Modern Still-life Paintings
MODERN STYLE
The first decades of the 20th century were a period of artistic upheaval, with modern art movements including Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism questioning centuries of traditional views of what art should be. Using abstraction, experimental forms and interdisciplinary techniques, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and performance artists all pushed the boundaries of creative expression.
Major exhibitions, like the 1913 Armory Show in New York City — also known as the “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” in which works like the radically angular Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp caused a sensation — challenged the perspective of viewers and critics and heralded the arrival of modern art in the United States. But the movement’s revolutionary spirit took shape in the 19th century.
The Industrial Revolution, which ushered in new technology and cultural conditions across the world, transformed art from something mostly commissioned by the wealthy or the church to work that responded to personal experiences. The Impressionist style emerged in 1860s France with artists like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas quickly painting works that captured moments of light and urban life. Around the same time in England, the Pre-Raphaelites, like Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, borrowed from late medieval and early Renaissance art to imbue their art with symbolism and modern ideas of beauty.
Emerging from this disruption of the artistic status quo, modern art went further in rejecting conventions and embracing innovation. The bold legacy of leading modern artists Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and many others continues to inform visual culture today.
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Style: Modern
'Still Life with Florist', Paris, École des Beaux-Arts, Large Post-Impressionist
By Guily Joffrin
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed upper right, "Joffrin" for Guily-Jeanne Joffrin (French, 1909-2007) and painted circa 1965.
Photo of the artist in her studio, 1995. Courtesy of Wikipedia.
Born in Paris, Joffrin first attended the École Supérieure Sophie-Germain before, in 1928, studying at the École des Beaux-Arts, initially in the studio of Lucien Simon. She continued her studies there for several years in the studios of Jacques Despierre and Lucien Fontanarosa. After receiving her diploma, Joffrin was appointed Professor of Drawing and taught in Paris until 1945, when she began to devote herself exclusively to her career as a fine artist. Over the course of a long career, she exhibited internationally with success including at more than forty exhibitions in France (Paris, Aurillac, Rennes, Strasbourg, Reims, Rodez, Toulouse, Barbizon, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Cannes) as well as in Geneva, Vevey, San Francisco and Tokyo among other cities.
The human face was of particular interest to Joffrin and she created many portraits of academic notables including Paul Guth...
Category
1960s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Chinese Vase - Oil Painting by Zhang Wei Guang - 2004
Located in Roma, IT
Chinese Vase is an original oil painting realized in 2004 by Zhang Wei Guang (Mirror).
Oil painting on canvas.
Hand-signed and dated on the lower right corner.
Excellent conditi...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Large Still Life of Flowers Pinks against Golden Yellow Green Colors, signed oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, signed and dated
Title: Still Life of flowers
Medium: oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas: 22 x 18 inches
Provenance: private collection, Fran...
Category
20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Go West" Colorful Modern Abstract Cubist Inspired Still Life Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Modern abstract still life painting by Houston, TX artist David Adickes. The work features a colorful array of cubes and triangles set against a black and...
Category
2010s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
"Abstract Bouquet, Browns #1" Modern Abstract Cubist Floral Still Life Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Modern abstract brown toned Cubist inspired still life painting by Houston, TX artist David Adickes. The work features a central floral arrangement set against a light brown backgrou...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Mid Century Modern Sumptuous Interior Scene Signed Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist interior scene with a kitchen still life by Johannes Gecelli (1925 - 2011) . Oil on board. Signed and dated lower right and verso. 24 3/8 x 32 1/8. Nicely framed.
Category
1950s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid-Century Tablescape in Orange. Oil on Canvas on Board.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid-century tablescape in orange, oil on canvas on board, presented in a custom built red wooden caisse, by Italian artist Matilde Sacchi.
Sacchi is a 20th century artist known for ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Still Life with Vase of Flowers
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Still Life with Vase of Flowers
Oil on board with incised scraffito, c. 1929-1930
Unsigned by the artist
Signed and inscribed verso: "Painting by my father, Aileen B. Cramer" verso, the artist's daughter
Signed with the estate stamp verso
Exhibited:
Gerald Peters Gallery, Konrad Cramer and the Woodstock School, 2000. (label, see photo), Ny-00457-38-C
H. V. Allison Galleries...
Category
1920s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Still life - Still Life Painting by Domenico Purificato - 1957
Located in Roma, IT
Still life in the canister is an original modern artwork realized by Domenico Purificato in 1957.
