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Gestural, Metal Leaf painting 'Luminous Painting (hot pinks)'
Gestural, Metal Leaf painting 'Luminous Painting (hot pinks)'

Gestural, Metal Leaf painting 'Luminous Painting (hot pinks)'

By Catherine Howe

Located in White Plains, NY

Available at Madelyn Jordon Fine Art. 'Luminous Painting (hot pinks)' 2022 by Catherine Howe. Pigments, acrylic, white and copper leaf, and glass micro-beads on canvas, 48 x 60 in. T...

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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Still-Life Painting, Signed Oil on Board, Post-Impressionist, Framed
Still-Life Painting, Signed Oil on Board, Post-Impressionist, Framed

Still-Life Painting, Signed Oil on Board, Post-Impressionist, Framed

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Jean - Luc Mauger (1952) French School, 20th century signed oil on board, framed framed: 18.5 x 14.5 inches board: 15 x 12 inches Provenance: private collection, Paris Condition: v...

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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Pair of 18th century Italian Still Life Paintings of Flowers
Pair of 18th century Italian Still Life Paintings of Flowers

Pair of 18th century Italian Still Life Paintings of Flowers

Located in Rome, IT

Pair of very decorative Italian Still-life paintings of flowers with vases and classical figures . 18th century, oil on canvas, with original gilt-wood frames. This pair is an exce...

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18th Century Baroque Still-life Paintings

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Oil

'Mediterranean Breakfast' by Antoine Daens (1871 – Brussels – 1946)
'Mediterranean Breakfast' by Antoine Daens (1871 – Brussels – 1946)

'Mediterranean Breakfast' by Antoine Daens (1871 – Brussels – 1946)

By Antoine Daens

Located in Knokke, BE

Antoine Daens 1871 – Brussels – 1946 Belgian Painter 'Mediterranean Breakfast' Signature: signed lower right 'Ant. Daens.' Medium: oil on canvas Dimensions: image size 65,5 x 60,5 ...

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Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Oil Pastel and Pencil Still Life of Wine and Spirits Bottles
Oil Pastel and Pencil Still Life of Wine and Spirits Bottles

Oil Pastel and Pencil Still Life of Wine and Spirits Bottles

Located in Soquel, CA

Oil Pastel and Pencil Liquor Still Life Oil pastel and pencil still life depicting a line up of Dutch liquor bottles and drinking glasses by Erin Pearce (American, 20th C). Liquor ...

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1980s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Paper, Oil Pastel, Pencil

Tennis Shoes - Framed Contemporary Pink Figurative Fashion Shoes Diptych Artwork
Tennis Shoes - Framed Contemporary Pink Figurative Fashion Shoes Diptych Artwork

Tennis Shoes - Framed Contemporary Pink Figurative Fashion Shoes Diptych Artwork

By Darwin Estacio Martinez

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Born in 1982 in Manzanillo, Cuba, artist Darwin Estacio Martinez honed his artistic skills at the Professional Academy of Fine Arts "El Alba" in Holguin, and furthered his education ...

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2010s Photorealist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Petunias" oil painting of white flowers in pot on table, springtime, realism
"Petunias" oil painting of white flowers in pot on table, springtime, realism

"Petunias" oil painting of white flowers in pot on table, springtime, realism

By Rachel Personett

Located in Sag Harbor, NY

"Petunias" is a realist oil on canvas painting by Rachel Personett. A potting of white petunias overflows in verdant abundance. White blossoms glow against the dark background. Frame...

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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

French Pitcher

French Pitcher

By Pam Ackley

Located in Fairfield, CT

Artist Statements: “My paintings are the poetry of my interpretations of reality." "After my years of formal academic training, I sometimes take my work toward the more contempora...

