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Contemporary Still-life Paintings

CONTEMPORARY STYLE

Used to refer to a time rather than an aesthetic, Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. This immediacy means it encompasses art responding to the present moment through diverse subjects, media and themes. Contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, performance, digital art, video and more frequently includes work that is attempting to reshape current ideas about what art can be, from Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s use of candy to memorialize a lover he lost to AIDS-related complications to Jenny Holzer’s ongoing “Truisms,” a Conceptual series that sees provocative messages printed on billboards, T-shirts, benches and other public places that exist outside of formal exhibitions and the conventional “white cube” of galleries.

Contemporary art has been pushing the boundaries of creative expression for years. Its disruption of the traditional concepts of art are often aiming to engage viewers in complex questions about identity, society and culture. In the latter part of the 20th century, contemporary movements included Land art, in which artists like Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer create large-scale, site-specific sculptures, installations and other works in soil and bodies of water; Sound art, with artists such as Christian Marclay and Susan Philipsz centering art on sonic experiences; and New Media art, in which mass media and digital culture inform the work of artists such as Nam June Paik and Rafaël Rozendaal.

The first decades of the 21st century have seen the growth of Contemporary African art, the revival of figurative painting, the emergence of street art and the rise of NFTs, unique digital artworks that are powered by blockchain technology.

Major Contemporary artists practicing now include Ai Weiwei, Cecily Brown, David Hockney, Yayoi Kusama, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and Kara Walker.

Find a collection of Contemporary prints, photography, paintings, sculptures and other art on 1stDibs.

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Style: Contemporary
Rabbit, floral rabbit, contemporary rabbit oil painting.
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
This vibrant and whimsical painting by Minas Halaj features the silhouette of a rabbit composed entirely of lush, colorful flowers and leaves. Against a deep, textured black backgrou...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Glass Half Full Contemporary Still Life painting with Peach, Cherries and jug
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
'Glass Half Full' Contemporary Still Life painting with Peach, Cherries and Jug, perfect for a kitchen or dining room. Also has the matching pair 'Cherries and Peach' - please do not...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Flowers on the Wall by Mary Finlayson, Gouache/Canvas, Floral, Still Life
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Mary Finlayson "White Doves with Yellow Aster" Gouache on Canvas with Maple Frame 60 x 60 inches 61.25 x 61.25 inches framed Mary Finlayson’s interest in painting interior spaces po...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Gouache

Sunrise Madrone Diptych (Two framed acrylic paintings: 21 x 21 in. each)
Located in Oakland, CA
Each 20 x 20 inch canvas is framed in a separate 2 inch deep solid wood floater frame, increasing the dimensions to 21. 5 x 21.5 inches. Total span together is 44 x 22". Hung with...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Wood, Acrylic

Fleurs avec nuages - small, colourful, floral, still life, oil on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This charming oil painting is by Jennifer Hornyak, a beloved Canadian artist. The Montreal-based painter is known for her expressive, abstracted form and her rich colour palette. Thi...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

