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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
Vanitas Still Life, 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
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
H 36.62 in W 31.5 in D 3.94 in
Naturalistic Vanitas Fruit Still Life Painting of Grapes, Pears, and Apples
By Oliver Clare
Located in Houston, TX
Still life oil painting with grapes, pears, and apples. Set within a gold frame and plated with
Category
Early 20th Century Naturalistic Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 15 in W 18.82 in D 2.5 in
Still life
Located in Milano, IT
next Baroque still life painting, overflowing with elements and color, dedicated to the most luxurious
Category
Early 17th Century Old Masters 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
Photographic Paper, Digital, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
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
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
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
Vanitas
Located in Woodbury, CT
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Created in 2000, and much inspired by the Old Masters, this painting combines many “vanitas” symbols
Category
Early 2000s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Still Life, 17th Century Oil on Panel Painting
Located in London, GB
lifes, as is the case here. Fruits are some of the most ubiquitous subjects in still-life paintings over
Category
Mid-17th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
"Vanitas with Marine Corps Coin" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Patrick Nevin's (US based) "Vanitas with Marine Corps Coin" is an oil painting that depicts a human
Category
2010s American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Still Life with Pitcher
Located in London, GB
unofficial language spawned several sub-genres, including floral still life, breakfast paintings, banquet
Category
1950s Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, 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
Four still lifes with musical instruments
By Cristoforo Munari
Located in Milano, IT
and sheet music”, 52x69 cm
“Guitar, mandola, jug, peaches and score”, 51x68 cm
“Still life with harp
Category
1710s Old Masters Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Bouquet of Flowers with Vanitas
By Louis Latapie
Located in London, GB
1930s). A vanitas painting contains collections of objects symbolic of the inevitability of death and
Category
1930s Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Wax Crayon
Memento Mori - Oil Still-Life Painting Colours Black Brown Beige Grey White Pink
By Lyubena Fox
Located in Sofia, BG
hourglasses and wilting flowers signified the impermanence of human life.
Memento Mori
The Painting
Category
2010s Academic Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
H 9.85 in W 6.5 in D 0.79 in
Still Life with Game, Fruit and Veg - Flemish 17thC Old Master art oil painting
Located in London, GB
, hunting still lifes, animal and fish still lifes, vanitas paintings and still lifes of weapons. He also
Category
17th Century Old Masters Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
“Tech Vanitas: Gray Typewriter” Contemporary Still-life Photograph Vintage Tech
Located in Brooklyn, NY
designed, vintage machines and anxiety over new technology. My still lifes clearly reference 17th Century
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
“Tech Vanitas: Blue Typewriter” Contemporary Still-life Photograph, Vintage Tech
Located in Brooklyn, NY
and anxiety over new technology. My still lifes clearly reference 17th Century Dutch vanitas paintings
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Vanita. 1995, oil on canvas, 57x69 cm
By Janis Zemitis
Located in Riga, LV
. Reborn impression of cubism, painted still lifes and landscapes.
