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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
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
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
Skull and Ornament - Vanitas, Still Life, Color Pencil Drawing, Framed
By John Hrehov
Located in Chicago, IL
exhorts the viewer to consider mortality and to repent. This still life vanitas drawing is matted with a
Category
2010s Surrealist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Color Pencil
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
Framed Mid 20th Century Oil - A Brush with Death
Located in Corsham, GB
A vanitas still life composition featuring a skull, pot of paintbrushes, smouldering cigarette
Category
20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Cup with Fish, Fruit (Memento Mori)
By Melanie Sherman
Located in Kansas City, MO
”, still-life paintings from the early 17th century to the Baroque, where mortality is captured permanently
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital
Memento Mori – Cup, Platter in Baby Lamb Carcass
By Melanie Sherman
Located in Kansas City, MO
. Inspirations for these photographs come from “vanitas”, still-life paintings from the early 17th century to the
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital
Memento Mori - Cake Stand & Rotten Egg
By Melanie Sherman
Located in Kansas City, MO
. Inspirations for these photographs come from “vanitas”, still-life paintings from the early 17th century to the
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital
Memento Mori - Cup with Fish, Knife, Horsehair
By Melanie Sherman
Located in Kansas City, MO
. Inspirations for these photographs come from “vanitas”, still-life paintings from the early 17th century to the
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital
Memento Mori - Cake Stand, Cup, Bacon, Vegetable & Brie
By Melanie Sherman
Located in Kansas City, MO
. Inspirations for these photographs come from “vanitas”, still-life paintings from the early 17th century to the
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital
Platters, Vases & Fish, Grapes, Berries, Pomegranate, Deer Skulls (Memento Mori)
By Melanie Sherman
Located in Kansas City, MO
“vanitas”, still-life paintings from the early 17th century to the Baroque, where mortality is captured
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital
Platter with Kidney, Blackberries, Kimchi, Eel (Memento Mori)
By Melanie Sherman
Located in Kansas City, MO
“vanitas”, still-life paintings from the early 17th century to the Baroque, where mortality is captured
Category
2010s Baroque Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital
"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
Antique Fauvist "Still Life with Flowers and Skull" Louis Mathieu Verdilhan
Located in SANTA FE, NM
Antique Fauvist Vanitas "Still Life with Flowers and Skull"
Louis Mathieu Verdilhan (Provence
Category
Early 1900s Fauvist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Oil
Vanitas III - Still Life Painting of a Human Skull & Flowers, Oil on Aluminum
By Matthew Cook
Located in Chicago, IL
earth?
Should Wealth, or Fame, Our life employ.
Death comes, our labour to destroy;
To snatch the
Category
2010s Old Masters Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Still Life with Pitcher
Located in London, GB
still life and vanitas, symbols of death or change and the inevitability of both. The artist Réal
Category
1950s Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
$768 Sale Price
60% Off
Vanitas with Seneca
By Hans Withoos
Located in New York City, NY
: ” Still Life” he brings the beauty and the light of the 17-century Dutch old masters into life again.
Hans
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Color, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
Vanitas with Seneca
By Hans Withoos
Located in New York City, NY
beauty in all its aspects. In his new series: ” Still Life” he brings the beauty and the light of the 17
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Still Life with Fruit and Vessels
Located in Stockholm, SE
vanitas undercurrents were common in still lifes of the Baroque era, wherein luxurious objects doubled as
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Bouquet of Flowers with Vanitas
By Louis Latapie
Located in London, GB
vanitas symbol, the flower blossoms themselves represent life and beauty which will also wither away. The
Category
1930s Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Wax Crayon
$1,812 Sale Price
40% Off
Vanitas with Seneca by Hans Withoos
By Hans Withoos
Located in New York City, NY
: ” Still Life” he brings the beauty and the light of the 17-century Dutch old masters into life again.
