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Still-life Prints For Sale
Still Life - Etching by V. Mongatti - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Still Life is an original print in etching technique on cardboard, signed by Vairo Mongatti, in 1980s.
In very good conditions,
Hand-signed of the lower right. Numbered 104/120 of ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Etching
RECEIVING HAND Signed Lithograph, Fantastic Realism, Stone, Healing Art
Located in Union City, NJ
RECEIVING HAND is a hand drawn original lithograph printed using hand lithography techniques on archival Arches printmaking paper 100% acid free. RECEIVING HAND a finely detailed hand drawn example of Fantastic Realism...
Category
1970s Surrealist Still-life Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Hiboux et Chouettes #7, portrait of an owl by Marjan Seyedin
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Medium: aquatint and drypoint
Year: 2016
Edition of 21
Image Size: 16 × 12 inches
portrait of a seemingly disgruntled owl in a nocturnal setting, by Franco-Iranian artist Marjan S...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Aquatint
Plant and Lamp (B+Y; Y+B)
Located in New York, NY
In order to subvert common associations, Baldessari calls one’s attention to minute details, absurd juxtapositions, and obscured or fragmented portions of imagery.
Category
1990s Post-Modern Still-life Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Flowers I Michele Zalopany, black white large abstract floral still life flowers
Located in New York, NY
Large scale black and white stunning abstracted floral still life with sweeping brushstrokes and draped cloth. Lush and painterly composition for minimalist, contemporary and modern ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Monotype
Winter Light II
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Ellen Gunn (1951- )
Title: Winter Light II
Medium: Screenprint
Image size: 24 x 20 inches
Sheet size: 24 x 20 inches
Signature: lower left
Edition:...
Category
1990s Impressionist Still-life Prints
Materials
Paper, Screen
Op.197 Phrixos and Helle, by Jakob Demus
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Op.197 Phrixos and Helle, Diamond drypoint by Jakob Demus. The title derives from Greek mythology. The stones were some of many collected by Demus, from which he made "portraits" en...
Category
1980s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Drypoint
Henri Matisse (after) Vegetaux
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Henri Matisse (after)
Title: Vegetaux
Portfolio: The Last Works of Henri Matisse
Medium: Lithograph
Date: 1958
Edition: 2000
Frame Size: 20 1/2" x 13 3/4"
Sheet Size: 14" x 1...
Category
1950s Still-life Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Tal-Coat, Composition, Derrière le miroir (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition, with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From Derrière le miroir, N° 114, 1959. Published by Aim...
Category
1950s Modern Still-life Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Europa, by Peter Milton
By Peter Milton
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Resist Ground Etching and Engraving from a Copper Plate on BFK Rives, Somerset Buff, Wove Paper
Medium: Resist Ground Etching & Engraving
Edition of 125
Year: 1982
One o...
Category
1980s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Etching, Engraving
$720 Sale Price
20% Off
Double Bubble, Photorealist Silkscreen by Charles Bell
By Charles Bell
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Charles Bell
Title: Double Bubble
Year: circa 1990
Medium: Silkscreen, signed in pencil
Edition: 150
Image: 26 x 26 inches
Size: 33 in. x 33 in. (83.82 cm x 83.82 cm)
Category
1990s Photorealist Still-life Prints
Materials
Screen
Hiboux et Chouettes #6, portrait of an owl by Marjan Seyedin
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Medium: aquatint and drypoint
Year: 2016
Edition of 21
Image Size: 16 × 12 inches
Portrait of a plump and possibly perplexed owl in a nocturnal setting, by Franco-Iranian artist M...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Aquatint, Drypoint
$400 Sale Price
20% Off
Locust Tree Flowers (15), Impressionist Lithograph by David Lee
Located in Long Island City, NY
David Lee, Chinese (1944 - ) - Locust Tree Flowers (15), Year: circa 1985, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 100, Size: 29 x 21 in. (73.66 x 53.34 cm)...
Category
1980s Impressionist Still-life Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Bazaine, Composition, Derrière le miroir (after)
By Jean Bazaine
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From Derrière le miroir, N° 55-56, 1953. Published by Aimé Maeght, Éditeur, Paris; ...
