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Pocket Ladybird 2, Original painting, Still life, Insect
By Dani Humberstone
Located in Deddington, GB
series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with a nod to baroque still life painting. The
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pocket Bumble Bee 3, Baroque Still Life, Insect, Animals, Affordable art, Spring
By Dani Humberstone
Located in Deddington, GB
series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with a nod to baroque still life painting. The
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2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pocket Peacock Butterfly 2, Original painting, Still life, Butterfly, Insect
By Dani Humberstone
Located in Deddington, GB
Painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with a nod to baroque still life painting
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Still life of roses with insects, original oil on board, late 20thC, German
Located in Nutfield, Surrey
). Schwammberger is a German Post-war and Contemporary painter who specialises in still life-art, particularly
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Late 20th Century Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Stargazer Still Life - Night Heron
By Mark Messersmith
Located in Dallas, TX
, plants, and insects that express his concern for the shrinking world they inhabit. His small paintings of
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil

FLOWERS -Dutch School - Italian Still Life Oil on Canvas Painting
By Carlo De Tommasi
Located in Napoli, IT
this genre. His still lifes also often contain insects and lizards. Here we admire an arrangement of
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2010s Dutch School Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

FLOWERS - Dutch SchooI -Italian Still Life Oil on Canvas Painting
By Carlo De Tommasi
Located in Napoli, IT
this genre. His still lifes also often contain insects and lizards. Here we admire an arrangement of
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Early 2000s Dutch School Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Apple and Katydids, surreal egg tempera still life nature painting
By Douglas Safranek
Located in New York, NY
The flatness of egg tempera lends itself readily to the uncanny tone of Doug Safranek's still life
Category

2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Egg Tempera, Illustration Board

Diptych: Egg Bag & Insect Net
By Katie VanVliet
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Diptych: Egg Bag & Insect Net" is an original artwork made from beeswax, quail
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Sculptures

Materials

Copper

Still Life Arrangement - Dutch Old Master 17thC art oil painting fruit butterfly
By Leendert de Laeff
Located in London, GB
canvas on panel depicts a still life of fruit with insects and butterflies. A superb 17th century Old
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17th Century Old Masters Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Still Life of a Poppy, Iris and Peonies in a Glass Vase
Located in London, GB
favourite flowers and were commonly featured in his still life's. This painting shows a superb
Category

Late 17th Century Naturalistic Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

FLOWERS-In the Manner of Jacob van Wascapelle -Italian Still Life Oil on Canvas
By Gianluca D'Este
Located in Napoli, IT
greatest old master painting "Floral Still Life"by Jacob van Walscapelle, Dutch painter. This large floral
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Early 2000s Dutch School Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Good life, Gyula Bubarnik, Oil Paint/panel, Photorealist
Located in OOSTERBEEK, NL
. After studying at the Academy, he devoted himself entirely to painting still lifes. He brings objects to
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Mid-20th Century Photorealist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Insect I - Aquatint and Etching by Fifo Stricker - 1981
Located in Roma, IT
Insect I is a contemporary artwork realized by the artist Fifo Stricker in 1981. Mixed colored
Category

1980s Contemporary Still-life Prints

Materials

Etching

Secret recipe, Gyula Bubarnik, Oil Paint/panel, Photorealist
Located in OOSTERBEEK, NL
. After studying at the Academy, he devoted himself entirely to painting still lifes. He brings objects to
Category

Mid-20th Century Photorealist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Just strawberries, Gyula Bubarnik, Oil Paint/panel, Photorealist
Located in OOSTERBEEK, NL
. After studying at the Academy, he devoted himself entirely to painting still lifes. He brings objects to
Category

Mid-20th Century Photorealist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Favourite fruits, Gyula Bubarnik, Oil Paint/panel, Photorealist
Located in OOSTERBEEK, NL
. After studying at the Academy, he devoted himself entirely to painting still lifes. He brings objects to
Category

Mid-20th Century Photorealist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

My old can, Gyula Bubarnik, Oil Paint/panel, Photorealist
Located in OOSTERBEEK, NL
. After studying at the Academy, he devoted himself entirely to painting still lifes. He brings objects to
Category