"The Resort" Sietse W. Jonker 21st Century Contemporary Oil Painting
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Since August 2018 Sietse W. Jonker belongs to the group of artists that we permanently represent in our stock-exposition. In mid-2019, this still-life artist will take part in a group exhibition devoted to still life in painting. His work can be seen all year round and for sale through our gallery. To get to know us, we visited the artist in his studio in Leeuwarden. a centrally located donkey and a window on the Noorderlicht dominate the space together with the still life that he is currently working on. According to the artist, a still life should not be 'made to look', in the final painting it should ultimately be an ordered harmony. The artist himself: That is not always easy and sometimes I am busy with all kinds of objects here in the house. Every now and then something comes up or something is taken away again until I am satisfied. Usually I have a vague idea of ​​what I want, but to give that 'vague idea' a concrete form is quite difficult. The idea then to create a three-dimensional world on a two dimensional level intrigues Sietse Jonker...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Hyacinths - Oil Paint by Pino Romanò - 1990s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas realized by Pino Romanò (1934) in 1990s. Hand signed. Titled on rear. Very good condition.
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1990s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The Light 19 and 23 Diptych. From The Light series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This series of pieces is the result of an investigation into the use of light as a tool for the representation of reality and image creation. Starting in the 40s, the work of the art...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Floral Serenade - Flower painting by Marc Zimmerman - Still Life Art
Located in Carmel, CA
Floral Serenade - Flower painting by Marc Zimmerman - Still Life Art This masterpiece is exhibited in the Zimmerman Gallery, Carmel CA. ABOUT THE ARTIST Marc Zimmerman is a visiona...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Still Life - Oil Paint by Edolo Masci - 1990s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas realized in 1990s by Edolo Masci. Hand signed lower right. Very good condition.
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1990s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The warm glow of sunshine in the morning (still life painting of flowers)
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This floral painting "The warm glow of sunshine in the morning" makes part of my "Floral " series which celebrates my love for flowers. This art piece also underlines the importance of enjoying simple things in life. This still-life painting portrays a vivacious bouquet of yellow summer flowers in a blue vase on a red coffee table. Near the vase there is an open book and a golden jewelry box...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

A Tasty Trio - 21st Century contemporary Hyper realistic oil painting of Cookies
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Jean Paul Marsman (Dutch artist) A Tasty Trio 20 x 20 cm (framed, included in price 23 x 23 cm) Oil paint on wood Craftsmanship: The work is painted so realistically that everythin...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

Scattering - large, floral, contemporary, abstracted still life, oil on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A master painter whose celebrated work has spanned four decades, Jennifer Hornyak continues to create new and evocative paintings. The Montreal based artist returns to a favourite ge...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Anselm Kiefer, rare serigraph on paper
By Anselm Kiefer
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
This extremely rare work on paper by Anselm Kiefer is the one and only silkscreen and signed edition on paper Anselm Kiefer ever made. Printed on a prestigious BKF Rives Paper (fines...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Paper

Thin Dahlias - unframed
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Thin Dahlias' - unframed by master watercolorist Gary Bukovnik, who fuses sensual vitality with fluid yet powerful colorations to create floral images of great depth, intensity, and size. Internationally exhibited and celebrated worldwide, Bukovnik’s iconic works express a spiritual exultation - a joie de vivre - a vivid celebration of beauty. The painting captures the season of nature’s rebirth when the world awakes from its winter repose — Forever Spring...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

The Light 9 and 13. From The Light series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This series of pieces is the result of an investigation into the use of light as a tool for the representation of reality and image creation. Starting in the 40s, the work of the art...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Still Life - Oil Painting by Franco Marzilli - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas realized by Franco Marzilli (1934-2010) in 1970s. Hand signed lower left. Very good condition. Franco Marzilli was born in Rome in 1934. He received his first artist...
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1970s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Oil

One Bold Move - Bold Abstract Floral Painting Contemporary Blooms on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Georgia-based artist Kellie Newsome specializes in dynamic and abstracted still-life artworks. Her expressive style emphasizes line structure, creating vibrant paintings that celebra...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media

Sunrise Japanese Maple II ( 36 x 36 inch Oil painting)
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a painting of the Japanese maple in my front yard. The red of the branches is a thin, sheer under layer and the creamy robin’s egg blue sky light-filled sky was painted on to...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Wood, Oil, Acrylic, Graphite

Scopello
Located in Burlingame, CA
Taormina 2 — luminous oil on linen. Dimensions are 63 x 63 inches. French American Frédéric Choisel, is inspired by the cities and countrysides of F...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Linen, Oil