Mixed colored oil painting on canvas.
Hand sign...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Still Life with Bottles, Onions and Vase - Oil Paint - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Still life with bottles, onions and vases is an original modern artwork realized by an italian artist in the mid-20th Century.
Mixed colored oil painting on canvas.
Hand signed on ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
'Ginger Cat with Still Life', American Modernist, WPA Muralist, SFAA, GGIE, MoMA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Jay Risling' (American, 1896-1993) and dated 1941.
A psychologically penetrating study of a contented, golden-eyed ginger cat shown re...
Category
1940s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Mid Century California Landscape Painting "Colored Roofs" Gouache on Paper
Located in Arp, TX
Thelma Corbin Moody (1908-1986)
Colored Roofs
c. 1960s
Gouache on Watercolor Paper
22" x 15", Unframed
This piece is unsigned and came from a large...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Colliers de perles by Judith Schmid-L'Eplattenier - Pastel 46x54 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper without frame
Category
20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Antique American Modernist Cubist Still Life Abstract Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist oil painting. Oil on board, circa 1950. Housed in a vintage frame. Image size, 24L x 18H. Signed.
Category
1950s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Virginia Tillou Signed Antique American Female Modernist Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage modernist still life painting by Virginia Tillou (1906 - 1995). Oil canvas. Housed in a period Heydenryk frame. Image size, 12L x 18H. Sig...
Category
1940s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Eternal Recurrence #21, Mixed-media collage on paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Eternal recurrence #21 by Natasha Zupan
Measures: 9 in. H x 12 in. W
Mixed-media photo collage
One of a kind
Natasha Zupan’s work juxtaposes emotion, reflection, shadows, light, ...
Category
2010s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Burning Woman, #2250. Horst P. Horst Homage, Mixed media Collage on Paper.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Burning Woman, #2250 by Natasha Zupan
Collage on paper
Measures: 12.13 in. H x 9.9 in. W
One of a kind
Signed lower right on recto by the artist
2018
Na...
Category
2010s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Antique American Mid Century Modern Kitchen Still Life Original OilPainting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage modernist still life painting. Oil on canvas. Housed in a period frame. Image size, 14L x 8H. Signed.
Category
1940s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Velloso - Vibrant Orange Green Southwest Inspired Pop Art Cactus Painting
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, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Still life with sailor's beret, beer mug, long pipe and books
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Category
Early 1900s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Blue Interior Still Life with Fruit
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Marika Eversfield (Hungarian 1914-2014)
Marika Eversfield was born in 1914 in Gyòr near Budapest. She studied at the art school in Vienna and moved to London with he...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Oil
Peter Collins ARCA: 'Still Life with a Fruit Bowl' 20th century oil painting
Located in London, GB
To see our other Modern British Art, and our other Peter Collins works, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a message...
Category
1940s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still Life - Oil Painting by Edward Ladell - 1870 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Still Life is a superb original oil painting on panel, realized around 1870 by the British artist Edward Ladell (1821-1886), the best known English still-life artist.
The artwork r...
Category
1870s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Table Top Nostalgia
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
ROBINSON , Geoffrey (b.1945)
Table Top Nostalgia
c.2000
Image: 52.0 x 62.0 cm
Frame: 66.0 x 76.0 cm
Unglazed
Geoffrey Robinson trained at Bournemo...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic
Still life
By Paul Mathey
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Molded frame in gilded wood
60 x 51.5 x 4 cm
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Still Life With Flowers And Butterflies
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Flowers And Butterflies
Frederick Arthur Jessup b. 1920 Talbot, Victoria, Australia - d. 2007 South of France. Fred, when he completed his art...
Category
1970s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still life - Oil Painting by Mario Asnago - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Still Life is an original contemporary artwork by Mario Asnago.
Mixed colored oil painting.
Hand signed on the lower margin.
Includes frame: 76 x 5 x 65 cm
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Landscape - Watercolor by Alfonso Avanessian - 1990s
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is an original watercolour on paper realized by Alfonso Avanessian in the 1990s.
The piece is hand signed lower right.
Good condition.
...
