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
BOOKNOTE 7. From the Beaches series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
BOOKNOTE 7, 2023 by Luigi Christopher Veggetti
From the Beaches series
Oil and acrylic on paper
Size: 24 H x 89 W cm
The beaches of Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku represent a pict...
Category
2010s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Archival Paper
Nature Morte Gris
Located in Bayonne, NJ
This is an important oil on panel mounted on stretchers, framed by Lev Meshberg. It represents his metaphysical still life manner where the artist is symbolically presenting the view...
Category
1990s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Chrysanthemums in a Green Pot - Modern British Flowers Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful large signed and dated 1940 modern British oil on canvas by Patricia Fell-Clark, the painter and novelist known for introducing the Beatles to Ravi Shankar.
The work dep...
Category
1940s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dreamcatcher, Native American Cultural Still Life and Spiritual Commentary
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Dreamcatcher" is a 28 x 42 inches, oil on canvas painting by American modernist and surrealist, female artist Peter Miller. The work is painted in a vibrant color palette. The work ...
Category
1960s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Midnight in the magic garden.Original Oil painting by Lilya Volskaya
Located in Sempach, LU
The paintings are drawn with oil on the canvas.
Midnight in the magic garden. Hurray! The series of paintings "My funny birds" continues. Bright contrasts. Fancy flowers. Each of the...
Category
2010s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Lacquer, Canvas, Oil
Antique American School Modernist Abstract Cubist Framed Mid Century Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Really rare and well painted American still life by Harry Lane (1891 - 1973). Oil on board. Framed in a period modernist wood frame. Signed. Image size, 12 by 16 inches.
Arti...
Category
1920s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American School Modernist Abstract Flower Still Life Signed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century abstract cubist still life oil painting. Great color and composition. Framed nicely. Oil on canvas. Signed.
Category
1960s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Spring, Abstract Landscape and Spiritual Query
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Spring" is a 38 x 50 inches, oil on canvas painting by American modernist and surrealist, female artist Peter Miller. The work is painted in a vibrant color palette. The work is sig...
Category
1950s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage American Modernist Hat Rack Signed Interior Scene Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century modernist interior view. Finely painted. Framed.
Category
1960s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Tools, Symbolism and Abstract by American Female Modernist Peter Miller
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Tools" is a 25 x 30 inches, oil on canvas painting by American modernist and surrealist, female artist Peter Miller. The work is painted in a earth-tone color palette. The work is e...
Category
1960s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dance Wands, Modernist Southwestern Still Life and Cultural Commentary
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Dance Wands" is a 36 x 24 inches, oil on canvas painting by American modernist and surrealist, female artist Peter Miller. The work is painted in a vibrant color palette, signed and...
Category
1950s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Swedish Still Life Oil Painting - Pots & Green Fruit
Located in Bristol, GB
POTS & GREEN FRUIT
Size: 43 x 67 cm (including frame)
Oil on Canvas
An expressive mid-century still life oil composition, that invites viewers to appreciate the beauty of simple, ev...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Fruit" Georgina Klitgaard, Apples and Pears Still Life, Woodstock Female Artist
Located in New York, NY
Georgina Klitgaard
Apples and Pears Still Life
Signed lower right
Oil on canvas
8 x 10 inches
Georgina Klitgaard’s art has sometimes gotten lost in the critical propensity to assign...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American School Modernist Abstract Cubist Framed Mid Century Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Really rare and well painted American still life by Harry Lane (1891 - 1973). Oil on board. Framed in a period modernist wood frame. Signed. Image size, 12 by 16 inches.
Arti...
Category
1920s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American School Modernist Fauvist Interior Still Life Abstract Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very finely painted tropical still life painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed illegibly.
Category
1960s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Two Boats on Green Sea" Modern Geometric Abstract Landscape Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Modern geometric abstract night scene by Houston, TX artist David Adickes. The work features two wooden boats resting along a green shore. Signed by the artist at the bottom right an...
Category
1960s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Still life with three apples
Located in Bayonne, NJ
Masterfully executed still life with brush strokes inspired by old masters. Yet Belik is trying to achieve a metaphysical feeling for his compositions by quietly placing objects in a...
Category
1990s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Red Floral - Oil Paint By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
Right as red, this painting is delicious with color. And that accent of the blue/green leaf is just the perfect accent.
Red Floral - Oil Paint By Marc Zimmerman
This masterpiece is...
Category
2010s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Yucca Growing in Garden
Located in Greenwich, CT
This American modernist work by acclaimed Werner Drewes, exude sunlight and a contemporary feel akin to Fairfield Porter. The colors are bold and rich and the brushwork spontaneous ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Swedish Still Life Oil Painting - Fish & Flowers
Located in Bristol, GB
FISH & FLOWERS
Size: 47 x 62 cm (including frame)
Oil on Canvas Laid onto Board
A characterful mid-century modernist style still life oil composition, painted onto canvas.
