Contemporary Still-life Paintings
CONTEMPORARY STYLE
Used to refer to a time rather than an aesthetic, Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. This immediacy means it encompasses art responding to the present moment through diverse subjects, media and themes. Contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, performance, digital art, video and more frequently includes work that is attempting to reshape current ideas about what art can be, from Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s use of candy to memorialize a lover he lost to AIDS-related complications to Jenny Holzer’s ongoing “Truisms,” a Conceptual series that sees provocative messages printed on billboards, T-shirts, benches and other public places that exist outside of formal exhibitions and the conventional “white cube” of galleries.
Contemporary art has been pushing the boundaries of creative expression for years. Its disruption of the traditional concepts of art are often aiming to engage viewers in complex questions about identity, society and culture. In the latter part of the 20th century, contemporary movements included Land art, in which artists like Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer create large-scale, site-specific sculptures, installations and other works in soil and bodies of water; Sound art, with artists such as Christian Marclay and Susan Philipsz centering art on sonic experiences; and New Media art, in which mass media and digital culture inform the work of artists such as Nam June Paik and Rafaël Rozendaal.
The first decades of the 21st century have seen the growth of Contemporary African art, the revival of figurative painting, the emergence of street art and the rise of NFTs, unique digital artworks that are powered by blockchain technology.
Major Contemporary artists practicing now include Ai Weiwei, Cecily Brown, David Hockney, Yayoi Kusama, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and Kara Walker.
Find a collection of Contemporary prints, photography, paintings, sculptures and other art on 1stDibs.
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Style: Contemporary
CRESCENT OBELISK - Contemporary Realism / Still Life
Located in New York, NY
Original Oil Painting by Kevin Palme
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Skull with Shutters
By Geoffrey Key
Located in Manchester, GB
Geoffrey Key is a highly acclaimed and celebrated artist known for his bold, distinctive style and his ability to capture the essence of the human form and the natural world. His pai...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
TEACUPS - Contemporary Still Life / Russian American Artist
Located in New York, NY
Original oil painting by Olga Antonova
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still Life
Located in Miami, FL
Miguel Padura
"Still Life"
Oil on canvas
21 1/2 x 38 in
Category
1990s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Love is Powerful - Contemporary Love Lettering Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
'Love is Powerful' is an original artwork by urban impressionist painter Steve Javiel. The piece incorporates a blend of acrylic paints, oil pastels, and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Blue Poppies
Located in Singapore, SG
I love to paint the blue poppies as they are truly blue with delicate and fragile petals. The journey of the blue poppy is that of triumph and optimism, tha...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A HOLE IN ONE II - Hyperrealism / Contemporary / Doughnut / Golf Lover
Located in New York, NY
Original Oil Painting by Elizabeth McGhee
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Home and Food"
Located in Singapore, SG
Mass migration and expression of human struggle during his times.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Untitled" - Agave, pink and green, organic, nature, Mexican, figurative paint
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
Daniel Berman's production is not only torrential and overflowing but also mutating as if it were a chameleon, it changes to support and scale to explore the possibilities of each te...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
1990s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
PLAY, BOY BUNNY - Contemporary Realism / Humorous Still Life
Located in New York, NY
Original Painting by Elizabeth McGhee
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Girl from Ipanema - Watercolor Figurative Painting, Limited Edition Print, 2021
Located in Bal Harbour, FL
Experience the epitome of sun-kissed serenity with "Girl From Ipanema," a captivating fine art figurative watercolor painting that transports you to the sandy shores of Brazil's icon...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Cotton, Watercolor, Archival Paper
June 2001, J.T.
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Xiaoze Xie. "June 2001, J.T." is a contemporary painting, oil on canvas by Chinese photorealist Xiaoze Xie. The artwork is signed on the verso, "June 2001 Xie Xiaoze...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Divine Garden Series #268", Mark Whitmarsh, Contemporary White Flowers, 48x36
Located in Dallas, TX
“As I build layers of color, a personal iconography evolves on the painted surface. I’m
interested in a surface that has a rich patina with a modern ancestry. By adding and
subtracti...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Figurative Still life painting - Seven pots
Located in Beijing, CN
Feng Shi, born in Shanghai in 1990, professional painter. In 2009, he studied in the painting department of the school of fine arts of Shanghai Normal Univer...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Still Life with Old Sunflowers
Located in Gloucester, MA
Timothy Harney's emotionally powerful paintings, drawings, and collages possess an exceptional formal excellence which propels them beyond the particula...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Panel
YELLOW, GREEN, BLACK, WHITE - Contemporary Realism / Still Life Color Apples
Located in New York, NY
Original still life painting by Edward A. Butler.
