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"Ziggurat" Large Scale Contemporary Surrealist Still Life (books and ladders)
By Thomas Broadbent
Located in New York, NY
on reverse. A Contemporary Surrealist Still-life painting of books and papers, with red ladders
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2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings

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Watercolor, Archival Paper

"Junk Food (Pizza)" Contemporary Surrealist Still Life of an Inedible Pizza
By Henry David Potwin
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful surrealist still life painting by contemporary Texas artist Henry David Potwin. The work
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2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Surrealist still-life acrylic on board painting surrealism Ubeda
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Gustavo Úbeda (1930-1994) - Still life - Acrylic panel Acrylic measurements 61x91 cm. Frameless
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1970s Surrealist Still-life Paintings

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Acrylic, Board

Surrealist still-life acrylic on board painting surrealism Ubeda
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Gustavo Úbeda (1930-1994) - Still life - Acrylic panel Acrylic measurements 75x32 cm. Frameless
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1970s Surrealist Still-life Paintings

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Board, Oil

"Spring" - Surrealist still life, botanical, egg, rainbow, paint brushes
By Guy Robinson
Located in Atlanta, GA
, sculpture, printmaking, and drawing. His surrealists works have been exhibited in numerous galleries and
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2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings

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Linen, Oil

"Peonies with Locket" contemporary surrealist still life painting, sunset
By Steven J. Levin
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A moody and surrealistic still life of peonies. While the scene seems to take place outside, the
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2010s American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Small Study in White" - surrealist still life, lace, skull, patterns, shell
By Guy Robinson
Located in Atlanta, GA
painting, sculpture, printmaking, and drawing. His surrealists works have been exhibited in numerous
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2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Linen

Surrealist Still Life with Apples, Mid 20th Century Cleveland School Artist
By Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) Still Life with Apples, 1940 Oil on canvas Signed
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1940s American Modern Still-life Paintings

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Oil

"Small Study in White 3" - surrealist still life, lace, skull, patterns, shell
By Guy Robinson
Located in Atlanta, GA
painting, sculpture, printmaking, and drawing. His surrealists works have been exhibited in numerous
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2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Linen

"Small Study in White 3" - surrealist still life, lace, skull, patterns, shell
By Guy Robinson
Located in Atlanta, GA
painting, sculpture, printmaking, and drawing. His surrealists works have been exhibited in numerous
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2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Linen

"Tall Stack" Contemporary Surrealist Still Life Painting of Books
By Thomas Broadbent
Located in New York, NY
This watercolor painting by New York artist Thomas Broadbent depicts a tall stack of books with an open book on the top mimicking architectural constructions. Broadbent has shown ex...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Water...

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Archival Paper, Watercolor

"Beyond Reach" Surrealist Still Life Painting of books with ladders
By Thomas Broadbent
Located in New York, NY
Hardbound books in black, orange and yellow are stacked with magazines and soft cover books. In a surreal shift of scale bright orange construction ladders are leaned against the b...
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2010s Surrealist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

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Archival Paper, Watercolor

Oscar Dominguez Surrealist Still Life Lithograph
By Óscar Domínguez
Located in Garnerville, NY
Oscar M. Dominguez (1906-1957) Surrealist still life in front of a window. Lithograph on paper. The
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Vintage 1940s French Other Prints

Materials

Paper

FRENCH SURREALIST SIGNED OIL PAINTING - STILL LIFE BY WINDOW SILL
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, second half 20th century Title: Surrealist Still Life study
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Afternoon View - Original Surrealist Still Life Animal Painting
By Amy Tai
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Capturing fragments of dreams, memories, and emotions in her surrealist paintings, Taiwanese
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

"Mare Nostrum (Our Sea)" Contemporary Pastel Surrealist Still Life Painting
By Henry David Potwin
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful, pastel-toned painting by contemporary artist Henry David Potwin. The work features an elephant, giraffe, lion, and rhino on a small boat out at sea, reminiscent of Noah's a...
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2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Still Life with Egg Beater
By Jan Matulka
Located in Chicago, IL
A graphite on pencil drawing of Surrealist still life of an egg beater by artist Jan Matulka. A
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1930s Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite, Paper

Still Life with Profile and Hanger
By Jan Matulka
Located in Chicago, IL
A graphite on pencil drawing of Surrealist still life of an egg beater by artist Jan Matulka. A
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1930s Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite, Paper

Still Life with Hammer, Palette and Chopper
By Jan Matulka
Located in Chicago, IL
A graphite on pencil drawing of Surrealist still life of an egg beater by artist Jan Matulka. A
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1930s Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite, Paper

