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.
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Style: Contemporary
The Shore of Round Lake / realist nature 52x80 in. oil on canvas painting
By Peter Loftus
Located in Burlingame, CA
‘The Shore of Round Lake’ oil painting by American Realist artist Peter Loftus, who is known for captivating breathtaking color-rich nature scenes through shadow and light in his oil...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Spring Bulbs
Located in London, GB
Paul S. Brown was born in 1967 and raised in North Carolina. Paul’s immeasurable talent for drawing was evident from a young age. At the age of ten he received drawing lessons in the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Peony (Still Life Painting of a Pink Flower in an Interior Setting, Framed)
By Carl Grauer
Located in Hudson, NY
Still Life painting of a pink peony in a domestic setting
Painted by Hudson Valley based artist, Carl Grauer, in 2022
oil on canvas
16 x 12 inches, 19.5 x 15.5 inches with an artist-...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Green Vase with Red Cosmos_Mary Finlayson_Gouache/Canvas/Maple Frame_Floral
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
Mary Finlayson
"Green Vase with Red Cosmos"
Gouache on Canvas with Maple Frame
37 x 31.25 inches, Framed
Mary Finlayson’s interest in painting interior spaces portrays how environme...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Gouache
Take Me Dancing #1 - 14"x14", Original Dress Painting, Framed Artwork, Women
Located in Mississauga, Ontario
An air of femininity is expressed in this dress painting on art board, capturing a nostalgic nod to timeless glamour. Delicate detail (with a hint of shimmer) blends with a textured,...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board, Pencil, Color Pencil
Thin Dahlias - unframed
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Thin Dahlias' - unframed by master watercolorist Gary Bukovnik, who fuses sensual vitality with fluid yet powerful colorations to create floral images of great depth, intensity, and size.
Internationally exhibited and celebrated worldwide, Bukovnik’s iconic works express a spiritual exultation - a joie de vivre - a vivid celebration of beauty. The painting captures the season of nature’s rebirth when the world awakes from its winter repose — Forever Spring...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Singing To The Choir", Painting of Medieval Fountain with Fish on Texture Paper
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Singing To The Choir" is an original piece by Megan Rea made from oil on hand crafted paper. This pieces measures 11"h x 8.5"w, is signed en verso and comes with a signed Certificat...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Handmade Paper
Lite N Breezy - Flowers Painting By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
A painting of abundant abstract florals is inventive and colorful bringing a verdant jungle to the viewer.
Lite N Breezy - Flowers Painting By Marc Zimmerman
This masterwork is exh...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
THREE JACKS
Located in Aventura, FL
Original acrylic on canvas painting. Stretched. Signed in Chinese and dated on front; signed, titled in Chinese and dated on verso.
Acquired from a private collector who purchased...
Category
1990s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Still Life with Figs on Cloth
By David Ligare
Located in New York, NY
SAPERE AUDE. Dare to be wise. Immanuel Kant’s directive is embodied in the work of David Ligare. For thirty-five years, Ligare has dedicated his work to ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Rainbow Slice - Pop Art Fruit 3-D Sculptural Food Painting on Wood Form
By Will Beger
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Will Beger and his contemporary-minimalist paintings, take on an entirely unique approach to southwest art. Influenced by his youth and inspired by nature, he effortlessly captures a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Nasturium
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Charles Pachter (b. 1942) is one of the most collected and cherished Canadian artists. His iconic, uplifting, and patriotic images have earned their place in the nation's museums and...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Poolside 3" a woman cools off in the pool, lounging in swim suit and sun hat
Located in Edgartown, MA
Water has been the backdrop to the significant events in my life. The reconstruction of radiant moments that exist in memory define the images I choose to paint, of swimming in the l...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
REUNION - Contemporary Realism / Balloon Dogs / Pop Art
Located in New York, NY
Original oil painting by Robert C. Jackson
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Cherry blossoms in tumbling asian vases
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Cherry blossoms in tumbling asian vases' watercolor on paper. Gary Bukovnik, who fuses sensual vitality with fluid yet powerful colorations to create floral images of great depth, i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Breakfast- 21st Century Contemporary Dutch Still-life Painting
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
The young Dutch artist Lars van Wieren is seen by many as a great talent. We get that!
Through one of our artists we were made aware of Lars' work. W...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Ropes Oil and assemblage on board contemporary art
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Title of the Artwork: Cuerdas
Artist: Paco Lagares
Technique: Oil and assemblage on board
Dimensions: 15 x 18 inches (unframed)
Period: 1970s (approx.)
Condition: Unframed
Provenance...
Category
1970s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Red composition, still life with bottles, 2024
Located in Oslo, NO
"The still life is painted with oil pastel on cardboard in my signature style of alternating flat and volumetric images." said Anait about this painting. "For this work, I chose a co...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Cardboard
Bloom Baby Bloom No. 2
By Adam Umbach
Located in Greenwich, CT
American, b. 1986
Adam Umbach was born in Chicago, and currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. After being inspired from an early age by the modern masters collection at th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Kastanjes in Bolster met Blad Chestnut Still Life Oil Painting Panel In Stock
Located in Utrecht, NL
Kastanjes in Bolster met Blad Chestnut Still Life Oil Painting Panel In Stock
Gerrit Wijngaarden (1936, Dedgum) is a self-taught artist.