Hans
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Color, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
Vanitas by Catherine Jansens (Born in 1949)
By Catherine Jansens
Located in Gent, VOV
Catherine Jansens’ watercolour titled "Vanitas" is a compelling still life that delves into the
Category
20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Vanitas with Marine Corps Coin" Oil Painting
By Patrick Nevins
Located in Denver, CO
still life and the genre of Trompe' l'oeil.
Member of the International Guild of Realism
Category
2010s American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
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
Still of Flowers in a Blue Vase Pierre Ambrogiani (France, 1905-1985)
By Pierre Ambrogiani
Located in SANTA FE, NM
physical presence with bold almost arresting colors.
This is a breathtaking still life (vanitas) that
Category
1950s Expressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Spheres of Influence
By Jo Whaley
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Santa Fe-based photographer Jo Whaley’s series 'Natura Morta' draws from 17th Century Vanitas still
Category
1990s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
C Print
Vanitas 7, Vanitas by Christian Houge - Photography, vanitas, skull
By Christian Houge
Located in Paris, FR
.
In his Vanitas series (2019–2022), Christian Houge reinterprets the iconography of vanitas still
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Inverted Still life with Ceramic Bowl
Located in New Orleans, LA
still life themes in the medium of ceramics. His current body of work explores the space in between
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Inverted Still life with Plaid Bowl
Located in New Orleans, LA
still life themes in the medium of ceramics. His current body of work explores the space in between
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
"Vanitas Vase #11", Ceramic Sculpture with Still Life Painting in Glaze
Located in St. Louis, MO
Dirk Staschke is best known for his exploration of Dutch Vanitas still life themes in the medium of
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Glaze
Abstracted Vanitas with Goldfish and Skull
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
contrasting symbols of wealth and symbols of ephemerality and death. Best-known are vanitas still lifes, a
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Oil, Stretcher Bars
$4,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Memento Mori – Cups in Baby Lamb Carcass
By Melanie Sherman
Located in Kansas City, MO
. Inspirations for these photographs come from “vanitas”, still-life paintings from the early 17th century to the
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital
Memento Mori – Cup in Baby Lamb Carcass
By Melanie Sherman
Located in Kansas City, MO
. Inspirations for these photographs come from “vanitas”, still-life paintings from the early 17th century to the
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital
Memento Mori – Cups with Fish, Flowers
By Melanie Sherman
Located in Kansas City, MO
. Inspirations for these photographs come from “vanitas”, still-life paintings from the early 17th century to the
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital
Memento Mori – Platter, Vase with Lichi, Spoon, Can of Eel
By Melanie Sherman
Located in Kansas City, MO
. Inspirations for these photographs come from “vanitas”, still-life paintings from the early 17th century to the
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital
Memento Mori – Platters with Coral, Silkie, Berries, Grapes, Cabbage
By Melanie Sherman
Located in Kansas City, MO
. Inspirations for these photographs come from “vanitas”, still-life paintings from the early 17th century to the
Category
2010s Contemporary Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital
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
Omnia Vanitas No.2 by Ronald Martinez - Fine art photography, still life, skull
Located in Paris, FR
.
Ronald Martinez’s artistic nude and still life photographs emerge from his unique reinterpretation of
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print
Omnia Vanitas No.6 by Ronald Martinez - Fine art photography, still life, skull
Located in Paris, FR
.
Ronald Martinez’s artistic nude and still life photographs emerge from his unique reinterpretation of
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print
Omnia Vanitas No.7 by Ronald Martinez - Fine art photography, still life, skull
Located in Paris, FR
.
Ronald Martinez’s artistic nude and still life photographs emerge from his unique reinterpretation of
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print
Omnia Vanitas No.5 by Ronald Martinez - Fine art photography, still life, apple
Located in Paris, FR
.
