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Still-life Prints For Sale
Red Spotted Lily, Photorealist Screenprint on Paper by Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Photorealist flower screenprint by American artist Lowell Blair Nesbitt, signed and numbered in pencil.
Red Spotted Lily from the Stamp Series
Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933–1...
Category
1980s Photorealist Still-life Prints
Materials
Screen
Abstract Flowers - Esacolor by Martine Goeyens - 2000s
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Flowers is an original colored esacolor print realized by Martine Goeyens in the 2000s.
The artwork is hand-signed in pen by the artist on the lower right. Hand-retouched by the artist on the lower left margin. Embossed stamp of the "Fondazione Di Paolo" on the lower right margin.
Very good conditions.
Esacolor is a graphic technique applied on canvas and hand-retouched by the artist.
The artwork represents an explosion of colors in an abstract composition, recalling flowers, hand-retouched by the artist with fluid colorful brushstrokes!
Martine Goeyens (1953) is a Belgian artist who began her artistic training as a student of Master Lafaille, the greatest Belgian painter of the time. In this period, she learnt the technique "en plein air"; her talent and her spontaneous creativity would do the rest. In Martine Goeyens' painting, there is no human presence; nature predominates undisputed, sometimes enclosed in a vase of flowers, sometimes in a village scattered around houses.
Her art is both archaic and modern. The colorful atmospheres transmit emotions. Today, her unique style is so appreciated internationally that she was awarded numerous prestigious prizes: Best Painter "en plein air" in Sainte Maxime...
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Early 2000s Still-life Prints
Materials
Digital
Interior with Cup and Kettle, Modern Lithograph by Robert Kipniss
Located in Long Island City, NY
A quiet still life of a vase with cup and kettle is the subject of this lithograph by Robert Kipniss from 1986. Kipniss is known for his rather moody graphic works-- using simple sha...
Category
1980s American Impressionist Still-life Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"SS (Masks We Wear)", silkscreen print, double-sided, cotton rag paper, edition
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"SS (Masks We Wear)", 2018, is a limited-edition silkscreen print, double-sided by Andrew Cornell Robinson. This print is an edition of 40. Each print is signed, stamped and numbered. The prints measure 17x17".
Note the double-sided printing – surfaces of text, surfaces of image. See the full installation (photo above) as a striking performance in itself with myriad possibilities for color, pattern, language, culture, politics, identity. It's a dynamic body of work that delights in the craft of making and the experience of revealing a tapestry of image and language.
Initially inspired by a visit to the Talking...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Paper, Archival Paper, Color, Screen
Wallflower 21
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Donald Sultan
Title: Wallflower 21
Portfolio: Wallflowers
Medium: Screenprint on paper
Date: 2008
Edition: 106/190
Frame Size: 29 3/8" x 26 3/4"
Sheet Size: 24 1/4" x 21 1/2"...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Paper, Screen
Everything Everywhere All At Once Signed and Numbered Alternate Poster
By James Jean
Located in Draper, UT
Everything Everywhere All At Once (A24 Variant) Poster by James Jean
Edition size of 1000
Poster size of 24" x 34.75"
Lithograph sign...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Archival Paper
Mid-Century Modernist Mezzotint Still Life by Tomoe Yokoi
By Tomoe Yokoi
Located in New York, NY
This serene Mid-Century Modernist Mezzotint Still Life by Tomoe Yokoi originates from the United States, Circa 1970. This quiet scene depicts a still life on a round table with a da...
Category
1970s Still-life Prints
Materials
Mezzotint
Nature Morte au Citron - Lithograph by Léon Lang - Mid-20th Century
By Léon Lang
Located in Roma, IT
Nature Morte au Citron is a lithograph realized by Leon Lang in the mid-20th Century.
Hand-signed.
Numbered. Edition, 38/75.
The artwork is in good condition.
The artwork is dep...
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Late 20th Century Modern Still-life Prints
Materials
Lithograph
------- Shining-leaved, Salvia formosa Plate 376
Located in Columbia, MO
—– Shining-leaved, Salvia formosa Plate 376
1797
Hand-colored etching
Ed. 1st ed.
