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Still-life Prints For Sale
Grapes, English antique botanical fruit food chromolithograph print, 1924
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Grape Varieties - 'Mrs Pince's Muscat, Royal Muscadine, Chasselas Vibert, Foster's Seedling, Mrs Pearson, Gros Maroc'.
Early 20th century fruit chromolithograph, from Horace Wright'...
Category
1920s English School Still-life Prints
Materials
Lithograph
RECEIVING HAND Signed Lithograph, Fantastic Realism, Stone, Healing Art
Located in Union City, NJ
RECEIVING HAND is a hand drawn original lithograph printed using hand lithography techniques on archival Arches printmaking paper 100% acid free. RECEIVING HAND a finely detailed han...
Category
1970s Surrealist Still-life Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Aspen, Print on Satin Paper, Framed
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Vahe Yeremyan
Work: Print on Satin Paper, Edition 011
Subject: Aspen,
Framed Size: 20'' x 28." x 0.8''inch, 51x71x3cm,
Ready to Hang, Wooden Frame. Glass, Plastic Wrapped
...
Category
2010s Impressionist Still-life Prints
Materials
Satin Paper, Color, Paper
Some of 48 Tulips
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Some of the 48 Tulips" c.1990 is an original colors mezzotint by noted German/American artist Gatja Helgart Rothe, 1935-2007. It is hand signed, titled and numbe...
Category
Late 20th Century American Realist Still-life Prints
Materials
Mezzotint
"The Breath of Life" Giclée print after original lithograph by Abel Pann
By Abel Pann
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"The Breath of Life" is a Giclée print on watercolor paper after the original lithograph from Abel Pann's portfolio, "The Bible - Genesis: From the Creation until the Deluge." Origin...
Category
1920s French School Still-life Prints
Materials
Giclée
Manolo Huguet - Musée de Céret, Poster by Pablo Picasso, 1957
Located in New York, NY
This original lithographic poster was created for an exhibition of works at the Musée D'Art Moderne in Céret, France, in 1957. This portrait of Spanish Sculptor and Picasso friend, M...
Category
1950s Modern Still-life Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Cliffs in Cobalt, Print on Satin Paper, Framed
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Vahe Yeremyan
Work: Print on Satin Paper, Edition 011
Subject: Cliffs in Cobalt,
Framed Size: 20.5" x 28.5" x 0.8''inch, 52x72x3cm,
Ready to Hang, Wooden Frame. Glass, Plas...
Category
2010s Impressionist Still-life Prints
Materials
Satin Paper, Color, Paper
Rowboat, Print on Satin Paper, Framed
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Vahe Yeremyan
Work: Print on Satin Paper, Edition 011
Subject: Rowboat,
Framed Size: 17" x 21" x 1.5''inch, 43x53x2cm,
Ready to Hang, Wooden Frame. Glass, Plastic Wrapped
...
Category
2010s Impressionist Still-life Prints
Materials
Satin Paper, Color, Paper
Flowers, very large lithograph
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Flowers" .1996 is a large original color lithograph on Wove paper by noted American artist Gary Bukovnik, born 1947. It is hand signed, dated and numbered 13/200 in whi...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Still-life Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Village, Print on Satin Paper, Framed
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Vahe Yeremyan
Work: Print on Satin Paper, Edition 022
Subject: Village,
Framed Size: 17.5" x 24.5" x 0.8''inch, 44x62x2cm,
Ready to Hang, Wooden Frame.
All works are copy...
Category
2010s Impressionist Still-life Prints
Materials
Satin Paper, Paper, Color
Village, Print on Satin Paper, Framed
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Vahe Yeremyan
Work: Print on Satin Paper, Edition 021
Subject: Village,
Framed Size: 17.5" x 24.5" x 0.8''inch, 44x62x2cm,
Ready to Hang, Wooden Frame.
All works are copy...
Category
2010s Impressionist Still-life Prints
Materials
Satin Paper, Paper, Color
Calla Lily
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Calla Lily" 1998 is an original color lithograph on Wove paper by noted American artist Gary Bukovnik, born 1947. It is hand signed, ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Still-life Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Opening
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Joseph Goldyne American (1942 - )
Title: Opening
Year: 1984
Medium: 14-color lithograph printed offset from 8 plates
Image Size: 23.75 x 18 inches
Sheet size: 31 x 22.5 i...
Category
1980s Realist Still-life Prints
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Bright Floral
By Marc Whitney
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
The paintings by California artist Marc Whitney capture the private, visual experiences that define our daily lives and validate moments that matter; a morning cup of coffee, the rumpled sheets across a bed, a simple vase...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Color
Trees, Print on Satin Paper, Framed
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Vahe Yeremyan
Work: Print on Satin Paper, Edition 014
Subject: Trees,
Framed Size: 20.5" x 27.5" x 1.5''inch, 52x72x4cm,
Ready to Hang, Wooden Frame. Glass, Plastic Wrapped...