Floral Invention #4 -Oil On Canvas Painting By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
This masterwork is exhibited in the Zimmerman Gallery, Carmel CA. Marc Zimmerman creates playful paintings, whether deep mysterious jungle or delightfully whimsical florals. His co...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Five Flowers Blue on Red - colorful, minimal, abstract, floral, oil on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This joyful, colourful painting is by one of Canada’s finest landscape artists, Pat Service. Here, the avid gardener uses bold colours-royal blue, black and white against a bright r...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Still life of Flowers in Cases - Oil on Canvas by G. Salvini - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
"Still life of flowers in vases" is the artwork realized by Giuseppe Salvini. Oil painting on canvas 70 x 100 cm, frame included 92 x 122 cm. Signed lower right G. Salvini. Good...
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Mid-20th Century Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Bliss, Original painting, Tree Art, Landscape, Gold Art
Located in Deddington, GB
"Bliss" is an original painting by Nicky Chubb. The pink tones are made evermore vibrant by the opulent gold background. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Nicky Chubb Everlasting Spring Ori...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Acrylic

Passion Play 5047
Located in Napa, CA
Surrounded by artistic inspiration from a very early age, Kate Salenfriend learned most of her technical skills from her great-grandfather, Stewart Robertson, the registered Californ...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Self Portrait as a Venetian Gentleman
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Self Portrait as a Venetian Gentleman, elaborately and exquisitely painted by Adrienne Sherman in oil on panel with a lacquer-like luster. The original painting is rich and reflecti...
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1990s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Panel, Wood Panel

Iris VIII, Original art work with pencil, Floral, Flower, Nature
Located in Deddington, GB
This drawing is one in a series of botanical line drawings depicting the seasonal flowers of English gardens and the countryside. Size: H:29.7 cm x W:21 cm Additional Information: ...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Pencil

Still Life - Oil Painting by Franco Marzilli - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas realized by Franco Marzilli (1934-2010) in 1970s. Hand signed lower right. Very good condition. Franco Marzilli was born in Rome in 1934. He received his first artis...
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1970s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Angles sur L Anglin - contemporary still-life window landscape room interior
Located in London, GB
unframed size: 35 x 30 cm framed size: 40 x 35 cm Artist Statement: “My career in Film and Television design enabled me to travel extensively in Europe and the West Indies. During t...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Acrylic, Board

Better Boy Tomato, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Steve Boggs used his homegrown Better Bay tomato as the subject for this still-life oil painting. Centered in warm sunlight, the fruit's vibrant red-oran...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Hill View no. 2, Contemporary landscape painting, meadows, hills, countryside
Located in Deddington, GB
Hill View no. 2 is an original oil painting by artist Alexa Roscoe. This painting has calm feeling capturing a beautiful light and depth in the horizon. This is a vibrant landscape p...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Green Blue Landscape Forest Study Oil Painting "Into the Woods - Thabo M"
Located in Cape Town, ZA
A medium sized unique oil painting on stretched canvas, ready to hang. As the artist move through a new passage of her life these “Into the Woods” paintings started to emerge. This...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Trail above Silver Lake / realist nature 52x80 in. oil on canvas painting
Located in Burlingame, CA
‘Trail above Silver Lake’ oil painting by American Realist artist Peter Loftus, who is known for captivating breathtaking color-rich nature scenes through shadow and light in his oil...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Still Life - Oil Painting by Franco Marzilli - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas realized by Franco Marzilli (1934-2010) in 1970s. Hand signed lower left. Very good condition. Franco Marzilli was born in Rome in 1934. He received his first artist...
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1970s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Breakfast- 21st Century Contemporary Dutch Still-life Painting
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
The young Dutch artist Lars van Wieren is seen by many as a great talent. We get that! Through one of our artists we were made aware of Lars' work. W...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Pocket Ladybird 2, Original painting, Still life, Insect
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Ladybird 2 is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket Painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with a nod to baroque still lif...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Eggplant Contemporary Dutch Miniature Still Life Painting of an Eggplant
Located in Utrecht, NL
Dutch artist Nico Heilijgers (1964) works in the tradition of the great seventeenth-century still life painters. In his work we see conventional object...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Open Door, Dogs Gowe- contemporary still-life window landscape room interior
Located in London, GB
unframed size: 35 x 30 cm framed size: 40 x 35 cm Artist Statement: “My career in Film and Television design enabled me to travel extensively in Europe and the West Indies. During t...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Acrylic, Board

