Hunt Slonem "Daisy" Floral
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Daisy Date: 2025 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5" Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso Edition: ...
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Daisy Garden" Floral
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Daisy Garden Date: 2025 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5" Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso Edi...
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Daisy Chain" Floral
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Daisy Chain Date: 2025 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5" Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso Edit...
Oil
$8,000
Daisy
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Woodmere, OH
Hunt Slonem (b. 1951) is an internationally celebrated American artist whose vibrant and instantly recognizable works have made him one of the most collectible contemporary painters ...
Wood, Oil
$8,000
Daisy
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Woodmere, OH
Hunt Slonem (b. 1951) is an internationally celebrated American artist whose vibrant and instantly recognizable works have made him one of the most collectible contemporary painters ...
Wood, Oil
$8,000
"Daisy" White with Yellow Flowers on a Lime Green Background Oil Painting Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's newest series, Daisy's. This piece depicts a gestural Daisy on a lime green background with thick use of paint.
Oil, Wood Panel
Hunt Slonem "Daisies" Floral
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Daisies Series: Florals Date: 2025 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 20" x 17" Framed Dimensions: 21.25" x 18.25" Signature: Signed Edition...
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Daisy" Floral painting
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Daisy Date: 2025 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 16" x 14" Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso Edition: Uniq...
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Daisy Again" Floral
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Daisy Again Date: 2025 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5" Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso Edit...
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Daisy (A)" Floral
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Daisy (A) Series: Floral Date: 2025 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5" Signature: Signed by Artist...
Oil
Daisy
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Daisy Date: 2024 Medium: Oil on Wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5" Signature: Signed Verso Edition: Unique Provena...
Oil
Daisy
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Daisy Date: 2024 Medium: Oil on Panel Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 15" x 13" Signature: Signed Verso Edition: Unique Provenance...
Oil
Daisy
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Daisy Date: 2024 Medium: Oil on Panel Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 15" x 13" Signature: Signed Verso Edition: Unique Provenance...
Oil
Daisy
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Daisy Date: 2024 Medium: Oil on Panel Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5" Signature: Signed Verso Edition: Unique Proven...
Oil
Daisy
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Daisy Date: 2024 Medium: Oil on Panel Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5" Signature: Signed Verso Edition: Unique Proven...
Oil
Daisy
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Daisy Date: 2024 Medium: Oil on Wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5" Signature: Signed Verso Edition: Unique Provena...
Oil
Daisy
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Daisy Date: 2024 Medium: Oil on Panel Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5" Signature: Signed Verso Edition: Unique Proven...
Oil
Daisy
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Daisy Date: 2024 Medium: Oil on Panel Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5" Signature: Signed Verso Edition: Unique Proven...
Oil
Daisy
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Daisy Date: 2024 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5" Signature: Signed verso Edition: Unique
Oil
Daisy
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Daisy Date: 2025 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5" Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso Edition: ...
Oil
Daisy 2
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Daisy 2 Date: 2024 Medium: Oil on Panel Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5" Signature: Signed Verso Edition: Unique Prov...
Oil
Daisy Upstate
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Daisy Upstate Date: 2024 Medium: Oil on Wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 12" x 10" Signature: Signed Verso Edition: Unique Pro...
Oil
Daisy Chain
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Daisy Chain Date: 2024 Medium: Oil on Panel Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5" Signature: Signed Verso Edition: Unique ...
Oil
Daisy Butch
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Daisy Butch Date: 2024 Medium: Oil on Wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5" Signature: Signed Verso Edition: Unique P...
Oil
Daisy 4
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Daisy 4 Date: 2024 Medium: Oil on Wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5" Signature: Signed Verso Edition: Unique Prove...
Oil
Daisy O
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Daisy O Date: 2024 Medium: Oil on Wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5" Signature: Signed Verso Edition: Unique Prove...
Oil
Daisy A
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Daisy A Date: 2024 Medium: Oil on Wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5" Signature: Signed Verso Edition: Unique Prove...