At first ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Orange Cluster with Blue - contemporary, floral, still-life, oil on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Jennifer Hornyak is one of Canada’s masterful abstract and figurative artists. Known internationally for her vivid color palettes, expressive form, and luscious textures, Hornyak has...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Irises in a terracotta pot" (contemporary floral piece inspired by Van Gogh)
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This floral artwork depicting irises on a terracotta pot belongs to my "Floral" series and was inspired by the art of Van Gogh. My floral artwork radiates striking color, spontaneity...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
The wild grass Caroline Veith Contemporary drawing flora red art
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic paint and ink on tracing paper
hand-signed and dated lower right
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Ink, Paper, Acrylic
Flower Painting 52, A Glossy Small Pop Floral Blue Still Life with Roses
By Lori Larusso
Located in New York, NY
Lori Larusso’s Flower Painting transforms an ordinary still life into a bold, iconic composition. Set against a calm periwinkle background, a clear glass jar holds four roses—one red...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Varnish, Acrylic, Panel
Peonies - Floral Watercolor Painting on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Anna Kudriashova, born in a small town in Russia, has always been an artist at heart. From her youngest years, she was passionate about painting, spending her days immersed in the wo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Calla Lilies & Lilacs", Colorful Still Life Oil Painting With Floral Bouquet
By Zoa Ace
Located in Denver, CO
Zoa Ace’s "Calla Lilies & Lilacs" is a vivid still life oil painting that celebrates nature’s abundance through bold color and imaginative detail. This original 2025 work features a ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Mixed Bouquet with Shells", Whimsical Oil Painting of Flowers, Birds, and Seas
By Zoa Ace
Located in Denver, CO
Zoa Ace's "Mixed Bouquet with Shells" is a vibrant and whimsical oil painting that radiates joyful complexity. This 2025 original work, rendered in oil on canvas, measures 24 x 22 in...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Mixed Bouquet in a Fish Vase" Vibrant Floral Oil Painting With Goldfish in Vase
By Zoa Ace
Located in Denver, CO
"Mixed Bouquet in a Fish Vase" is a vibrant and whimsical oil painting by Zoa Ace, completed in 2025. This original, unframed yet ready-to-hang canvas features a dynamic composition ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pink Tulip
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Charles Pachter (b. 1942) is one of the most collected and cherished Canadian artists. His iconic, uplifting, and patriotic images have earned their place in the nation's museums and the Canadian art canon.
The Barn, along with Queen Elizabeth and the Moose, forms a triad of icons that Charles Pachter has repeatedly visited over the course of his career.
Completed in 2021, this exemplary painting introduces Pachter's flowers. This recent series focuses on an entirely new subject for the artist that started early on in the pandemic. Realized in a time of uncertainty and despair, this body of work is remarkably optimistic.
As with the best of his work, Pachter's charming imagery presents a new narrative on Canadiana, this time detailing the diverse flora encountered in his close surroundings.
Capturing the profile of this romantic pink tulip...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Cherries and Silver Jug", still life, neutral, modern, square, deep red, gray
Located in Oslo, NO
This exquisite oil painting captures a serene still life scene featuring a bowl of luscious red cherries accompanied by a silver jug. The artist's skillful use of light and shadow e...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Meat #2
By Bevan Ramsay
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Meat is not what it used to be. Both chemically (through the over-abundant use of hormones and antibiotics in the raising of livestock,) and conceptually, it has morphed under the ba...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Flopped Frosty
Located in Fairfield, CT
Framed size: 13x17"
Gina Minichino’s classical portraits of contemporary edible treats harken back to the 17th Century Dutch Masters. In this new series she takes it a step further...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Spring Still Life, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Delicate lilac flowers fill a glass vase, while a fallen cluster rests beside it, adding a natural touch. Gentle light filters through the scene, adding a warm ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Balconies of the sky V by Joachim van der Vlugt - Semi-abstract painting, flower
Located in Paris, FR
Balconies of the sky V is a unique oil on canvas painting by contemporary artist Joachim van der Vlugt, dimensions are 140 × 140 cm (55.1 × 55.1 in).
The artwork is signed, sold unfr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"The Dining Room" by M. Petersen - Beautiful Figurative Colorful Couple Scene
Located in Carmel, CA
Maura Petersen (American, born 1956)
"The Dining Room" 2025
Acrylic Paint, Canvas, Stretcher Bars
The artist signed the bottom right of the painting.
