Still-life Paintings
Still-life Paintings For Sale
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Radish III
Located in Dix Hills, NY
A watercolor meditation on the still life beauty of a radish. Everyday moments artfully celebrated.
Original watercolor hand signed on the back by the Artist.
Category
2010s Still-life Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Mid 20th Century French Oil Painting White Iris Flowers in Vase Still Life
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
White Irises
by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below
provenance stamp to the back
oil painting on board, unframed
measures: 24 high by 18 inches wide
condition: overall ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Flowers on White
Located in Belfast, GB
Flowers on White
Oil on Board
61 x 50.8 cm
24 x 20 in
Regarded as one of Ireland’s most accomplished fine art painters, Martin Mooney was born in 1960, in Belfast, Northern Ireland....
Category
2010s Old Masters Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Turkey Neck; Morena, Greenport, Long Island, New York.
Located in New York, NY
Turkey Neck; Morena, Greenport, Long Island, New York, 2009-2016 Inkjet print, enamel, markers, and ink on Hahnemühle matte paper, 11 x 12 inches, 28 x 31...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Archival Pigment
Yellows, Yellow, Green, Blue Flowers, Navy Vase, Olive, Ivory Background
Located in Kent, CT
A bouquet of light yellow and navy blue flowers in a vase are complemented by the ivory and olive color of the background, split at a horizon in the distance. Signed, titled and date...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Cecilia Arrospide - CONTRASTES, Painting 2023
Located in Greenwich, CT
Cecilia studied Social Studies and Literature at Universidad Catolica del Peru, Drawing with Cristina Galvez, and Watercolors with Juan Pastorelli. She...
Category
2010s Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Oil Pastel, Cotton Canvas, Oil
Leaking Linseed Bottle, Container, White Bag, Blue, Realistic Studio Still Life
Located in Kent, CT
In this quiet still life painting, a single bottle of linseed oil in a crumbled white bag with light blue letters on the side stands atop a nondescript white cardboard box that reads...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Estate Bouquet I - Contemporary -dark green vase of large light ivory roses
Located in Columbus, OH
Unique bold take on a painting of vase of roses
Artist bio:
Born in Hong Kong, China in 1964, Lun Tse grew up in a bustling family. One of ten siblings, including a twin brother, Tse...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Wine Glass and Bottle Seen From The Top, Perspective View, Modern Still Life
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Wine Glass and Bottle Seen From The Top" is a contemporary still-life painting portraying a bottle of wine and a glass silhouette from a playful point of view that defies perspectiv...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Oil, Watercolor
Orange Juice with Fruit Bowl, Modern Still Life on Earth Tones, Realist, Banana
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Orange Juice with Fruit Bowl" is a contemporary still-life painting portraying a vibrant purple bowl brimming with ripe oranges taking center stage against a minimalistic slate gray...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Oil, Watercolor
Deborah Bigeleisen - Snow White, Painting 2008
Located in Greenwich, CT
While the genre is as old as paint itself, this exhibit of watercolors and oils puts the “life” in still life.
If there was any question that flowers could be sexy, Deborah Bigeleise...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil
Tickled Pink, Original Abstract Painting, Bright Contemporary Abstract Artwork
Located in Deddington, GB
Tickled Pink by Alison Gilbert is an original painting and a statement piece at 120cm x 120cm (48″ x 48″) These bold pastel colour combinations are having a party as they dance across the canvas in a vibrant celebration of joy and life. This painting is sold framed, the frame will be custom made upon sale, so please allow for an extra week for dispatch.
Discover original artwork by Alison Gilbert with Wychwood Art online and in our Deddington gallery. Alison is a British contemporary abstract artist...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Peonies in Tall Vase
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Peonies in Tall Vase' by master watercolorist Gary Bukovnik, who fuses sensual vitality with fluid yet powerful colorations to create floral images of great depth, intensity, and si...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Nature morte au torchon blanc/Still life with white cloth
Located in Montfort l’Amaury, FR
Reference number F371
This work is painted with oil on a paper that is mounted on a canvas and placed in a made to measure wood strectcher. It is signed in the bottom left.