Oil
Daisy 3
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Daisy 3 Date: 2024 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5" Signature: Signed verso Edition: Unique
Oil
Daisy's Schamberg Castle
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Daisy's Schamberg Castle Date: 2024 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 21" x 15" Framed Dimensions: 28.5" x 25.5" Signature: Signed by Artist...
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Daisy Chain" Orange Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Daisy Chain" Orange Bunny A single rabbit gestured in black on a light orange background in a vintage frame Unframed: 8 x 6 inches Framed: 11.5 x 9.5 inches *Painting i...
Oil, Panel
Hunt Slonem "Daisy" Floral
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Daisy Series: Floral Date: 2025 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5" Signature: Signed by Artist on ...
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Daisy Again" Floral
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Daisy Again Date: 2025 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5" Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso Edit...
Oil
Daisy
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Daisy Date: 2024 Medium: Oil on Wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5" Signature: Signed Verso Edition: Unique Provena...
Oil
Daisy
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Daisy Date: 2025 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 16" x 14" Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso Edition: Unique
Oil
Daisy April
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Daisy April Date: 2024 Medium: Oil on Panel Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5" Signature: Signed Verso Edition: Unique ...
Oil
Daisy 3
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Daisy 3 Date: 2024 Medium: Oil on Wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5" Signature: Signed Verso Edition: Unique Prove...
Oil
Daisy Lane
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Daisy Lane Date: 2024 Medium: Oil on Panel Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5" Signature: Signed Verso Edition: Unique P...
Oil
Daisy Field
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Daisy Field Date: 2024 Medium: Oil on Wood Unframed Dimensions: 22" x 16" Framed Dimensions: 23" x 17" Signature: Signed Verso Edition: Unique Prov...
Oil
Daisy X
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Daisy X Date: 2024 Medium: Oil on Wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5" Signature: Signed Verso Edition: Unique Prove...
Oil
Daisy Yard
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Daisy Yard Date: 2024 Medium: Oil on Wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5" Signature: Signed Verso Edition: Unique Pr...
Oil
Daisy Chain
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Daisy Chain Series: Bunnies Date: 2021 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 12" x 10" Framed Dimensions: 16.5" x 14.5" Signature: Signed Edit...
Oil
One Flower at a Time
Located in Zofingen, AG
At first glance, the flowers gather into a single bouquet. But when the gaze slows down, the whole begins to separate into individual forms — small circles, folds, traces of pink, gr...
Canvas, Acrylic
Bouquet of Daisies
Located in Zofingen, AG
Size: 100×70 cm (overall size with stretching 108×78 cm) Year: 2026 Materials: acrylic on canvas Shipping: Stretched, in reinforced cardboard packaging. A loosely gathered bouquet o...
Canvas, Acrylic
Field of Daisies
Located in Zofingen, AG
Size: 100×100 cm (overall size with stretching 110×110 cm) Year: 2026 Materials: acrylic on canvas Shipping: rolled This painting captures a field of small daisies scattered across ...
Canvas, Acrylic
Daisy Cat
Located in Zofingen, AG
😻 Title " Daisy Cat" 😻 Size: 20 x 16 inches 😻 Artist: Halyna Kirichenko 😻 Work: Original acrylic Painting, One of a Kind, 100% handmade, not a print 😻 Medium: acrylic on stretch...
Canvas, Acrylic
Portrait of a Daisy
Located in Zofingen, AG
Size: 100×100 cm (overall size with stretching 110×110 cm) Year: 2026 Materials: acrylic on canvas Shipping: rolled A single daisy fills the entire space of the painting, becoming...
Canvas, Acrylic
Daisies
Located in Sheffield, MA
Doris Jenney American, 1912-1996 Daisies Oil on canvas 24 by 30 in, w/ frame 32 ½ by 38 ½ in Inventory Number: 01860
Canvas, Oil
Hunt Slonem "2 Tulips" Florals
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: 2 Tulips Date: 2024 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 16" x 14" Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso Edition: U...
Oil
Untitled (0673)
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
This whimsical and sophisticated painting was realized by the esteemed contemporary painter, Hunt Slonem in 2016. It presents a stylized rabbit in profile, rendered with loose and ex...