In "The Dining Room," Maura Pet...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas, Stretcher Bars
"Solaire" (2023) by Carrie Goller, Original Oil & Gold Leaf Surrealist Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Carrie Goller's (US based) "Solaire" (2024) is an original, handmade mixed media painting. Using a medium of oil paints with gold and silver leaf, created on wood panel, Goller depic...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Wood Panel
Frank Shifreen 'Sunday Morning'
Located in New York, NY
Frank Shifreen
Untitled 1
2021
22 x 28 inches
Acrylic on Canvas
Signed, titled and dated on verso
These new works start from polar opposite impulses which juxtapose the purity and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Triangle of Peonies - Pink Floral Watercolor Painting on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Anna Kudriashova, born in a small town in Russia, has always been an artist at heart. From her youngest years, she was passionate about painting, spending her days immersed in the wo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Floral With Honey Bee- Still Life Flowers Painting by Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
Floral With Honey Bee - Still Life Flowers Painting by Marc Zimmerman
Oil on canvas
Marc Zimmerman creates playful paintings, whether deep mysterious jungle or delightfully whimsica...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"King Puma" - Mixed media animal painting with text
Located in East Quogue, NY
Original mixed media painting by Adam Baranello.
Size 36 x 36 in. Offered unframed.
Mixed media, acrylic, spray paint on canvas.
Multidisciplinary artist Adam Baranello creates mus...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Pink Rose, Oil Painting
By Judy Mackey
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Inspired by her garden, artist Judy Mackey photographed a pink rose and painted it up close. She used a palette knife to apply thick, textured strokes. The re...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
"You're Not Listening" Vibrant City and Floral Vignettes on Crown Panel
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"You're Not Listening" is an original piece by Branche Coverdale made from acrylic gouache on shaped wood panel. This piece measures 12"h x 12"w and is hand signed by the artist.
Br...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Gouache, Wood Panel
Tactile memory #42 Abstract painting. Mix media on canvas
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Tactile memory #42, by Natasha Zupan
Mix media on canvas
One of a kind
Size: 18.1 in. H x 14.9 in. W x 3 in D.
2020
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Natasha Zupan beautifully un...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Three Varieties, Oil Painting
By Pat Doherty
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Three varieties of pears sit neatly aligned in a row. The soft light unveils their plump forms through delicate shadows. The balance between color, light, and...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Bloom / oil on panel
Located in Burlingame, CA
Rich, sophisticated and bold floral botanical painted in oil on panel by artist Adrienne Sherman, whose poetic and realistic floral paintings are at once ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Gold
Symbol of England., Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Igor Shulman
Located in Yardley, PA
Whatever it is called, but this subject is known to most of the inhabitants of our world. This is exactly the same crown. The main crown of the British Empire. It is adorned with th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Light 9 and 13. From The Light series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This series of pieces is the result of an investigation into the use of light as a tool for the representation of reality and image creation. Starting in the 40s, the work of the art...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Jill Matthews, "With Love II", Contemporary Red Rose Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This fresh and airy bouquet piece, "With Love II" is a 12x12 oil painting on canvas by artist Jill Matthews depicting a contemporary floral bouquet of red roses in a glass vase again...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pottery, Painting, Oil on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Summary of features: Medium & materials: oil on thick paper / Paper weight: 290 gr/mq / Finishing: protective varnish / Location and year created: Turin, Italy - 2017 / Certificate ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Wine Bottles and Fruit on Table
Located in Gloucester, MA
Zygmund Jankowski (1925–2009) painted traditional subjects with exuberant irreverence for traditional rules of color, composition, and perspective. He disparaged imitation and deligh...
Category
1980s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
WALLPAPER, FRAME, DOG - Realism / Humor / Pitbull
Located in New York, NY
Original Oil painting by Edward A. Butler.
Edward A. Butler (b. 1948, Philadelphia, PA) completed his BFA at the Philadelphia College of Art. A passionate painter from a young age, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
He XianChao Landscape Original Oil Painting "Old Car"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Old Car
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 23.5 x 19.5inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Age: 2000s
Condition: Painting appears to be in excellent ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Salmon Lake / oil on canvas 52 x 80 inches
By Peter Loftus
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Salmon Lake' features big rocks, sunlight on clear blue water, tall trees and fresh mountain air by American Realist Peter Loftus who is known for captivating color-rich and picture...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Rowan and Peaches -contemporary still-life colourful table oil painting
Located in London, GB
Of Polish descent and now living in London, Ania Pieniazek creates bold, bright art full of everyday joy and pleasure. Influenced by Gustav Klimt, Paul Gauguin and Zbyslaw Marek Mac...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract, Beige and White, Reflective painting 'Flower Float no. 2'
Located in White Plains, NY
Available at Madelyn Jordon Fine Art. 'Blue/Gold/Silver Mica Painting (Flower Float no. 2)' 2024 by Catherine Howe. Interference pigments, acrylic, glass micro beads, aluminum leaf, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Honey spoon in Jar- 21st Century Hyper Realistic Still-life Painting
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Heidi von Faber
Honey spoon in jar
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 Stillllif...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
Summer Sunflowers, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Sunrise cast diagonal rays on the sunflower field, offering a taste of a bright summer. The rich yellow light and flowers against the purple mountain range crea...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
A Case for Cushions - contemporary, floral still life, acrylic and oil on canvas
By Pat Service
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This delightful, colorful painting of a floral still life illustrates Pat Service’s superb use of color, pattern, texture and form.
In the 1990’s, the Canadian artist highly regard...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
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.