Paintings by Janis Zemitis tend to
Category
1990s Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Tech Vanitas: Electric Fan" Contemporary Still-life Photograph of Vintage Tech
Located in Brooklyn, NY
My “Tech Vanitas” still life photography series embraces our love for beautifully designed, vintage
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Tech Vanitas: Train Set" contemporary still-life photograph of vintage toys
Located in Brooklyn, NY
, vintage machines and anxiety over new technology. My still lifes clearly reference 17th Century Dutch
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
“Tech Vanitas: Player Piano” Contemporary Still-life Photograph of Vintage Tech
Located in Brooklyn, NY
beautifully designed, vintage machines and anxiety over new technology. My still lifes clearly reference 17th
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
“Tech Vanitas: Black & White TV” Contemporary Still-life Photograph Vintage Tech
Located in Brooklyn, NY
and anxiety over new technology. My still lifes clearly reference 17th Century Dutch vanitas paintings
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Tech Vanitas: Dot Matrix" contemporary still-life photograph of vintage tech
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Dot Matrix," from my “Tech Vanitas” still life photography series, embraces our love for
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
“Tech Vanitas: Green Instamatic” Contemporary Still-life Photo of Vintage Tech
Located in Brooklyn, NY
designed, vintage items and anxiety over new technology. My still lifes clearly reference 17th Century
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Tech Vanitas: Graffiti Speakers" Contemporary Still-life Photo of Vintage Tech
Located in Brooklyn, NY
designed, vintage machines and anxiety over new technology. My still lifes subtly reference 17th Century
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Tech Vanitas: Musical Decanter" contemporary still-life photo of vintage tech
Located in Brooklyn, NY
designed, vintage machines and anxiety over new technology. My still lifes clearly reference 17th Century
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Tech Vanitas: Blue iMac" Contemporary Still-life Photograph of Vintage Tech
Located in Brooklyn, NY
, vintage machines and anxiety over new technology. My still lifes subtly reference 17th Century Dutch
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Tech Vanitas: Electric Fireflies" Contemporary Still-life Photo of Vintage Tech
Located in Brooklyn, NY
and anxiety over new technology. My still lifes clearly reference 17th Century Dutch vanitas paintings
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
“Cuckoo Clock” from Tech Vanitas Series of Contemporary Still-life Photographs
Located in Brooklyn, NY
design and anxiety over new technology. My still lifes clearly reference 17th Century Dutch vanitas
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
“Tech Vanitas: Red Phone” Contemporary Still-life Photograph of Vintage Tech
Located in Brooklyn, NY
, vintage design and anxiety about new technology. My still lifes clearly reference 17th Century Dutch
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
“Tech Vanitas: Polaroid SX70” Contemporary Still-life Photograph of Vintage Tech
Located in Brooklyn, NY
designed, vintage machines and anxiety over new technology. My still lifes clearly reference 17th Century
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Tech Vanitas: Satellite Radio" Contemporary Still-life Photo of Vintage Tech
Located in Brooklyn, NY
designed, vintage machines and anxiety over new technology. My still lifes subtly reference 17th Century
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
“Tech Vanitas: Pink Sewing Machine” Contemporary Still-life Photo Vintage Tech
Located in Brooklyn, NY
designed, vintage machines and anxiety over new technology. My still lifes clearly reference 17th Century
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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
“Tech Vanitas: Fiber Optics” Space Age Still-Life Photograph of Vintage Tech
Located in Brooklyn, NY
for beautifully designed, vintage machines and anxiety over new technology. My still lifes clearly
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
“Tech Vanitas: Reel to Reel” Contemporary Still-life Photo of Vintage Tech
Located in Brooklyn, NY
designed, vintage items and anxiety over new technology. My still lifes clearly reference 17th Century
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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
“Still Life with Robot” Contemporary Still-life Photo with Vintage Typewriter
Located in Brooklyn, NY
“Still Life with Robot” continues my exploration of vintage tech begun in my "Tech Vanitas" series
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
New Still-life Photograph with Vintage Typewriter, “Still Life with Robot”
Located in Brooklyn, NY
My newest photograph, “Still Life with Robot,” continues the exploration of vintage tech begun in
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
“Still Life with Clock Radio” Contemporary Still-life Photo with Vintage Tech
Located in Brooklyn, NY
“Still Life with Spy Camera” continues my exploration of vintage tech begun in my "Tech Vanitas
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
“Still Life with Spy Camera” Contemporary Still-life Photo with Art Deco Clock
