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 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
"Through the Cataracts" Pastel Painting 12" x 22" inch by El Hussein Fawzi
Located in Culver City, CA
"Through the Cataracts" Pastel Painting 12" x 22" inch by El Hussein Fawzi
Signed
Circa 1960
EL HUSSEIN FAWZI: (1905-1999). Born in Helmia district, Cairo on 4 September 1905, El...
Category
20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Cardboard
Large 1970's French Modernist Signed Oil Profusion of Flowers Still Life
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Profusion of Flowers
French School. circa 1960's-1970's period
signed oil on board, unframed
board: 23.5 x 31.5 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very good and...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American Modernist Interior Scene Kitchen Still Life Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract interior scene oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. No signature found.
Category
1950s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
White Roses bouquet by Sully Bersot - Oil on canvas 32x35 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Sully Bersot is a Swiss painter born in 20th century.
The work is sold by frame,
Total size with frame is 43,5x46,5 cm
Category
1930s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid Century Modern British 'roses in a jug' by British German artist Kapp, 1955
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Edmond Xavier Kapp (British, 1890 – 1978)
Roses in a jug
Signed and dated ‘Kapp 55’ (lower left)
21.1/4 x 11.3/4 in. (54 29.8 cm.)
Edmond Kapp was born in Islington, London, on 5 November 1890, of American and German Jewish parentage. He gave himself the middle initial ‘X’ – sometimes said to stand for Xavier – to distinguish himself from his father Emil Kapp, who was a wine merchant. However, his parents called him ‘Eddie’ while his wife and friends knew him as ‘Peter’.
During his early years, Kapp was continually ill and, while convalescing, entertained himself by drawing at home. As his health improved, he attended Dame Alice Owen’s School, Islington (1903-10), with periods at Berlin University (1909) and L’Institut Français pour les Etrangers, Paris (1909). He then read Languages at Christ’s College, Cambridge (1910-13), though spent most of his time writing and drawing.
Kapp took a studio in London, and worked intensively until the outbreak of the First World War, contributing to the Daily News, the Onlooker and other periodicals. During the war, he served as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Sussex Regiment on the Western Front, and then in Intelligence, rising to the position of Staff Captain on Haig’s Staff. Finally, he founded and directed the Neutral Press Counter-propaganda Section.
In 1919, Kapp returned to London and, after abortive periods at three art schools, worked alone. In that year, he made his name with an exhibition of caricatures, held at Furst’s Gallery, London, and accompanied by a catalogue introduced by Max Beerbohm. This soon led to contracts with three London periodicals and a book of caricatures, Personalities, published by Martin Secker. Through the 1920s and 30s, his drawings of musicians and other personalities appeared in a wide variety of periodicals, most notably Time & Tide; were collected in further volumes; and were exhibited at the Leicester Galleries. He considered himself to be a ‘character-portraitist’, producing images of psychological not satirical power, and disliking the term ‘caricature’.
Between the wars, Kapp developed other aspects of his artistic talents, the desire to study and the search for subject matter often taking him abroad. For instance, work at the British Academy, Rome, under Antonio...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Bouquet by Sully Bersot - Oil on canvas 32x35 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Sully Bersot is a Swiss painter born in 20th century.
The work is sold by frame,
Total size with frame is 43,5x46,5 cm
Category
1930s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Still Life with Oriental Poppy
Located in Aberdeen Dyce, GB
Scottish modernist painter. President of Dundee Art Society 1947-49. Fellow of the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour. Represented in the collections of Dundee's McManus Gallery, the University of Dundee, and the James Hutton...
Category
20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
1970s Large Wood, Copper Inlay Sculpture Wall Relief Tropical Flowers Motif
By Helen Weber
Located in Surfside, FL
Helen Weber
Large wall hanging wood and metal sculptural relief in a tropical Hawaiian or Polynesian motif with tropical flowers.
"Art belongs everywhere from cruise ships to church...
Category
1970s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Copper
Vessels by Yosl Bergner - Still life painting, 1965
By Yosl Bergner
Located in London, GB
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Vessels by Yosl Bergner (1920-2017)
Oil on canvas
65 x 81.4 cm (25 ⁵/₈ x 32 inches)
Signed and dated upper left
Execute...
