Still Life Paintings
20th Century Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Board
1960s Other Art Style Still-life Paintings
Paper, Acrylic
20th Century Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Early 2000s Still-life Paintings
Acrylic
1960s Other Art Style Still-life Paintings
Gouache, Paper
Late 18th Century Old Masters Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Fauvist Still-life Paintings
Linen, Oil
1980s Other Art Style Still-life Paintings
Paper, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Acrylic, Mixed Media, Gouache, Archival Paper
2010s Pop Art Still-life Paintings
Varnish, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Early 20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1940s Naturalistic Still-life Paintings
Oil
1960s Still-life Paintings
Paper, Acrylic
2010s Pop Art Still-life Paintings
Varnish, Acrylic, Wood Panel
2010s Pop Art Still-life Paintings
Varnish, Acrylic, Wood Panel
2010s Pop Art Still-life Paintings
Varnish, Acrylic, Wood Panel
2010s Pop Art Still-life Paintings
Varnish, Acrylic, Wood Panel
2010s Pop Art Still-life Paintings
Enamel
2010s Pop Art Still-life Paintings
Enamel
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Gouache, Archival Paper
Late 19th Century Folk Art Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1960s Modern Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
20th Century Still-life Paintings
Paper
20th Century Realist Still-life Paintings
Linen, Oil
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Wood Panel
1950s Still-life Paintings
Acrylic
1980s Still-life Paintings
Acrylic
Late 20th Century Still-life Paintings
Oil, Panel
Mid-19th Century Realist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Watercolor, Canvas
1860s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Masonite, Oil
2010s Pop Art Still-life Paintings
Enamel
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Board
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Still-life Paintings
Oil, Board
Early 2000s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Acrylic, Canvas
2010s Still-life Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Still-life Paintings
Oil
2010s Expressionist Still-life Paintings
Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Canvas, Paint
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Wood Panel
1990s Still-life Paintings
Acrylic
20th Century Expressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1950s Still-life Paintings
Oil, Paper, Acrylic
1950s Other Art Style Still-life Paintings
Paper, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Geometric Still-life Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Panel
Mid-20th Century Dutch School Still-life Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic
1860s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1980s Realist Still-life Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Acrylic
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Still Life Paintings For Sale on 1stDibs
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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.
Still-life paintings 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 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.
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.
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