose pieces that you connect with. If you’re shopping online, read the description of the work to learn about the artist and check the price and shipping information. Make sure that the works you choose complement or relate to your overall theme and furniture style. Artwork can either fit into your room’s color scheme or serve as an accent piece. Introduce new textures to a space by choosing an oil still-life painting.

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