The paint...
Category
1980s French School Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Still Life with Apples and Bottle - Oil Painting by Zhang Wei Guang - 2006
Located in Roma, IT
Still Life with Apples and Bottle is an oil painting realized in 2006 by Zhang Wei Guang (Mirror).
Beautiful oil painting on canvas.
Includes frame.
Hand-written notes on the ba...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Prickly Pez
Located in Nashville, TN
Inspired by color, texture, and light, Coelho paints with meticulous attention to detail and a bold, graphic influence. Working from self-composed photographs from everyday life, tra...
Category
2010s American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Strawberries - Painting by Zhang Wei Guang - 2007
Located in Roma, IT
Strawberries is an original oil painting realized in 2007 by Zhang Wei Guang (Mirror).
Includes frame
Oil painting on canvas
Hand-signed and dated on the back
Good conditions.
Z...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large Still Life Photorealism Acrylic Painting Candy Canes in Vase Photo Realist
Located in Surfside, FL
Charles Wildbank (American, b. 1948)
Photorealist Still Life Painting "Candy Sticks",
Acrylic on canvas
Signed in bottom right corner recto
Charles Bourke Wildbank, native New Yor...
Category
20th Century Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Vintage American School Kitchen Still Life Pepper Oil Painting Heydenryk Frame
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American school vegetable still life painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1960. Unsigned. Image size, 20L x 10H. Housed in a period modern heydenryk frame.
Category
1960s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
White Lilies Naranjas Still Life
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
White Lilies Naranjas And Oranges 2021
RAFAEL SALDARRIAGA was born in Medellin, Colombia in 1955. Arrived in the United States in 1993. After living in New Mexico and Hawaii establis...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cucumber Watercolor
Located in New York, NY
Original watercolor by Nan Dedrick. Signed in pencil along the lower right edge of the main cucumber. Dedrick is a botanical artist who was a founding member of Art Botanica. This g...
Category
Early 2000s Still-life Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Marlboro II (Photo-Realist Pop Art Still Life Painting of a Red Cigarette Pack)
Located in Hudson, NY
Photorealist, pop art style still life watercolor painting of iconic American cigarettes
"Marlboro II" by Scott Nelson Foster, painted in 2017
watercolor on paper
29 x 21.5 inches, 39 x 29 inches framed with glazing, white mat and black moulding
Wire backing for secure hanging
This photo-realist still-life of a classic red Marlboro pack...
Category
2010s Pop Art Still-life Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Watercolor
Coca Cola II (Photo-Realist Watercolor Pop Art Painting of Crushed Red Soda Can)
Located in Hudson, NY
Photo-realist watercolor painting of iconic American Coca Cola can in red, white and silver
Coca Cola II, painted by Scott Nelson Foster in 2019
7 x 5 inches watercolor on paper, 21 x 17 inches with black frame and white mat
Wire backing for easy hanging
Pop-Art meets Photo Realism in this wonderful still life painting of a bright red Coca-Cola soda can...
Category
2010s Pop Art Still-life Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Watercolor
"Big Cherry Pie a la Mode" Photo-Realist Pie Slice/ Vanilla Ice Cream on Blue
Located in Wellesley, MA
Mary Ellen Johnson is internationally recognized as one of the top Photo Realist painters working today whose extraordinary area of expertise is images of food. Johnson actually describes herself as a ‘Precision Realist’ whose primary subject is food - cheesecakes, PB & J sandwiches, parfaits, pancakes, banana splits, ice cream, hot dogs, cupcakes, waffles, muscles, sushi, etc.. These brilliantly painted works capture every nuance and are rendered with amazing precision. Stunningly beautiful and incomparably 'real,' her paintings are a delight in terms of subject matter, color, perfect composition, and whimsy, with an approachable quality that elevates them far beyond expertly executed mechanical renderings.
Mary Ellen Johnson
"Big Cherry Pie...
Category
2010s Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, Oil
Small Contemporary American Carmel Cheesecake Dessert Still Life
By Nancy Lamb
Located in Fort Worth, TX
Nancy Lamb, Caramel Cheesecake, 2020, Watercolor on Paper, 5.5 x 3.5"
This Nancy Lamb Carmel Cheesecake is the guilt-free, calorie-free way to have your c...