9 x 5.25 inches
Category
1790s Naturalistic Still-life Prints
Materials
Etching
Cosmos-Scene A-18
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Medium: intaglio with monotype background
Image size: 7.75 × 7.75 in (19.7 × 19.7 cm)
Sheet size: 17.75 × 15.25 in (45.09 × 38.47 cm)
Edition of 20
Year: 2022
Tachibana’s prints tak...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Intaglio, Monoprint
Tour de Force (Rare Edition)
Located in Toronto, ON
31" x 18" Unframed
Limited Edition Giclee Artist Proof of 135
Hand Signed by Thomas Arvid
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Giclée
Aesthetic Flower Photography - Memento Mori 1 - By Evangelos Koukouwitakis
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Memento mori is a Latin saying that starts with Remember that you are dying! or in general with a memory of death! translates. The saying is considered a vanitas symbol. Vanitas desc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Pink Iris, Photorealist Screenprint on Paper by Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
A series of ghostly Morning Glory blooms set against a rich black background. These moon-toned flowers are rendered as a screenprint by Lowell Blair Nesbitt. This print is signed and...
Category
1980s Photorealist Still-life Prints
Materials
Screen
M's Orchard, by David Smith-Harrison
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed, titled and numbered by the artist. This intaglio print shows an orchard combined with the classical architectural imagery that often accompany Smith-Harrison's portraits of ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Cosmos-Scene A-19
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Medium: intaglio with monotype background
Image size: 7.75 × 7.75 in (19.7 × 19.7 cm)
Sheet size: 17.75 × 15.25 in (45.09 × 38.47 cm)
Edition of 20
Year: 2022
Tachibana’s prints tak...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Intaglio, Monoprint
Oil Lamp With Heads of Animals - Etching by Filippo de Grado - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oil Lamp With Heads of Animals from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Filippo De Grado in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditions.
The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title: “Le Antichità di Ercolano Esposte”), an eight-volume volume of engravings of the finds from the excavation of the ruins of Herculaneum in the Kingdom of Naples (now Campania, Italy).
It was published between 1757 and 1792 by the Regia Stamperia, and copies were delivered to selected recipients across Europe.
Despite the title, the Antiquity of Herculaneum shows objects from all the excavations undertaken by the Bourbons in the Gulf of Naples. These include Pompeii, Stabia and two sites of Herculaneum: Resina and Portici.
The Bourbon King Carlo appointed fifteen scholars creating a new “Herculaneum Academy” to study the artifacts and publish the results of the archaeological excavations of the sites.
The engravings are of high quality and the accompanying text shows a large scholarship.
They were realized by 25 prominent artists involved by the King to prepare drawings and engravings on the finds, among which we can find Giovanni Elia Morghen, Carlo Nolli, Luigi Vanvitelli, and Giovanni Battista Casanova.
The “Antiquities” was designed more to amaze readers with the quality of the objects in the collection of the King of Naples than to be used in research., following and increasing the interest of 18th-century society for the classical culture and Art in particular.
Through the exaltation of the classical concept of proportions and harmony, the book was of inspiration to the neoclassical movement in Europe, giving artists and decorators access to a huge shop of Hellenistic motifs.Oil Lamp With Animals...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Still-life Prints
Materials
Etching
If The Shoe Fits #2 - 8"x10", Art Print On Paper, Woman's Black High Heel Shoe
Located in Mississauga, Ontario
This art print on recycled paper features a pair of elegant women's shoes. It's timeless, expressive aesthetic makes it perfect for personalizing your space. Hand signed on back. Thi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Paper
Avocado and Tomato Vine Diptych
By Gavin Dobson
Located in Deddington, GB
Avocado and Tomato Vine Diptych
Overall Size cm : H140 x W100
Avocado.
A beautiful CYMK silk screen print by Gavin Dobson.
Based on an original gouache painting of the breakfast cl...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Screen, Paper
Still Life with Red Peppers - Etching by Enotrio Pugliese - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Still Life with Red Peppers is an Etching realized by Enotrio Pugliese in the 1960s.
