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Still-life Paintings For Sale
Style: Pop Art
Style: American Realist
Contemporary, Dark, American Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Fort Worth, TX
GUN SALE is an oil on canvas painting standing at 54 inches tall and 41 inches wide, featuring an inflatable advertiser standing adjacent to a gunshop seated in a dark, night sky background. A well-known figure of the contemporary Fort Worth art scene, Daniel Blagg...
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2010s American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Coffee, Fireworks, and Amphetamines
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Coffee, Fireworks, and Amphetamines" is an oil painting of the titled items, a to-go coffee cup is the focal point, a few red firecrackers resemble miniature dynamite sticks. Pills scattered about the tabletop in capsules and tablet forms. A single match with a red tip rests along the table's edge, ready to ignite a spark. A diagonal shadow dissects the composition. A hole in the wall can be found on the upper right. Painting dimensions: 11 x 14 inches Framed dimensions: 13.5 x 16.5 inches Matthew Weigle...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Linen, Oil, Panel

American Contemporary Oil of Antique/Vintage Toy Race Car Driver
Located in Fort Worth, TX
'Champion,' 2019 John Hartley discovered his life's passion while growing up in Piqua, Ohio. Encouraged to develop his talents in an academic environment...
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2010s American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Acrylic

Violin Concerto, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
In this painting I got inspired by the little angel figurine playing the violin and the stamp of German composer Paul Lincke, also playing violin. The address on the letter is to give homage to William Harnett...

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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Medium Oil painting of Vintage, Antique, Collectable Toy Wearing American Flag
Located in Fort Worth, TX
Political Chatter, 2017 John Hartley discovered his life's passion while growing up in Piqua, Ohio. Encouraged to develop his talents in an academic envi...
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2010s American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic, Oil

Small Contemporary Dessert Watercolor of Pink Strawberry Cupcake with Pistachios
Located in Fort Worth, TX
Nancy Lamb, Strawberry Blip, 2020, Watercolor on Paper, 5.5 x 3.5" Contemporary American Still Life of Strawberry Cupcake, Dessert Treat. This fantastic ...
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2010s American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor

Small Contemporary Watercolor Chocolate Dessert Pie ideal for Kitchen/Bar/Baker
Located in Fort Worth, TX
Nancy Lamb, Mile High Pie, 2020, Watercolor on Paper, 5.5 x 3.5" Contemporary American Still Life of a Chocolate, Mile High Pie Dessert Treat. This fant...
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2010s American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Watercolor

Colorful and Blue American Contemporary Oil of Funny Sign Reading, "Drugs."
Located in Fort Worth, TX
Caduceus, 2011, Daniel Blagg, Oil on canvas, 80 x 60" By meticulously depicting forgotten road signs and roadside debris, Daniel Blagg invites his viewe...
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2010s American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Canvas, Acrylic

Small Contemporary Watercolor of Southern Key lime Pie Dessert Pie w/ Lime Slice
Located in Fort Worth, TX
Nancy Lamb, Key Lime Lime, 2020, Watercolor on Paper, 5.5 x 3.5" Contemporary American Still Life of a Key Lime Pie, Dessert Treat. This fantastic zero-c...
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2010s American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Watercolor

Contemporary American Still Life of Hershey's Kiss Cake, Chocolate Dessert Treat
Located in Fort Worth, TX
Nancy Lamb, Kiss Cake, 2020, Watercolor on Paper, 5.5 x 3.5." Contemporary American Still Life of Hershey's Kiss Cake, Chocolate Dessert Treat. This fan...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Watercolor, Paint, Paper

"Blois" realist plein air landscape oil painting of French village from field
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Blois" realist plein air landscape oil painting of French village from field. Framed Dimensions: 40 x 50 inches Marc Dalessio was born in 1972 in Los Angeles, California. Even in ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Linen, Oil

Radishes I
Located in Wenham, MA
Dale Zinkowski is a master of still life. His work, reminiscent of Golden Age Dutch still life painting, glows with light and subtle, quiet beauty. This original oil painting shows a...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Panel, Oil

