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 Red Room
Located in New York, NY
Elliot Gordon (American) , "The Red Room", Contemporary Acrylic on Linen, 36 x 24 Canvas, Early 21st Century, 2015
Colors: Red, Yellow, White, Blue, Black, B...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Linen
The Pyramids
Located in New York, NY
Elliot Gordon (American) , "The Pyramids", Contemporary Acrylic on Linen, 36 x 24 Canvas, Early 21st Century, 2015
Colors: Red, Yellow, Orange, White, Blue, Black, Pink, Purple, Gre...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Linen
A Scene In Asprovalta
Located in New York, NY
Elliot Gordon (American) , "A Scene in Asprovalta", Contemporary Acrylic on Canvas, 22 x 28 Canvas, Early 21st Century, 2017
Colors: Red, Blue, Black, Brown, Purple, White
Elliot ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
The Yellow Urn
Located in New York, NY
Elliot Gordon (American) , "The Yellow Urn", Contemporary Acrylic on Canvas, 36 x 24 Canvas, Early 21st Century, 2010
Colors: Yellow, Orange, Red, White, G...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Mr. And Mrs.
Located in New York, NY
Elliot Gordon (American) , "Mr. And Mrs.", Contemporary Acrylic on Canvas, 33 x 28 Canvas, Early 21st Century, 2017
Colors: Yellow, Orange, Red, White, Blue, Black, Green, Purple
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Stormy (A Composition)
Located in New York, NY
Elliot Gordon (American) , "Stormy (A Composition)", Contemporary Acrylic on Canvas, 30 x 24 Canvas, Early 21st Century, 2018
Colors: Yellow, Orange, Red, White, Blue, Black, Green,...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
TOUGHER PILLS TO SWALLA - Bold, Surrealist, Cubist Illustrative Oil Painting
By Jason Stout
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
Jason Stout was born in 1977. He received his BFA in studio art from the University of Tennessee at Martin in 2001 and a MFA in Painting from the University of Texas at San Antonio i...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
AS ABOVE SO BELOW - Cubist, Surreal Still Life with Bold Colors
By Jason Stout
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
AS ABOVE, SO BELOW is a still-life by Jason Stout which draws on flat, symbolic imagery to portray the current political landscape in America. Using both t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fig Green Pocket Painting 3c, original painting, still-life
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Green Fig 3c 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 l...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still Life 916
By Frances A. Cox
Located in Three Oaks, MI
Frances A. Cox graduated from Marquette University and studied at the Art Institute of Chicago. Her work has been exhibited in many state group shows as well as regional juried exhi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Evermore by Erin Tice, Large Square Green Collage Painting on Canvas
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Evergreen" by Erin Tice is a bold and dynamic mixed-media collage that combines torn paper and oil paint on canvas. This striking piece features a rich palette of deep greens and crisp whites, evoking the lush vibrancy of a dense forest. With its layered textures and intricate composition, "Evergreen" captures the timeless beauty of nature in a contemporary abstract style. Perfect for adding depth and sophistication to any space, this artwork showcases Erin Tice's signature artistic vision. Bring the energy of "Evergreen" into your collection today.
Erin Donahue Tice...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
By The Water's Edge, Waterscape, Blue, Water, Landscape, painting
By Betty Ball
Located in Riverdale, NY
By the Water's Edge by Betty Ball is part of her Land and Sea series. It is Oil on Linen, 36x36. It is framed to 37.5 x 37.5 It is $3.050. It is a beautiful landscape and watersc...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Matin d'Hiver (Winter Morning)
Located in Burlingame, CA
Matin d'Hiver (Winter Morning) — luminous oil on linen. Dimensions are 63 x 63 inches.
French American Frédéric Choisel, is inspired by the cities and countrysides of France, New Y...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Hana-Bi 4
Located in Burlingame, CA
The Hana-Bi 4 — luminous oil on linen. Dimensions are 63 x 63 inches.
French American Frédéric Choisel, is inspired by the cities and countrysides o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Colorful Abstract Contemporary “Blue Dress I” African Dashiki Textile Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful abstract painting titled "Blue Dress I" by contemporary artist Evangeline Gichina that incorporates hues of blue, orange, yellow, and green...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
City Planes
Located in Burlingame, CA
'City Planes' is 45 x 38 inches. Anne Subercaseaux's gleaming paintings realistically bridge urban with rural in the form of representational fragmented depictions of contemporary ar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Enterlight
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Enterlight', Anne Subercaseaux's gleaming paintings realistically bridge urban with rural in the form of representational fragmented depictions of contemporary architecture, includ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hana-bi 1
Located in Burlingame, CA
The Hana-bi 1 — luminous oil on linen. Dimensions are 47 1/4 x 33 1/2 inches.