Hand-signed by the artist on the lower.
Numbered, Limited edition of 11/11prints.
Good conditi...
Category
1960s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Etching
Wildflowers - Screen Print by Franco Bocchi - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Wildflowers is a modern artwork realized by Franco Bocchi in 20th century.
Mixed colored screen print.
Hand signed on the lower margin.
Numbered on the lower left margin, LX/a. E...
Category
1980s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Screen
White Fish from Nantucket Series, Minimalist Screenprint by Bob Cato
Located in Long Island City, NY
Bob Cato, American (1923 - 1999) - White Fish from Nantucket Series, Year: circa 1970, Medium: Screenprint on Somerset, signed, titled and numbered in penci...
Category
1970s Minimalist Still-life Prints
Materials
Screen
Margaret Roleke, No NRA, 2018, silkscreen, 22”h x 15” edition of 10
Located in Darien, CT
Margaret Roleke has created the sculpture “Pop,pop” specifically for the Las Gravitas exhibition at ODETTA. The title refers both to the fun and colorful hues of the piece that pop ...
Category
2010s Pop Art Still-life Prints
Materials
Monoprint, Screen
Salt II
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT THE ARTIST: Gaia Barnatan explores surreal, dreamlike spaces through the medium of digital collage. Her work aims to create a sense of balance, playfulness and curiosity, and e...
Category
2010s Still-life Prints
Materials
Photographic Paper
Oil Lamp - Etching by Giacomo Casanova - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oil Lamp from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Iacomino e Casanova in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditions with some folding.
The ...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Still-life Prints
Materials
Etching
Still Life - Offset Print by Franco Gentilini - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Still Life is a Vintage Offset Print on ivory-colored paper, realized by Franco Gentilini (Italian Painter, 1909-1981) in the 1970s.
The state of preservation of the artwork is exc...
Category
1970s Modern Still-life Prints
Materials
Offset, Paper
Homage to Vivaldi, Musical Abstract Pop Art Screenprint by Arman
By Arman
Located in Long Island City, NY
This print of a violin replicated several times in black and red across the composition is indicative of Arman's classic technique of recomposition. Transferring the image across the...
Category
1970s Dada Still-life Prints
Materials
Screen
Joan Miro - Original Abstract Lithograph
By Joan Miró
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Joan Miro Miro Original Abstract Lithograph
Artist: Joan Miro
Printer : Mourlot
Portfolio: Souvenirs et portraits d'artistes
Year: 1972
Edition: 800
Ref...
Category
1970s Abstract Still-life Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Andrea Bonfils - Submerged Garden 6538, Photography 2017, Printed After
Located in Greenwich, CT
Series: Submerged Garden
C Print
Limited Edition of 12
Available Sizes:
24" x 36"
30" x 45"
36" x 54"
40" x 60"
48" x 78"
This photograph will be printed once payment has been re...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Digital, Archival Pigment, ...
Queen Aggie Daikon, by Yuji Hiratsuka
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed, titled Artist Proof, from the edition of 10. While the images have some resemblance to traditional Japanese Ukiyo-e prints, their sense of whimsy, satire and irony relate mor...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Intaglio
Still Life from Nantucket Series, Minimalist Screenprint by Bob Cato
Located in Long Island City, NY
Bob Cato, American (1923 - 1999) - Still Life from Nantucket Series, Year: circa 1970, Medium: Screenprint on Somerset, signed, titled and numbered in penci...
Category
1970s Minimalist Still-life Prints
Materials
Screen
Spike, Affordable Contemporary Art, Silkscreen Prints, Colourful Abstract Prints
By Chris Keegan
Located in Deddington, GB
This handmade screen print depicts an imaginary spiked sphere shape in five colours including fluorescent Yellow, metallic Gold and Red. The Gold ink layer gives the abstract print an extra brilliance and shine showing off the multi layered liquid patterns on the surface of the object.
Chris Keegan artist online and in Wychwood Art Gallery...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Paper, Screen
Franciscea Grandiflora, English antique flower chromolithograph, 1896
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'1. Franciscea Grandiflora 2. Euphorbia Jacqueniaelfora (Fulgens) 3. Gardenia Intermedia'
Antique English flower botanical chromolithograph.