Category
2010s Impressionist Still-life Prints
Materials
Satin Paper, Paper, Color
"Dark Box" Drypoint Etching with Aquatint (no. 10/20)
Located in Soquel, CA
Finely balanced etching by Benjamin Vasserman (Estonian, b 1949). A squash sits atop a small black box with a latch. There is a drapery behind the squa...
Category
1980s Modern Still-life Prints
Materials
Ink, Aquatint, Drypoint, Paper
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
Aquilegia Vulgaris (Common Columbine) /// Botanical Botany James Sowerby Flower
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: James Sowerby (English, 1757-1822)
Title: "Aquilegia Vulgaris (Common Columbine)" (Plate 297)
Portfolio: English Botany
Year: 1796
Medium: Original Hand-Colored Engraving on ...
Category
1790s Naturalistic Still-life Prints
Materials
Intaglio, Watercolor, Engraving
Lily-leaved Ophrys. Henry Andrews antique botanical flower engraving print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Ophrys lilifolia - Lily-leaved Ophrys'
Original copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring from Henry Andrews' 'The Botanist's Repository', 1797-1812. Accompanied by the o...
Category
Early 19th Century Naturalistic Still-life Prints
Materials
Engraving
Golden - large format photograph of conceptual iconic object in urban landscape
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Gilded vintage payphone against pale pink architectural wall, from a series of photographic observances capturing found conceptual objects in urban c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée
EWOK 24x30 Star Wars, Return of the Jedi Photography Pop Art Photograph Unsigned
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ewok Kenner toy from "Return of the Jedi" -1983
These iconic figures have become more then just iconic collectable toys. They encapsulate an era instantly transporting the viewer to ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Still-life Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
Viento 09
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT THIS ARTIST: Ezequiel Montero Swinnen is a visual artist from La Pampa, Argentina. His work is based across photography, video and installation. His fav...
Category
2010s Still-life Prints
Materials
Photographic Paper
Blue Hydrangea, oversize lithograph, classical architectural elements
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Blue Hydrangea - image bled to plate size ~ 39 x 29 - printed on 100% cotton rag - edition 3/5
Architectural elements
Category
Early 2000s American Modern Still-life Prints
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Lithograph
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
Anemone per Antipasti, Lithograph by Salvador Dali 1972
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Salvador Dali, Spanish (1904 - 1989)
Title: Anemone per Antipasti (Anemone of the Toreador)
Year: 1972
Medium: Lithograph with embossing on heavy Arches paper, signed and num...
Category
1970s Surrealist Still-life Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Northian Moraea. Henry Andrews antique botanical flower engraving print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Morea Northiana - Northian Moraea'
'Native of the Brazils'.
Original copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring from Henry Andrews' 'The Botanist's Repository', 1797-1812...
Category
Early 19th Century Naturalistic Still-life Prints
Materials
Engraving
Oyster Shell and Mussel Shell
Located in Deddington, GB
Oyster Shells and Mussel Shells by Mark A Pearce [2021]
original
Linocut Print on Paper
Image size: H:17 cm x W:17 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Paper, Linocut
Mezza Luna
By Julio Larraz
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT THIS PIECE: Julio Larraz is an expert draftsman, adroitly sketching his subjects and enlivening them with vibrant color. Larraz is recognized for his precise and detailed techn...
Category
Early 2000s Still-life Prints
Materials
Photographic Paper
Late Night (Where Berkeley Place meets Seventh Avenue in Brooklyn's Park Slope)
Located in New Orleans, LA
In "Late Night", Frederick Mershimer created a winter scene where Berkeley Place meets Seventh Avenue in Brooklyn's Park Slope. This image, the seventh in t...
Category
1990s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Mezzotint, Aquatint
Anywhere Door (Dokodemo Door): Life From Here On
Located in Bristol, GB
Silkscreen with gold leaf and platinum leaf
Edition of 100
Signed, numbered and dated on the front
Mint
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Gold Leaf
Primula Polyanthus (Primrose) Botanical Etching
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous highly detailed, color botanical etching of Primrose by California artist J. Whiteman Parker (American, b. 1945). Titled, numbered, and sig...
Category
1980s Realist Still-life Prints
Materials
Ink, Paper
Custom Print I from 11 Pop Artists by Peter Phillips 1965
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Peter Phillips, British (1939 - )
Title: Custom Print I from 11 Pop Artists
Year: 1965
Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 200, XXII/L
Size: 24 x 19.5...
Category
1960s Pop Art Still-life Prints
Materials
Screen
Coco Cherry Sponge Cake Risograph Print
Located in Collingwood, Victoria
In this series Alice explores the graphic qualities of cakes and the romance of cake shops using a combination of printmaking techniques. Working with layered silkscreens, stencillin...