French American Frédéric Choisel, is inspired by the cities and countr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Through The Window - Abstract Colorful Floral Still Life Graffiti Pop Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles artist Amber Goldhammer paints dramatic abstract compositions in acrylic on canvas featuring energetic brushstrokes. Goldhammer uses her contemporary paintings to express...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Latex, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Pumpkin with Art Glass, framed oil painting 26x22"
By Roy Wilce
Located in Loveland, CO
Pumpkin with Art Glass by Roy Wilce
Oil on Canvas Painting
image 24x20"
framed 26x22" (frame is wood with silver features)
Still life of art glass and a pumpkin against grey fabric
...
Category
1990s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fleurs by Hugues Pissarro dit Pomié - Contemporary flower painting
Located in London, GB
Fleurs by Hugues Pissarro dit Pomié (b. 1935)
Oil and pastel on card
26.5 x 17.8 cm (10 ³/₈ x 7 inches)
Signed lower left H. Claude Pissarro and dated 1993 lower right
This work is ...
Category
1990s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Oil
Acrylic on Canvas: 'Consume'
By Stephen Hall
Located in New York, NY
“As wild fires continue to spread across the world due to climate change. Mass consumerism and luxury spending careens unabated”.
Stephen Hall's thought-provoking imagery draws atten...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Fechterschnecke III
By Alex Amann
Located in Wien, 9
Alex Amann’s oeuvre contains a variety of genres, which are, however, well-coordinated through their design. He devotes himself to still life as well as to landscape painting and fig...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"#1624" zebras stand face to face comforting one another
Located in Edgartown, MA
The work of Santiago Garcia explores the wondrous, colorful and always intriguing world between figuration and abstraction. Through contextualization of reality, the Uruguayan artist...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pomegranate Tableau & Apple Wild Painting, Set of 2, original painting
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Chiaroscuro Pomegranate Tableau is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with a nod...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Egg Blackbird's Greenish Pocket Painting 4c, original painting, still-life
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Greenish Blackbird's Egg 4c 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 ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Siria Brau TABLE CRYSTAL original realist acrylic canvas painting
By Siria Brau
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Spanish painter SIRIA BRAU
oil on canvas
Siria Brau was born in Sabadell in 1951. From 1971 to 1977 she studied at the Escola Massana, and from 1978 to 1984 she continued her studies...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Apple with an Attitude
By Steve Hawley
Located in Greenwich, CT
Frame: 9 1/4 x 11 1/4 in.
American, b. 1950
Since the 1970s Hawley has been exhibiting paintings widely throughout the United States and abroad. His paintings are in the permanent ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Wax, Oil, Alkyd, Panel
Untitled - Two Pots
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Two oil paintings of potted tulips. The canvases are attached, but could be hung separately. Both compositions show a terra-cotta pot of tulips, the backgrounds of both have shades o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
French Contemporary Art by Corine Lescop - Coraline Hideaway
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Corine Lescop is a French-Canadian artist born in 1960 who lives & works in Wolowe-Saint-Lambert, Belgium. As visual artist in oil painting & calligraphy, Corine Lesco...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Summertime / the Grid
Located in Burlingame, CA
Dramatic oil & archival masking tape - mixed media - on mylar mounted on wood panel painting by Elena Zolotnitsky depicting a vivid floral scene. Professionally framed 26 1/2 x 25 1/...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Raw
Located in Burlingame, CA
Dramatic oil on wood panel painting by Elena Zolotnitsky depicting a chair from her Extinct series that features abandoned chairs. Professionally framed 15 x 15 inches. Russian Ameri...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Abstract Chair Still Life in a Forest
By Lin Swanner
Located in Houston, TX
Light toned abstract still life with a chair in a forest clearing. The painting is painted black around the edges of the canvas. It is signed in the bottom right corner by the artist...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
CHARCUTERIE - Still life / Realism /Humor
Located in New York, NY
Original oil painting by Robert C. Jackson.
Robert C. Jackson (b. 1964, Kinston, NC) began his career path as an electrical engineer before turning his passionate hobby into a full...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
Lemons and Jug
Located in Columbus, OH
The lemons and paper bag in this oil painting exemplify the ease of Kira Mountjoy-Pepka's painterly style. The blue wall on the left was after the painting was finished to add a cool...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
IMPOSTERS #25 (Dragon Fruit and Magenta Duck) - Realism / Toy / Humor
By Samuel Hung
Located in New York, NY
Original Painting by Samuel Hung
Samuel Hung (b. 1981, Taiwan) is a New York-based artist currently living in Brooklyn. He earned his BFA from the Art Center College of Design, Pasa...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Fast
Located in Brecon, Powys
Great imagery here from the studio of Anna Malikowska.
A sharp portrayal of Flamenco boots; it's possible to hear the staccato rhythm and sense the drama and romance of the dance.
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
'Cherries & Peach' Contemporary Photorealist Still life painting, Red, Yellow
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
'Cherries & Peach' by Casas. Contemporary Photorealist Still life painting with peach, cherries, glass and jug. Perfect for a kitchen or dining room. M...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Pink Rose, framed oil pastel, 32x26"
By Roy Wilce
Located in Loveland, CO
Pink Rose (see our listing Delph Blue for a companion piece)
Oil Pastel on Paper by Roy Wilce
image 15x7"
framed 32x26" (floating on linen, frame is wood wi...