At the h...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board, Canvas
Antique American School Modernist Flower Still Life Framed Vintage Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on canvas. Framed.
Category
1940s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique French Heraldic Coat of Arms Painting on Panel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The French Heraldic Coat of Arms
French, 19th century
oil painting on board, unframed
board: 17 x 21.5 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: overall good and sound...
Category
Late 19th Century Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
1986 Vintage Modern Still Life Oil Painting - Orchard Apples
Located in Bristol, GB
ORCHARD APPLES
Size: 46.5 x 54.5 cm (including frame)
Oil on Canvas
A very skilfully executed modernist still life composition in oil, painted onto canvas and dated 1986.
In this p...
Category
1980s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Antique Shop - Interior Painting - American Modern Art By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
Eclectic objects, oddly juxtaposed, found in antique shops creates opportunities for the artist. This shop was directly across from my gallery so I set up my easel just out front .
...
Category
2010s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
20th Century French Modernist Oil Painting Still Life Objects
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French School, 20th century
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 24 x 18 inches
provenance: private collection
condition: very good and sound condition
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rafael Illana BREAD JARS original still life acrylic painting
By Rafael Illana
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
. BREAD. JARS original still life acrylic painting.
Illana, an artist trained in Barcelona and Paris, although heavily self-taught, reduces the forms in his paintings to essentia...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid Century Still Life with Apples and Pitcher Original Oil on Artist's Board
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Still Life with Apples and Pitcher Original Oil on Artist's Board
Vibrant still life by C. (Clarence) Leslie Oursler (American, 1913-1987). Classic American impressionis...
Category
1950s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Illustration Board
A Bouquet of Digitalis, Poppy, Iris, Snapdragons, Cornflower, Buttercup, 1936
Located in Stockholm, SE
Ture Ander (1881-1959) Sweden
A Bouquet of Digitalis, Poppy, Iris, Snapdragons, Cornflower, Buttercup. 1936
oil on board
signed and dated Ture Ander 36
board dimensions 24,41 x 18,...
Category
1930s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Mid-Century Modern Landscape Oil Painting by Ture Fabiansson - Nature Hideout
Located in Bristol, GB
NATURE HIDEOUT
Size: 41 x 49 cm (including frame)
Oil on Board
A wonderfully executed modernist style landscape oil composition, signed and dated 1942 by the established Swedish art...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Orange and Yellow In Stone Vase On Oak Table Interior Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Flowers In Vase
signed oil on board, unframed
board: 18 x 13 inches
provenance: private collection
condition: very good and sound condition
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Still life with glass of wine
Located in Bayonne, NJ
This painting was acquired by me directly from the artist in his Paris studio in 2007. It is full of joy, painted a la prima, with masterful strokes of Volodymyr Makarenko...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
1964 Vintage Mid-Century Modern Swedish Still Life Oil Painting - The Bouquet
Located in Bristol, GB
THE BOUQUET
Oil on Board
Size: 51.5 x 68 cm (including frame)
A very unique and vivid mid-century semi-abstract oil composition, painted on board and dated 1964 on the reverse.
In ...
Category
1960s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Henri Ottmann (1877-1927) A Still life, oil on canvas signed
Located in Paris, FR
Henri Ottmann (1877-1927)
A Still life,
signed lower right
Oil on canvas
41 x 51 cm
Framed : 53.5 x 63.5 cm
Another fine example of Henry Ottmann's original art, this still life ...
Category
1910s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Poppies in a vase
Located in Bayonne, NJ
This painting was created by Hutsaliuk in his authentic modernist style yet he uses an element of Ukrainian ornament by placing the vase with poppies on a traditional Ukrainian embro...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Three Pears, 2011. Still Life. Fruit. Modern Welsh. Impasto Palette Knife.
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Gwilym Prichard.
Welsh ( b.1931 - d.2015 ).
Three Pears, 2011.
Oil on Canvas Board.
Signed with a monogram lower left.
Image size 9 inches x 6.1 inches ( 23cm x 15.5cm ).
Frame size ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
still life of flowers oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Agustí Ferré Pino (1884-1960) - Still life of flowers - Oil on canvas
Oil measurements 61x50 cm.
Restored.
Frameless.
Category
1930s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Surrealist Still Life with Apples, Mid 20th Century Cleveland School Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000)
Still Life with Apples, 1940
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated upper right
18 x 24 inches
Clarence Holbrook Carter achieved a level of na...
Category
1940s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Large French Post Impressionist 1930's Oil Still Life Artists Studio Interior
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Artists Studio Interior
French Post Impressionist, first half 20th century
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 29 x 20 inches
provenance: private collection
condition: very good and ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Red Giant Poppies and Yellow Craspedia Flowers on Canvas, Illustration Prairie
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Giant Poppies" is an illustration style painting by Romina Milano where a dance of gestures unfolds across colorful landscapes.
Romina Milano is an Italian artist renowned for her ...