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2010s Still-life Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

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By Tiffany Calvert

Located in New Orleans, LA

Calvert’s current paintings investigate the relationship between digital media and the reception and perception of images, and utilizes diverse technologies such as fresco, 3D modeling, AI and data manipulation through code. She is especially interested in the evolution of pictorial space. Today we view our screens and the world they occupy as a shallowly layered space of overlapping desktop windows. The picture plane has tilted up again from the flatbed to float in front of our eyes. Calvert’s paintings in turn depict an intermediate space, where the verticality of the still life paintings cohabitate with these digital panes. Dutch floral still life paintings encapsulate multiple concerns. Their subjects were botanical fantasies, emblems of an economic mirage that has contemporary corollaries. Most important to Calvert’s pictorial concerns, they depict ephemeral things in shallow and diagrammatic space - they are all foreground. They contain an abundance of visual information in overwhelming density, creating an allover resolution; a visual field that is equivalent to digital noise. By making painterly interventions into reproductions, Calvert attempts to dissolve the layer between the resolution of the source image and abstraction of the painted mark. ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯ Tiffany Calvert has exhibited her work in the US and abroad including Lawrimore Project in Seattle, E.TAY Gallery in New York, the Speed Museum in Louisville and Cadogan Contemporary in London. Residencies include the Djerassi Resident Artists Program, I-Park, and ArtOmi International Arts Center where she received a Geraldine R. Dodge Fellowship. Calvert has received grants from the Great Meadows Foundation and the Pollock-Krasner Foundation. Her work was recently profiled by critic John Yau in the online journal Hyperallergic. Her curatorial projects include “Some Abstraction Occurs” at 65GRAND Gallery in Chicago and “Magic” at Mercer College (featuring work by Chris Martin, Karla Knight...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Inkjet

#448

#448

By Tiffany Calvert

Located in New Orleans, LA

Calvert’s current paintings investigate the relationship between digital media and the reception and perception of images, and utilizes diverse technologies such as fresco, 3D modeling, AI and data manipulation through code. She is especially interested in the evolution of pictorial space. Today we view our screens and the world they occupy as a shallowly layered space of overlapping desktop windows. The picture plane has tilted up again from the flatbed to float in front of our eyes. Calvert’s paintings in turn depict an intermediate space, where the verticality of the still life paintings cohabitate with these digital panes. Dutch floral still life paintings encapsulate multiple concerns. Their subjects were botanical fantasies, emblems of an economic mirage that has contemporary corollaries. Most important to Calvert’s pictorial concerns, they depict ephemeral things in shallow and diagrammatic space - they are all foreground. They contain an abundance of visual information in overwhelming density, creating an allover resolution; a visual field that is equivalent to digital noise. By making painterly interventions into reproductions, Calvert attempts to dissolve the layer between the resolution of the source image and abstraction of the painted mark. ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯ Tiffany Calvert has exhibited her work in the US and abroad including Lawrimore Project in Seattle, E.TAY Gallery in New York, the Speed Museum in Louisville and Cadogan Contemporary in London. Residencies include the Djerassi Resident Artists Program, I-Park, and ArtOmi International Arts Center where she received a Geraldine R. Dodge Fellowship. Calvert has received grants from the Great Meadows Foundation and the Pollock-Krasner Foundation. Her work was recently profiled by critic John Yau in the online journal Hyperallergic. Her curatorial projects include “Some Abstraction Occurs” at 65GRAND Gallery in Chicago and “Magic” at Mercer College (featuring work by Chris Martin, Karla Knight...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Inkjet

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By Tiffany Calvert

Located in New Orleans, LA

Calvert’s current paintings investigate the relationship between digital media and the reception and perception of images, and utilizes diverse technologies such as fresco, 3D modeling, AI and data manipulation through code. She is especially interested in the evolution of pictorial space. Today we view our screens and the world they occupy as a shallowly layered space of overlapping desktop windows. The picture plane has tilted up again from the flatbed to float in front of our eyes. Calvert’s paintings in turn depict an intermediate space, where the verticality of the still life paintings cohabitate with these digital panes. Dutch floral still life paintings encapsulate multiple concerns. Their subjects were botanical fantasies, emblems of an economic mirage that has contemporary corollaries. Most important to Calvert’s pictorial concerns, they depict ephemeral things in shallow and diagrammatic space - they are all foreground. They contain an abundance of visual information in overwhelming density, creating an allover resolution; a visual field that is equivalent to digital noise. By making painterly interventions into reproductions, Calvert attempts to dissolve the layer between the resolution of the source image and abstraction of the painted mark. ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯ Tiffany Calvert has exhibited her work in the US and abroad including Lawrimore Project in Seattle, E.TAY Gallery in New York, the Speed Museum in Louisville and Cadogan Contemporary in London. Residencies include the Djerassi Resident Artists Program, I-Park, and ArtOmi International Arts Center where she received a Geraldine R. Dodge Fellowship. Calvert has received grants from the Great Meadows Foundation and the Pollock-Krasner Foundation. Her work was recently profiled by critic John Yau in the online journal Hyperallergic. Her curatorial projects include “Some Abstraction Occurs” at 65GRAND Gallery in Chicago and “Magic” at Mercer College (featuring work by Chris Martin, Karla Knight...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Inkjet