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Pears in a Row
Located in New York, NY
Signed and dated (at lower right): J. STONE ROBERTS./ 2004.
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
JAM ON BREAD - Food Still Life / Pop Art / Photorealism / Kitchen
Located in New York, NY
A British-born, American based painter, Richard Combes focuses his subjects on the forgotten or the forlorn, perhaps indications or remnants of a time before.
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Full Palette
By Jim Molloy
Located in New York, NY
Oil painting on wood panel. Building blocks. A glimpse into a child's world, one we all have experienced. Tone is engaging, fun with universal appeal.
About the artist:
Mollo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"Une Belle de Jour", Jean-Claude Gaugy, Oil on Board, French, Contemporary
Located in Dallas, TX
"Une Belle de Jour" is an original oil on board painting that measures 30x40 inches and comes unframed. Gaugy's still life of red and blue flowers is a beautiful representation of "M...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Reckless
By Jim Molloy
Located in New York, NY
Oil painting of car on a curve. Sunglasses hang from the steering wheel. Tone is engaging, fun with universal appeal.
About the artist:
Molloy...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
BEACH HOUSE - Hyperrealism / Portrait of crab with conch shell on the beach
By Will Wilson
Located in New York, NY
Will Wilson is an American artist known for portrait paintings, illustrations and Trompe L'Oeil works. His works have been acquired by museums, well-known corporate collections, and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Still Life aux Legumes et Poisson
Located in Sheffield, MA
Georges Georoy
Belgium, 1906–1983
Still Life aux Legumes et Poisson
Oil on canvas
23 ¾ in. by 28 ¾ in. W/frame 31 ¾ in. by 36 ¾ in.
Signed lower right
In a period Heydenryk frame
...
Category
1960s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fruit Bowl #1
By Mikel Alatza
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Alatza paints dynamic and energetic portraits of people, tongue-in-cheek scenes and vibrant still lifes. With forms contorted in a full-tilt, floor-to-ceiling, wall-to-wall assault,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Plywood
"Make Room for the Time", oil and gold leaf painting of olive tree and blue sea
Located in Dallas, TX
"Make Room for the Time" is an exquisite painting depicting a strong olive tree in the center, surrounded by a rich gold background with a deep blue sea. Artist Anastasia Gklava is a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
The Philosophy of Tea, Teacups, Yellow, Pink Gladiolus Flowers, Green Forest
Located in Kent, CT
A cheerful outdoor scene with a still life arrangement of bright pink gladiolus flowers in a clear glass vase beside a smaller orange bouquet atop a lively yellow tablecloth. A set o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Iris - flowers, pop-art, spring, contemporary, acrylic on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Canadian artist Charles Pachter has long been cherished for painting pop art images that are patriotic and lift the spirits. This bold rendition of an iris is one of a new series of ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Arrows and Cherry Tomatoes - Contemporary Still Life in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Arrows and Cherry Tomatoes - Contemporary Still Life in Oil on Canvas
Brightly colored still life by an unknown artist (20th Century). A blue and magenta cloth with red arrows is la...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
"PB&J stacked sandwiches" Original Oil Painting 18 in x 18 in deep cradled panel
Located in Boca Raton, FL
“PB&J Stack”
2018
Oil on 2” deep Panel
18 in x 18 in
In the genre of Contemporary realism, this original oil painting of
peanut butter and jelly sandwiches conjures memories of chi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Age of Reason I by Joachim Van der Vlugt - Semi-abstract painting, scull
Located in Paris, FR
The Age of Reason I is a unique oil on canvas painting by contemporary artist Joachim van der Vlugt, dimensions are 135 × 145 cm (53.1 × 57.1 in).
The artwork is signed, sold unframe...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Incredible Edible Flower Cake, Bright Still Life Food Art, Contemporary Pop Art
Located in Deddington, GB
A joyful depiction of a towering celebration cake decorated in edible wild flowers. This painting has a great deal of texture, vibrancy and character.