Category
1990s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Archival Paper
Schelpje Small Shell Still Life Oil Painting on Panel Dutch Realism In Stock
Located in Utrecht, NL
Schelpje Small Shell Still Life Oil Painting on Panel Dutch Realism In Stock
Gerrit Wijngaarden (1936, Dedgum) is a self-taught artist.
At first he onl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
French Contemporary Art by Corine Lescop - Emerald Undersea
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Corine Lescop is a French-Canadian artist born in 1960 who lives & works in Wolowe-Saint-Lambert, Belgium. As visual artist in oil painting & calligraphy, Corine Lesco...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Red (Abstracted Red Flowers in Dark Green Vase)
Located in Hudson, NY
Red (Abstracted Red Flowers in Dark Green Vase) by David Konigsberg
2021, oil on panel, 19 x 23 inches
Konigsberg is a conceptual realist who works across media and painting genres ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Fresh Cut (Abstracted Pink/Purple Flowers in Vase against Window)
Located in Hudson, NY
Fresh Cut (Abstracted Pink/Purple Flowers in Vase against Window) by David Konigsberg
2023, oil on panel, 19 x 23 inches
Konigsberg is a conceptual realist who works across media an...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Me Green : Contemporary Figurative Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Mr Green.
Shoes are glazed to give a high sheen effect to the feet
acrylic on canvas
30x30 (cm)
2021
Painted on a deep box canvas. No Frame
Signed
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Scattered Tools" - Contemporary still life painting, oil on canvas
Located in Nyack, NY
Michael Iskowitz creates colorful, seemingly playful paintings that often belie a more serious message. His process is somewhat spontaneous, fueled by a sense of exploration and disc...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Italian Contemporary Art by Andrea Vandoni - At the Station
Located in Paris, IDF
Signed on reverse
Andrea Vandoni is an Italian artist born in 1972 who lives and works in Novara, Italy. The artist studied and trained at the School of the Archaeologists and the S...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Paper
Moving Day still life vegetables humorous undertones strong bright color
Located in Brooklyn, NY
this painting is oil on boars framed it is part of a series of still life paintings which the artist refers to as Restless Still Life because in his words "fruits and vegetables have...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board, ABS
Kom met Kersen Oil Painting on Panel Bowl Cherries Fruit Still Life In Stock
By Kees Blom
Located in Utrecht, NL
Kom met Kersen Oil Painting on Panel Bowl Cherries Fruit Still Life In Stock
Kees Blom (Apeldoorn, 1968) comes from an artistic family. While his father already had a passion for pai...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Pastel Coffee, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
"This painting is a quick, gestural and loose composition created with soft pastel hues," explains Rachel. "The paint texture varies from a thick impasto to a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
'Halloween Pumpkin' Photorealist Still life painting of an orange pumpkin
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Contemporary Orange Still Life Painting 'Halloween Pumpkin' by Barbara Vanhove. Inspired by the Dutch Masters. Perfect for this years Halloween inter...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Mood" Oil on canvas, bright and textured interior series w books and crystals
Located in Dallas, TX
"Mood" is a stunning elegant, colourful and textured oil painting. Ekaterina Popova's intimate bedroom and interior series capture the light subtleties and feelings of romanticism an...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Whiskey Glass, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By David Sipko
Located in Yardley, PA
This a still life painting of a whiskey glass half filled with some whiskey. It is my final painting of 2020 and a way to say goodbye to this year of th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
At the Window, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Swirling, abstracted roses emerge from a deeply layered background. Bright red and pink blossoms on highly saturated blues, greens and purples. "As I painted,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Endangered: Western Crowned Pigeon from New Guinea.
Located in Burlingame, CA
The original painting by Adrienne Sherman in oil on panel with a lacquer-like luster. depicting the endangered Western Crowned Pigeon from New Guinea, is 8 x 8 inches and is professi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel, Wood Panel
Bluestone Stack, Beacon, NY, 2018
Located in Hudson, NY
ABOUT
Erica Hauser is a Newburgh, NY based artist and has a BFA from the School of Visual Arts (2002). She received a 2011 NYFA grant, and has attended ar...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Flowers
Located in Miami, FL
Miguel Padura
Cuban Artist
“Flowers” 2023
Oil on Canvas
30 x 32 in
Signed at the lower right corner
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Studio
By Pat Forbes
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
This painting was inspired by a recent art class exercise in which Pat Forbes was tasked with using collage and color. She based the piece off of her worktable with its brushes...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Red” Still Life Colorful Oil on Canvas 60" x 48" by Michele
Located in Carmel, CA
Michele's paintings are about the timeline of human life and its effect on art. For the last 15 years, Michele has been deconstructing the subject matter. In as much as she enjoys ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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.