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By Tiffany Calvert

Located in New Orleans, LA

Calvert’s current paintings investigate the relationship between digital media and the reception and perception of images, and utilizes diverse technologies such as fresco, 3D modeling, AI and data manipulation through code. She is especially interested in the evolution of pictorial space. Today we view our screens and the world they occupy as a shallowly layered space of overlapping desktop windows. The picture plane has tilted up again from the flatbed to float in front of our eyes. Calvert’s paintings in turn depict an intermediate space, where the verticality of the still life paintings cohabitate with these digital panes. Dutch floral still life paintings encapsulate multiple concerns. Their subjects were botanical fantasies, emblems of an economic mirage that has contemporary corollaries. Most important to Calvert’s pictorial concerns, they depict ephemeral things in shallow and diagrammatic space - they are all foreground. They contain an abundance of visual information in overwhelming density, creating an allover resolution; a visual field that is equivalent to digital noise. By making painterly interventions into reproductions, Calvert attempts to dissolve the layer between the resolution of the source image and abstraction of the painted mark. ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯ Tiffany Calvert has exhibited her work in the US and abroad including Lawrimore Project in Seattle, E.TAY Gallery in New York, the Speed Museum in Louisville and Cadogan Contemporary in London. Residencies include the Djerassi Resident Artists Program, I-Park, and ArtOmi International Arts Center where she received a Geraldine R. Dodge Fellowship. Calvert has received grants from the Great Meadows Foundation and the Pollock-Krasner Foundation. Her work was recently profiled by critic John Yau in the online journal Hyperallergic. Her curatorial projects include “Some Abstraction Occurs” at 65GRAND Gallery in Chicago and “Magic” at Mercer College (featuring work by Chris Martin, Karla Knight...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Inkjet

Still Life, 17th Century Oil on Panel Painting
Still Life, 17th Century Oil on Panel Painting

Still Life, 17th Century Oil on Panel Painting

Located in London, GB

Oil on panel, monogrammed mid left Image size: 15 x 12 1/4 inches (38 x 31 cm) Dutch ripple style frame Loeding was born in Leiden in around 1637 and was admitted into the Leiden Guild of St Luke in 1664. Like other Dutch cities, Leiden required membership in the guilds in order to sell wares falling under the various specifications. There is no record of his artistic training or influences, but he likely belonged to the circle of artists including Pieter de Ring and Gerrit Dou, who founded and maintained the Guild.  Loeding is last registered as a member in 1673. One of the most versatile genres that emerged from Dutch 17th Century artistic specialisms is that of 'pronkstilleven'; a laden table with a variety of rich textures, like ornate glassware, gilded goblets, exquisite nautilus cups...

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Mid-17th Century Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Still Life (Untitled)

Still Life (Untitled)

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Still Life (Untitled), c. 1935 – 1940, oil on canvas, signed lower left, magazine cover has a 1934 date, 32 x 26 inches, remnant of exhibition label verso In their essay for the gro...

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1930s American Modern Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Birthday Cupcake

Birthday Cupcake

By Gina Minichino

Located in Fairfield, CT

Framed size: 13x17" Gina Minichino’s classical portraits of contemporary edible treats harken back to the 17th Century Dutch Masters. In this new series she takes it a step further...

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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Flopped Frosty

Flopped Frosty

By Gina Minichino

Located in Fairfield, CT

Framed size: 13x17" Gina Minichino’s classical portraits of contemporary edible treats harken back to the 17th Century Dutch Masters. In this new series she takes it a step further...