"Vrnik, Croatia" colorful plein air oil painting of island in Croatia
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Vrnik, Croatia" is a rich and colorful plein air oil painting of the Vrnik island in Croatia. Frame Dimensions 33.5 x 41in Marc Dalessio was born in 1972 in Los Angeles, Californ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Les Andelys at Dawn" view of French village from hilltop, painted en plein air
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Les Andelys at Dawn" is the view of this French village from a hilltop, painted en plein air. Frame Dimensions 41.5 x 53in Marc Dalessio was born in 1972 in Los Angeles, Californ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Studio Wall
Located in Wenham, MA
Dale Zinkowski is a master of still life and Tromp l'oeil. His work, reminiscent of Golden Age Dutch still life painting, glows with light and subtle, quiet beauty. This original oil...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Panel

"Dawn Light, Florence" plein air oil painting of Florence shining in distance
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Dawn Light, Florence" plein air oil painting of Florence shining in distance Frame Dimensions 33 x 41in Marc Dalessio was born in 1972 in Los Angeles, California. Even in his ear...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Glittering Autumn, Nicky Chubb, Original Tree Painting, Bright Contemporary Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Glittering Autumn by Nicky Chubb [2022] Signed by the artist Acrylic on Canvas Image size: H:100 cm x W:100 cm x D:4cm Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Resin, Acrylic

"Collioure Sunset" contemporary impressionist view of church in South of France
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Collioure Sunset" is a contemporary impressionist view of the Collioure church in this coastal South of France town. Painted en plein air. Framed Dimensions: 17 x 20 inches Marc ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Apple Picking Season
Located in Wenham, MA
Dale Zinkowski is a master of still life. His work, reminiscent of Golden Age Dutch still life painting, glows with light and subtle, quiet beauty. This original oil painting shows a...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

"The Bay at Collioure" bright plein air oil painting of South of France village
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"The Bay at Collioure" is a bright realist plein air oil painting of the South of France village. Framed Dimensions: 14 x 18 inches Marc Dalessio was born in 1972 in Los Angeles, C...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Panel

"Lisbon Alley" realist plein air oil painting of Portugal street with motorcycle
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Lisbon Alley" is a realist plein air oil painting of Portugal street with a motorcycle. Framed Dimensions: 14 x 18 inches Marc Dalessio was born in 1972 in Los Angeles, California...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Linen, Oil, Panel

"Buddha Statue, Ayutthaya" plein air oil painting at historic site in Thailand
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Buddha Statue, Ayutthaya" plein air oil painting at historic site in Thailand Framed Dimensions: 18 x 14 inches Marc Dalessio was born in 1972 in Los Angeles, California. Even in...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Play It Again, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
In a dimly lit room, a trumpet rests on a piano keyboard. The overhead light casts a brilliant glow, reflecting off the brass instrument and cutting sharp shado...

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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Still-life Paintings

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Acrylic

"City Gates, Fez" plein air painting of ppl at the edge of a village in Morocco
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"City Gates, Fez" is a plein air painting of ppl at the edge of a village in Morocco. Framed Dimensions: 14 x 18 inches Marc Dalessio was born in 1972 in Los Angeles, California. E...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Linen, Oil

"Street in Fez" plein air oil painting of a street scene in Morocco
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Street in Fez" is a plein air oil painting of a street scene in Morocco. Framed Dimensions: 18 x 14 inches Marc Dalessio was born in 1972 in Los Angeles, California. Even in his e...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Linen, Oil, Panel, Wood Panel

"Fishing Boats, Koh Yao Noi" plein air oil painting of a harbor in Thailand
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Fishing Boats, Koh Yao Noi" is a plein air oil painting of a harbor in Thailand. Framed Dimensions: 14 x 18 inches Marc Dalessio was born in 1972 in Los Angeles, California. Even...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Linen, Oil

"Street Scene, Collioure" colorful plein air oil painting of town in France
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Street Scene, Collioure" is a colorful plein air oil painting of town in France. Framed Dimensions: 18 x 14 inches Marc Dalessio was born in 1972 in Los Angeles, California. Even...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Linen, Oil, Panel, Wood Panel

"Estremoz Castle, Autumn" contemporary impressionist plein air oil painting
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Estremoz Castle, Autumn" is a contemporary realist oil painting of a Portuguese hilltown and castle, painted en plein air. Framed Dimensions: 14 x 18 inches Marc Dalessio was bor...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Panel, Oil