The Gift - Still Life with Ruby Throated Hummingbird and Perfume Bottle, Gold
By Felipe Alfaro
Located in Chicago, IL
***This artwork is currently on exhibit at the Instituto Cervantes, Chicago until September 2025. If purchased this artwork will be available to ship after September 1, 2025. Contact the gallery with questions. A ruby-throated hummingbird flits by an empty perfume bottle with a swath of gold setting off its beautiful coloring. The bold strokes of gold and black enhance the meticulously rendered bird. Due to the delicate nature of the mixed media, this piece is matted and framed with museum glass. The framed dimensions are 11.5 h x 13.5 w inches. Felipe Alfaro...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Mixed Media

Still Life with Bouquets of Flowers - Oil Painting by Franco Marzilli - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas realized by Franco Marzilli (1934-2010) in 1970s. Hand signed lower right. Very good condition. Franco Marzilli was born in Rome in 1934. He received his first artis...
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1970s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Magazines and Books
Located in Dallas, TX
Allison Gildersleeve addresses the theme of memory, exploring the phenomenon of past and present becoming collapsed or entwined by the emotional experience. Gildersleeve states: “In ...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Still Life - Oil Painting by Franco Marzilli - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas realized by Franco Marzilli (1934-2010) in 1970s. Hand signed lower right. Very good condition. Franco Marzilli was born in Rome in 1934. He received his first artis...
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1970s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Oil

"My Limoge" flower vase on the kitchen table contrasts against house patterns
Located in Edgartown, MA
“Never taking anything for granted, I am so grateful to be able to paint every day.” Anne Harney is a representational painter beginning her work from observation and concluding wit...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Mixed Media, Oil, Canvas, Acrylic

The Brilliance of the Day Floral Painting Embellished Giclee on Canvas 60WX40H
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Brilliance of the Day Floral Painting Embellished Giclee on Canvas 60WX40H Collector's Edition Embellished Art Canvas Giclee With Brushstrokes and rich texture. State-of-the-ar...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Varnish, Archival Ink, Acrylic, Digital, Inkjet, Giclée

Portrait 2
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
ROBINSON, Geoffrey (b.1945) Portrait 2 40.7 x 30.5 cm c.2000 Oil on board, Unframed Geoffrey Robinson trained at Bournemouth College of Art in the 1960’s, before a career in adver...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic

Shuang Liu Still Life Original Oil Painting "Have Some Fruits I"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Have Some Fruits I Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 19 x 23 inches Frame: Framing options available! Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition. Note: This ...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Still Life - Niccone
Located in New York, NY
William Bailey’s still life paintings present seemingly everyday objects, including bowls, pitchers, and cups, in groupings that conjure the familiar world while offering a metaphysi...
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20th Century Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Paper, Casein