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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Belgian Post Impressionist Oil Painting of Flowers Victor Simonin Fauvist Master
Belgian Post Impressionist Oil Painting of Flowers Victor Simonin Fauvist Master

Belgian Post Impressionist Oil Painting of Flowers Victor Simonin Fauvist Master

Located in Surfside, FL

Victor Simonin (Belgian, 1877-1946). An antique oil painting on board titled "Still Life of Flower and Fruit." This abstract still life work depicts a colorful botanical bouquet of f...

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Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Pair of 18th century Italian Still Life Paintings of Flowers
Pair of 18th century Italian Still Life Paintings of Flowers

Pair of 18th century Italian Still Life Paintings of Flowers

Located in Rome, IT

Pair of very decorative Italian Still-life paintings of flowers with vases and classical figures . 18th century, oil on canvas, with original gilt-wood frames. This pair is an exce...

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18th Century Baroque Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Mid Century French modernist still life of Flowers in a vase
Mid Century French modernist still life of Flowers in a vase

Mid Century French modernist still life of Flowers in a vase

Located in Woodbury, CT

French mid-Century Flower painting with thick impasto brush or palette knife strokes. One notable artist known for their mid-20th-century flower paintings with impasto is Vincent va...

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1960s Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Pair of 18th century Italian Still Life Paintings of Flowers
Pair of 18th century Italian Still Life Paintings of Flowers

Pair of 18th century Italian Still Life Paintings of Flowers

Located in Rome, IT

Pair of very decorative Italian Still-life paintings of flowers with vases and classical figures . 18th century, oil on canvas, with original gilt-wood frames. This pair is an exce...

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18th Century Baroque Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Kom met Kersen Oil Painting on Panel Bowl Cherries Fruit Still Life In Stock
Kom met Kersen Oil Painting on Panel Bowl Cherries Fruit Still Life In Stock

Kom met Kersen Oil Painting on Panel Bowl Cherries Fruit Still Life In Stock

By Kees Blom

Located in Utrecht, NL

Kom met Kersen Oil Painting on Panel Bowl Cherries Fruit Still Life In Stock Kees Blom (Apeldoorn, 1968) comes from an artistic family. While his father already had a passion for pai...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Panel

An Apple A Day
An Apple A Day

Pat HobaughAn Apple A Day

$2,000Sale Price|20% Off

An Apple A Day

By Pat Hobaugh

Located in Atlanta, GA

From the artist: "The symbol of the Apple has held significance for humans throughout recorded history. In the bible it represents the forbidden. It was used by Newton to explain gra...

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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Still-life Paintings

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Latex, Oil, Panel

Mixed Nuts
Mixed Nuts

Pat HobaughMixed Nuts

$2,000Sale Price|20% Off

Mixed Nuts

By Pat Hobaugh

Located in Atlanta, GA

From the artist: "This still life is meant to be initially read on two levels, which is the aesthetic quality of the photo realistic nuts and the humor of the title also referring to...

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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Still-life Paintings

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Latex, Oil, Panel

Een Oktoberfeest Oktoberfest Autumn Oil Painting on Panel Still Life In Stock
Een Oktoberfeest Oktoberfest Autumn Oil Painting on Panel Still Life In Stock

Een Oktoberfeest Oktoberfest Autumn Oil Painting on Panel Still Life In Stock

By Walter Elst

Located in Utrecht, NL

Een Oktoberfeest Oktoberfest Autumn Oil Painting on Panel Still Life In Stock Walter Elst Born in Antwerp, Belgium - 1955 After finishing his study Medicine at the University of Bru...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Vase of flowers oil colorful figurative painting
Vase of flowers oil colorful figurative painting

Vase of flowers oil colorful figurative painting

Located in Jerusalem, IL

oil on canvas signed by the artist. This work will be included in “Volume IV and Additives to Volumes I, II and III” of the Catalogue Rasionne currently in preparation by Marc Ottavi...