Zinnias, Snapdragons and Fruit
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Painted from life in the artist's studio, a rustic, wooden basket overflows with bright colored flowers. Four apples scattered in the foreground, cast shadows, and reflect on the gro...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Sunflowers Near Jegun" plein air oil painting of field in France, green, yellow
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Sunflowers Near Jegun" is a plein air oil painting of a green field in France with bright yellow sunflowers growing into the distance. Framed Dimensions: 37.5 x 42.5 inches Marc ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Linen, Oil

Still Life American Scene Social Realism 20th Century Woodstock Modern Dudensing
Located in New York, NY
Still Life American Scene Social Realism 20th Century Woodstock Modern Dudensing Konrad Cramer (1888 – 1963) "Black Glass Bowl and Napkin" 16 ½ x 14 inches Oil on Board Singed lower...
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1920s American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Board, Oil

Early Morning, April
Located in Wenham, MA
This is an original oil painting on a linen panel. Ginny Williams has a degree in art history which gave her an understanding of, and appreciation for not only the art of the past ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Panel, Oil

Still Life with Peaches and Grapes
By D.M. Ridley
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Still Life with Peaches and Grapes Oil on paper, 1890 Signed and dated lower right (see photo) Image size: 5 8 5/8 inches Frame size: 10 x 13 1/2 inches Housed in the original frame ...
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1890s American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Still Life with Steel Beam
Located in Fairfield, CT
Kevin Frank is represented by George Billis Gallery. Kevin Frank statement: For me, combining the techniques of the ancient Greco-Roman painters with those of the old and new master...
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2010s American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Encaustic, Wood Panel

French School - Red Converse shoes - Oil Painting 21th Impressionist
Located in Sempach, LU
Still Life Blue Converse shoes Technique: oils, acrylics and ink on old book pages, mounted on a wooden frame. 40x40cm / 15,7x15,7inch Support: Wooden panel chassis 》》R E A D Y --...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Still-life Paintings

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Ink, Oil, Acrylic

Grey Ocean
Located in Burlingame, CA
Unique contemporary 'Grey Ocean' depicts a provocative grey sky with a blue, yellow and white sea. Choppy waters beneath a sky alive with filtered early evening light and unknown imp...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Blue Willow and Green
Located in Wenham, MA
This is an original oil painting on a linen panel. Ginny Williams has a degree in art history which gave her an understanding of, and appreciation for not only the art of the past...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Panel

A Quiet Moment
Located in Wenham, MA
This is an original oil painting on a linen panel. Ginny Williams has a degree in art history which gave her an understanding of, and appreciation for not only the art of the past ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Panel, Oil

"Flower Soup" Campbells Soup Can & Tulip Flowers Pop Art Acrylic Painting Canvas
Located in New York, NY
A large pop piece depicting Andy Warhols iconic Campbell's tomato soup holding a colorful bouquet of tulips. Bursting with impasto painting, and quick brushwork we are drawn to the m...
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2010s Pop Art Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Red Boat with Swan Nantucket
Located in Brookville, NY
Robert Stark Jr.(1933-2014) hails from a family of artists based on Nantucket. His luminous paintings depicting the sea and the boats that sail on it...
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Late 20th Century American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Strings
Located in Greenwich, CT
Joel Carson Jones Biography American, b. 1975 Joel Carson Jones lives, teaches, and paints in Northeastern Pennsylvania, where he was born in 1975.  With the work-ethic of the Scran...
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2010s American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Still Life with Silver Cup / minimal, serene oil on canvas
Located in Burlingame, CA
Minimal and serene silver cup with cobalt blue reflective orb adorn this contemplative, calm, zen like diptych - where two canvases are attached to create single work of art - from ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Mendocino Coast
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Mendocino Coast' original oil painting by American realist artist Willard Dixon, features a vivid and expanding California sunset ocean view. Willard Dixon has painted coastal lands...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings

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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...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Panel, Oil

diablo View
Located in Burlingame, CA
‘Diablo View’ an original oil painting by American realist artist Willard Dixon, featuring distant rolling hills and expansive hazy blue sky. Willard Dixon has painted landscapes and...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Still life Chinese Ball
Located in Burlingame, CA
Willard Dixon, who says "the charm of Still Life painting for the artist lies in the ability to manipulate ones subject matter and in the intimate, direct nature of the painting proc...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Tomales Bay
Located in Burlingame, CA
"Tamales Bay" is radiant with blue sky and soft gray clouds, depicting a serene California deep body of water with distant rolling hills at the ocean's edge. The beautiful Bay Area b...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Take a Bow" small realist oil painting of pink rose in simple floating frame
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A small square oil painting of a pink peony on a white background. Framed in a modern natural wood floating frame.
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2010s American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Amaryllis with Lemon / oil on canvas
Located in Burlingame, CA
Amaryllis with Lemon in a white ceramic pot sits atop a white table with river rocks, in this still life painting from American realist artist, Willard Dixon, who says "the charm of ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