Still Life with Alarm Clock and Mandolin
By Jan Matulka
Located in Chicago, IL
A graphite on pencil drawing of Surrealist still life of an egg beater by artist Jan Matulka. A
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1930s Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite, Paper

John Voss - 1997 Oil, Buddha And Camellia
Located in Corsham, GB
trompe-l'œil. The surrealist still life shows a Buddha, its golden surface crumbling to revela black
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1990s Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Surrealist Seashells Still Life
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
A pair of evocative beach still life painting that flirt with surrealism by outsider artist, John
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Mid-20th Century Outsider Art Still-life Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

Félix Muyo (b.1948) - 2004 Oil, Balls Of Fire
Located in Corsham, GB
An incredibly striking and vibrant surrealist still life, showing a basket full of phallic plantain
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21st Century and Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Félix Muyo (b.1948) - Contemporary Oil, Cocina Española
Located in Corsham, GB
An incredibly striking and vibrant surrealist still life, showing a large pan full of food that
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21st Century and Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Oil

"Revisiting the Boogieman" - Surrealist Painting, still life - Arcimboldo
By Guy Robinson
Located in Atlanta, GA
extensively in painting, sculpture, printmaking, and drawing. His surrealists works have been exhibited in
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2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings

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Linen, Oil

"Anatomy Lesson" - Geometric Surrealist Painting - Skull Still Life - Arcimboldo
By Guy Robinson
Located in Atlanta, GA
painting, sculpture, printmaking, and drawing. His surrealists works have been exhibited in numerous
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2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

"Magic" - Surrealist Painting - Still Life - cat - blue bird - Arcimboldo
By Guy Robinson
Located in Atlanta, GA
, sculpture, printmaking, and drawing. His surrealists works have been exhibited in numerous galleries and
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2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings

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Linen, Oil

"Object Lesson" - Surrealist Painting, still life, floral, globe - Arcimboldo
By Guy Robinson
Located in Atlanta, GA
painting, sculpture, printmaking, and drawing. His surrealists works have been exhibited in numerous
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2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Nightshade, surrealist vegetable still life egg tempera painting, 2015
By Douglas Safranek
Located in New York, NY
the Middle Ages. Safranek’s still lifes are built from delicate layers of this quick-drying mixture
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2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings

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Egg Tempera, Panel

"Sacred Grove #6" - Surrealist Painting, still life, vegetables - Arcimboldo
By Guy Robinson
Located in Atlanta, GA
painting, sculpture, printmaking, and drawing. His surrealists works have been exhibited in numerous
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2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Touch of Green, surrealist egg tempera on panel still life painting
By Douglas Safranek
Located in New York, NY
Douglas Safranek's Touch of Green calls back to 17th century Dutch still lifes. Filled with humor
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2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings

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Egg Tempera, Board

Touch of Red, surrealist egg tempera on panel still life painting
By Douglas Safranek
Located in New York, NY
Douglas Safranek's Touch of Red calls back to 17th century Dutch still lifes. Filled with humor and
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2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings

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Egg Tempera, Panel

Charles Houghton Howard Surrealist Painting Still Life with Hand and and Egg
By Charles Houghton Howard
Located in Brookville, NY
California artist Charles Houghton Howards Surrealist painting of a hand holding a green egg was
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Still life
By Miguel Padura
Located in Miami, FL
painter. I have always been fascinated by still-life, and although I may modify it in some way or other
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21st Century and Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

“Still Life With Tulips” Contemporary Realist Art Historical Still Life Painting
By Scott Woodard
Located in Houston, TX
Realist still life painting by contemporary Houston artist Scott Woodard. The work features a vase
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2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

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Acrylic

“Big Eyes Still Life” Pink Toned Contemporary Realist Still Life Painting
By Scott Woodard
Located in Houston, TX
Pink toned realist still life painting by contemporary Houston artist Scott Woodard. The work
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2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

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Acrylic

Tabletop Still Life, Modernist Still Life with Food, Flowers, and Wine, Signed
By Leon Kelly
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Tabletop Still Life" by Philadelphia born modernist and surrealist painter Leon Kelly, is a framed
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1930s American Modern Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Board

3-D Wooden Still Life Assemblage, "Pop's Telescope"
Located in San Diego, CA
of this piece. This is an exquisitely detailed still life surrealist scene of the inside of a
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2010s Surrealist Still-life Sculptures