Category
1950s Modern Still-life Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
George Brookshaw
s Black Frontiniac Wine Grape Aquatint from "Pomona Brittanica"
Located in Alamo, CA
George Brookshaw's (1751-1823) beautiful Black Frontiniac Wine Grape hand-colored aquatint engraving, plate XVII from his "Pomona Brittanica", considered to be the finest British botanical large format treatise of the 19th-century. His engravings were unique for their rich tones and colors, elegant compositions with the fruit seeming to float on a rich mottled background.
The print is presented in a gold and burgundy-colored wood frame and a light gray mat. The print is in very good condition.
Another Brookshaw engraving from his series of fruit illustrations is available on 1stdibs. It is framed and matted identically to this one. It can be viewed on our 1stdibs storefront by typing Timeless Intaglio...
Category
Early 19th Century Realist Still-life Prints
Materials
Aquatint
Tàpies, Composition, Derrière le miroir (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition, with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From Derrière le miroir, N° 210, 1974. Published by Aim...
Category
1970s Post-War Still-life Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
44% Off
Magnolias (19), Impressionist Lithograph by David Lee
Located in Long Island City, NY
David Lee, Chinese (1944 - ) - Magnolias (19), Year: circa 1985, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 300, C, AP, Size: 21 x 29 in. (53.34 x 73.66 cm), D...
Category
1980s Impressionist Still-life Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Hiboux et Chouettes #5, portrait of an owl by Marjan Seyedin
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Medium: aquatint and drypoint
Year: 2016
Edition of 21
Image Size: 16 × 12 inches
Portrait of a plump and possibly perplexed owl in a nocturnal setting, by Franco-Iranian artist M...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Aquatint
Le Bouquet Violet
Located in San Francisco, CA
This colorful lithograph is by Bernard Buffet. It is titled “Le Bouquet Violet”. It was printed by Mourlot in 1968. The lithograph is signed in the stone. I...
Category
1960s Modern Still-life Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Braque, Composition, Derrière le miroir (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From Derrière le miroir, N° 148, 1964. Published by Aimé Maeght, Éditeur, Paris; pr...
Category
1960s Modern Still-life Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
"Snow Ball" Pochior - Grasset
Located in Hinsdale, IL
Pochoir (French for stencil) is a fine art printing technique that was especially popular in France from the late 19th to the early 20th century. It involves applying layers of color...
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Still-life Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Lily
Rose, Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Lowell Nesbitt (1933-1993)
Title: Lily & Rose
Year: 1974
Edition: 60/100, plus proofs.
Medium: Silkscreen on Arches paper
Size: 24 x 35.5 inches
Condition: Good
Inscription: ...
Category
1970s Pop Art Still-life Prints
Materials
Screen
$1,596 Sale Price
20% Off
Chinese Lanterns by Judith Rothchild
Located in New York, NY
Chinese Lanterns by Judith Rothchild - 2001
Judith Rothchild is an American born artist, having grown up in Boston, Massachusetts. She now lives in the Languedoc region of France, w...
Category
1990s Still-life Prints
Materials
Mezzotint, Etching
Tool Drypoint: Bottle opener by Jim Dine, black and white tool still life sketch
By Jim Dine
Located in New York, NY
Jim Dine drew the plate for this image in the same period as his “Thirty Bones of My Body” 1972 portfolio of drypoint tool images. Crisbrook paper (30 x 22 in. / 76.2 x 56 cm.) and p...
Category
1970s Modern Still-life Prints
Materials
Drypoint
Tal-Coat, Composition, Derrière le miroir (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From Derrière le miroir, N° 131, 1962. Published by Aimé Maeght, Éditeur, Paris; pr...
Category
1960s Modern Still-life Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Flowers - Offset and lithograph after Josip Generalic - 1971
Located in Roma, IT
Flowers is a vintage offset and lithograph artwork on paper realized after Josip Generalic in 1971.
Good conditions.
Signed on the plate and dated on the bottom center.
Category
1970s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
Opening
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Joseph Goldyne American (1942 - )
Title: Opening
Year: 1984
Medium: 14-color lithograph printed offset from 8 plates
Image Size: 23.75 x 18 inches
Sheet size: 31 x 22.5 i...