Category
2010s American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Clam Shells and Their Shadows" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Emma Hirst (US based) "Clam Shells and Their Shadows" is an oil painting that depicts an interior still life with six clam shells laid out on a white surfac...
Category
2010s Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Small Contemporary Dessert Watercolor of Pink Strawberry Cupcake with Pistachios
By Nancy Lamb
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 ...
Category
2010s American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Oil, Watercolor
Contemporary American Still Life of Hershey's Kiss Cake, Chocolate Dessert Treat
By Nancy Lamb
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Paint
Small Contemporary Watercolor of Southern Key lime Pie Dessert Pie w/ Lime Slice
By Nancy Lamb
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...
Category
2010s American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Small Contemporary Watercolor Cream Puff Dessert on Paper ideal for Kitchen/Bar
By Nancy Lamb
Located in Fort Worth, TX
Nancy Lamb, Cream Pop-Up, 2020, Watercolor on Paper, 5.5 x 3.5"
Contemporary American Still Life of Cream Puff, Dessert Treat.
This fantastic zero-calorie, fat-free, watercolor i...
Category
2010s American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Small Contemporary Watercolor Chocolate Dessert Pie ideal for Kitchen/Bar/Baker
By Nancy Lamb
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...
Category
2010s American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Cream Rose with Pink - small dark green, orange, figurative still life oil
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Creamy coloured flowers against a dark green and orange background, with a patch of pink in front in this evocative sophisticated oil composition from master Jennifer Hornyak.
Horny...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
White Wild Flowers
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Framed dimensions are 28 x 24 x 4 inches.
Oil, acrylic, and resin on linen.
Artist Bio
Darius Yektai was born in Southampton NY, in 1973. He lives and works out of his home and st...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Oil, Resin, Linen
White Lily, Photorealist Oil Painting on Canvas by Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993)
Title: White Lily
Year: 1982
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated verso
Size: 26 in. x 26 in. (66.04 cm x 66.04 cm)
Category
1970s American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Cherry on Top" Small still life/ chocolate cupcake/ white frosting blue, pink
Located in Wellesley, MA
"Cherry on Top" Oil on Canvas, 6 x 6 inches. Painting of Chocolate Cupcake with White Frosting and Red Cherry on Top of a Pale Blue and Pin...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Lemon White Lily, Still Life Oil Painting by Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993)
Title: Lemon White Lily
Year: 1982
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated verso
Size: 26 x 26 in. (66.04 x 66.04 cm)
Category
1980s American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Hot to Trot" Small Still Life, Chocolate Cupcake/White Frosting/Red Sprinkles
Located in Wellesley, MA
"Hot to Trot" Oil on Panel, 6 x 6 inches. Painting of Chocolate Cupcake with Chocolate/Brown Frosting and Red and Orange Sprinkles on a Pa...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Red Tulips in a Tall Vase / watercolor
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Red Tulips in a Tall Vase' original watercolor painted in 2018. in mainly red and green with blue and yellow from Cleveland-born and educated Gary Bukovnik who has lived in Californ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Bloom
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Inspired by a flowering vine that I happened upon in the backyard of my new house, this piece is meant to evoke joy and warmth. Even as summer faded into fall...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Double Trouble - Two Red Guitars Original Music Instrument Painting on Canvas
By Carl Smith
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Carl Smith combines his own photographic material with drawings and other fragments of narrative imagery onto canvas. He works with several layout combinations before creating a fini...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas, Mixed Media
Harley 45!
By James Oliver
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Harley 45!" is an original painting on canvas by James Oliver measuring 60in x 60in.
James Oliver is a painter whose precise visual language pushes the tradition of twentieth centu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Rose I
Located in New York, NY
Leigh Wen’s works reflect her personal and cultural histories. Having grown up on the island of Taiwan, she has a deep affinity for the elemental power of water and the forces of nat...
Category
2010s Other Art Style Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
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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.