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A Vanitas still life
By Evert Collier
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
Baroque period, renowned for his intricate and symbolic vanitas paintings. Born in Breda, the Netherlands
Category
17th Century Old Masters Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Early 19th Century French School Vanitas Still Life Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in London, GB
Antique Vanitas Oil Painting, Antique Memento Mori Oil Painting, Antique Skull Oil Painting, Gothic
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Gothic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Giltwood, Paint
H 18.23 in W 15.04 in D 2.37 in
Bouquet of Flowers with Vanitas
By Louis Latapie
Located in London, GB
1930s). A vanitas painting contains collections of objects symbolic of the inevitability of death and
Category
1930s Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Wax Crayon
Vanitas
By John McLeod
Located in Denver, CO
Skull and Tomatoes
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Vanitas (unfinished)
By Michael Leonard
Located in London, GB
revisiting his previous painting Vanitas, (1991) when he retired from painting due to ill-health, making the
Category
Early 2000s Post-War Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Vanitas Relief
By Kevin Sonmor
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Kevin Sonmor’s heroic, post-apocalyptic paintings […] reference dark brooding abstract landscapes
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Shallow Vanitas
By Kevin Sonmor
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Kevin Sonmor’s heroic, post-apocalyptic paintings […] reference dark brooding abstract landscapes
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Agriculture Vanitas
By Kevin Sonmor
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Kevin Sonmor’s heroic, post-apocalyptic paintings […] reference dark brooding abstract landscapes
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Vanitas by Catherine Jansens (Born in 1949)
By Catherine Jansens
Located in Gent, VOV
the overarching theme of life’s fleeting nature.
In the tradition of Vanitas paintings, these objects
Category
20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
H 27.56 in W 33.46 in D 1.97 in
Petraeus "Vanitas vanitatis"
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Petraeus
Vanitas vanitatis
Acrylic/ oil on canvas/ frame
2020
Vanity on 1903 portrait by E Brunet
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Vanitas with Marine Corps Coin" Oil Painting
By Patrick Nevins
Located in Denver, CO
Patrick Nevin's (US based) "Vanitas with Marine Corps Coin" is an oil painting that depicts a human
Category
2010s American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
2nd Vanitas Relief
By Kevin Sonmor
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Kevin Sonmor’s heroic, post-apocalyptic paintings […] reference dark brooding abstract landscapes
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Red Vanitas Study
By Kevin Sonmor
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Kevin Sonmor’s heroic, post-apocalyptic paintings […] reference dark brooding abstract landscapes
Category
2010s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Vanitas Oil Painting on Panel Still Life In Stock
By Victor Muller
Located in Utrecht, NL
Vanitas Oil Painting on Linen Canvas Still Life In Stock
Born in Den Helder, The Netherlands in
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Vanitas 15.12.01, Photorealist Acrylic Painting on Canvas by Paul Beliveau
By Paul Béliveau
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Paul Beliveau, Canadian (b. 1954)
Title: Vanitas 05.12.01
Year: 2015
Medium: Acrylic on
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Vanitas 15.10.28, Photorealist Acrylic on Canvas Painting by Paul Beliveau
By Paul Béliveau
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Paul Beliveau, Canadian (b. 1954)
Title: Vanitas 05.10.28
Year: 2015
Medium: Acrylic on
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Black Rush: Self Portrait with Vanitas
Located in New York, NY
This work by Anthony Peyton Young is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vanitas Still Life, Photorealist Oil Painting by Pamela Schermer
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Pamela Schermer, American XXth
Title: Vanitas Still Life
Year: 1986
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Category
1980s American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 36 in W 48 in D 2 in
Vanitas 17
Located in Chicago, IL
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He expresses his artistic vision in several mediums including drawing, painting, kinetic sculpture
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Water...
Materials
Graphite
Painting 18th Century Vanitas Still Life Skull Religion Esotericism Occult
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Vanitas 18th century
French School
Oil on canvas
Old frame gilded with gold leaves
Dim canvas : 73
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 36.62 in W 31.5 in D 3.94 in
Abstracted Vanitas with Goldfish and Skull
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Robert Azensky Fine Art is proud to offer this large-scale abstracted vanitas with goldfish, table
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Oil painting on iron plate depicting a Vanitas, Italy late 17th century.