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1940s Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Still Life of Fruit on Table, Gilt Wood Oval Frame with Convex, Hand Painted Oil
Still Life of Fruit on Table, Gilt Wood Oval Frame with Convex, Hand Painted Oil

Still Life of Fruit on Table, Gilt Wood Oval Frame with Convex, Hand Painted Oil

Located in Jacksonville, FL

A sumptuous still life unfolds in this exquisite oil painting, where a bounty of ripe peaches, pears, and grapes is artfully arranged beside an elegant vase. The fruits, rendered in ...

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20th Century Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

The Forager – Contemporary Still Life Painting of Apples
The Forager – Contemporary Still Life Painting of Apples

The Forager – Contemporary Still Life Painting of Apples

Located in London, GB

An exceptional oil painting by acclaimed British still life artist Paul Stone, The Forager exemplifies the artist’s refined approach to contemporary realism. Inspired by classical Du...

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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Still life of Summer Flowers in a Basket with Fruit.
Still life of Summer Flowers in a Basket with Fruit.

Still life of Summer Flowers in a Basket with Fruit.

By Pieter Casteels III

Located in Taunton, GB

Still life of Summer Flowers in a Basket with Fruit. Circa 1730 Oil On Canvas 32 ¾ x 48 ¼ inches83.1 x 122.5 cm Presented in a 17th century Italian carved gilt frame. Acquired from The collection of the Late Edgar Wigan, Bradstone Brook, Shalford. ABOUT THE ARTIST:  The son of the Flemish painter Pieter Casteels II (referred to as Casteels the Younger) whom he studied under.  While Casteels II was best known for his capriccio harbour scenes and landscapes of his native Antwerp, Casteels III worked primarily in England, where he immigrated in 1708 at the age of 24 and began his career copying Old Master.  Casteels III painted still lives of flowers, and bird and game scenes, and in 1726 produced a volume of twelve plates of bird etchings. Following the success of the publication, he created similar volumes for both flowers and fruit. Pieter Casteels III...

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17th Century Flemish School Still-life Paintings

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Oil

STILL LIFE - Salvatore Marinelli School Baroque - Oil on Canvas Italian Painting
STILL LIFE - Salvatore Marinelli School Baroque - Oil on Canvas Italian Painting

STILL LIFE - Salvatore Marinelli School Baroque - Oil on Canvas Italian Painting

By Salvatore Marinelli

Located in Napoli, IT

Still life - Salvatore Marinelli Italia 2008 - Oil on canvas cm. 60x120 Salvatore Marinelli's canvas is a painting inspired by Abraham van Beyeren Dutch painter, of the Baroque age, ...

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Early 2000s Old Masters Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

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#328

By Tiffany Calvert

Located in New Orleans, LA

This painting is based on Rachel Ruysch’s, Vase of Flowers, 1700. The painting contains an example of the Dutch tulip most prized during Tulipomania: Semper Augustus...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Inkjet

"Blackberries Are Red When They Are Green" - Trompe L'Oeil Still Life
"Blackberries Are Red When They Are Green" - Trompe L'Oeil Still Life

"Blackberries Are Red When They Are Green" - Trompe L'Oeil Still Life

By Alexis Pencovic

Located in Soquel, CA

"Blackberries Are Red When They Are Green" - Trompe L'Oeil Still Life Hyper realistic still life by Alexis Pencovic (American, 1921-1987). A still life arrangement of blackberries w...

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1970s Photorealist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Attempted Art-  21st Century Contemporary Still-life Painting of letter balloons
Attempted Art-  21st Century Contemporary Still-life Painting of letter balloons

Attempted Art- 21st Century Contemporary Still-life Painting of letter balloons

By Rutger Hiemstra

Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant

Rutger Hiemstra Attempted Art Oil on wood panel 53 x 125 cm Dutch artist Rutger Hiemstra (1975) understands the art of painting from observation. Still lifes, landscapes, portraits...

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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

Still Life Garland of Flowers - Flemish 18thC art Old Master floral oil painting
Still Life Garland of Flowers - Flemish 18thC art Old Master floral oil painting

Still Life Garland of Flowers - Flemish 18thC art Old Master floral oil painting

By Pieter Casteels III

Located in Hagley, England

This superb 18th century Old Master floral still life oil painting is attributed to Flemish artist Pieter Casteels III. Painted circa 1730 it is a garland or swag of flowers, somethi...