Mid-20th Century Photorealist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

From the garden, Gyula Bubarnik, Oil Paint/panel, Photorealist
Located in OOSTERBEEK, NL
. After studying at the Academy, he devoted himself entirely to painting still lifes. He brings objects to
Category

Mid-20th Century Photorealist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Prunes in a chinese bowl, Gyula Bubarnik, Oil Paint/panel, Photorealist
Located in OOSTERBEEK, NL
. After studying at the Academy, he devoted himself entirely to painting still lifes. He brings objects to
Category

Mid-20th Century Photorealist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Fell from the tree, Gyula Bubarnik, Oil Paint/panel, Photorealist
Located in OOSTERBEEK, NL
. After studying at the Academy, he devoted himself entirely to painting still lifes. He brings objects to
Category

Mid-20th Century Photorealist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Fresh from the garden, Gyula Bubarnik, Oil Paint/panel, Photorealist
Located in OOSTERBEEK, NL
. After studying at the Academy, he devoted himself entirely to painting still lifes. He brings objects to
Category

Mid-20th Century Photorealist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Prunes, Gyula Bubarnik, Oil Paint/panel, Photorealist
Located in OOSTERBEEK, NL
. After studying at the Academy, he devoted himself entirely to painting still lifes. He brings objects to
Category

Mid-20th Century Photorealist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Strawberries, Gyula Bubarnik, Oil Paint/panel, Photorealist
Located in OOSTERBEEK, NL
. After studying at the Academy, he devoted himself entirely to painting still lifes. He brings objects to
Category

Mid-20th Century Photorealist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Fruite from the garden, Gyula Bubarnik, Oil Paint/panel, Photorealist
Located in OOSTERBEEK, NL
. After studying at the Academy, he devoted himself entirely to painting still lifes. He brings objects to
Category

Mid-20th Century Photorealist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Droplets 1 - Nature limited edition print, Floral green brown, Contemporary
By Sam Thomas
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
, Timeless, Aesthetic photo, Peaceful, Oversize,Nature, Insect, Still life, detail, brown, green, red, yellow
Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color, Pigment, A...

Study of Apples, Pears, Caterpillar, Butterflies and Mice - by Johannes BOUMAN
Located in Blackwater, GB
1635, oil on rocked panel. Important Dutch study of the allegorical arrangement of fruits and insects
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17th Century Dutch School Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Polyanthus, Pinks and Cedric, Oil on Panel Painting by Jo Aylward
Located in Kingsclere, GB
the same, with memories of transient moments and chance encounters with birds, insects, and flowers
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21st Century and Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Panel

Summer Feeling in Blue, Floral Diptych, Abstract Statement Painting, Flower Art
By Mary Chaplin
Located in Deddington, GB
little piece of Nature. Poppies, wind, perfumes, birdsong and insects humming: Life! Mary Chaplin
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2010s Abstract Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Droplets 1 - Nature limited edition print, Floral green brown, Contemporary
By Sam Thomas
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
, Timeless, Aesthetic photo, Peaceful, Oversize,Nature, Insect, Still life, detail, brown, green, red, yellow
Category

2010s Modern Still-life Photography

Materials

Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color, Pigment, A...

Tulips in red and yellow in Red Vase -21st Century Realistic Flower Painting
By Joran van der Haar
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
effect. These paintings were therefore the reason to paint a flower still life himself. Van der Haar
Category

2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

Flowers in Delft blue vase with bicycles -21st Century hyper Realistic Painting
By Joran van der Haar
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
effect. These paintings were therefore the reason to paint a flower still life himself. Van der Haar
Category

2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

#402
By Tiffany Calvert
Located in New Orleans, LA
recent work uses the seventeenth-century Dutch floral still life as a springboard for exploring the
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Inkjet

Flowers-21st Century Contemporary Flower Painting of a Tulip vase with Flowers
By Joran van der Haar
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
. The artist about his work: ‘In the Rijksmuseum and Mauritshuis I found the still lifes of Jan Davidsz
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2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