Located in Milan, IT
Oil painting on iron plate, depicting a Vanitas with skull and fruit. Octagonal frame in
Category
Antique Late 17th Century Italian Paintings
Materials
Iron
Still Life, 17th Century Oil on Panel Painting
Located in London, GB
this vanitas painting the golden plate, balancing precariously off of the table ledge, also evokes the
Category
Mid-17th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Yorik (Skull and Orb Vanitas Still Life Oil Painting in Cool Colors)
By Carl Grauer
Located in Hudson, NY
Yorik (Skull and Orb Vanitas Still Life Oil Painting in Cool Colors)
Painted by Hudson Valley based
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 10 in W 10 in D 1 in
18th Century Oil on Canvas Heraldic Funerary Hatchment Painting
Located in London, GB
18th Century Oil on Canvas Heraldic Funerary Hatchment Painting, Memento Mori Painting, Vanitas
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century British Gothic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Spanish Contemporary Art by Sandra de Jaume - Vanitas
Located in Paris, IDF
MEAM, Museo de Arte Moderno, Barcelona, for her artwork "Vanitas" in 2023. She has also received the
Category
2010s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
H 35.44 in W 51.19 in D 1.38 in
Vanitas III - Still Life Painting of a Human Skull & Flowers, Oil on Aluminum
By Matthew Cook
Located in Chicago, IL
comforts while he can
– A. Brontë
Matthew Cook
Vanitas III
Oil & Acrylic on Aluminum
10h x 8w in (15.5h
Category
2010s Old Masters Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Phoenician Pomegranates- original realism still life painting contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
signature bees. Inspired by Dutch Vanitas paintings and contemporary still-life photography, she explores
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ornamental Poppies - original realism still life painting contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
as playful moments of life—most notably her signature bees. Inspired by Dutch Vanitas paintings and
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
St. Clements Lime - original realism still life painting contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
signature bees. Inspired by Dutch Vanitas paintings and contemporary still-life photography, she explores
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
3 Ladybirds - original realism still life fruit painting - contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
signature bees. Inspired by Dutch Vanitas paintings and contemporary still-life photography, she explores
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
3 Passionfruits - original realism still life fruit painting - contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
signature bees. Inspired by Dutch Vanitas paintings and contemporary still-life photography, she explores
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vanita. 1995, oil on canvas, 57x69 cm
By Janis Zemitis
Located in Riga, LV
Vanita. 1995, oil on canvas, 57x69 cm
In 1958 he graduated from the Riga Art School of J
Category
1990s Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Vanitas IV : artwork in the genre of narrative realism
Located in New York, NY
Painting by a contemporary artist Audrey Ushenko.
Audrey Ushenko works in the genre of narrative
Category
1970s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vanitas with Pallas Athena, Wheat, and Flowers, 1701
Located in Stockholm, SE
existence. This phrase complements the painting's vanitas theme, invoking both a sense of finality and a
Category
Early 1700s Old Masters Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
H 27.56 in W 21.26 in
Still Life Vanitas Noletti Paint Oil on canvas Old master 17th Century Italian
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
x 102)
This painting, of beautiful scenic effect, depicts a still life composed of a rich display
Category
17th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Vanità necessità" by Enzio Wenk, 2010 - Acrylic on Canvas, Colorful Words
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Translated title: "Vanity necessity"
Acrylic on canvas.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Pocket Mauve Plum - original realism still life fruit - contemporary art
By Dani Humberstone
Located in London, Chelsea
the still-life tradition and Vanitas painting within a contemporary context, using both familiar
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Interior Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
"Another Vanitas 3" - surrealist still life, objects, flowers, books, pattern
By Guy Robinson
Located in Atlanta, GA
This painting features hues of green, purple and blue.
This surrealist still life has a flowers, a
Category
2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Another Vanitas 2" - surrealist still life, objects, flowers, books, pattern
By Guy Robinson
Located in Atlanta, GA
This painting features hues of green, purple and blue.
This surrealist still life has an elephant
Category
2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Another Vanitas 2" - surrealist still life, objects, flowers, books, pattern
By Guy Robinson
Located in Atlanta, GA
This painting features hues of green, purple and blue.
This surrealist still life a pear, skull
Category
2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Vanita. Abstract still life with scull. 2004, oil, collage on canvas, 100x120 cm
By Janis Zemitis
Located in Riga, LV
Vanita. 2004, oil, collage on canvas, 100x120 cm
In 1958 he graduated from the Riga Art School of
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 39.38 in W 47.25 in D 1.19 in
Vanitas de Plata - Wood Colored Panel Yellow Green White Blue Purple Orange Red
By Eric Liot
Located in Sofia, BG
"Vanitas de Plata" is a wood decorated colored Panel.