Category
2010s Other Art Style Still-life Prints
Materials
Screen
1997 Tony Awards Poster Signed by Celebrity Presenters Autographed Broadway
Located in New York, NY
1997 Tony Awards Poster Signed by Celebrity Presenters Autographed Broadway.
Offered is a 1997 Tony Awards poster signed by the presenters, includi...
Category
1990s Performance Still-life Prints
Materials
Paper, Color
Amaryllis
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Amaryllis" 1998 is an original color lithograph on Wove paper by noted American artist Gary Bukovnik, born 1947. It is hand signed, dated and numbered 95/200 in pencil by the artist. The image size is 10 x 9.75 inches, sheet size is 14.75 x 13.5 inches. It is in excellent condition, the colors are fresh and bright, has never been framed.
About the artist.
Born and educated in Cleveland Gary Bukovnik has lived in San Francisco for over 25 years. Primarily using the mediums of watercolor, monotype, and lithograph, Bukovnik creating colorful floral images of great depth and intensity.
Bukovnik collaborates with Trillium Press, whose owner and master printer, David Salgado, studied at the Tamarind Workshop, formerly in Los Angeles.
In 2003, the American Academy in Rome invited Bukovnik to attend the academy as a Visiting Artist for six weeks. He was asked to attend a second session in February 2005. In 2001, he was selected to create a poster for the prestigious List Collection, which creates posters to commemorate programs at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York. Lincoln Center past contributors have included Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, Robert Motherwell, Helen Frankenthaler, Alex Katz, Elizabeth Murray, and Donald Sultan. The work of Gary Bukovnik is held in public and private collections worldwide.
Selected Museums
Art Gallery of Hamilton, Ontario The Art Institute of Chicago Atlanta Botanical Garden Brooklyn Museum
Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis
The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown Dallas Museum of Art
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Frye Art Museum, Seattle
Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh
Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow
Library of Congress, Washington, DC
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minnesota Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
The Richard L. Nelson Gallery, U.C. Davis, California The New York Public Library
Oakland Museum of California
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Phoenix Art Museum
Portland Art Museum, Oregon
Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson University of California, Berkeley Art Museum
Selected public collections
ALZA Corporation, Mountain View
ART In Embassies Program, U.S. Department of State
AT&T, New York
Atlantic Richfield, Los Angeles
BankAmerica Corporation, Charlotte
Citigroup, New York
Cleveland Institute of Music
Clorox Company, Oakland
Comerica Bank, Costa Mesa & San Jose
H.J. Heinz Company, Pittsburgh
Illinois Bell Telephone...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Still-life Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Bluebells and Snowdrops diptych
By Lucy Routh
Located in Deddington, GB
Bluebells and Snowdrops diptych
Overall sheet size : H80 x W80
Lucy Routh – Bluebells
Inspired by nature and the beauty found in everyday objects. I combine traditional still life s...
Category
2010s Minimalist Still-life Prints
Materials
Paper, Giclée
Lemons "Limon Peretto": An Early 18th Century Volckamer Hand-colored Engraving
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an early 18th century hand-colored copperplate engraving of the anatomy of lemons by Johann Christoph Volkhamer, entitled "Limon Peretto" from his publication "Nurmbergische ...
Category
Early 18th Century Naturalistic Still-life Prints
Materials
Engraving
Still Life - Original Lithograph by José Guevara - Late 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Still Life is an original artwork realized by Josè Guevara during the late 20th century.
Colored lithograph on paper. Edited by Fondazione Di Paolo.
Hand-signed in pencil on the l...
Category
1970s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Antholyza Fulgens. Henry Andrews antique botanical flower engraving print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Antholyza Fulgens - Refulgent-flowered Antholyza'
Original copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring from Henry Andrews' 'The Botanist's Repository', 1797-1812. Accompani...
Category
Early 19th Century Naturalistic Still-life Prints
Materials
Engraving
Sweet-scented Lachenalia. Henry Andrews antique botanical flower engraving print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Lachenalia Fragrant - Sweet-scented Lachenalia'
Original copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring from Henry Andrews' 'The Botanist's Repository', 1797-1812. Accompanied...
Category
Early 19th Century Naturalistic Still-life Prints
Materials
Engraving
"1930 Indian Scout 101, " Limited Edition Giclée Print
By Shan Fannin
Located in Denver, CO
Shan Fannin's (US based) "1930 Indian Scout 101" is an limited edition giclée print that depicts a close view of a red Indian motorcycle gas tank w...
Category
2010s Photorealist Still-life Prints
Materials
Giclée
Botanical Print by Redoute, 18th C.
Located in Hallowell, ME
Mark on left seems rubbed, light foxing--see title and look it up as a Redoute image.
