Trompe l'oeil Still Life Painting of Letters

Vintage (20th Century) trompe l'oeil still life featuring all facets of correspondence – hand-written notes and letters, wax-sealed envelopes, and a feather quill – held to a woo...

Vintage (20th century) still life oil painting capturing a composition of playing cards, notebooks, photographs and ticket stubs against a dark background,...

Mid-century oil still life painting of a vase filled with assorted flowers next to a basket full of fruit on a table covered in fruit and grapes in a rectangular carved giltwood fram...

Vintage (20th century) still life oil painting of apples spilling from a bag on the forest floor, alongside a straw hat, painted on stretched canvas in a rectangular giltwood frame w...

Vintage (20th Century) unframed still life painting of a lush and overflowing display of grapes, pomegranates and figs, alongside a serpent wrapping around the base of a cross in the...

Vintage (20th Century) unframed still life painting of a lush and overflowing display of grapes, pomegranates and figs, alongside a serpent wrapping around the base of a cross in the...

Trompe-l'oeil style still life oil painting on burlap with a pleasing monotone palette and a classical mediterranean composition. Featuring a contrived weathered background and gold ...

A stunning trompe l'oeil (fool the eye) mid 20th century Italian oil painting by artist Alfano Dardari. This work depicts a beautiful flower in a vase with a perfect little droplet of water resting ever so gently on a petal. The flower in the vase sits atop a shelf upon which a gorgeous butterfly has alighted. Also on the shelf is a gold watch. And do you see a thread through all of this? I do. Mind you, it's my opinion but I'll happily share it with you. Memento Mori. Instead of defining it for you, I'll offer this description from the Tate in London: "Memento mori is a Latin phrase meaning ‘remember you must die’. A basic memento mori painting would be a portrait with a skull but other symbols commonly found are hour glasses or clocks, extinguished or guttering candles, fruit, and flowers. Closely related to the memento mori picture is the vanitas still life. In addition to the symbols of mortality these may include other symbols such as musical instruments, wine and books to remind us explicitly of the vanity (in the sense of worthlessness) of worldly pleasures and goods. The term originally comes from the opening lines of the Book of Ecclesiastes in the Bible: ‘Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities, all is vanity...

A stunning trompe l'oeil (fool the eye) mid 20th century Italian oil painting by artist Alfano Dardari. This work depicts the after effects of a late night. Gambling. Drinking. Smoking. Vice. And do you see a thread through all of this? I do. Mind you, it's my opinion but I'll happily share it with you. Memento Mori. Instead of defining it for you, I'll offer this description from the Tate in London: "Memento mori is a Latin phrase meaning ‘remember you must die’. A basic memento mori painting would be a portrait with a skull but other symbols commonly found are hour glasses or clocks, extinguished or guttering candles, fruit, and flowers. Closely related to the memento mori picture is the vanitas still life. In addition to the symbols of mortality these may include other symbols such as musical instruments, wine and books to remind us explicitly of the vanity (in the sense of worthlessness) of worldly pleasures and goods. The term originally comes from the opening lines of the Book of Ecclesiastes in the Bible: ‘Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities, all is vanity...

Immerse yourself in the enchanting world of Italian Trompe-l'œil with this exquisite pair of paintings by the renowned artist Piero Antonelli, executed in 1961. Each canvas unfolds a...

Pairr of Trompe L'Oeil still life paintings on wood-framed.

Pair of still life oils on canvas, in trompe l'oeil, framed & signed. Circa 1900. The subject is the proceeds of a hunt - pheasants, partridge, hare and duck artistically portrayed ...