Category
Late 19th Century Naturalistic Still-life Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Mary Knowland, Poppy 19, Affordable Art, Floral Art, Contemporary Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Mary Knowland
Poppy 19
Unique Mono Print
Floral Art
Image Size: H 28cm x W 19cm
Mount Size H 45cm x W 37cm
Sold Unframed
Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of ho...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Paper, Monoprint
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
Inside-Insight-Out #3
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Carborundum and intaglio. Signed BAT print for the edition of 25.
Tachibana’s prints take their inspiration from nature, a meditation on the forms and shapes of water, ferns and th...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Intaglio
Winter Light II
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Ellen Gunn (1951- )
Title: Winter Light II
Medium: Screenprint
Image size: 24 x 20 inches
Sheet size: 24 x 20 inches
Signature: lower left
Edition:...
Category
1990s Impressionist Still-life Prints
Materials
Paper, Screen
Elizabeth's Cone
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Elizabeth's Cone', Aquatint Etching with the plate (image itself) 15 x 22 inches. On a larger sheet of archival paper. An iconic still life image featuring the “tragedy” of a drop...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
"Pills" - Outsider Pop Art - Woodblock on Paper (#5/5)
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant multi-layer woodblock print by Robin Blake (American, 1955). Three layers of neon ink (yellow, magenta, and blue) form a zoomed-in composition of pills. The bright colors cre...
Category
2010s Outsider Art Still-life Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Woodcut
(Title Unknown) Limited Edition Giclee on Paper, Signed by Artist
Located in Clinton Township, MI
Limited Edition Giclee on Paper (A.P 18/50). Signed by Artist. Measures 24.5 x 30.25 inches and is unframed. The piece is in Good Condition-wrinkling/creasing consistent with age and...
Category
Late 20th Century Still-life Prints
Materials
Giclée
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
Untitled from Wallflowers Series
Located in Hinsdale, IL
Donald K. Sultan
(b. 1951)
Untitled, from Wallflowers
Screenprint in colors on wove paper, 2008
24-1/4 x 21-5/8 inches (61.6 x 54.9 cm) (sheet)
Ed. 53/190
Initialed, numbered, date...
Category
Early 2000s American Modern Still-life Prints
Materials
Screen
Temple With Sphinx - Etching by Filippo de Grado - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Temple With Sphinx from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Filippo De Grado in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditions and aged with som...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Still-life Prints
Materials
Etching
Green Fluor Father Portrait at a Christmas banquet. Edition 5/25 On Dibond
Located in FISTERRA, ES
In this original limited edition of only 25 copies, hand-signed and numbered by Natasha Lelenco, an adult man makes humorous and exaggerated gestures in a colorful and whimsical tabl...
Category
2010s Pop Art Still-life Prints
Materials
Metal
After the Storm, Limited Edition Print, Landscape Etching Print in Greens
Located in Deddington, GB
After the Storm is a contemporary landscape print by Phil Greenwood. The serene combination of earthy green, blue and white tones gives the work a calming feel and Greenwood’s attent...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Archival Paper, Etching, Aquatint
CONE
Located in Burlingame, CA
'CONE, an iconic still life image featuring the “tragedy” of a dropped ice cream cone. The artist came to see dropped cones as fleeting promises of joy. Whether devoured or dropped, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Amsterdam II ed 28/50- museum glass framed black-white aquatint etch print
Located in Doetinchem, NL
Amsterdam II is an intriguing early career aquatint dry-needle etch print by renowned French-Dutch artist Olivier Julia. It depicts a detail of an old Amsterdam house facade is both ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Rag Paper, Etching, Aquatint
"Drift 8" Landscape Photography 30" x 20" Edition of 10 by Rowan Daly
By Rowan Daly
Located in Culver City, CA
"Drift 8" Landscape Photography 30" x 20" Edition of 10 by Rowan Daly
Digital print on Ultra Smooth Fine Art Paper
Unframed - ships rolled in a tube
DRIFT
Behind the scenes of ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Digital, Archival Pigment
Vorfuehrung
Located in Kansas City, MO
Hans-Jürgen Diehl
Vorfuehrung
Year: 1971
Medium: Color Etching
Edition: 20
Size: 33.5 x 25.5 in.