Divided Lemon, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A whole lemon transforms when sliced in half, revealing its vibrant, juicy interior. Striking red and blue light emanates from the fruit, contrasting against ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Ocean Beach
Located in Burlingame, CA
Willard Dixon, Ocean Beach painted in 2021, oil on canvas. San Francisco foggy morning at the California coast, beach goers enjoying the misty light at Oce...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Snowy Field with Aspens
Located in Burlingame, CA
‘Snowy Field with Aspens’ oil painting by American Realist artist Peter Loftus, who is known for captivating breathtaking color-rich nature scenes through shadow and light in his oil on canvas paintings that reflect western environments. Loftus is known for his meticulous realist oil paintings that feature ocean-scenes, babbling brooks, mountain ranges and their vistas, as well as figures and people. 'Snowy Field with Aspens' is beautifully and skillfully painted. An awe inspiring scene that is a pleasure to gaze upon. 42 x 62 inches. Artist signed, titled and dated Verso. Peter Loftus was born in 1948, in Washington DC. He received a BFA in painting from the Maryland Institute College of Art, in 1971. In 1974, Loftus earned an MFA from the University of Pennsylvania. Drawn by the glorious California light, Loftus moved to Santa Cruz in 1975. He has lived and painted there ever since. Loftus taught at both University of California at Santa Cruz and Cabrillo Community College between 1975, through the present (at UCSC). He taught Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced Drawing, and Painting, in both oil and aqueous media. During that time, he also sustained a rigorous exhibition schedule, showing regularly on the East and West coasts; in New York at Fischbach Gallery, and San Francisco at William Sawyer Gallery and later Hackett-Freedman Gallery. In addition, Loftus has participated in a number of group exhibitions. These include: American Realism: 20th Century Drawings and Watercolors (and accompanying book), San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, New Horizons in American Realism: Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI. Loftus is also included in several publications, including: "The Artist as Native: Reinventing Regionalism" by Alan Gussow...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Still Life - Oil Painting by Franco Marzilli - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas realized by Franco Marzilli (1934-2010) in 1970s. Hand signed lower right. Very good condition. Franco Marzilli was born in Rome in 1934. He received his first artis...
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1970s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Oil

A Place Without Time
Located in Missouri, MO
A Place Without Time Michael Protiva (20th/21st Century) Signed Lower Left 48 x 60 inches 49.25 x 61.25 inches with frame Michael Protiva's interest i...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Half Spent", Acrylic Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Josh Talbott's (US based) "Half Spent" is an acrylic painting that depicts a empty honey bear jar reused as a piggy bank, half full of coins with a light blue background. Bio: Josh Talbott grew up in suburban/rural Georgia in the southern US. His first work as a professional artist was in scenic painting and murals for various production companies. An attempt to deepen his well of possibilities led to New Orleans where as a street artist he sold works to people from all over the world before loosing everything in hurricane Katrina. With short stints in Santa Fe and then Los Angeles Josh arrived in the small coastal city of Los Osos, California where he lives and works today. His curiosity is voracious and interests are many, including scuba/ free diving, sailing, surfing, gardening, geology, rock hounding, rationality, AI, history, and philosophy. In his studio there is always an audiobook on, and outside of the studio there are all manner of activities making there way into his work. He has many private collectors scattered across the globe and murals in San Francisco. ARTIST STATEMENT We live in a time of extreme and accelerated change, growing complexity, and specialization. At every stage in our human trajectory from primitive beginnings crawling out of the sea to the present gauntlet of challenges, our thinking tools and their uses are central to the story of what it means to be human. My work is informed by a fascination with thinking tools and the effects of programming and environment through the different phases of life and our capacity for storytelling. My practice consists of constructing small-scale still life scenarios of toys and other artifacts of human development, then creating photorealistic acrylic paintings of these scenes. The work juxtaposes the familiar and playful with a contemporary, complex, adult world. While I am interested in the science of the mind, and what it means to be a human, my work seldom features the human form, focusing instead on the objects and items that are frequently left behind. As such, the subject of the painting becomes the viewer him or herself because their own humanity is ultimately what is revealed. My work honors toys as thinking tools for small people and the scenes depicted explore the ways in which the culture of our formative years leaves a lasting mark and continues to shape our storytelling. The plastic artifacts of my formative years carry memories of simultaneous confusion and wonder at the world around me. These are sensations and emotions still very much present in my life. What were your imaginings and dramas when you played with toys? Are you living them today? The multileveled still life paintings of familiar toys are bright and accessible and connect to the viewer's nostalgia and playfulness while provoking deeper insights into our current evolutionary, cultural, and technological moment. I place each little curio with care into meaningful relationship to their interlocutors and environment. The plastic dinosaurs often depicted are emblematic of childhood curiosities, of great wonder and speculation at past worlds and the depth of evolutionary time, and yet they are made of a material that illustrates our shortsightedness, a quintessential human quality that makes it quite possible that these plastic creations will outlast us all. I do my best to draw inspiration and resources from everywhere to build a visual language. In my divergent path I find the musical compositions and the story of composer, Philip Glass inspiring. The story of his devotion to his craft and his subsequent successes have encouraged and inspired me. I'm influenced by writers such as Kurt Vonnegut, Robert Sapolsky, and Yuval Noah Harari, the many books by Simon Winchester, Daniel Dennet, Robert Wright...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Lighter Blue Coffee, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

