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Still-life Prints For Sale
4 plates from The Wondrous Transformation of Caterpillars & their Strange Diet..
Located in Middletown, NY
Four plates from The Wondrous Transformation of Caterpillars and their Strange Diet of Flowers. “Wolfsmelk Rupsen;" “Wolfsmilch, Raupe und Schmetterling" Amsterdam: J F Bernard, 1730. Each an engraving with hand coloring in watercolor and gouache printed on one sheet of watermarked Honig cream laid paper, each measures 6 1/4 x 5 inches (157 x 121 mm), sheet measures 20 5/8 x 14 inches (522 x 355 mm), full margins. With handling creases in the lower right sheet quadrant, as well as minor, loose cockling, otherwise in very good condition. The colors are superb with exceptionally fresh and bright saturation. Engraved between 1679 and 1683, printed 1730. Plates included: CI; CII; CIII & CIV.
MARIA SIBYLLA MERIAN was one of the most highly respected entomologists of the 17th century, and remains today one of the field's most significant figures. A German-born naturalist and scientific illustrator, she reared herself on the study of caterpillars, and made tremendous contributions to the knowledge of the life cycles of numerous species. Until her detailed and careful study of the process of metamorphosis it was thought that insects were "born of mud," through spontaneous generation.
Trained as a miniature painter by her stepfather, she published her first book of illustrations in 1675, at the age of 28. In 1679, Merian published the first volume of the two-volume series on caterpillars, The Wondrous Transformation of Caterpillars and their Strange Diet of Flowers; the second volume followed in 1683. Each volume contained 50 plates that she engraved and etched. In 1699, Merian traveled to Dutch Guiana...
Category
Early 18th Century Naturalistic Still-life Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving
Large Donald Saff Surrealist Pop Art Aquatint Etching Bee, Chair, Pot
By Donald Saff
Located in Surfside, FL
Artist: Donald Saff
Medium: Etching with Aquatint, Hand signed and numbered in pencil
Donald Jay Saff (born 12 December 1937) is an artist, art historian, educator, and lecturer, sp...
Category
1980s Pop Art Still-life Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
1998 Signed Limited Edition Lithograph Le Pont Alexandre III
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Artist: Isabelle Planté
Title: Le Pont Alexandre III - 1998
Print - Lithograph on Arches Archival Paper
Size: 19'' x 25.5''
Edition: Signed in pencil and marked 24/90
image size ...
Category
1990s Surrealist Still-life Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Untitled from How I Spent My Summer
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Derrick Adams
Title: Untitled (Sheet 9)
Portfolio: How I Spent My Summer 2021
Medium: Screenprint with collage
Year: 2021
Edition: BAT (the good-to-print proofs, aside from t...
Category
2010s Still-life Prints
Materials
Mixed Media, Screen
48x36 " Marilyn Monroe" Photomosaic Pop Fine Art Exhibition Print
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Marilyn" is a photomosaic artwork by Destro.
Exhibition Poster from series "The ICONS" The first release in a series mosaic works called "Icons".
Destro has created large prints ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Still-life Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
Rolling Stock Series (For Chuck)
Located in New York, NY
Robert Cottingham's Rolling Stock series is a significant part of his artistic portfolio, focusing on railroad imagery. The series features hand-colored etchings, collographs, and mo...
Category
1990s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Aquatint
Jungleyea
By Kenny Scharf
Located in London, GB
Kenny Scharf is a pioneering artist celebrated for his vibrant and whimsical style, which has profoundly influenced contemporary art. Emerging from the bustling art scene of 1980s Ne...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Digital
Nature morte still life, original lithograph
Located in Belgrade, MT
Georges Rohner ( French, 1913-2000)was a Paris born painter and printmaker of international repute. Known stylistically as a realist, his creative endeavors often edged toward surre...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Still-life Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Le Cirque Magique 1998 Signed Limited Edition Lithograph
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Artist: Isabelle Planté
Title: Le Cirque Magique -
Year: 1998
Print : Lithograph on wove paper
Size: 35'' x 24'' inches
image size 26.5" x 21" inches
Edition: Signed in pencil a...
Category
1990s Surrealist Still-life Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Telephone (The iPhone of the early 20th Century)
Located in New Orleans, LA
This is an artist's proof (xv/xv) of an early telephone that is signed and numbered by the artist in pencil
Schkolnyk was born in Paris, France in 195...
Category
1980s American Modern Still-life Prints
Materials
Mezzotint
Jesus and Judas (Street Art, Pop Art, Contemporary Pop, Barry McGee, Sprayer)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Unknown (In the style of Barry McGee)
Judas and Jesus (The last Supper)
Lithograph
Edition: 4/8
Signed, numbered, dated and inscribed by the artist
Size: 3...