Category
2010s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor, Canvas, Linen
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floral Still Life Oil Painting - Floral & Figurine
Located in Bristol, GB
FLORAL & FIGURINE
Size: 50 x 71 cm (including frame)
Oil on Canvas
An elegant and serene mid-century still life interior scene, executed in oil on board.
The composition presents a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Floral painting, abstract floral large scale oil painting
Located in Basalt, CO
This 60" x 48" original floral oil painting called "Charmed" is one of the first in Tania's recent body of large format flower-inspired oil paintings. On a sprawling 60" canvas, hues...
Category
2010s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid 20th Century French Oil Painting Orange Pansies & Candle Table Interior
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Orange Pansies Interior
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 20 x 24 inches
provenance: private collection
condition: very good and sound condition
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage French Impressionist Oil Pink Peony In Glass Green Bottle original
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pink Peony
signed oil on canvas, framed
framed: 21 x 14.75
canvas: 16 x 10 inches
provenance: private collection
condition: very good and sound condition
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Series on grey background. Poetry.
Located in Oslo, NO
In this piece, I've channeled a blend of serenity and vitality. The acrylic colors capture nature's essence with a nod to oriental art's poetic elegance. This isn't just a painting; ...
Category
2010s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
“Daisies”
Located in Southampton, NY
Beautiful vibrant original oil painting on canvas by the Swiss artist, Hans Walter Scheller. Signed lower right and dated 1937. Condition is excellent. The painting is housed in i...
Category
1930s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still life with pears - Oil Painting - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Still life with Pears is an oil painting on canvas realized at the beginning of the 20th Century.
Good condition.
Frame included.
Category
20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique French Post Impressionist Modern Kitchen Seafood Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very nicely painted French modernist still life. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed
Category
1940s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Swedish Interior Still Life Oil Painting - Expect
Located in Bristol, GB
EXPECT
Size: 43 x 53 cm (including frame)
Oil on Canvas
A mid-century modernist style interior still life painting that captures a moment of tranquil elegance, executed in oil onto...
Category
1960s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Signed American School Modernist Seashell Minimalist Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed.
Category
Early 2000s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floral Still Life Oil Painting - Tulips in Pastel
Located in Bristol, GB
TULIPS IN PASTEL
Size: 38 x 32 cm (including frame)
Oil on canvas
A very elegant mid-century modernist floral oil composition, painted onto canvas.
In this floral piece we have lig...
Category
1960s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Floral Still Life Oil Painting - Ethereal Still Life
Located in Bristol, GB
ETHEREAL STILL LIFE
Size: 53.5 x 64.5 cm (including frame)
Oil on Canvas
A soothing and elegant mid-century still life painting, executed in oil onto canvas.
The composition captur...
Category
1960s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still Life Watercolor of a Conch Shell
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Vintage underwater still life of a conch shell in an ocean setting signed S. Martin, presented under glass in a painted wood frame.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Vintage American Mid Century Modernist Abstract Flower Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on canvas. Signed
Category
1960s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Modernist Tropical Birds of Paradise Still Life Painting
Located in Soquel, CA
Modernist tropical flower still life of Birds of Paradise (Strelitzia) painting in acrylic on canvas — “Five Birds”
Striking modernist style still life of tropical Bird of Paradise...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
Jerusalem Samovar Israeli Judaica Eliezer Weishoff Oil Painting Bezalel Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
Eliezer Weishoff (Israeli, 20th century)
Still life of kettle (Russian samovar) over a warmer, 1973
Acrylic or oil on canvas
Signed, dated and signed ...
Category
1970s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Oil, Canvas
Wild Flowers, 20th Century British Oil Still Life, Signed and Dated 1975
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas, signed and dated '1975' bottom right
Image size: 10 1/4 x 12 inches (26 x 30cm)
Contemporary style frame
This still life is a meticulous study by the artist of a selection of plants and flowers that could be found in any English hedgerow or roadside verge. Here Newcombe has depicted wild grasses, flowering nettles and dandelions in various states in their life cycle; pre-bud, full flower and having lost all of the fluffy seeds. The detail in this work is fine and reminiscent of the accuracy that was executed in 17th century Dutch artworks...
Category
1970s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Red Bottles on Green, Modern Still Life, Pink, Kitchenware Display Silhouette
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Red Bottles on Green" is a contemporary still-life painting that depicts a vibrant arrangement of red bottle silhouettes taking center stage in contrast against the green pastel bac...
Category
2010s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Oil, Watercolor
Strawberry Fields Diptych, Illustration Style Blooming Wild Flowers, Red, Green
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Strawberry Fields" is an illustration style painting by Romina Milano.
Romina Milano is an Italian artist renowned for her paintings that are primarily composed of strong gestures,...
Category
2010s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Watercolor, Ink
Modern still-life paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Modern 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 orange, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Moshe Rosenthalis, Jack Hooper, Betsy Podlach, and Valton Tyler. 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 Modern still-life paintings, so small editions measuring 5.12 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 $532 and tops out at $14,000, while the average work sells for $1,900.