2023
Located in Burlingame, CA
Willard Dixon, 'San Francisco, Dusk' was painted in 2023. The original painting is 25 X 37 inches. Framed in a contemporary minimal hardwood, 25.5 x 37.5 inches. Ready to hang and en...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Tahoe Evening, Winter
Located in Burlingame, CA
People enjoying the setting sun on a frozen Lake at Tahoe, with cascading evening light and majestic alpine mountain ridge in the distance. Willard Dixon is one of our finest American contemporary realist painters, who has painted Northern California coastal landscapes for over 35 years. His work captures the undeniable beauty of the West with its grand and humble spirit. Dixon’s work can be found in numerous distinctive private and public collections, as well as the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and the Oakland Museum of California. Tahoe Evening I is 36 x 54 inches. The work of art comes to you framed in a light wood floater frame and is ready to hang and enjoy for years to come. Artist signed and dated. Condition is excellent. Presented by Andra Norris Gallery in California. SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS San Francisco Museum of Modern Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art The Oakland Museum The Utah Museum of Fine Art The San Francisco Art Commission AMA Headquarters, washington, D.C. Pacific Gas and Electric Co., S.F. CA. Transamerica Headquarters,S.F., CA. San Francisco International Airport IBM Corporation, San Jose, CA. Pacific Bell SELECTED PRIVATE COLLECTIONS Mr. Harrison Ford Mr. Peter Duchin Ms. Linda Ronstadt Ms Faye Dunaway Mr. Peter Morton Mrs. H.J. Heinze Mr Rupert Lowenstein Mr. Chappy Morris Mr. Griffen Dunne Margy Boyd Caroline Graham Mr. Richard Baker Ms. Sabrina Guinness Mr. Peter Asher...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Red Roses Ink, Watercolor, Oil on Yupo 26″ x 40″ Image 31 1/4″ x 45 1/4″ Frame
Located in Houston, TX
Red Roses Ink, Watercolor & Oil on Yupo 26″ x 40″ Image 31 1/4″ x 45 1/4″ Frame 2023 Look for free shipping at checkout. Red Roses was inspired by the many occasions in our lives ...
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2010s American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Watercolor, Ink

Backstreet, San Rafael
Located in Burlingame, CA
Willard Dixon, 'Backstreet, San Rafael' was painted in 2023. The original painting is 35 X 55 inches. Framed in a contemporary minimal hardwood, 35.5 x 55.5 inches. Ready to hang and...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Morning Zion
Located in Burlingame, CA
Willard Dixon, 'Morning Zion' was painted in 2023. The original painting is 60 X 47 inches. Framed in a contemporary minimal hardwood, 60.5 x 47.5 inches. Ready to hang and enjoy ove...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Waiting for Sophia / gentle soft cool blue grey scene with boat in fog
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Waiting for Sophia' features a gentle calm scene of a boat floating on a foggy lagoon. The subtle tree line and water current is a pleasure to meditate on while the oil on canvas pa...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Carmel Evening
Located in Burlingame, CA
Willard Dixon, 'Carmel Evening' was painted in 2023. The original painting is 44" X 48". Framed in a contemporary minimal hardwood, 44.5 x 48.5 inches. Ready to hang and enjoy over a...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Marin Islands, Dusk
Located in Burlingame, CA
Willard Dixon, 'Marin Islands' was painted in 2023. The original painting is 19 X 52 inches. Framed in a contemporary minimal hardwood, 19.5 x 52.5 inches. Ready to hang and enjoy ov...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Backstreet, Santa Fe
Located in Burlingame, CA
Willard Dixon, 'Backstreet, Santa Fe' was painted in 2023. The original painting is 36 X 48 inches. Framed in a contemporary minimal hardwood, 36.5 x 48.5 inches. Ready to hang and e...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, 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.

On 1stDibs, find a collection of still-life paintings in a wide range of styles and subject matter.

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