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...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Acrylic

Bulletin Board
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Drawing / Illustration / Pop and Contemporary Pop / Representations of Everyday Objects / Figurative Art / Pop Art / Mixed-Media From Macauley Norman's solo exhibition, CRYPTIC CLUTTER, "Bulletin Board" is an incredible and unique installation-style figurative, pop surrealist piece featuring over 15 traditional and 3D drawings made with PLA plastic filament and gel pen on archival paper affixed with pins to a bulletin board. Among the imagery are a panoply of pop culture references from the Eastern, Western, Northern and Southern hemispheres -- Nacho Libre...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Plastic, Archival Ink, Archival Paper

Still Life - Oil Painting by Franco Marzilli - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas realized by Franco Marzilli (1934-2010) in 1970s. Hand signed lower right. Very good condition. Franco Marzilli was born in Rome in 1934. He received his first artis...
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1970s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Still Life - Oil on Table by Ernesto Alcide Campestrini - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Still Life is an artwork realized by Ernesto Alcide Campestrini (1897-1983). Oil on Table. cm 50x60; 55 x 66 cm with frame. Hand signed in the lower left margin. Good condition. Alcide Ernesto Campestrini was born in Milan, where the family had moved in 1897. After the first rudiments of art with his father, from 1914 he was a student at the Brera Academy in Milan, under the guidance of Ambrogio Antonio Alciati. In 1919 he resumed his painting studies in Brera, interrupted by enlistment. He concluded them in 1922, the year in which he obtained his teaching qualification. He lived in Milan and in 1923 he exhibited Smiles of other times at the Palazzo della Società per le Belle Arti and Permanent Exhibition: the so-called Brera Biennale, at the following one in 1925, presented with Ultime note and El disperados. In 1926 he exhibited Porta Volta, at the First Art Exhibition of Milanese Artists organized by the Meneghina family, the contemporary Self-Portrait is one of the first works by him that we know so far today. He devoted himself to still life, figure painting and the alpine landscape, the Trentino one in particular, with a technique linked to his father's school and to the late nineteenth-century tradition. He held several personal exhibitions in Milan. The Campestrini family spends their holidays in Valsugana several times, sometimes as guests of Emma Campestrini's relatives. The painter falls in love with Lake Caldonazzo, depicted several times in his canvases, such as in the 1949 painting...
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Mid-20th Century Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Mixed Fruit Tart, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Luscious, fresh fruits fill a classic custard tart. The combination of vibrant blueberries, strawberries, and kiwi against a striped backdrop creates a visual...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Barco Rojo. Painting. Oil paint on Canvas
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Barco Rojo, by Sergio Bazan Oil on Canvas Image Size: 75 H x 75 W inches Unframed Signed by artist _______ Sergio Bazan was born in Buenos Aires in 1962. He was artistically train...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Night Tripper (Palisades No.7) - Road landscape painting
Located in East Quogue, NY
Night driving road landscape scene by Edie Nadelhaft Oil on canvas, 12 x 12 inches. Edie Nadelhaft's paintings focus on the visual nuances and psychol...
Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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