Modern Still-life Photography

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.

Find a collection of modern paintings, sculptures, prints and other fine art on 1stDibs.

Style: Modern

Cigarettes 3

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Taking inspiration from Irving Penn and Robert Mapplethorpe, Max Grant's Cigarette Photographs find beauty in the mundane, raising the banal to elegance. ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Still-life Photography

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Photographic Paper

Max Grant
Cigarettes 3, 2018

$7,000

Cigarettes 2

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Taking inspiration from Irving Penn and Robert Mapplethorpe, Max Grant's Cigarette Photographs find beauty in the mundane, raising the banal to elegance. ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Still-life Photography

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Photographic Paper

Max Grant
Cigarettes 2, 2018

$7,000

Cigarettes 1

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Taking inspiration from Irving Penn and Robert Mapplethorpe, Max Grant's Cigarette Photographs find beauty in the mundane, raising the banal to elegance. ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Still-life Photography

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Photographic Paper

Max Grant
Cigarettes 1, 2018

$7,000

Skull 1

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Taking inspiration from Robert Mapplethorpe, Max Grant's skull images from his Catacomb Series look at the macabre beauty of the human anatomy, recollecting his time in the Paris Cat...

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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Still-life Photography

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Photographic Paper

Max Grant
Skull 1, 2018

$7,000

Catacombs 3

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Taking inspiration from Robert Mapplethorpe, Max Grant's Catacomb images look at the macabre beauty of the human anatomy, recollecting his time in the Paris Catacombs. This collectio...

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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Still-life Photography

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Photographic Paper

Max Grant
Catacombs 3, 2018

$7,000

Catacombs 1

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Taking inspiration from Robert Mapplethorpe, Max Grant's Catacomb images look at the macabre beauty of the human anatomy, recollecting his time in the Paris Catacombs. This collectio...

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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Still-life Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Max Grant
Catacombs 1, 2018

$7,000

Orchid Composition 18

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Taking inspiration from Robert Mapplethorpe, Max Grant's series "Floral Noir" is a delicate dance between simplicity and elegance. Grant's adept play with...

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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Still-life Photography

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Photographic Paper

Max Grant
Orchid Composition 18, 2022

$5,500

Sweet and Spicy (Pomme Jaune, Fraise, et Piment)

Located in Atlanta, GA

Jerome Grilhot was born and raised in Beziers, France. After a successful career as a chef for over 25 years, Grilhot has been focusing his creative talents on photography for the p...

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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Still-life Photography

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Mixed Media, Photographic Paper

Jerome GRILHOT
Sweet and Spicy (Pomme Jaune, Fraise, et Piment)

$2,340

Gouttes d’eau

Located in Atlanta, GA

Jerome Grilhot was born and raised in Beziers, France. After a successful career as a chef for over 25 years, Grilhot has been focusing his creative talents on photography for the p...

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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Still-life Photography

Materials

Mixed Media, Photographic Paper

Jerome GRILHOT
Gouttes d’eau

$3,250

Evolution Crocodile II

Located in Atlanta, GA

EMMA HACK is an Adelaide-based artist working in the unique medium of body paint installation and photography. Exhibiting extensively throughout Australia si...

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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Still-life Photography

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Photographic Paper

Emma HACK
Evolution Crocodile II

$2,340

Poivrons Splash

Located in Atlanta, GA

Jerome Grilhot was born and raised in Beziers, France. After a successful career as a chef for over 25 years, Grilhot has been focusing his creative talents on photography for the p...

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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Still-life Photography

Materials

Mixed Media, Photographic Paper

Jerome GRILHOT
Poivrons Splash

$2,340

Sweet and spicy ( fraises et piments )

Located in Atlanta, GA

Jerome Grilhot was born and raised in Beziers, France. After a successful career as a chef for over 25 years, Grilhot has been focusing his creative talents on photography for the p...

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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Still-life Photography

Materials

Mixed Media, Photographic Paper

Jerome GRILHOT
Sweet and spicy ( fraises et piments )

$3,900

Wallpaper Spotted Floral, 2008

Located in Atlanta, GA

EMMA HACK is an Adelaide-based artist working in the unique medium of body paint installation and photography. Exhibiting extensively throughout Australia si...

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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Still-life Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Emma HACK
Wallpaper Spotted Floral, 2008

$7,020

Poppy Bouquet

By Joyce Tenneson

Located in Atlanta, GA

Joyce Tenneson is an accomplished American photographer best known for her mystical and sensual photographs of the female form. At once haunting, enigma...

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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Still-life Photography

Materials

Polaroid

Joyce Tenneson
Poppy Bouquet

$8,580

The Artichoke

Located in Atlanta, GA

Jerome Grilhot was born and raised in Beziers, France. After a successful career as a chef for over 25 years, Grilhot has been focusing his creative talents on photography for the p...