Category
Mid-18th Century Old Masters Still-life Prints
Materials
Color
Kanovitz Andre champagne: vintage 1970s wood grain still life pop art style
Located in New York, NY
This richly-hued screenprint depicts the ripped-open box packaging for Andre Champagne Cellars. On the side of the box is printed "Cold Duck," referri...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Still-life Prints
Materials
Screen
Spear-leaved Helonias, Henry Andrews antique botanical flower engraving print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Helonias bullata - Spear-leaved Helonias'
Native of Carolina, North America.
Original copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring from Henry Andrews' 'The Botanist's Repos...
Category
Early 19th Century Naturalistic Still-life Prints
Materials
Engraving
SCRIBBLE VERSION OF STILL LIFE #58
Located in Aventura, FL
Screenprint in colors on wove paper. Hand signed and numbered by the artist. HC Edition 6 of 12, the total edition was 90. Published by International Images, Putney, Vermont. Sheet...
Category
1990s Pop Art Still-life Prints
Materials
Paper, Screen
untitled (Vase)
Located in Palm Springs, CA
From the edition published as part of the fine press book Quartet, with essays by Lewis Thomas. Signed by the artist.
The paper was commissioned for the edition from Twinrocker Paper...
Category
1980s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Senilophite Radoteur (from imaginary botanical series)
Located in Palm Springs, CA
One of seven engravings of flowers done for the portfolio "Flore Mutine". Signed, titled and numbered IX/XV. Imaginary botanical image.
She studied at the Institute of Visual Arts of Orleans then she returned to the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. She currently teaches at the Palace of Fine Arts...
Category
1990s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Engraving
Iris Kaempferi: No.36 YEDO-JIMAN
Located in London, GB
Iris Kaempferi: No. 36 YEDO-JIMAN
Tokyo, Yoshinoen-Garden, circa 1910.
Hand-coloured woodblock print on handmade rice paper, numbered and captioned at top, outlined in ink. Framed ...
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1910s Naturalistic Still-life Prints
Materials
Wood, Watercolor, Rice Paper
Golden - large format photograph of conceptual iconic object in urban landscape
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
GOLDEN by Frank Schott
from a series of photographic observances - environmental still life capturing found objects in urban cityscapes
40 x 32 inches (102 x 81cm)
signed edition ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée
Mannequin No 1, by Francois Houtin
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed, titled and numbered in pencil, from the edition of 40. Surrrealistic, imaginary character with flowing robes.
François Houtin was born in Crao...
Category
1970s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Etching
Viento 18
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT THIS ARTIST: Ezequiel Montero Swinnen is a visual artist from La Pampa, Argentina. His work is based across photography, video and installation. His fav...
Category
2010s Still-life Prints
Materials
Photographic Paper
Zhiyong Jing Silkscreen Print "Expectation" Edition of 100 Contemporary Art
By Zhiyong Jing
Located in Draper, UT
"Expectation"
Edition of only 100 prints.
Signed and Numbered by the artist in pencil 13/100.
Born in 1982, Jing Zhiyong's creative work was predominantly inspired by the 1990s. A collective of artists working in the United Kingdom, who came to be known as the YBAs, or Young British Artists, defined the artistic culture of the 1990s. Affiliated loosely by their age and nationality, they were a varied collective of practitioners. A number of the YBAs attended the Royal College of Art and Goldsmiths in London, and were favoured by the ‘super collector’ of the time, Charles Saatchi. The most renowned member of the group is Damien Hirst, and other members included Chris Ofili, Tracey Emin, Marc Quinn, Gavin Turk, Sarah Lucas...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Screen
Viento 22
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT THIS ARTIST: Ezequiel Montero Swinnen is a visual artist from La Pampa, Argentina. His work is based across photography, video and installation. His fav...
Category
2010s Still-life Prints
Materials
Photographic Paper
Viento 05
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT THIS ARTIST: Ezequiel Montero Swinnen is a visual artist from La Pampa, Argentina. His work is based across photography, video and installation. His fav...
Category
2010s Still-life Prints
Materials
Photographic Paper
Viento 15
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT THIS ARTIST: Ezequiel Montero Swinnen is a visual artist from La Pampa, Argentina. His work is based across photography, video and installation. His fav...
Category
2010s Still-life Prints
Materials
Photographic Paper
Viento 02
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT THIS ARTIST: Ezequiel Montero Swinnen is a visual artist from La Pampa, Argentina. His work is based across photography, video and installation. His fav...
Category
2010s Still-life Prints
Materials
Photographic Paper
Neville
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
Lady Berry Bomb & Madame Bit Nutty, by Yuji Hiratsuka
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed, titled, and numbered from the edition of 15. Japanese women with ice cream cones. While the images have some resemblance to traditional Japanese Ukiyo-e prints, their sense o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Aquatint, Etching
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.