Category
Early 2000s Street Art Still-life Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Wild Pastels (XL)
By Lee Herring
Located in Deddington, GB
Wild Pastels (XL) by Lee Herring [2021]
original
Mixed Media
Image size: H:96 cm x W:98 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:96 cm x W:98 cm x D:0.1cm
Sold Unframed
Please note that...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Still-life Prints
Materials
Paper
Tyler Shields - Chevy High Heel, Photography 2022, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Series: Indulgence
Chromogenic Print on Kodak Endura Luster Paper
All available sizes and editions:
15" x 20"
22.5" x 30"
30" x 40"
45" x 60"
56" x 72"
63" x 84"
Editions of 3 + 2 Ar...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Black and White, Digital, Archival Pigment...
Matisse, Nuit De Noël (Duthuit 139), Verve: Revue Artistique (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin du Marais paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Verve: Revue Artistique et Littéraire, Vol. IX, N° 35-36...
Category
1950s Modern Still-life Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Flowering Pomegranate & Rock Rose: A 17th C. Besler Hand-colored Engraving
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a hand-colored copper-plate engraving entitled "Cistusflore Albo, Balaustium Flore Minori Romanum, Cotinus", depicting flowering Pomegranate, Rock Rose...
Category
1640s Academic Still-life Prints
Materials
Engraving
Study for Fire Extinguisher: Leedy-Voulkos Art Center (26% OFF LIST PRICE)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Patrick Duegaw
Study for Fire Extinguisher: Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, Crossroads, Kansas City, MO
Year: 2014
3 Color, Chine Colle
Edition: 20
34.25 x 17.25 inches
Signed lower right...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Lithograph
64x48 "Dr Dre The Chronic Cassette" Photomosaic Pop Art Photography Unsigned
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Dr Dre The Chronic Cassette" is a photomosaic artwork by Destro.
This image is made up of 100's of smaller images of Dr Dre imagery.
Archival photographic paper
Framing options a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Still-life Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Butterfly Monarch #2" Print on Canvas 40x40 in Ed. of 75 by Mick Fleetwood
Located in Culver City, CA
"Butterfly Monarch #2" Print on Canvas 40x40 in Ed. of 75 by Mick Fleetwood
Digital print on canvas
Not framed
Mick Fleetwood, the legendary drummer and founding member of Fleetwo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Canvas, Digital
Moonlight Magnolia (8.5 x 11" hand-printed cyanotype)
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a hand-printed photograph using the 170-year-old cyanotype process. This is a negative (reversal of the dark and light tones) of the original photograph of a branch of a magn...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Photogram
POMEGRANATES
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand titled, dated, initialed and numbered by the artist. From the Fruits and Flowers suite. Sheet size 23 x 22 inches. Image size 12 x 12 inches. Frame size approx 31 x 30 inches. A...
Category
1990s Pop Art Still-life Prints
Materials
Paper, Screen
Untitled (Nr. 0951) Black & White Photography 36" x 44" in Ed. 1/12 by Ben Cope
By Ben Cope
Located in Culver City, CA
Untitled (Nr. 0951) Black & White Photography 36" x 44" in Ed. 1/12 by Ben Cope
Unframed - ships rolled in a tube
Ben Cope + Rowan Daly Off the Grid
Off the Grid is the culminat...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
Tàpies, Composition (Galfetti 83-86), Derrière le miroir (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition, with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From Derrière le miroir, N° 168, 1967. Published by Aim...
Category
1960s Post-War Still-life Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Butterfly Monarch #4" Print on Canvas 40x40 in Ed. of 75 by Mick Fleetwood
Located in Culver City, CA
"Butterfly Monarch #4" Print on Canvas 40x40 in Ed. of 75 by Mick Fleetwood
Digital print on canvas
Not framed
Mick Fleetwood, the legendary drummer and founding member of Fleetwo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Canvas, Digital
"La Nouvelle" Tulip Hand-Colored Engraving
By Christoph Jacob Trew
Located in New York, NY
"La Nouvelle" is from Christoph Trew's Hortus Nitidissimis omnem per annum superbiens Floribus ... Der das ganze Jahr hindurch im schönsten Flor stehende B...
Category
Mid-18th Century Still-life Prints
Materials
Laid Paper, Engraving
Fleurs et Fruits-Limited Edition Giclee on Paper, Signed and comes with COA
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Limited Edition Giclee on Paper (104/150). Signed by the artist and comes with a Certificate of Authenticity. The print measures 34 x 26 inches (including white border) and is unfram...