Category
1980s Realist Still-life Prints
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
If The Shoe Fits #1 - 8"x10", Art Print On Paper, Woman
s Black High Heel Shoe
Located in Mississauga, Ontario
This art print on recycled paper features a pair of elegant women's shoes. It's timeless, expressive aesthetic makes it perfect for personalizing your space. Hand signed on back. Thi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Paper
Tal-Coat, Composition, Derrière le miroir (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition, with. centerfold, as issued. Notes: From Derrière le miroir, N° 131, 1962. Published by Ai...
Category
1960s Modern Still-life Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Tal-Coat, Composition, Derrière le miroir (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition, with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From Derrière le miroir, N° 153, 1965. Published by Aim...
Category
1960s Modern Still-life Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Tal-Coat, Composition, Derrière le miroir (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From Derrière le miroir, N° 131, 1962. Published by Aimé Maeght, Éditeur, Paris; pr...
Category
1960s Modern Still-life Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Nature Morte au Citron - Lithograph by Léon Lang - Mid-20th Century
By Léon Lang
Located in Roma, IT
Nature Morte au Citron is a lithograph realized by Leon Lang in the mid-20th Century.
Hand-signed.
Numbered. Edition, 38/75.
The artwork is in good condition.
The artwork is dep...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Still-life Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Tal-Coat, Composition, Derrière le miroir (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition, with. centerfold, as issued. Notes: From Derrière le miroir, N° 131, 1962. Published by Ai...
Category
1960s Modern Still-life Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Blue Table 2, Impressionist Lithograph with Hand Coloring by Wayne Ensrud
By Wayne Ensrud
Located in Long Island City, NY
Wayne Ensrud, American (1934 - ) - Blue Table 2, Year: circa 1980, Medium: Lithograph with Hand Coloring, signed in pencil, Size: 35.5 in. x 25 in. (90.17 cm x 63.5 cm), Descripti...
Category
1980s Impressionist Still-life Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Braque, Composition, Derrière le miroir (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From Derrière le miroir, N° 121-122, 1960. Published by Aimé Maeght, Éditeur, Paris...
Category
1960s Modern Still-life Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$796 Sale Price
20% Off
Flowers - Original Etching by Walter Piacesi - 1972
Located in Roma, IT
Flowers is an original Contemporary Artwork realized in 1972 by Aldo Castano.
Original B/W Etching on paper.
Hand-signed and dated on the lower right.
Numbered. Edition, XXIV/XXV...
Category
1970s Modern Still-life Prints
Materials
Etching
Venice 4/50 - collectors box with ten black-white etching aquatint prints
Located in Doetinchem, NL
Venezia (Venice) is a unique collectors box for everyone with an interest in contemporary modern minimalist prints. This custom made box contains 10 small etching aquatint prints depicting details of old Venice building...
Category
1980s Minimalist Still-life Prints
Materials
Rag Paper, Etching, Aquatint
Tal-Coat, Composition, Derrière le miroir (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition, with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From Derrière le miroir, N° 114, 1959. Published by Aim...
Category
1950s Modern Still-life Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Untitled
By Josh Smith
Located in New York, NY
Josh Smith
Untitled
2018
Xerox print (Edition of 50 + 10 APs)
11 x 8.5 inches
Category
2010s Abstract Still-life Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink
$1,940
"Church of St. Aignan Chartres" Etching in Ink on Paper (Demonstration Plate)
Located in Soquel, CA
"Church of St. Aignan Chartres" Etching in Ink on Paper (Demonstration Plate)
Delicate and detailed drypoint etching of the Church of St. Aignan in Chartres, France by John Taylor Arms (American, 1887-1953). The viewer stands in an alley near the church, looking out of the shadows at the sunlit towers. The architectural details of the church are well-captured, including the texture of the stone walls, the roof, and ornamental detail.
Titled, signed, dated, and inscribed along the bottom edge:
Sketch, Saint Aignon, Chartres John Taylor Arms 1950
The inscription includes details about production, as well as a dedication "To my friends Georgia and Jasper Mathews, with my sincerest good wishes"
Presented in a wood frame with an off-white mat.
