Still-life Paintings
2010s Naturalistic Still-life Paintings
Oil, Cardboard
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
20th Century Pointillist Still-life Paintings
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
1940s American Modern Still-life Paintings
Oil
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Lacquer, Charcoal, Oil Pastel, Ink, Mixed Media, Oil, Spray Pain...
2010s Naturalistic Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Expressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Board
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Epoxy Resin, Plastic, Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Graphite
1970s French School Still-life Paintings
Oil, Canvas
Artist Comments
A joyous bouquet of various flowers set against a dramatic dark background by artist Autumn Rose. Inspired by her never-ending love of botanicals, Autumn comb...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Linen, Oil
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Gesso, Paint, Varnish, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Board
Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings
Oil, Canvas
1970s Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Late 19th Century Romantic Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Late 19th Century Realist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Board
21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
20th Century Still-life Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Acrylic, Gouache, Wood Panel
Early 20th Century Realist Still-life Paintings
Cotton Canvas, Oil
1970s Still-life Paintings
Oil
20th Century Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1930s Art Deco Still-life Paintings
Masonite, Oil
2010s Abstract Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1930s Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Board
20th Century Still-life Paintings
Oil
Early 2000s Dutch School Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1920s Academic Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Artist Comments
This still-life painting features a slice of cheesecake topped with plump blueberries and cherries. Against a vibrant background, the delectable texture and r...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Oil
19th Century French School Still-life Paintings
Oil
Late 19th Century Realist Still-life Paintings
Oil
1670s Italian School Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Oil
17th Century Old Masters Still-life Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Gold Leaf
Artist Comments
Artist Kira Yustak paints a bed of dandelions with two bumblebees hovering above. The airy flowers provide essential food to pollinators as the first blooms o...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Acrylic
20th Century Still-life Paintings
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
"This painting was created in one fast sitting, with furious yet thoughtful brushstrokes," explains Rachel. "The acrylic paint ranges from thick impasto a thin watercolor-like veil." Part of Rachel's signature cubist coffee series. For these pieces, she studies her extensive collection of cafetieres that she keeps in her studio. The works are both about celebrating her love of coffee, and depicting light, pattern, and repetition as though it were set to music.
About the Artist
For Rachel Srinivasan, an idea is worth putting on a canvas only if it still feels exciting after a few days. Rachel enjoys mulling the idea over in her mind for some time before creating an artwork. She hopes viewers will engage with her work and wonder about the subject matter, shapes and colors. "My current work is all about creating a connection between the person on the canvas with the viewer," she explains. She prefers large paintings and sometimes even makes her own canvases. She currently lives in Arizona and enjoys baking rhubarb pies, reading, running and going to art museums.
Words that describe this painting: coffee, espresso, caffe, breakfast, cubism, still life, cuisine, non-representational, modern , acrylic painting, grey
Lighter Blue Coffee...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Acrylic
1940s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Oil, Masonite
21st Century and Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Oil
1950s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Masonite
2010s French School Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Early 2000s Dutch School Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Oil, Wood Panel
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Glass, Mixed Media, Oil, Board
2010s Pop Art Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Linen, Oil
1910s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Late 20th Century Still-life Paintings
Paper, Oil
Mid-20th Century American Modern Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1920s Expressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Early 2000s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1940s Realist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Mid-20th Century Italian School Still-life Paintings
Gouache, Pastel
Shop Still-Life Paintings on 1stDibs
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.