Category
Late 20th Century Still-life Prints
Materials
Giclée
Study for Fire Extinguisher: Belger Warehouse Building (26% OFF LIST PRICE)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Patrick Duegaw
Study for Fire Extinguisher: Belger Warehouse Building
Year: 2013
4 Color Lithograph on Paper
Edition: 26
34.25 x 17.25 inches
Signed lower right
COA provided
Patric...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Hermes Birkin Bag
By Nick Veasey
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Nick Veasey
Birkin Bag
47 x 47 inches
Edition 9
Digital C print
Diasec Framed
Signed and numbered
Also available in the following size
23 x 23 inches / E...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Digital
COSMIC FLOWERS Signed Lithograph, Abstract Floral, Happy Colors, Blue Red Yellow
By Peter Max
Located in Union City, NJ
Cosmic Flowers is an original hand drawn lithograph by Peter Max printed using traditional hand lithography techniques on archival Arches paper, 100% aci...
Category
1980s Pop Art Still-life Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Red Rose, exquisite silkscreen, hand signed and numbered 9/25 by Lowell Nesbitt
Located in New York, NY
Lowell Nesbitt
Red Rose, 1985
Silkscreen on wove paper
Signed, dated, and numbered AP 9/25 by Lowell Nesbitt on the front
24 × 24 inches
Unframed
Hand signed,...
Category
1980s Realist Still-life Prints
Materials
Screen
Toronto Flag
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Charles Pachter (b. 1942) is one of the most collected and cherished Canadian artists. His iconic, uplifting, and patriotic images have independently earned their place in the nation's museums and the Canadian art canon.
The barn, along with Queen Elizabeth and the Moose, forms a triad of icons that Charles Pachter has repeatedly visited over the course of his career.
Playful and a touch irreverent, Pachter's charming imagery presents a new narrative on Canadiana. The artist’s vast body of work includes painting, sculpture, printmaking, and drawing. Pachter’s works are widely sought-after and are an ideal selection for starting or continuing a collection of 20th-century Canadian art.
Pachter's confident colors, sharp lines, and graphic qualities are instantly recognizable and continue to be a mainstay throughout his oeuvre.
Here with an image of the classic TTC (Toronto Transit Commission) streetcars, this work epitomizes Pacther’s version of Canadian Pop Art...
Category
1970s Pop Art Still-life Prints
Materials
Lithograph
PRAYER Signed Lithograph, Holy Books, Turquoise, Gold Yellow, Black, Jewish Art
By Moshe Castel
Located in Union City, NJ
PRAYER by the Israeli artist Moshe Castel (1909-1991) is a limited edition lithograph printed in 14 colors using traditional lithographic techniques on archival Somerset paper 100% a...
Category
1980s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Marilyn's Door
By Peter Blake
Located in London, GB
Silkscreen on Paper
Published by CCA Galleries
printed at Coriander Studios
hand-signed and numbered by the artist
82 cm x 59.5 cm
Edition 175
Peter Blake is a celebrated British a...
Category
Early 2000s Pop Art Still-life Prints
Materials
Screen
Streptocarpus, English antique flower botanical chromolithograph, 1896
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Streptocarpus'
Antique English flower botanical chromolithograph.
Category
Late 19th Century Naturalistic Still-life Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Features from Currents, #57, Pop Art Screenprint by Robert Rauschenberg
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Robert Rauschenberg
Title: Features from Currents, #57
Year: 1970
Medium: Hand-Printed Silkscreen on Aqua B 844 Paper, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 50
Paper S...
Category
1970s Conceptual Still-life Prints
Materials
Screen
Casanova : A Pear for Thirst - Original etching (Field #67-4 I)
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador DALI (1904-1969)
Casanova : A Pear for Thirst, 1967
Original etching
Printed signature in the plate
On vellum Rives 38 x 28 cm (c. 14.9 x 11 inch)
REFERENCES :
- Catalog r...
Category
1960s Surrealist Still-life Prints
Materials
Etching
Steinberg, Illustration, Derrière le miroir (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From Derrière le miroir, N° 157, 1966. Published by Aimé Maeght, Éditeur, Paris; pr...
Category
1960s Post-War Still-life Prints
Materials
Lithograph
4 cores - XXI Century, Contemporary Etching Print, Figurative, Still life
Located in Warsaw, PL
ZDZISŁAW WIATR (born 1960)
He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow, at the Faculty of Graphic Arts in Katowice, where in 1986 he received a diploma with the honourable m...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Paper, Etching
NIGHT WORK
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed & numbered by the artist. Sheet size: 18.5 x 23 inches. Image size: 14 x 17.5 inches. Edition of 300.
Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity in...
Category
1980s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
"Ali vs Frazier" Muhammad Ali Portrait 40x60 Photomosaic Pop Art Unsigned
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Ali vs Frazer" is a photomosaic artwork by Destro. The first release in a series mosaic works called "Icons". Destro has created large prints which are made up of many hundreds of ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Still-life Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
Sue Ware Jar
Located in London, GB
Patrick Caulfield
Sue Ware Jar, 1990
Screenprint on paper
sheet: 107.2 x 81.1 cm
image: 79.4 × 53.3 cm
Edition of 45 + 10 AP
Patrick Caulfield was a British painter and printmaker, ...
Category
1990s Post-Minimalist Still-life Prints
Materials
Paper, Screen
Recent Still Life (1966 limited edition, Hand signed and dated by Jasper Johns)
By Jasper Johns
Located in New York, NY
Jasper Johns
Recent Still Life (Hand signed and dated by Jasper Johns), 1966
Collotype. Hand signed and dated by Jasper Johns
Edition of 2100 (this work is, exceptionally, hand signed & dated by Johns; the regular edition is not)
Signed and dated lower right front by Jasper Johns in graphite pencil August, 27, 2008
Provenance: Estate of artist and noted collector Rick Collar
Framed
This scarce early (1966) limited edition collotype was published on the occasion of the exhibition "Recent Still Life" at the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design. The regular unsigned edition was 2100, and the official signed edition was 100; however, exceptionally, Jasper Johns signed...
Category
1960s Pop Art Still-life Prints
Materials
Photogravure
Lily, exquisite etching & intaglio, Signed/N Readers Digest Assoc Art Collection
Located in New York, NY
Arnold Iger
Lily (Readers Digest Association Art Collection), 1988
Intaglio (Hand Signed, Dated, Titled, Numbered & Framed)
Signed in pencil lower right recto Numbered "77/350" on lo...
Category
1980s Realist Still-life Prints
Materials
Etching, Intaglio
Singer I (Distorted perspective with shadows of an old Singer typewriter)
By Carol Wax
Located in New Orleans, LA
Carol Wax's mezzotint, "Singer I", shows a distorted view of an old Singer sewing machine. The artist created a convincing illusion of real mass, space and depth. Issued in an edit...
Category
1980s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Mezzotint
Picasso, Composition, L'Art Cubiste, Theories et Realistions (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph and stencil on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the album, L'Art Cubiste, Théories et Réalisations, Etude Critique...
Category
1920s Cubist Still-life Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Stencil
Still life , 60х60cm, print on canvas.Edition 10 pcs.
Located in Yerevan, AM
Still life , 60х60cm, print on canvas.Edition 10 pcs.
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Canvas, Digital
'Fruit Piece' — American Modernism, Woman Artist
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Pamela Bianco, 'Fruit Piece', lithograph, c. 1925. Signed and titled in pencil. Signed in the stone, lower left. Annotated 'No. 8' in pencil, upper right...
Category
1920s American Modern Still-life Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Salvador Dali - Woman on Horse - Original Stamp-Signed Etching
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Woman on Horse - Original Stamp-Signed Etching
Stamp signed by Dali
Edition of 294 copies.
Paper : Arches vellum.
Dimensions : 16x12"....
Category
1960s Surrealist Still-life Prints
Materials
Etching
AC DC BACK IN BLACK 40x60 Photography Photograph Cassette Tape Fine Art Print
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A contemporary photograph of an AC/DC - Back In Black cassette tape.
"They encapsulate an era instantly transporting the viewer to another time." - Destro
Printed on Archival Paper...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Still-life Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
Lobster, Pop Art Screenprint by Hunt Slonem
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Hunt Slonem
Title: Lobster
Year: 1980
Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 250; AP 30
Image: 19 x 19 inches
Paper Size: 22 x 30 inches
Category
1980s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Screen
Matisse, Série M, var. 1 (Duthuit 9), Dessins, Thèmes et variations (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin pur fil paper. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Henri Matisse, Dessins, Thèmes et Variations, 19...
Category
1940s Modern Still-life Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Arcadia II
Located in London, GB
Arcadia ii
Archival ink print on Somerset Satin 330gsm paper with deckled edges
44 x 102 cm
hand-signed limited edition of 25
David Wightman is a British artist known for his striki...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Paper, Archival Pigment
Cristobal Toral Spanish Artist Original Hand Signed lithograph
Located in Miami, FL
Cristobal Toral (Spain, 1940)
'Bodegón', N/A
lithograph on paper
21.3 x 17.8 in. (54 x 45 cm.)