Kerry Louise Bennett, artist and painter, has original artworks available with Wychwood Art in our gallery and online. Working from her home studio in Sheffield, Kerry Louise Bennett (b.1972) makes colourful paintings loaded with texture and pattern. Her previous lives working in set design, upholstery and photography, and her passion for music and literature, all feed into the semi-abstract interior and still life compositions she paints. In one sense the objects painted and the relationships between them can be seen as arbitrary, necessary only to serve a sense of spatial orchestration, and the abstract sensibility of a process-led artist, however, an element of romance and storytelling always seems to emerge in her charming characterful paintings. Colour and composition, strong mark-making and the pure materiality of paint drive my creative practice, but of course everything I make reveals something of me - the introvert, the observer, the dreamer. I work over multiple layers before finding the story the painting wants to tell. In some ways I feel like the conductor of an unruly orchestra - there is a musicality to my work, and my visual vocabulary draws on the everyday to capture a kind of unconscious narrative that transforms chaos into calm, worry into joy, the mundane to the magical. Kerry says of herself: I am obsessed with colour first and foremost – it’s impact is so visceral, but mark making is also important – usually expressed through pattern and the shapes of things often scratched into the surface of the paint, with textures then built up over many layers. My visual vocabulary draws on the ordinary stuff of life - chairs, plants...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Violin" Abstract Oil Painting 20" x 24" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
Located in Culver City, CA
"Violin" Abstract Oil Painting 20" x 24" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
ABOUT
A characteristically bold and optimistic palette does not belie the inescapably pensive nature and at times, i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Los Huevos" (FRAMED) Painting 21" x 20.5" inch by Antonio Pelayo
Located in Culver City, CA
"Los Huevos" (FRAMED) Painting 21" x 20.5" inch by Antonio Pelayo
Medium: Pencil on Paper. Acrylic Ink & Paint on Animation Acetate
Image size: 15" x...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Ink, Acrylic
Balconies of the sky III by Joachim van der Vlugt - Semi-abstract painting
Located in Paris, FR
Balconies of the sky III is a unique oil on canvas painting by contemporary artist Joachim van der Vlugt, dimensions are 100 × 130 cm (39.4 × 51.2 in).
The artwork is signed, sold un...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Sueńos Chicos" (FRAMED) Painting 21" x 20.5" inch by Antonio Pelayo
Located in Culver City, CA
"Sueńos Chicos" (FRAMED) Painting 21" x 20.5" inch by Antonio Pelayo
Medium: Pencil on Paper. Acrylic Ink & Paint on Animation Acetate
Image size: 15...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Ink, Acrylic
"On the River" Oil Painting 39" x 47" inch by Egor Plotnikov
Located in Culver City, CA
"On the River" Oil Painting 39" x 47" inch by Egor Plotnikov
Egor Plotnikov was born in Kirov (Russia) in 1980.
2000 – graduated from the Rylov Art School of Vyatka.
2006 – graduate...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Balconies of the sky II by Joachim van der Vlugt - Semi-abstract flower painting
Located in Paris, FR
Balconies of the sky II is a unique oil on canvas painting by contemporary artist Joachim van der Vlugt, dimensions are 100 × 130 cm (39.4 × 51.2 in).
The artwork is signed, sold unf...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Proud Pansy - colorful, expressive, abstract, floral, acrylic on canvas
By Pat Service
Located in Bloomfield, ON
In vivid blue Pat Service has captured the simple beauty of the pansy. Reminiscent of Andy Warhol, Service’s flowers are pared down to the essentials--simple shapes without leaves or...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Five Flowers Red on Green - colorful, minimal, abstract, floral, oil on canvas
By Pat Service
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This joyful, colourful painting is by one of Canada’s finest landscape artists, Pat Service.
Here, the avid gardener uses bold colours-eye-popping red, yellow and white against a br...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Five Flowers Blue on Red - colorful, minimal, abstract, floral, oil on canvas
By Pat Service
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This joyful, colourful painting is by one of Canada’s finest landscape artists, Pat Service.