Category
1990s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Cocktail glass
By René Guinand
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
White wooden flush frame
51 x 62.5 x 2.5 cm
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Desert Rose" - Still Life on a Retaining Wall with Landscape in the Background
Located in Soquel, CA
Clean and modern still life against a landscape background by Kipp Stewart (American, b. 1928). The still life consists of a rose in a pitcher, two Native American baskets (Salish an...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Scully’s Jug
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
ROBINSON , Geoffrey (b.1945)
Scully’s Jug
c.2000
Image: 31.5 x 41.0 cm
Frame: 51.5 x 61.5 cm
Unglazed
Geoffrey Robinson trained at Bournemouth ...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic
Eternal Recurrence #44. Mixed Media Collage on paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Eternal Recurrence #44
Archival Pigment Print of Photographic Paper
Image size: 14 in. H x 12 in W.
2015
Natasha Zupan’s work juxtaposes emotion, reflection, shadows, light, time...
Category
2010s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
The Deposition - Oil Painting on Canvas by Antonio Feltrinelli - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
The Deposition is an original modern artwork realized by Antonio Feltrinelli in 1920s.
Mixed colored oil painting on canvas.
Not signed.
Good condition.
Antonio Feltrinelli (Milan...
Category
1930s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Idea Home 3
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
ROBINSON , Geoffrey (b.1945)
The Idea Home 3
c.2000
Acrylic & painted relief construction
Image: 46.0 x 65.5 cm
Frame: 65.0 x 84.0 cm
Geoffrey Robinson...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic
Return from the hunt for the blue vase
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Golden wooden frame
92.3 x 60.5 x 2.5 cm
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Flowers Basket - Oil on Canvas - 1990s
Located in Roma, IT
Flowers Basket is a beautiful oil on canvas painting probably realized in the 1990s by an Anonymous artist.
Indistinct hand-signature overleaf.
The piece is in good conditions with...
Category
1990s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Still Life in Lavender and Rose'
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'J. Bedwell' for Jeanette Bedwell (American, 20th century) and painted circa 1975; additionally signed, verso, on canvas.
A vibrant, mid-century oil still-life b...
Category
1970s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
All Rise
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
ROBINSON , Geoffrey (b.1945)
All Rise
2016
Image: 41.0 x 51.0 cm
Frame: 45.0 x 55.0 cm
Unglazed
Geoffrey Robinson trained at Bournemouth College...
Category
2010s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Mixed Media
Flowers in a Vase, oil on canvas on cardboard, 71.5x55.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Flowers in a Vase, oil on canvas on cardboard, 71.5x55.5 cm
Fridrihs Milts (1906.21.XII – 1993.5.XI)
Fridrihs Milts graduated studio of Figurative painting (under the guidance of G. Eliass) in Latvia Art academy (1932).
He took part in exhibitions of association “Zala varna” (since 1929). Artist also took part in exhibitions of Culture Foundation.
Self-exhibition was made in Riga (1943) and the rest ten exhibitions were made when artist lived in exile.
In 1950 – 60th F. Milts took part in exhibitions of group “Cetru grupa”.
In 1960 he got prize from Culture Foundation of North American Latvians.
Artist was a leader of New York Latvian...
Category
1950s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Cardboard, Canvas, Oil
Alan Latter, Varnish bottles, artist's studio still life
Located in Harkstead, GB
Alan Latter (born 1961)
Varnish bottle
Signed and dated 2021
Oil on board
13¾ x 10½ inches
14½ x 11¼ inches including the frame
A charming still life capturing the artist's working...
Category
2010s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Untitled Modern Red and Blue Toned Abstract Expressionist Still Life Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Modern abstract expressionist painting by Houston, TX artist James Bettison. The work features a loose, central rendering of a blue and yellow vase or vessel set against a red toned ...
Category
20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Vernors & Oreos" Treats for Stevie Wonder, Still-Life, Oil, Colorful
Located in Detroit, MI
SALE ONE WEEK ONLY
“Vernors and Oreos” is a clever colorful piece by Richard Wilson that is full of significant meaning for native Detroiters. The beverage and cookies are specific treats for many people in Detroit and Michigan, but for Stevie Wonder in particular who is also a native Detroiter. The soda is produced and has been manufactured in the city of Detroit since 1862 by the Vernors Co. The story goes that prior to his concerts, Stevie Wonder, always requested that Vernors' Ginger Ale and Oreos be provided in his dressing room.