Butterflies Paradise
By Mary Chaplin
Located in Deddington, GB
-abstract painting Artist Mary Chaplin is passionate about gardening and spends a lot of time observing life
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Butterflies Paradise
Butterflies Paradise
H 35.04 in W 45.67 in D 0.79 in
#377
By Tiffany Calvert
Located in New Orleans, LA
recent work uses the seventeenth-century Dutch floral still life as a springboard for exploring the
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Inkjet

#377
H 50 in W 39.5 in
#375
By Tiffany Calvert
Located in New Orleans, LA
recent work uses the seventeenth-century Dutch floral still life as a springboard for exploring the
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Inkjet

#375
#375
H 50 in W 39.5 in
One Long Day - lively, narrative, overlapping botanicals, acrylic, oil on canvas
By Fiona Ackerman
Located in Bloomfield, ON
insects. Rooted in abstraction, One Long Day is painted in subtle, earthy colours—crisp white, forest
Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

#325
By Tiffany Calvert
Located in New Orleans, LA
recent work uses the seventeenth-century Dutch floral still life as a springboard for exploring the
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Inkjet

#286
By Tiffany Calvert
Located in New Orleans, LA
recent work uses the seventeenth-century Dutch floral still life as a springboard for exploring the
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Inkjet

#341
By Tiffany Calvert
Located in New Orleans, LA
recent work uses the seventeenth-century Dutch floral still life as a springboard for exploring the
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Inkjet

Recycled sculpture: 'Nest 6'
By Robert Lach
Located in New York, NY
insect homes. Viscerally attracted by their nostalgia, ware, and uselessness, I mimic their design, form
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Sculptures

Materials

Mixed Media

#327
By Tiffany Calvert
Located in New Orleans, LA
techniques to historical imagery. Her recent work uses the seventeenth-century Dutch floral still life as a
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Inkjet

#338
By Tiffany Calvert
Located in New Orleans, LA
techniques to historical imagery. Her recent work uses the seventeenth-century Dutch floral still life as a
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Inkjet

#328
By Tiffany Calvert
Located in New Orleans, LA
techniques to historical imagery. Her recent work uses the seventeenth-century Dutch floral still life as a
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Inkjet

Large wall sculpture: 'Trumpet Vine'
By Eileen Braun
Located in New York, NY
familiarly organic yet there is a tension as one struggles to comprehend the life cycle stage being
Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Sculptures

Materials

Adhesive, Mixed Media, Wax

Hard Candy
Located in Nashville, TN
backdrop and the cricket lollipop that reflects an insect stuck in amber. The surrounding artificial sweets
Category

2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Linen, Cotton Canvas, Oil

Portrait with Wreath Arrangement
By Zane York
Located in Chicago, IL
deliberate liberties with reality by magnifying the everyday —a cat, a flower, an insect, dentures— and in
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Copper

Arrangement XVIII
By Zane York
Located in Chicago, IL
deliberate liberties with reality by magnifying the everyday —a cat, a flower, an insect, dentures— and in
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Copper

Arrangement XIX
By Zane York
Located in Chicago, IL
deliberate liberties with reality by magnifying the everyday —a cat, a flower, an insect, dentures— and in
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Copper

Trientalis- lively, colourful, narrative, abstract botanicals, acrylic on canvas
By Fiona Ackerman
Located in Bloomfield, ON
and stems, seeds and insects. Since completing her BFA through Concordia and the Emily Carr Institute
Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Tornado
By Lori Nix and Kathleen Gerber
Located in New York, NY
love of the land and sky in its endless variations, and a fascination with the absurdities of life, has
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1990s Contemporary Still-life Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Meadow Beauty
By Trailer McQuilkin
Located in New York, NY
sculpture reveals the tiniest fibers, the slightest discoloration and even an occasional insect-bitten leaf
Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Sculptures

Materials

Copper

Yellow Pitcher Plant
By Trailer McQuilkin
Located in New York, NY
sculpture reveals the tiniest fibers, the slightest discoloration and even an occasional insect-bitten leaf
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Sculptures