Located in Brooklyn, NY
“Still Life with Spy Camera” continues my exploration of vintage tech begun in my "Tech Vanitas
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Cesta de flores", 17th Century Oil on Canvas, Still Flowers by Juan de Arellano
By Juan de Arellano
Located in Madrid, ES
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CAVESTANY, j. (Commissioner). Vases and still lifes in Spanish painting (exhibition catalogue). Madrid
Category
17th Century Old Masters Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Flowers Turning in the Sky, " Oil Painting
By Robin Hextrum
Located in Denver, CO
moving forward. Drawing heavily from Dutch still life masterpieces, many works embody a contemporary
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Flowers Floating in Chromatic Clouds, " Oil Painting
By Robin Hextrum
Located in Denver, CO
possibilities for moving forward. Drawing heavily from Dutch still life masterpieces, many works embody a
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Is NOT" 2023, post-modern trompe l'oeil oil painting
By Anthony Mastromatteo
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Is NOT is a present day vanitas still life. A meditation on the ephemerality of life and the things
Category
2010s Post-Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
“Still Life with Binoculars” Vintage Tech Photograph about Bird Watching
Located in Brooklyn, NY
still life continues the exploration of vintage tech begun in my “Tech Vanitas” series. Surrounded by
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
“Still Life with Answering Machine” Vintage Tech Photograph for Bird Watchers
Located in Brooklyn, NY
watching still life continues the exploration of vintage tech begun in my “Tech Vanitas” series. Surrounded
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Broken Vessels
By Darius Yektai
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
In Broken Vessels, Yektai continues to blur the edges of painting and sculpture. Recently he
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Ceramic, Found Objects, Linen, Epoxy Resin, Oil
Fiori di Cardo 1958
By Fiorenzo Tomea
Located in Milan, IT
tradizionale della pittura di De Pisis e di Mafai, e voleva proporre una riflessione sulla vanitas, ossia sulla
Category
1950s Other Art Style Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Lilacs in Vase, 1970
By Boris Mikhailovich Lavrenko
Located in Pasadena, CA
classic theme in Russian still life painting and a favorite subject among artists for centuries. Lilacs
Category
1970s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique oil on canvas painting of Flemish provenance depicting still life.
Located in Torre Del Greco, IT
oggetti che costituiscono una tipologia particolare di natura morta, detta vanitas (tema, peraltro, al
Category
18th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Of Mice and Cats
Located in Woodbury, CT
Primitives, the great 17th century still life painters, and the Antwerp hyperrealist movement, led by Willem
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Thy Name is Woman
Located in Woodbury, CT
quadrant of the painting. Compared to “Vanitas”, painted in 2000, the artist’s evolution in form and
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Plate with Antler, Flowers, Egg Shells, Onions and Fish (Memento Mori)
By Melanie Sherman
Located in Kansas City, MO
, pattern, photography, porcelain, sevres, Sic transit gloria mundi, skull, still life painting, Ubi sunt
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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An assortment of vanitas still life paintings is available on 1stDibs. Finding the ideal contemporary, Old Masters or Impressionist examples of these works for your living room, whether you’re looking for small- or large-size pieces, is no easy task — start by shopping our selection today. These items have been made for many years, with versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century. You can search the vanitas still life paintings that we have for sale on 1stDibs by color — popular works were created in bold and neutral palettes with elements of black, brown and beige. These artworks have been a part of the life’s work for many artists, but the versions made by Paul Béliveau, Victor Muller, Oliver Clare, John Hrehov and Louis Latapie are consistently popular. Each of these unique pieces was handmade with extraordinary care, with artists most often working in paint, oil paint and canvas. Large vanitas still life paintings can be an attractive addition to some spaces, while the smaller iterations available — each spanning 8 inches in width — may make for a better choice for a more modest living area.
How Much are Vanitas Still Life Paintings?
Prices for art of this kind can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — vanitas still life paintings in our inventory begin at $850 and can go as high as $105,000, while the average can fetch as much as $4,500.
Questions About Vanitas Still Life Paintings
- What is a still-life painting?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019
A still- life painting depicts inanimate, everyday objects.
- 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 24, 2021A still-life painting is typically a group of arranged objects in an intimate setting. The term comes from the Dutch word "stilleven".
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