Here, the avid gardener uses bold colours-royal blue, black and white against a bright r...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Sculpture Dessin" Drawing 12" x 8" inch by Salah Abdel Kerim
Located in Culver City, CA
"Sculpture Dessin" Drawing 12" x 8" inch by Salah Abdel Kerim
Ink on paper
circa 1980
Born in Fayoum to a big family of 5 brothers and sisters. In 1938 he meets the famous painter Hussein Bikar and he becomes his student in the Faculty of Arts in Qena. He remained much attached to his professor all through his life. In 1940 he meets Hussein Youssef Amin and the Group of Contemporary Art at the secondary school of Farouk First in Abasya district in Cairo when he was introduced to surrealism for the first time. In 1943 he becomes a student at the Faculty of Fine Arts and graduates with excellence and honors in 1947. In 1948 he becomes an assistant to the interior decoration section at the FFA. He is then sent to a mission in Paris in 1952 and he becomes a student to Paul Colin and A.Marie Cassandre for publicity and theatre design. He then moves to Rome in 1956 to study cinema design. In 1957 he received the international prize in painting from San Vito Romano, Italy, and obtains his Ph.D. from Centro Sperimental di Cinemato Grafia. Back in Egypt in 1958, he is appointed professor at the FFA where he started experimenting with his masterpieces sculptures in wrote iron...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Ink, Handmade Paper
Wild Card - colorful, expressive, minimal, abstract, floral, acrylic on canvas
By Pat Service
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A single golden yellow ‘black-eyed Susan’ pops from the canvas in this joyful painting by Pat Service. Reminiscent of Andy Warhol, Service’s flowers are pared down to the essentials-...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Allure, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Bright pink roses rest on a bed of vibrant green leaves. The sun shines, casting a warm glow and a gentle shadow across the garden. For artist Hilary Gomes, a c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pocke Yellowy Orange Clementine, Original painting, Still life, Clementine
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Yellowy Orange Clementine is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket Painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with a nod to ba...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Tulips. Gouache Painting, Abstract, Figurative, Flowers, Polish art
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary floral still life figurative gouache on cardboard painting by Polish artist Bozena Lesiak. Painting is in a small format with glossy varnish. Bozena Lesiak's art embodie...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Cardboard, Gouache
Pancakes with butter and Honey- 21st Century Hyper Realistic Still-life Painting
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Heidi von Faber
Pancakes, Butter & Syrup
Acrylic on linen
100 x 100 cm ( framed/ included in price 105 x 105 cm)
Dutch artist Heidi Von Faber lives and works in The Hague.
The Sti...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
Not Art, Word Art Calligraphy Painting, Acrylic Vivid Background, Red and Green
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Not Art" is a hand-painted acrylic painting on high-quality 300g paper by artist Ryan Rivadeneyra. The hand-drawn render is reminiscent and inspired by the word art...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Ink, Acrylic, Archival Ink, Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper
Tulips Talking, White Flowers, Yellow Window, Blue Sky, Winter Trees, White Snow
Located in Kent, CT
White tulips with a light pink hue sit on a wooden windowsill while a winter landscape with a snow-covered field and barren trees against a blue sky can be seen outdoors through the ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Pocket Full Moon
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Full Moon is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket Painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with a nod to baroque still life...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
The Italian Table, Lobster, Original painting, Food art, Seafood, Mediterranean
Located in Deddington, GB
This contemporary still-life depicts two vibrant and juicy prawns with a lemon wedge on blue and white Mediterranean tiles. This box canvas is part of my MINI Tiles series, and is re...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
MINI Tile Series
Located in Deddington, GB
My Mini Tile Series depicts the spoils of a Mediterranean kitchen on a selection of blue and white Hispanic tiles. Hung together these original paintings aim to encapsulate the richn...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Amanda Horvath, Golden Evening Light, Original Painting, Contemporary Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Amanda Horvath
Golden Evening Light
Original Acrylic Painting on Canvas
Acrylics on canvas
Image size: 71cm x 71cm x 2cm
Framed size: 87cm x 87cm x 5cm
(Please note that in situ imag...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Chasing the Morning Light", oil and gold leaf painting of cherry blossom tree
Located in Dallas, TX
"Chasing the Morning Light", is a beautiful painting depicting a close up of a cherry blossom tree branch. The light pink and white floral tree is surrounded by a rich gold backgroun...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
diptych of Three Chillis on Tiles and Sardines with Lemon, Original painting
Located in Deddington, GB
This contemporary still-life depicts a two juicy sardines with a slice of lemon on blue and white Mediterranean tiles. This box canvas is part of my MINI Tiles series, and is ready t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Plentiful - Karol Jersak -Still Life Mixed Media Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
Karol is a highly skilled artist whose abstract mixed-media paintings exude an exceptional level of raw creativity.
Her artistic process involves skillfully combining colors, chalk ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil
Thailand Home - Karol Jersak - Mixed Media Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
Karol is a highly skilled artist whose abstract mixed-media paintings exude an exceptional level of raw creativity.
Her artistic process involves skillfully combining colors, chalk ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil
Sunrise Bouquet, Bright Yellow, Pink, Blue, Maroon Red Flowers Daisies Botanical
Located in Kent, CT
Cheerful white daisies and bright crimson red and pink chrysanthemum flowers with green leaves and stems in a glass on an orange tabletop are beautifully complemented by a cobalt blu...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Panel
Contemporary still-life paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Contemporary still-life paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add still-life paintings created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, purple, orange, green and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Jennifer Hornyak, Andrea Stajan-Ferkul, Zhang Wei Guang, and Marc Zimmerman. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Oil Paint and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Contemporary still-life paintings, so small editions measuring 1.25 inches across are also available. Prices for still-life paintings made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $102 and tops out at $1,023,500, while the average work sells for $3,010.