Materials

Copper

Bromeliads
By Kristina Nemethy
Located in New York, NY
. The bases sheathing on an other and forming a tube or a cup. In the tropics small frogs and insects
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Insekt I - Aquatint and Etching by Fifo Stricker - 1981
Located in Roma, IT
Insect I is a  contemporary artwork realized by the artist Fifo Stricker in 1981. Mixed colored
Category

1980s Contemporary Still-life Prints

Materials

Aquatint, Etching

Papaya and Moth Metamorphosis: 18th C. Hand-colored Engraving by Maria Merian
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in Alamo, CA
still life painting, working directly from life. As her interests evolved toward the study of insects
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Early 18th Century Academic Still-life Prints

Materials

Engraving

Pineapple with foliage.
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in London, GB
decided to visit the Dutch colony of Surinam herself to study and paint the insect life there. She sailed
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1710s Naturalistic Still-life Prints

Materials

Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Engraving

Pineapple with foliage.
Pineapple with foliage.
H 20.95 in W 15.04 in D 1.78 in
Flowering Sea Onion: A 19th Century Hand-colored Engraving by William Curtis
By William Curtis
Located in Alamo, CA
preserving insects. He worked as at the Chelsea Physic Garden from 1771 to 1777, but then established his own
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Early 1800s Naturalistic Still-life Prints

Materials

Engraving

Flowering Crinum Plant: A 19th Century Hand-colored Engraving by Curtis
By William Curtis
Located in Alamo, CA
and preserving insects. He worked as at the Chelsea Physic Garden from 1771 to 1777, but then
Category

1820s Naturalistic Still-life Prints

Materials

Engraving

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Questions About Still Life Insect
  • 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 22, 2021
    A still life is a type of painting or drawing portraying an arrangement of different objects. Typically, these subjects include fruit, flowers, dining ware, and glassware.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Dutch still life paintings are painted works of art depicting everyday objects that were produced in the Netherlands during the 16th and 17th centuries. Although the pictured items are realistic, they tend to have symbolic meanings. On 1stDibs, shop a selection of Dutch still life paintings.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Pronkstilleven is a type of still life that was developed in the 1640s by Flemish artists. Rather than traditional still-life paintings, these emphasized abundances and various objects considered to be part of a luxurious life such as fruits, flowers and wild game. On 1stDibs, find a variety of original artwork from top artists.
  • 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019

    A still- life painting depicts inanimate, everyday objects.

  • Lilac Gallery Ltd.March 17, 2021
    A 'Still Life' image refers to a work of art where the main subject usually portrays an intimate interior scene showing natural objects like food, flowers, dead animals, plants, rocks, shells, etc. or man-made objects like drinking glasses, books, vases, jewelry, coins, pipes, etc. which are mostly arranged on top of a flat surface like a table or mantel.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Whether or not still life art is realism depends on the piece. Dutch still lifes produced during the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries are examples of a realistic style. Impressionist and Expressionist still lifes from the late 19th and early 20th centuries are not realistic. Shop a variety of still life art on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019

    Although still lifes occur in ancient murals, Jacopo de’Barbari is considered to have painted the first still life, in 1504.

  • 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019

    The subject of a portrait is typically a person; the subject of a still life consists predominantly of inanimate objects.

  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Most people considered the nationality of the still life technique to be Dutch. This is because Realist still life painting originated in Holland in the 16h century. However, artists from other parts of the world also work in the genre. On 1stDibs, shop a range of still life paintings.
  • La ChrysomeleFebruary 23, 2021
    A still life painting portrays inanimate subjects of small to medium size : a bouquet, a cup of fruits, cooking utensils, a set of keys, etc.
    Glenn Green Galleries
    Glenn Green GalleriesFebruary 24, 2021
    A still-life painting is typically a group of arranged objects in an intimate setting. The term comes from the Dutch word "stilleven".
  • 1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022
    In his work Still Life with Fuji Chrysanthemums, Tom Wesselmann used well-defined contour lines to depict flowers, fruit and other household objects. The American Pop artist made the piece of laser-cut steel and designed it to hang on the wall like a canvas painting. Shop a variety of Tom Wesselmann art on 1stDibs.