Category
1960s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1911 Modern Floral Still Life of Ranunculus and Mustard Oil Painting on Linen
By Walter Pach
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful modern floral still life oil painting of ranunculus in white vase and mustard weed on table by acclaimed artist and art critic Walter Pach (American, 1883-1958), 1911. Pach...
Category
1910s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Stillife with kaals - figurative oil painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
Vertical composition made in oil on linen canvas in the modern style (naiv). Diversity and bright colors with a predominance of white, red, blue, purple and light turquoise. The work...
Category
2010s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Lacquer, Canvas, Oil
Still Life - Oil Paint - Late 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Still life is an artwork realized by an artist of the late 20th Century.
Oil on panel, 62 x 42 cm with frame; sheet 50 x 28 cm.
Hand signed bottom right.
Good conditions
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
The Blue Compote still life oil painting by Henry Lee McFee
By Henry Lee McFee
Located in Hudson, NY
Exceptional modernist still life by Henry Lee McFee.
The Blue Compote (1930-31)
Oil on canvas
24" x 30"
33" x 39" x 2 ¼" framed
Signed "McFee" lower lef...
Category
1930s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still life with Flowers - Oil Paint - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Still life with flowers is an artwork realized in the mid-20th century.
Oil on canvas, 40 x 30 cm.
Hand signed bottom left.
Good conditions
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Orchid and Bananas
Located in Aberdeen Dyce, GB
Artem Andreichuk represents a young generation of Ukranian artists. He currently lives and works in Kiev, Ukraine. He constantly develops traditional painting methods and sees no bou...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The Red Garden, Illustration Style in Red Tones, Wild Dandelion, Pink Leaves
Located in Barcelona, ES
"The Red Garden" is an abstract expressionist painting by Romina Milano where a dance of black gestures unfolds across colorful brushstrokes infused with raw emotion.
Romina Milano...
Category
2010s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor
Vintage French Modernist Flower Still Life Framed Original Paris Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique modernist still life by Johannes Schiefer (1896 - 1979). Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed.
Category
1950s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Summer Sunflower, Illustration Style Landscape, Wild Flowers Field, Yellow, Blue
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Summer Sunflower" is an abstract expressionist painting by Romina Milano where a dance of black gestures unfolds across colorful brushstrokes infused with raw emotion.
Romina Mila...
Category
2010s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Ink, Watercolor
Still Life with Flowers - Oil Paint - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Stil life with flowers is an artwork realized by an artist of the mid-20th Century.
Oil on panel, 35 x 48 cm with frame; panel 20 x 32 cm.
Good conditions
Category
Late 19th Century Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dish of Olives (tryptich)
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Nizar Sabour born in Latakia and now lives and works in Damascus and Moscow. He received his PhD in art philosophy from Strugunov Academy in Moscow, the influence of Middle Eastern c...
Category
2010s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Modern British still life, orange, flowers in an art deco jug by Norman Edgar
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Norman B. Edgar (Scottish, 1948 -2022) (orange)
Flowers in an art deco jug
Signed ‘Edgar’ (lower left)
Oil on canvas
20 x 20 in. (50.8 x 50.8 cm.)
Norman...
Category
20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Falling Bottles, Still Life in Blue Tones, Patterns and Layers, Unique Cyanotype
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Falling Bottles" is a contemporary still-life monotype cyanotype portraying different bottle shapes. This is a unique piece made by layering paper cutouts and different exposures us...
Category
2010s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Watercolor, Oil
Large Antique Cubist Impressionist Flower Still Life Signed Oil Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist still life oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed.
Category
1930s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Strawberry and Cream - Vibrant Southwest Inspired Pop Art 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, he effortlessly captures a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Mixed Media, Wood Panel
Still Life with Accordion Player - Oil Paint - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Still life with accordion player is an artwork realized by an italian artist of the mid-20th Century.
Oil on panel, 38 x 45 cm with frame.
Hand signed bottom left.
Very good cond...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"STILL LIFE FRUIT" MID CENTURY
Located in San Antonio, TX
Michael Frary
(1918 - 2005)
Austin Artist
Image Size: 16 x 20
Frame Size: 17.5 x 21.5
Medium: Oil
"Still Life Fruit"
Biography
Michael Frary (1918 - ...