Frame size: 12.5"H x 9.25"W
Image size: 7"H x 4.5"W
John Taylor Arms was born in Washington, DC in 1887. He studied law at Princeton University, transferring to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, to study architecture, graduating in 1912. After serving as an officer in the United States Navy during World War I, he devoted himself full-time to etching. He published his first original etchings in 1919.
His initial subject was the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City near which he worked. Arms developed a successful career as a graphic artist in the 1920s and 1930s, specializing in series of etchings of Gothic churches and cathedrals in France and Italy. In addition to medieval subjects, Arms made a series of prints of American cities.
He used sewing needles and magnifying glasses to get a fine level of detail. A member of many printmaking societies, Arms served as president of the Society of American Graphic Artists. An educator, Arms wrote the Handbook of Print Making and Print Makers (1934) and did numerous demonstrations and lectures. Arms was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Associate member in 1930, and became a full member in 1933. His work was also part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1932 Summer Olympics...
Category
1940s Victorian Still-life Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Drypoint, Etching
Characters XX ⌘-B, by Guntars Sietins
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Medium: mezzotint with aquatint
Image Size: 8.6 x 10.25 inches
Edition of 35
Year: 2016
The illusions and reflections in Sietins prints often bring M.C. Escher to mind, but his prin...
Category
2010s Surrealist Still-life Prints
Materials
Mezzotint, Aquatint
Le bateau sur la grève, Une Aventure méthodique, Georges Braque
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin d'Arches paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Une Aventure méthodique, 1950; published by Fernand Mourlot, Paris, a...
Category
1950s Modern Still-life Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$5,196 Sale Price
20% Off
Kastani VII (Chestnuts)
Located in Palm Springs, CA
The illusions and reflections in Sietens prints often bring M.C. Escher to mind, but his prints have a distinctive feel all their own. The hyper realistic detail of each chestnut in...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Mezzotint
$760 Sale Price
20% Off
Composition (Vallier 102), Les Paroles Transparentes, Georges Braque
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on Auvergne du Moulin Richard de Bas filigrané paper. Inscription: Watermarked with the artist's signature and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Les Paroles Transparentes, Lithographies Originales de Georges Braque, 1955; published by Les Bibliophiles de l'Union Française, Paris, under the direction of Félia Léal; printed by Mourlot Frères, Paris, May 11...
Category
1950s Modern Still-life Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$2,796 Sale Price
20% Off
Composition (Vallier 102), Les Paroles Transparentes, Georges Braque
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on Auvergne du Moulin Richard de Bas filigrané paper. Inscription: Watermarked with the artist's signature and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio...
Category
1950s Modern Still-life Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$2,796 Sale Price
20% Off
Still Life No. 5
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Still Life No. 5
Lithograph, 1978
Signed, dated and numbered in pencil (see photos)
Edition: 50 (24/50)
Published by Solo Press, New York, 1978
Printer: Judith Solodkin, first femal ...
Category
1970s American Realist Still-life Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Still Life with Flowers - Original Lithograph by Isis Kischka - 20th Century
By Isis Kischka
Located in Roma, IT
Still life with flowers is an Original Lithograph realized in the 20th Century by Isis Kischka (1908-1973)
Good conditions.
Hand-signed.
The artwork is realized with harmonious co...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Prints
Materials
Lithograph
California Gothic
By Mark Jenkins
Located in Palm Springs, CA
From an edition of 25., signed, titled and numbered by the artist Photography and digital print of trees with moss in a foggy California landscape.
Based in San Francisco, Mark Jenk...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Prints
Materials
Digital
$360 Sale Price
28% Off
Double Magnolia, by Mark Jenkins
By Mark Jenkins
Located in Palm Springs, CA
From an edition of 25. Photography and digital print of two backlit magnolia blossoms.
Based in San Francisco, Mark Jenkins has spent the majority of his career working as a commerc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Prints
Materials
Digital
Still Life - Etching by Michele Cascella - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Etching and aquatint realized by Michele Cascella in 1970s.
Edition of X/XXX.
Hand signed and numbered.
It includes a contemporary wooden frame cm. 81.5x67.
Excellent condition.