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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Still-life Photography

Materials

Mixed Media, Photographic Paper

Jerome GRILHOT
The Artichoke

$2,340

Sweet and Spicy (Pomme Verte et Piment 1)

Located in Atlanta, GA

Jerome Grilhot was born and raised in Beziers, France. After a successful career as a chef for over 25 years, Grilhot has been focusing his creative talents on photography for the p...

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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Still-life Photography

Materials

Mixed Media, Photographic Paper

Jerome GRILHOT
Sweet and Spicy (Pomme Verte et Piment 1)

$2,340

L'Elegance "Framboise"

Located in Atlanta, GA

Jerome Grilhot was born and raised in Beziers, France. After a successful career as a chef for over 25 years, Grilhot has been focusing his creative talents on photography for the p...

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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Still-life Photography

Materials

Mixed Media, Photographic Paper

Jerome GRILHOT
L'Elegance "Framboise"

$2,340

Sweet and spicy (pomme verte et piment 2)

Located in Atlanta, GA

Jerome Grilhot was born and raised in Beziers, France. After a successful career as a chef for over 25 years, Grilhot has been focusing his creative talents on photography for the p...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Still-life Photography

Materials

Mixed Media, Photographic Paper

Jerome GRILHOT
Sweet and spicy (pomme verte et piment 2)

$3,900

Verre d’eau

Located in Atlanta, GA

Jerome Grilhot was born and raised in Beziers, France. After a successful career as a chef for over 25 years, Grilhot has been focusing his creative talents on photography for the p...

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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Still-life Photography

Materials

Mixed Media, Photographic Paper

Jerome GRILHOT
Verre d’eau

$3,900

Bust with Ties, Paris

Located in New York, NY

Signed by the photographer

Category

1980s Modern Still-life Photography

Materials

C Print

François Halard
Bust with Ties, Paris, 1989

Price Upon Request

Blue Muse StudyII

By Parish Kohanim

Located in Atlanta, GA

Parish Kohanim has been intimately involved with professional photography for over 25 years. Parish, who is a renowned commercial photographer, is now devoting his efforts towards hi...

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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Still-life Photography

Materials

Mixed Media, Digital, Digital Pigment

Parish Kohanim
Blue Muse StudyII

Price Upon Request

Banjo (MRI), New York Hospital, NY, 1995

By Steve Miller

Located in Hudson, NY

Each year, Robin Rice celebrates a Salon style exhibition to showcase her gallery artists and invite new ones. With Robin’s extensive experience as a gallery curator, all Robin Rice...

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1990s Modern Still-life Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Steve Miller
Banjo (MRI), New York Hospital, NY, 1995, 1995

Price Upon Request

Still Life (Apples)

By Edward W. Quigley

Located in New York, NY

Signed and dated on mount in pencil, l.r. Mounted vintage gelatin silver print 13.25 x 10 inches (33.7 x 25.4 cm), sheet This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.

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1930s Modern Still-life Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Edward W. Quigley
Still Life (Apples), 1930

Price Upon Request

“Untitled” (from Body Series)

By David Pugh

Located in Kansas City, MO

David Pugh “Untitled” (from Body Series), 2018 Year: 2019 Archival Inkjet Print on Museo Silver Rag Dimensions: 20 x 15 inches Unframed David Pugh’s photographic work tends to pull ...

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2010s Modern Still-life Photography

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Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

David Pugh
“Untitled” (from Body Series), 2018

Price Upon Request

Untitled #13 (from Unfocused Series)

By Anne K Smith

Located in Kansas City, MO

Anne K Smith Title: Untitled #13 (from Unfocused Series) Medium: Archival Inkjet Print on Museo Silver Rag Size: 10.5 x 16 inches Available in sets of 3 (mix and match) Entire "Unfo...

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2010s Modern Still-life Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet

Anne K Smith
Untitled #13 (from Unfocused Series), 2019

Price Upon Request

"Untitled #11", New York, NY, 1997 Martha Stewart Magazine

By Jose Picayo

Located in Hudson, NY

This photograph is printed on Japanese Paper. The price is for an unframed photograph. The Robin Rice Gallery is pleased to announce, 25 Years of Polaroids, a new exhibit by Jose ...

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1990s Modern Still-life Photography

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Photographic Paper

Jose Picayo
"Untitled #11", New York, NY, 1997 Martha Stewart Magazine, 1997

Price Upon Request

Modern still-life photography for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Modern still-life photography 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 photography created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, pink, orange, purple and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Stuart Möller, Destro, Lisa A. Frank, and Peter C. Jones . Frequently made by artists working with Pigment Print, and Archival Pigment Print 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 photography, so small editions measuring 4.14 inches across are also available. Prices for still-life photography 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 $48 and tops out at $185,000, while the average work sells for $1,125.