Category
1960s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Three Houseplants with Pot Cold Tones, Modern Still Life, Green Leaves, Gray
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Three Houseplants" is a contemporary still-life painting portraying three beautiful houseplants with pots against a minimalistic slate gray background.
Details:
Title: Three Hous...
Category
2010s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Oil, Watercolor
Still Life with Red Flowers - Oil Painting by Claude Decamps - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Still life with red flowers is an artwork realized by Claude Decamps, mid-20th Century.
Oil on canvas.
25 x 20 cm.
Hand signed in red in lower margin.
Good conditions!
Category
1970s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood
Vintage Mid-Century Swedish Framed Still Life Oil Painting - Pink Flowers
Located in Bristol, GB
PINK FLOWERS
Size: 74.5 x 64 cm (including frame)
Oil on canvas
A very confident and well-executed modernist still life composition, executed in oil onto canvas and dated 1976.
The...
Category
1970s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Mid 20th Century French Impressionist Signed Oil Colorful Flowers in Vase
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French School, mid 20th century
signed lower front corner
oil on board, unframed
board: 29.5 x 25.5 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very good and sound condi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Yellow Cab Madison Square Garden
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Khawam’s first genre of paintings started in 1980 during the heights of the Superrealism movement in New York City where Khawam was the youngest among the group and in his first year...
Category
1980s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Still life with Vase of Flowers - Oil Paint by Claude Deschamps - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Still life is an artwork realized by Claude Decamps, mid-20th Century.
Oil on cardboard.
20 x 25 cm.
Hadsigned in red in lower margin.
Good conditions!
Category
1950s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Still Life, Oil on board 20th Century Painting, Female Artist
Located in London, GB
Oil and Polyviny on board, signed on reverse
Image size: 15 1/2 x 11 3/4 inches (39.5 x 30 cm)
Original frame
Exhibited
Pictures for Scottish Schools, 1967
Elspeth Spottiswood
Bo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Oil, Board
Maurice Asselin (1882-1947) Les Anémones, oil on canvas signed
Located in Paris, FR
Maurice Asselin (1882-1947)
Les Anémones, a bouquet of anemones
signed upper right
oil on canvas
38 x 46 cm
Label of the exhibition Maurice Asselin at the Galerie Schmit in february...
Category
1930s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
White Dahlias, Mid Century Still Life, Vintage, Flowers
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Unsigned
White Dahlias, c. 1970s
Oil on Canvasboard
13" x 11"
Housed in a 2 3/4" Carved Frame
Overall Size: 18 3/4" x 15 3/4"
In very good condition overall.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Beautiful Lilly Batik, 1977, Signed by C. Powell
Located in Larchmont, NY
Catherine Powell
Sticks & Lilie, 1977
Batik
Framed: 36 1/8 x 29 1/4 x 3/4 in.
Signed lower right: C Powell
Inscribed verso: Stick & Lilie, C Powell, Batik, '77
This piece is by Catherine Powell, a famous batik artist from Vermont. She was featured in the New York Times in the 1970s for her batik work that was shown at the Yellow Door Gallery. Batik art involves brushing or drawing hot wax...
Category
1970s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Dye, Wax
Bouquet Blanche
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Renée Demsey, an accomplished American painter, has left an indelible mark across art, fashion, and design for more than 75 years. Her dynamic artwork initially garnered attention at...
Category
2010s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Still Life with fruits in a Plate, and Cup
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Still Life with Fruits in a Plate, and Cup" c.1980 is an oil painting on paper by American artist Carol Fremlin, b.1933. It is signed at th...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Composition Rose
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Renée Demsey, an accomplished American painter, has left an indelible mark across art, fashion, and design for more than 75 years. Her dynamic artwork initially garnered attention at...
Category
2010s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
White Tablecloth
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Renée Demsey, an accomplished American painter, has left an indelible mark across art, fashion, and design for more than 75 years. Her dynamic artwork initially garnered attention at...
Category
2010s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Still Life with Candlestick and Book by Joseph Pressmane - Still life painting
Located in London, GB
Still Life with Candlestick and Book by Joseph Pressmane (1904-1967)
Oil on board
35.5 x 42 cm (14 x 16 ¹/₂ inches)
Signed and dated lower...