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1730s Old Masters Still-life Paintings

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Oil

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#338

By Tiffany Calvert

Located in New Orleans, LA

This painting is based on Rachel Ruysch’s, Vase of Flowers, 1700. The painting contains an example of the Dutch tulip most prized during Tulipomania: Sem...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Inkjet

Lemons and Gravy

Pam AckleyLemons and Gravy

$2,160Sale Price|20% Off

Lemons and Gravy

By Pam Ackley

Located in Fairfield, CT

In September 2006, Pam began her artistic journey at Silvermine School of Art where she studied still life for eight years with Kirill Doron of the Art Institute of Moscow. Pam's pr...

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2010s Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

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By Tiffany Calvert

Located in New Orleans, LA

As an artist, TIFFANY CALVERT applies contemporary painting techniques to historical imagery. Her recent work uses the seventeenth-century Dutch floral still life as a springboard fo...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Inkjet

John Whitlock Codner RWA (1913-2008) - Framed Oil, Still Life on a Silver Tray
John Whitlock Codner RWA (1913-2008) - Framed Oil, Still Life on a Silver Tray

John Whitlock Codner RWA (1913-2008) - Framed Oil, Still Life on a Silver Tray

By John Whitlock Codner

Located in Corsham, GB

This vibrant still life painting by John Whitlock Codner RWA (1913-2008) captures a sumptuous array of fruits, glassware, and porcelain arranged on a silver tray. Signed to the lower...

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21st Century and Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Instant Mess
Instant Mess

Instant Mess

By Gina Minichino

Located in Fairfield, CT

Gina Minichino’s classical portraits of contemporary edible treats harken back to the 17th Century Dutch Masters. In this new series she takes it a step further - instead of the cra...

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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Sloppy Sundae
Sloppy Sundae

Sloppy Sundae

By Gina Minichino

Located in Fairfield, CT

Gina Minichino’s classical portraits of contemporary edible treats harken back to the 17th Century Dutch Masters. In this new series she takes it a step further - instead of the cra...

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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Slipped Shake
Slipped Shake

Slipped Shake

By Gina Minichino

Located in Fairfield, CT

Gina Minichino’s classical portraits of contemporary edible treats harken back to the 17th Century Dutch Masters. In this new series she takes it a step further - instead of the cra...

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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Ketchup with a Smile
Ketchup with a Smile

Ketchup with a Smile

By Gina Minichino

Located in Fairfield, CT

Gina Minichino’s classical portraits of contemporary edible treats harken back to the 17th Century Dutch Masters. In this new series she takes it a step further - instead of the cra...

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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Unlucky Charms
Unlucky Charms

Unlucky Charms

By Gina Minichino

Located in Fairfield, CT

Gina Minichino’s classical portraits of contemporary edible treats harken back to the 17th Century Dutch Masters. In this new series she takes it a step further - instead of the cra...

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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Fallen Froot Loops 2
Fallen Froot Loops 2

Fallen Froot Loops 2

By Gina Minichino

Located in Fairfield, CT

Gina Minichino’s classical portraits of contemporary edible treats harken back to the 17th Century Dutch Masters. In this new series she takes it a step further - instead of the cra...

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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Cracked Cone
Cracked Cone

Cracked Cone

By Gina Minichino

Located in Fairfield, CT

Gina Minichino’s classical portraits of contemporary edible treats harken back to the 17th Century Dutch Masters. In this new series she takes it a step further - instead of the cra...

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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Panel

The Window Sill
The Window Sill

The Window Sill

By Stephen Scott Young

Located in Bryn Mawr, PA

This still life by Stephen Scott Young stands out in the artist’s oeuvre in that Young is most known for his luminous portraits of African Americans or native Bahamians. Nonetheless,...

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Late 20th Century Realist Still-life Paintings

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Watercolor

Summer Roses

Summer Roses

By Chris Thomas

Located in Indianapolis, IN

Superior quality 22K gold gilt frame.

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2010s American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

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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. Indeed, still-life paintings frequently 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 and plants 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.