Canvas, Oil
Summer Morning's Bouquet Painting
Located in Hudson, NY
Summer Morning's Bouquet. Original oil painting by Italian post-impressionist Michele Cascella (1892-1989). Measures: 30 inches high x 20 inches wide without frame. Sold together wi...
Daisies, "Moments" series
By Olha Vlasova
Located in Zofingen, AG
The "Moments" series tells a visual story of life’s events—both big and small—that stay with us and warm the soul Each painting is available individually, yet all the works in this ...
Canvas, Acrylic
Fantasy with Flowers 20
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Fantasy with Flowers" (series of 200+ pictures) paper 58x41cm On the paper acrylic, oil pastel, felt-tip pen, ink, gold leaf, pencils, silver,mixed media. Flowers are a smile of ...
Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Archival Paper
Hunt Slonem "Violets Charlotte" Floral
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Violets Charlotte Date: 2024 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 16" x 14" Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso Ed...
Oil
"Flower of the sun"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
“Flower of the Sun” “Flower of the Sun” is a painting filled with light, warmth, and the living energy of nature. Sunflowers have always been a symbol of joy, strength, and inner l...
Canvas, Oil
Daisy Bouquet, Modern Art Oil Painting by Lloyd Lozes Goff
By Lloyd Lozes Goff
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lloyd Lozes Goff, American (1918 - 1982) Title: Daisy Bouquet Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.l. Image Size: 23 x 17.5 inches Size: 25 in. x 30 in. (63.5 cm x 76.2 cm)
Oil
Fanasy with Flowers 118
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Fantasy with Flowers" (series of 200+ pictures) paper 59x42cm On the paper acrylic, oil pastel, felt-tip pen, ink, gold leaf, pencils, silver,mixed media. Flowers are a smile of ...
Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Archival Paper
Inner Blooming
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this work, a bouquet of daffodils appears not as a decorative motif but as an expression of inner fullness. The large rounded vase conveys a sense of stability and concentration, ...
Canvas, Acrylic
Hunt Slonem Oil Painting "Randy" Black and White Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem Oil Painting "Randy" Black and White Bunny A single rabbit gestured in black on a white background in a vintage frame Unframed: 8 x 6 inches Framed: 11 x 9 inches *Paint...
Oil, Panel
Untitled (Bunny Painting) - CHL 0330
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
This whimsical and sophisticated painting was realized by the esteemed contemporary painter, Hunt Slonem in 2016. It presents a stylized rabbit in profile, rendered with loose and ex...
Canvas, Oil
La Carmencita by John Singer Sargent
By John Singer Sargent
Located in New Orleans, LA
John Singer Sargent 1856-1925 American Stamped by artist's estate (en verso) Oil on canvas John Singer Sargent, widely regarded as one of history's most distinguished portraitists...
Canvas, Oil
Hunt Slonem "Pink Tulip" Unique Oil Painting of a Flower
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Pink Tulip Date: 2025 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5" Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso Editi...
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Society Finches 2" Birds
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Society Finches 2 Date: 2025 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 14.25" x 12.25" Signature: Signed by Artist on Ve...
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Timothy" Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Timothy Date: 2025 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 15" x 13" Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso Edition: Un...
Oil
Hunt Slonem "The Scone" Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: The Scone Date: 2025 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5" Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso Editio...
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Purple Tulip" Floral
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Purple Tulip Date: 2023 Medium: Oil on Panel Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 16.5" x 14.5" Signature: Signed Verso Edition: Unique...
Oil
$10,500
H 17.5 in W 14.5 in D 1 in
"Daffodils" Colorful Flowers on Pink Background Oil Painting on Wood Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Daffodil flowers. This piece depicts 3 gorgeous flowers in ascension placed in a wonderful intense pink colorful back...
Oil, Wood Panel
$8,000
H 14.5 in W 12.5 in D 1.25 in
"Pink Chat" Black Bunny on Cherry Blossom Pink Background Oil Painting
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts a gestural figure of a black bunny on a Cherry Blossom pink background with thick use of ...