Ronald Martinez’s artistic nude and still life photographs emerge from his unique reinterpretation of
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print
Still Life of Game with Spaniels and Falcons in a Landscape by Carstian Luyckx
Located in SANTA FE, NM
period, Luyckx had become specialized in still life paintings in all their forms: vases, vanitas
Category
1660s Old Masters Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still Life Vanitas Noletti Paint Oil on canvas Old master 17th Century Italian
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Francesco Noletti known as the Maltese (Malta 1611-Rome 1654) Workshop/circle of
Still life with
Category
17th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
$9,584 Sale Price
20% Off
Vanitas Vase #12, Dirk Staschke, 2024, Painterly Glazed Ceramic Vessel Sculpture
Located in St. Louis, MO
Dirk Staschke is best known for his exploration of Dutch Vanitas still life themes in the medium of
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Glaze
Inverted Portrait with dog and Setting Sun
Located in New Orleans, LA
still life themes in the medium of ceramics. His current body of work explores the space in between
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Untitled (ornate frame)
Located in New Orleans, LA
still life themes in the medium of ceramics. His current body of work explores the space in between
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Laugher with Fluxed Landscape
Located in New Orleans, LA
still life themes in the medium of ceramics. His current body of work explores the space in between
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
The Laughers (Version 1)
Located in New Orleans, LA
still life themes in the medium of ceramics. His current body of work explores the space in between
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Inverted Portrait with Momento Mori
Located in New Orleans, LA
still life themes in the medium of ceramics. His current body of work explores the space in between
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Inverted Portrait with Landscape
Located in New Orleans, LA
still life themes in the medium of ceramics. His current body of work explores the space in between
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Intrusion
Located in New Orleans, LA
best known for his exploration of Dutch Vanitas still life themes in the medium of ceramics. His
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Johann Heinrich Feyerabend (attrib.), Pair of Biedermeier Kitchen Still Lifes
Located in New York, NY
note of symbolism, recalling the vanitas tradition of Northern European still life.
Together, these
Category
Antique Early 19th Century German Biedermeier Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
Antique Dutch Floral Still Life Signed “A. van Sijnkens”, 19th C or Older
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
themes of abundance and the brevity of life, central to vanitas and baroque still life traditions.
Category
Antique 19th Century Dutch Neoclassical Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Giltwood
"The Artist's Palette" John Haberle, Pyrography, Trompe L'oeil 19th Century
By John Haberle
Located in New York, NY
becomes a symbol of the fleeting quality of time, a reference to the traditional vanitas still lifes of
Category
1890s Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Board
$26,000 Sale Price
20% Off
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Questions About Vanitas Still Life
- What is a still life?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertFebruary 22, 2021A 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.
- What is a still life image?1 AnswerLilac Gallery Ltd.March 17, 2021A '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 ExpertAugust 29, 2024No, a still life doesn't have to be realistic. Still life is a genre or type of subject matter. To fit the definition, a piece simply needs to portray inanimate objects. Artists can employ any style they choose to represent the objects in their paintings. Some examples of abstract still-life paintings include Georges Braque's Violin and Candlestick, Pablo Picasso's Still Life with Chair Caning and Paul Cézanne's Fruit Bowl, Glass, and Apples. Find a large collection of still-life paintings on 1stDibs.
- What is a still-life painting?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019
A still- life painting depicts inanimate, everyday objects.
- What is Dutch still life?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Dutch 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.
- What is Flemish still life?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Pronkstilleven 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.
- Why is it called still life?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertNovember 26, 2024Why it is called still life has to do with the history of the art genre. Still life painting became a distinct genre thanks to the work of late 16th- and 17th-century Dutch artists. They called their paintings stilleven, which translates to motionless or silent life in English. This term relates to the fact that Dutch still life artists painted motionless objects such as flowers and fruit. As the genre spread beyond the Netherlands, English-speaking artists referred to it as still life. Shop a selection of still life paintings on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Most 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, 2021A 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 GalleriesFebruary 25, 2021A still-life painting is typically a group of arranged objects in an intimate setting. The term comes from the Dutch word "stilleven". - 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019
The subject of a portrait is typically a person; the subject of a still life consists predominantly of inanimate objects.
- Is still life art realism?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Whether 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 ExpertMarch 22, 2022In 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.