It is created by the French artist Maestro
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel
H 47.25 in W 39.38 in D 5.91 in
Pocket Red Pomegranate - original realism still life fruit - contemporary art
By Dani Humberstone
Located in London, Chelsea
, “Within my work I aspire to fuse the still-life tradition and Vanitas painting within a contemporary
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Interior Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
Vanitas, oil on canvas with a small cartouche, Italy circa 1850.
Located in Milan, IT
The painting presents an unusual shape, that of the circle, a direct reference to the clipeated
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Italian Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Fruitwood
Strawberry - original realism still life fruit - contemporary art
By Dani Humberstone
Located in London, Chelsea
, “Within my work I aspire to fuse the still-life tradition and Vanitas painting within a contemporary
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Interior Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
Vanitas, Oil on Panel, Circle of Vincent Sellaer 'c. 1500-Mechelen, before 1589'
Located in Madrid, ES
Vanitas. Oil on panel. Surroundings by Vincent Sellaer (c. 1500-Mechelen, before 1589).
Oil on
Category
Antique 16th Century European Renaissance Paintings
Materials
Other
H 28.75 in W 22.45 in D 1.58 in
Raspberry - original realism still life fruit - contemporary art
By Dani Humberstone
Located in London, Chelsea
the still-life tradition and Vanitas painting within a contemporary context, using both familiar
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Interior Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
Lime - original realism still life fruit - contemporary art
By Dani Humberstone
Located in London, Chelsea
, “Within my work I aspire to fuse the still-life tradition and Vanitas painting within a contemporary
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Interior Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
Blue Damson - original realism still life fruit - contemporary art
By Dani Humberstone
Located in London, Chelsea
and Vanitas painting within a contemporary context, using both familiar objects and ideas.”- Dani
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Interior Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
Clementine - original realism still life fruit - contemporary art
By Dani Humberstone
Located in London, Chelsea
, “Within my work I aspire to fuse the still-life tradition and Vanitas painting within a contemporary
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Interior Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
Peach - original realism still life fruit - contemporary art
By Dani Humberstone
Located in London, Chelsea
, “Within my work I aspire to fuse the still-life tradition and Vanitas painting within a contemporary
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Interior Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
"Fading Light", pencil, paper, portrait, cubist, classic arts, vanitas
Located in Toronto, Ontario
painting – arguably an ode to art and art making, posterity where it can be found. Vanitas.
"Fading Light
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Contemporary Oil on Canvas Painting by Lars Dan
By Lars Dan
Located in Ventura, CA
abstract floral arrangements reminiscent of 17th-century vanitas paintings. His art tells poetic tales
Category
20th Century Danish Decorative Art
Materials
Wood
Skull and Ornament - Vanitas, Still Life, Color Pencil Drawing, Framed
By John Hrehov
Located in Chicago, IL
Drawings of skulls are often called vanitas, which often contain collections of objects symbolic of
Category
2010s Surrealist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Color Pencil
Vanitas III (Study) - Still Life Drawing of a Human Skull & Flowers
By Matthew Cook
Located in Chicago, IL
Matthew Cook
Vanitas III (Study)
Charcoal & Chalk on Paper
10h x 8w in
25.40h x 20.32w cm
FRAMED
Category
2010s Old Masters Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Chalk, Charcoal
Dismemberment
Located in Hollywood, FL
, confused, or sinister. Her compositions have drawn on historical sources including Dutch vanitas paintings
Category
2010s Contemporary More Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
Vanitas Vase 7
Located in New Orleans, LA
I’ve long taken inspiration from the Dutch/Flemish tradition of Vanitas still life painting in
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Glaze
Opening No. 51 (Modern, Hudson River Landscape Painting in Romanticist Style)
By Leigh Palmer
Located in Hudson, NY
"Frivolity and Mortality: The Tradition of Vanitas in Contemporary Painting", Sherry French
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 40 in W 48 in D 1.5 in
Opening No. 50 (Abstract Landscape Painting on Canvas in Romanticist Style)
By Leigh Palmer
Located in Hudson, NY
"Frivolity and Mortality: The Tradition of Vanitas in Contemporary Painting", Sherry French
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 40 in W 48 in D 1.5 in
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