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Wood, Acrylic

"Sea of Dreams" - Surrealism, still life, animals, vegetables - Arcimboldo
By Guy Robinson
Located in Atlanta, GA
painting, sculpture, printmaking, and drawing. His surrealists works have been exhibited in numerous
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2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Philippe Auge Signed Still Life, 1966
By Philippe Auge
Located in Larchmont, NY
balanced figures and lush still lifes, his paintings vibrate with a gamut of rich color which recalls
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1960s Modern Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Callisto" - surreal still life painting - tea pot - globe - Rene Magritte
Located in Atlanta, GA
Dutch still life paintings. Jim Wise’s large-scale and meticulous paintings present familiar items in
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2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Vintage American Modernist Trompe L'Oeil Surreal Still Life Exhibited Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Amazing American modernist still life oil painting by Adrian Martinez (Born 1949) . Oil on canvas
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1960s Surrealist Still-life Paintings

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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
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2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings

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Egg Tempera, Illustration Board

Amédée Ozenfant - Nature morte, Tabagie, french, modern, still life, surreal
By Amédée Ozenfant
Located in London, GB
, left to linger whilst the artist reflects upon their life's work.
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1960s Surrealist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Watermelon by the Sea" surrealistic still life on the beach, Florida
By Anthony Ackrill
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Watermelon by the Sea" is a surrealistic still life on the beach. Ackrill takes inspiration from
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2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Georges Spiro, Oil on Board Painting, Still Life/ Surrealist
By Georges Spiro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Georges Spiro, 1909-1994. Surrealist /still life painting of the well known Polish/French artist
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Vintage 1950s French Modern Paintings

Materials

Paint

After Joan Miró - 20th Century Oil, Still Life II
By Joan Miró
Located in Corsham, GB
A striking surrealist study after Joan Miró's Still Life II depicting a harp and bell against a
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21st Century and Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

Menemsha Daybreak, a massive framed still life of an ice cooler by the beach
By Rob Brooks
Located in Edgartown, MA
, saturated light along the shore fascinated Rob. Although still a realist, this led to an abstract quality in
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2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Obsessive Collector Still Life Red" Contemporary Realist Interior Painting
By Scott Woodard
Located in Houston, TX
Realist still life painting by contemporary Houston artist Scott Woodard. The work features an
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2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Dance Wands, Modernist Southwestern Still Life and Cultural Commentary
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Dance Wands" is a 36 x 24 inches, oil on canvas painting by American modernist and surrealist
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1950s American Modern Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Rene Pablo Louise Still Life Spider" Contemporary Realist Interior Painting
By Scott Woodard
Located in Houston, TX
Realist still life painting by contemporary Houston artist Scott Woodard. The work features art
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2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

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Acrylic

Pop Surrealist Sculpture, "Traveling Daughter"
By Cheryl Tall
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original wall sculpture by San Diego artist, Cheryl Tall. It's 32 inches in height, with a length of 12 inches and a depth of 18 inches. A Certificate of Auth...
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2010s Surrealist Still-life Sculptures

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Ceramic

"Sunflowers, " Frank London, Modernist Yellow Floral Still Life with Window
Located in New York, NY
Cezanne, and perhaps by the work of the Surrealists. Following the completion of his art education
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1920s American Modern Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

'Breakfast'. Surrealist Acrylic on Canvas.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Surrealist contemporary tablescape, acrylic on canvas by Scottish artist Frank McLean Docherty
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

"St.Sebastian Still Life Big Striped Jar" Contemporary Realist Interior Painting
By Scott Woodard
Located in Houston, TX
Realist still life painting by contemporary Houston artist Scott Woodard. The work features an
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2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Shell (Black & White Still Life Photograph of a White Shell, Framed)
By David Halliday
Located in Hudson, NY
Black and white still life photograph of a white shell on a simple white background "Shell
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Early 2000s Modern Still-life Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Flowers, Compote & Buttons (Still Life Photograph of Flowers on a Tabletop)
By David Halliday
Located in Hudson, NY
Contemporary color still life photograph of yellow, purple, and white flower with red buttons in a
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Early 2000s Modern Still-life Photography

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Silver Gelatin

Flowers, Compote & Buttons (Color Still Life Photograph of Flowers on Tabletop)
By David Halliday
Located in Hudson, NY
Contemporary color still life photograph of yellow, purple, and white flower with red buttons in a
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Early 2000s Modern Still-life Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Lilies & Plantains: Sepia Toned Still Life Photograph of Flowers and Fruit
By David Halliday
Located in Hudson, NY
Formalist sepia toned still life photograph of white lily flowers and brown plantains on a tabletop
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Early 2000s Modern Still-life Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Leaping Peony (Still Life Painting with Pink Flower and Country Landscape)
By Ann Getsinger
Located in Hudson, NY
Photo-realist still life painting of a pink peony against a country landscape with blue mountains
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2010s Photorealist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

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Questions About Surrealist Still Life
  • 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.