Category
1970s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Etching
Flowerpot - Oil on canvas by Maurizio Chiesa - 1976
Located in Roma, IT
Flowerpot is an artwork realized by Maurizio Chiesa in 1976.
Oil on canvas board, cm 50x40.
Signature and data. it includes frame.
Good conditions!
Category
1970s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Geraniums, American Realist Screenprint by Lorna Patrick
Located in Long Island City, NY
Lorna Patrick, American - Geraniums, Year: 1980, Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 295, Image Size: 24 x 26 inches, Size: 32 x 42 in. (81.28 x 106.6...
Category
1980s American Realist Still-life Prints
Materials
Screen
Fiedler, Composition, Derrière le miroir (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From Derrière le miroir, N° 121-122, 1960. Published by Aimé Maeght, Éditeur, Paris...
Category
1960s Modern Still-life Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
40% Off
Guitarra Frutero y Garrafa - Original Pochoir After Juan Gris - 1986
Located in Roma, IT
Original screen print after a painting realized by J. Gris 1924, printed in 1986.
Limited edition of 600 prints, hand numbered in pencil.
Includes a contemporary wooden frame 45x32...
Category
1980s Cubist Still-life Prints
Materials
Screen
Framed one-of-a kind botanical ink monoprint w/ collage, abstract blue flowers
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
"Larkspur Blue" by Deirdre Murphy is a framed, one-of-a-kind monoprint with collage (chine collé - applied Japanese colored Gampi papers) in a range of blues on archival paper. The w...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper, Monoprint
Multicolor Iris, Photorealist Floral Screenprint by Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993)
Title: Multicolor Iris
Year: 1981
Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 200
Size: 36 x 25 in. (91.44 x 63.5...
Category
1980s American Realist Still-life Prints
Materials
Screen
Still Life #3
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Still Life #3" 1989 is an original color lithograph by American artist Audean Johnson. It is hand signed and numbered 227/275 in pencil by...
Category
Late 20th Century American Realist Still-life Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Many Things from the Rilke Portfolio, Minimalist lithograph by Ben Shahn
By Ben Shahn
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Ben Shahn, American (1898 - 1969)
Title: Many Things from the Rilke Portfolio
Year: 1968
Medium: Lithograph on Arches, signed in the plate
Edition: 750
Size: 22.5 x 17.75 in....
Category
1960s Modern Still-life Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Marigolds, Folk Art Lithograph by Mary Faulconer
Located in Long Island City, NY
Mary Faulconer, American (1912 - 2011) - Marigolds, Year: circa 1980, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 250, AP 35, Image Size: 17 x 13 inches, Size: 3...
Category
1980s Folk Art Still-life Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Pink Iris, Photorealist Screenprint on Paper by Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
A series of ghostly Morning Glory blooms set against a rich black background. These moon-toned flowers are rendered as a screenprint by Lowell Blair Nesbitt. This print is signed and...
Category
1980s Photorealist Still-life Prints
Materials
Screen
Still-Life Prints and Other Still-Life Wall Art for Sale on 1stDibs
As part of the wall decor in your living room, dining room or elsewhere, original still-life prints and other still-life wall art can look sophisticated alongside your well-curated decorative objects and can help set the mood in a 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, popular still-life prints often 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 still-life 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 that were the subject of their work.
While early examples were primarily figurative, you can find still lifes that belong to different schools and styles of painting and printmaking, such as Cubism, Impressionism and contemporary art.
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.
Still-life art enthusiasts and collectors of Warhol prints have lots of reasons to love the cultural icon — when Warhol brought the image of a Campbell’s soup can out of the supermarket and into the studio, in 1961, he secured his legacy as a radical contemporary artist. After Warhol painted the soup cans, he realized that he could more readily achieve the mass-produced aesthetic he was seeking with silkscreens, also called screen-prints, and he began experimenting with silkscreening on canvas. He used the technique to print paintings of Coke bottles and dollar bills (both in 1962), as well as his treasured Brillo box sculptures (1964).
When shopping for a still-life print, 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, the collection of still-life prints and other still-life wall art includes works by Jonas Wood, Alex Katz, Nina Tsoriti and many more.
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