Robert C Jackson
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Linen, Oil
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Linen, Oil
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Oil, Linen
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Linen, Oil
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Linen, Oil
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Linen, Oil
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Linen, Oil
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Linen, Oil
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Linen, Oil
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Linen, Oil
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Linen, Oil
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Linen, Oil
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Archival Paper, C Print
Recent Sales
2010s Realist Paintings
Linen, Oil
2010s Still-life Paintings
Oil
2010s Still-life Paintings
Oil
Early 2000s Still-life Paintings
Oil
2010s Still-life Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Prints and Multiples
21st Century and Contemporary Prints and Multiples
21st Century and Contemporary Prints and Multiples
21st Century and Contemporary Prints and Multiples
21st Century and Contemporary Prints and Multiples
21st Century and Contemporary Prints and Multiples
1980s Black and White Photography
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, C Print, Archival Pigment
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Linen, Oil
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Linen, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Linen, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Oil, Linen
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Oil, Linen
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Oil, Linen
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Linen, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Oil, Linen
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Oil, Linen
21st Century and Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Linen, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Paintings
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
21st Century and Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Oil, Linen
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Linen, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Oil, Linen
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Oil, Linen
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Linen, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Oil, Linen
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Linen, Oil
Oil, Canvas
Oil, Linen
Oil, Linen
Oil, Linen
Oil, Linen
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Linen, Oil
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Linen, Oil
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Linen, Oil
2010s Still-life Paintings
Linen, Oil
2010s Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Still-life Paintings
Linen, Oil
2010s Realist Paintings
Linen, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Linen, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Linen, Oil
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Linen, Oil
2010s Still-life Paintings
Linen, Oil
15th Century and Earlier Realist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Linen, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Linen, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Linen, Oil
2010s Still-life Paintings
Linen, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Linen, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
People Also Browsed
2010s Pop Art Animal Paintings
Canvas, Paper, Acrylic
1990s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Screen
20th Century Side Tables
2010s Still-life Paintings
Oil
18th Century Old Masters Landscape Paintings
Oil
Vintage 1970s Mid-Century Modern Night Stands
Walnut
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Canvas, Velvet, Walnut
Antique 1820s Austrian Biedermeier Dining Room Tables
Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Chaise Longues
Wood
Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Panel
1940s Realist Nude Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Pillows and Throws
Other
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Chrome
Mid-20th Century Vitrines
Wood
Early 20th Century American Renaissance Revival Tableware
Sterling Silver
2010s French Other Canapes
Fabric
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Finding the Right Still-life-paintings for You
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.