Oil, Wood Panel
$8,000
H 16 in W 14 in D 1.25 in
"Red Tulip - Belle Terre" Red Tulip on Gold Background Oil Painting Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's newest series, Tulips. This piece depicts a gestural figure of a Red Tulip on a golden background with thick use of paint. It is housed in ...
Mixed Media, Oil, Wood Panel
Hunt Slonem has mastered the art of repetition in his exuberant Neo-Expressionist paintings. Some of his favorite subjects are bunnies, butterflies and the tropical birds that live in the private aviary nestled within his 30,000-square-foot studio complex in Brooklyn, New York.
“I believe in repetition like a holy mantra or rosary,” Slonem told Introspective, referring to his artistic method. “I am slightly influenced by Pop art, like the repetition of soup cans, postage stamps and celebrities. It’s something I have been doing my whole life.”
Slonem’s depictions of birds — which are often rendered in thick, gestural brushstrokes and arranged in a loose grid — owe to a fascination with tropical avian life that he developed during a childhood spent in Hawaii and Nicaragua. Today, along with the aviary, his studio contains a personal garden, a collection of antiques and walls and walls of artworks.
“I am a collector of things. My primary focus is color and objects. I love to make them work in a space,” Slonem says. “Sometimes I define a space with color.”
Besides birds, Slonem has painted so many bunnies that they’ve become a signature. Limned in expressive, urgent strokes on flat, vibrantly colored backgrounds, these creatures fascinate through their subtle variations. “I have painted hundreds of rabbits, but each one is different,” the artist has explained. “Each has its own personality, and it just comes through me.”
The multitalented Slonem also sculpts, makes prints, creates installations and restores historic spaces. His work has achieved cult status among collectors and is represented in the permanent collections of such esteemed institutions as the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Slonem has even made an appearance on Real Housewives of New York.
Find original Hunt Slonem paintings, prints and other art for sale on 1stDibs.
Used to refer to a time rather than an aesthetic, Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. This immediacy means it encompasses art responding to the present moment through diverse subjects, media and themes. Contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, performance, digital art, video and more frequently includes work that is attempting to reshape current ideas about what art can be, from Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s use of candy to memorialize a lover he lost to AIDS-related complications to Jenny Holzer’s ongoing “Truisms,” a Conceptual series that sees provocative messages printed on billboards, T-shirts, benches and other public places that exist outside of formal exhibitions and the conventional “white cube” of galleries.
Contemporary art has been pushing the boundaries of creative expression for years. Its disruption of the traditional concepts of art are often aiming to engage viewers in complex questions about identity, society and culture. In the latter part of the 20th century, contemporary movements included Land art, in which artists like Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer create large-scale, site-specific sculptures, installations and other works in soil and bodies of water; Sound art, with artists such as Christian Marclay and Susan Philipsz centering art on sonic experiences; and New Media art, in which mass media and digital culture inform the work of artists such as Nam June Paik and Rafaël Rozendaal.
The first decades of the 21st century have seen the growth of Contemporary African art, the revival of figurative painting, the emergence of street art and the rise of NFTs, unique digital artworks that are powered by blockchain technology.
Major Contemporary artists practicing now include Ai Weiwei, Cecily Brown, David Hockney, Yayoi Kusama, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and Kara Walker.
Find a collection of Contemporary prints, photography, paintings, sculptures and other art on 1stDibs.
Still-life paintings work as part of the decor in nearly every type of 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, still-life paintings frequently 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 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 and plants that were the subject of their work.
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.
While early examples were primarily figurative, you can find still lifes that belong to different schools and styles of painting, such as Cubism, Impressionism and contemporary art.
As part of the wall decor in your living room, dining room or elsewhere, a still-life painting can look sophisticated alongside your well-curated decorative objects and can help set the mood in a space.
When shopping for a still-life painting, 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, find a collection of still-life paintings in a wide range of styles and subject matter.