Edition of 225
ID: TOR1167-001-225
Hand-signed by author
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Paper, Screen, Lithograph
Dunkin Donuts Vega
Located in New York, NY
THIS PIECE IS AVAILABLE FRAMED. Please reach out to the gallery for additional information.
ABOUT THIS PIECE: This image comes from the series "Fast Food Fast Cars: The Pursuit of Happiness" in which Carden photographs one icon of American childhood- a Hot Wheels...
Category
2010s Still-life Prints
Materials
Plexiglass
Waterfall
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Limited edition 10 in this size. Fine Art Print. Other sizes on request.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Still-life Prints
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, Digital
Mysterious forest , 70x70cm, print on canvas.Edition 20 pcs.
Located in Yerevan, AM
70x70cm, print on canvas
Edition 20 pcs.
Category
2010s Pop Art Still-life Prints
Materials
Canvas, Color
40x60 "Back to the Future" VHS Photo Photography Pop Art Fine Art Print Signed
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"The VHS" by pop Artist Destro.
We all remember those iconic nights at the video store.
Pop artist DESTRO once again encapsulates one of our favorite past times in a fine art con...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Still-life Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
Shoes, Pop Art Black and White Screenprint by Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993)
Title: Shoes
Year: 1974
Medium: Etching, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: II 14
Image Size: 19 x 28 inches
Size: 27.5 x 36 ...
Category
1980s Minimalist Still-life Prints
Materials
Screen
Zhiyong Jing Silkscreen Print "Aerobic" Edition of 100
By Zhiyong Jing
Located in Draper, UT
Zhiyong Jing's "Aerobic/Limited" is a captivating limited edition print that showcases the essence of dynamic movement and vibrant energy. This 46 x 53.4...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Screen
Still-Life Prints and Other Still-Life Wall Art for Sale on 1stDibs
As part of the wall decor in your living room, dining room or elsewhere, original still-life prints and other still-life wall art can look sophisticated alongside your well-curated decorative objects and can help set the mood in a space.
Still-life art, which includes work produced in media such as painting, photography, video and more, is a popular genre in Western art. However, the depiction of still life in color goes back to Ancient Egypt, where paintings on the interior walls of tombs portrayed the objects — such as food — that a person would take into the afterlife. Ancient Greek and Roman mosaics and pottery also often depicted food. Indeed, popular still-life prints often feature food, flowers or man-made objects. By definition, still-life art represents anything that is considered inanimate.
During the Middle Ages, the still life genre was adapted by artists who illustrated religious manuscripts. A common theme of these still-life paintings is the reminder that life is fleeting. This is especially true of vanitas, a kind of still life with roots in the Netherlands during the 17th century, which was built on themes such as death and decay and featured skulls and objects such as rotten fruit. In northern Europe during the 1600s, painters consulted botanical texts to accurately depict the flowers that were the subject of their work.
While early examples were primarily figurative, you can find still lifes that belong to different schools and styles of painting and printmaking, such as Cubism, Impressionism and contemporary art.
Leonardo da Vinci’s penchant for observing phenomena in nature and filling notebooks with drawings and notes helped him improve as an artist of still-life paintings. Vincent van Gogh, an artist who made a couple of the most expensive paintings ever sold, carried out rich experiments with color over the course of painting hundreds of still lifes, and we can argue that Campbell’s Soup Cans (1961–62) by Andy Warhol counts as still-life art.
Still-life art enthusiasts and collectors of Warhol prints have lots of reasons to love the cultural icon — when Warhol brought the image of a Campbell’s soup can out of the supermarket and into the studio, in 1961, he secured his legacy as a radical contemporary artist. After Warhol painted the soup cans, he realized that he could more readily achieve the mass-produced aesthetic he was seeking with silkscreens, also called screen-prints, and he began experimenting with silkscreening on canvas. He used the technique to print paintings of Coke bottles and dollar bills (both in 1962), as well as his treasured Brillo box sculptures (1964).
When shopping for a still-life print, think about how it makes you feel and how the artist chose to represent its subject. When buying any art for your home, choose pieces that you connect with. If you’re shopping online, read the description of the work to learn about the artist and check the price and shipping information. Make sure that the works you choose complement or relate to your overall theme and furniture style. Artwork can either fit into your room’s color scheme or serve as an accent piece. Introduce new textures to a space by choosing an oil still-life painting.
On 1stDibs, the collection of still-life prints and other still-life wall art includes works by Jonas Wood, Alex Katz, Nina Tsoriti and many more.