Publisher: Ketterer, Germany
Signed, numbered and/or titled
Hans-Jürgen Diehl was bo...
Category
1970s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Etching
Rye spring. 1980, Paper, linocut, print size 50x65 cm; total 70x80 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Rye spring. 1980, Paper, linocut, print size 50x65 cm; total 70x80 cm
Dainis Rozkalns (1928 - 2018)
Artist, graphic artist, illustrator of folklore and fiction publications. The ma...
Category
1980s Abstract Geometric Still-life Prints
Materials
Paper, Linocut
Zinnias
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Ronald Julius Christensen – American (1923-1999)
Title: Zannias (sic)
Year: circa 1980
Medium: Color Lithograph on BFK Rives paper
Image size: 24 x 19 inches.
Sheet size: 30 x 22.5 inches
Signature: Signed lower right
Edition size: 295 This one: 114/295
Condition: Very good
Unframed
This exceptional vivid lithograph is by noted artist Ronald Julius Christensen (1923-1999). It makes use of vivid colors and bold strokes. The print is in very good condition.
Born in Quincy, Massachusetts, Ronald Christensen established a fine-art career as a printmaker, painter and muralist in Boston where he had studied at the Boston Museum School of Fine Art and the Vesper George School of Art. He became a teacher in Color Theory at the New England School of Art in Boston in 1963. Exhibition venues included the National Academy of Design (1965) and the Rhode Island Art...
Category
1980s Impressionist Still-life Prints
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
"The Winner" - Etching on Paper (10/25)
Located in Soquel, CA
"The Winner" - Etching on Paper
Clean and modern drypoint etching of a horse skeleton by Maria Bennett (American, 20th Century). This etching has layer...
Category
1970s Modern Still-life Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Drypoint
Harvest Flowers, Modern Screenprint by George Lockwood
Located in Long Island City, NY
George Lockwood, American (1929 - 1969) - Harvest Flowers, Year: circa 1963, Medium: Screenprint on Arches, signed, titled and numbered in pencil, Edition: 1/20, Image Size: 18 x 2...
Category
1960s Modern Still-life Prints
Materials
Screen
Joan Miro - L'Issue Dérobée - Original Aquatint
By Joan Miró
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Joan Miro - L'Issue Dérobée - Original Aquatint
1974
Dimensions: 36 x 54 cm
Edition: 220
Jacques Dupin, L'Issue Dérobée, Maeght Editeur, Paris, 1974 (C. books 187)
Biography
Joa...
Category
1970s Modern Still-life Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Still Life - Etching by Leo Guida - 1976
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Still Life is an artwork realized in 1976 by the Italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017).
Original screen print on cardboard
Hand-signed on the lower right in pencil ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Etching
Still Life - Etching by Leo Guida - 1976
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Still Life is a artwork realized in 1976 by the Italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017).
Original screen print on cardboard, in an attractive portfolio.
Signed on pl...
Category
1970s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Etching
Carnations, Serigraph by John Grillo
By John Grillo
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: John Grillo, American (1917 - 2014)
Title: Carnations
Year: 1979
Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 200, AP 25
Image Size: 22.5 x 16.5 inches
Siz...
Category
1970s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Screen
Ancient Still Life 2 - Etching by Nicola Vanni - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Still Life from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Carlo Ceri in the 18th Century.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditions, aged with some folding.
The e...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Still-life Prints
Materials
Etching
Vintage Exhibition Poster Morandi - Offset Print - 1975
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Exhibition Poster Morandi is an Original Offset realized for the exhibition at Galleria Marino in Rome after Giorgio Morandi.
Good condition for n.12 copies by Editoriale Grafica Roma.
Giorgio Morandi (July 20, 1890 – June 18...
Category
1970s Modern Still-life Prints
Materials
Paper, Offset
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.