Category
1950s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Still Life oil painting by Hans Burkhardt
Located in Hudson, NY
Hand-signed "H Burkardt" in wet paint lower right.
Verso Annotations "Burkhardt" on frame in pencil.
This artwork was given by the artist to his daughter Elsa. She then gave it to ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lemon Bowl (Modern Still Life Painting of Yellow Fruit in a Peach Colored Bowl)
Located in Hudson, NY
Modern still-life painting on panel of lemons in a peach colored bowl against a pastel pin striped background
"Lemon Bowl" painted by Hudson Valley based a...
Category
2010s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Early American School Modernist Seaside Wine Still Life Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Step back in time to the roaring 1920s, a period of innovation, artistic rebellion, and cultural transformation. This painting invites you to own a piece of this vibrant era with a r...
Category
1920s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique Old Master Continental School Bird Still Life Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique oil painting featuring brids. Oil on canvas. Framed. No signature found.
Category
Early 1800s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Blue Flowers on Purple Table 20th Century British Modernist Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Blue Flowers, Purple Table
by Helen Greenfield (British 20th century)
oil painting on board, unframed
board: 20 x 14 inches
condition: overall very g...
Category
20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rags and Old Iron oil painting by Aaron Bohrod
By Aaron Bohrod
Located in Hudson, NY
Painting measures 16" x 20" and framed 24 ¼" x 28 ¼".
Signed "Aaron Bohrod" lower center.
About this artist: Aaron Bohrod was known for the range of styles from social realism to la...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Whiskey Sour, Women Artists, French Modern Art
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Austin Christian Fine Art is proud to present another great example of Gilot's work. I have had the pleasure of handling many original painti...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Antique Trompe L"Oeil "The Wind At The Window" Nova Scotia Canada Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist oil painting by William Edward Starkweather (1879 - 1969). Oil on board. Framed. Signed lower right.
Category
1950s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Original Swedish Framed Still Life Oil Painting - Balcony Garden
Located in Bristol, GB
BALCONY GARDEN
Size: 32 x 26 cm (including frame)
Oil on canvas
A richly textured and charming mid-century painting, executed in oil onto canvas.
Small yet impactful in its composi...
Category
1950s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Philippe Auge Signed Still Life, 1966
Located in Larchmont, NY
Philippe Auge (French, b. 1935)
Des Fruits Heureux D'Etre Fruits, 1966
Oil on canvas
Framed: 10 1/8 x 13 5/8 x 1 in.
Signed upper right: Auge
Inscribed verso: Philippe Auge, Paris Fr...
Category
1960s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Mid-Century Swedish Framed Interior Oil Painting - Still life with Lamp
Located in Bristol, GB
STILL LIFE WITH LAMP
Size: 61 x 72.5 cm (including frame)
Oil on canvas
A beautifully textured and very expressive still life composition, executed in oil onto canvas and dated 1959...
Category
1950s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Whimsical Fields, Contemporary landscape painting, Nature, Meadow, Yellow art
Located in Deddington, GB
Whimsical Fields no. 1 is an original oil painting by artist Alexa Roscoe. This playful landscape scene embodies a fanciful, fun and free feeling. Alexa has captured movement, bold p...
Category
2010s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Still Life in White" Robert Gilberg 1950s Gouache on Newspaper
Located in Arp, TX
Robert Gilberg (1911-1970)
"Still Life in White"
c.1950s
Gouache on newspaper from Sacramento Bee 1957
22.75"x15.25" unframed
Unsigned
Born in Oakland, CA on April 25, 1911. Gilberg...
Category
1950s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Newsprint
1943 War Period Textured Still Life Of Table With Oranges And Bottle
Located in Frederiksberg C, DK
Presenting a charming and decorative composition painted in 1943 by Danish artist Evan Wulff. This stilleben painting unveils a rustic table adorned simply with a wine bottle and two...
Category
1940s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Antique American Modernist Signed Surreal Flower Still Life Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist still life oil painting by William Sanderson (1905 - 1990). Oil on board. Framed. Signed.
Category
1940s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled (Irises)
Located in Chicago, IL
A watercolor on paper Cubist representation of purple irises by Chicago and New York artist Rita Duis (Astley-Bell).
Category
1960s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
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.