Wilson has a great admiration for Stevie Wonder and as a gift to the city of Detroit he painted a mural of Stevie Wonder on an outside wall of the Music Hall. The “Ginger Ale and Oreos” painting...
Category
2010s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Green Boat
Located in Burlingame, CA
Mid century modern masterwork, 'The Green Boat', by celebrated American woman artist, Elaine Badgley Arnoux. Painted in 1958 in the artists's unique style, ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Flowers
Located in New York, NY
On verso: Marsden Hartley
Category
20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Still life with pears
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Category
1940s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
'Still Life, Roses with Figure Approaching', German Expressionist, Robert Graves
By Karl Goldschmidt
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Karl Goldschmidt' (Anglo-German, 1912-1995) and painted circa 1930.
Photo of Karl Goldschmidt (Kenneth Gay) with Robert Graves courte...
Category
1930s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Angela’s Kitchen Table
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
ROBINSON , Geoffrey (b.1945)
Angela’s Kitchen Table
Image: 51.5 x 61.5 cm
Frame: 66.5 x 76.0 cm
Unglazed
Geoffrey Robinson trained at Bournemou...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Screen
Modern Still-life Úbeda acrylic on canvas Perched of clay and glass
Located in Segovia, ES
Perched of clay and glass, acrylic on canvas
Dimensions in centimeters (H) 60 x (W) 120 x (D) 2 cm. In inches: (H) 23.62 x (W) 47.24
The elements of this still life seem to pose im...
Category
2010s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Panel
Bouquet of flowers and lemon by Alexandre Rochat - Gouache
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
Gilded wood frame with glass pane
79 x 61 x 2,5 cm
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Vase of Flowers. - Painting by Antonio Feltrinelli - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Vase of flowers is an orignal modern artwork realized by Antonio Feltrinelli in 1930s.
Mixed colored oil painting on canvas.
Not signed.
Antonio Feltrinelli (Milan, 1887 – Gargnan...
Category
1930s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paint, Oil
Bouquet of flowers by Albert Duplain - Oil on canvas 45x55 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Albert Duplain was a Swiss painter who was born in 1890. Albert Duplain's work has been offered at auction multiple times.
Died in 1978.
Work on canvas
Category
1960s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
20th Century German Modernist Oil Painting Colorful Still Life of Flowers
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: Elisabeth Hahn (German 1924-2021),
Elisabeth Hahn was born in Dortmund, Germany, where she began her artistic studies. In 1953, she moved to Paris. She continued her studie...
Category
20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pelargoniums
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Nell Walker Warner. “Pelargoniums” is a modern American painting, oil on canvas by female artist Nell Walker Warner. The artwork...
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20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sunflowers
Located in Wien, 9
Ernst Neuschul was born into a German-Jewish merchant family in the industrial town of Aussig/Ebe (Usti nad Labem) in northern Bohemia. His origins and ancestry had a decisive influence on the biography of this versatile and restless artist.
The artist's life pulsates with the rhythm of his time. As a socially critical and highly political artist, he lived and worked at the focal points of European history.
As a person and an artist, Neuschul embodied like few others of his time the impetuous, cosmopolitan and creative search for a new social and artistic reality in Europe between the two world wars.
Source: Ernst Neuschul 1895-1968, Hg.: Haus der Kunst...
Category
20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bouquet by Benjamin Vautier - Oil on wood 41x33 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on wood sold with frame
Category
1960s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American School Modernist Flower Still Life Original Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist flower still life oil painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1910. Signed on verso. Image size, 18L x 23H. Housed in a period frame.
Category
1910s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Early 20th Century Vibrant Modernist Painting, Still Life, Crane Fountain
Located in Beachwood, OH
William Sommer (American, 1867-1949)
The Crane Fountain, ca. 1914-15
Oil on canvas
Unsigned
26 x 20 inches
32 1/2 x 26 1/4 inches, as framed
William So...
Category
1910s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sunflowers. 1999. Oil on canvas. 100x81 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Sunflowers. 1999. Oil on canvas. 100x81 cm
This depiction of sunflowers shows artist Laimdots Murnieks as a master of nature representation. Colors and decoratively captured flower...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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