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Chou-rave with Dark Gray Butterfly
By Carmen Almon
Located in New Orleans, LA
obstacles and continuity in the cycle of life and death. When I work on a plant, I am often thinking of this
Category

2010s Naturalistic Still-life Sculptures

Materials

Brass, Copper, Enamel, Steel

White Roses and Dark Grey, Oil painting
By Jon Doran
Located in Denver, CO
interested in taking classical subjects of still life, portraiture and figures in landscape and re
Category

2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

Solstice #6 - Vertical Floral dark abstract landscape contemporary photograph
By Isabelle Menin
Located in New York, NY
of Dutch and Flemish still life paintings from the 17-18 century. Belgian photographer Isabelle
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Photography

Materials

C Print

Diptych of Pocket Chiaroscuro Pomegranate Tableau and Pocket Dark Cherries
By Dani Humberstone
Located in Deddington, GB
life painting. The paintings are set in a black wood layered frame. Pocket Dark Cherries is an
Category

2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pocket Dark Red Cherry 2 c, Original Painting, Fruit Art
By Dani Humberstone
Located in Deddington, GB
Painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with a nod to baroque still life painting
Category

2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique American Vase Roses Gold Frame Pink Dark Colors mystery signature
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original antique oil painting depicting roses in a vase. This work is signed illegibly.
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Early 1900s Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Pocket Dark Red Cherry, Dani Humberstone, Oil Painting, Renaissance Style Art
By Dani Humberstone
Located in Deddington, GB
a bold dark frame which gives this simple stilll life a touch of renaissance still life qualities
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2010s Renaissance Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pocket Dark Cherries, Original Painting, Food art, Nature, Red, Affordable art
By Dani Humberstone
Located in Deddington, GB
series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with a nod to baroque still life painting. The
Category

2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pocket Dark Red Cherry 2 c, Original Painting, Fruit Art, Realist
By Dani Humberstone
Located in Deddington, GB
Painting series featuring small scale realistic oil paintings, with a nod to baroque still life painting
Category

2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pink Quince on a Plate (dark) Lemons Plums by Sasja Wagenaar
By Sasja Wagenaar
Located in Utrecht, NL
. Their character must be respected in composing the story that forms a still life. They are as alive as
Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Petites Natures #6 contrasted beige dark color abstract flower nature photo
By Isabelle Menin
Located in New York, NY
arrangements of Dutch and Flemish still life paintings from the 17-18 century. With a burst of light coming
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Photography

Materials

C Print

Petites Natures #6 contrasted beige dark color abstract flower nature photo
By Isabelle Menin
Located in New York, NY
of Dutch and Flemish still life paintings from the 17-18 century. With a burst of light coming from
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Photography

Materials

C Print

Petites Natures #6 contrasted beige dark color abstract flower nature photo
By Isabelle Menin
Located in New York, NY
still life paintings from the 17-18 century. With a burst of light coming from the right irradiating a
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Photography

Materials

C Print

Dark Flora Print Fly Agaric A floral arrangements x 3 Prints Set
Located in London, GB
quickly that I have not found it possible to bring them into the studio as part of a still life. It took 3
Category

2010s Victorian Still-life Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Kilcullen Paeony and Dark Irises for Teresa
By Jean Bardon
Located in Palm Springs, CA
The formality, ornamental qualities and boldness of botanical art strongly influence Bardon's art. It is easy to see her inspiration in the patterns, line and simplicity of form foun...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

"Fig and Flower"
By Kathrine Lemke Waste
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
view of a simple blue and white dish of cherries against a dark background becomes a still life
Category

2010s Naturalistic Still-life Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Future, Black and Grey Type Dark Chinese Ink on Watercolor Paper, Word Art 2021
By Ryan Rivadeneyra
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Future II" is a hand-painted ink painting on high-quality 300g paper by artist Ryan Rivadeneyra. The hand-drawn render is reminiscent and inspired by the word art that Ed Ruscha pro...
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2010s Pop Art Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Archival Ink, Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper

Pocket Dark Cherries - original realism still life fruit - contemporary art
By Dani Humberstone
Located in London, Chelsea
Gallery and online. Rich, velvety, and exuding depth, this exquisite still life captures a small cluster
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Interior Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Board

Equestrian Portrait, Dark Mahogany Horse Still Life, Signed Oil Painting
By John Hawes
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Equestrian Portrait, Horse Still Life, Signed Oil Painting By British artist John Hawes, Mid 20th
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1960s Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Figs in Bowl - Heidi Von Faber, 21st Century Contemporary Acrylic Painting
By Heidi von Faber
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
often dark still lifes show extremely realistic contemporary contemporary atmospheric subjects. Everyday
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

French Surrealist Trompe L oeil Still Life Lithograph of Sewing Machines
Located in Surfside, FL
, serigraph; Still life with Mandolin , lithograph; Spindle , dark way; Still life with pelota , 1976
Category

20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

French Surrealist Trompe L oeil Still Life Lithograph of Sewing Machine Feathers
Located in Surfside, FL
, dark way; Still life with pelota , 1976, lithograph; Snail shells , 1991, dark way ; Two violins , 1992
Category

20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Red Abstract (Cubist Style Oil Painting on Linen in Red, Dark Blue, Black)
By Lionel Gilbert
Located in Hudson, NY
Red Abstract (Cubist Style Oil Painting on Linen in Red, Dark Blue, Black) abstract still life
Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Dark Cupcakes and Donuts
By Wayne Thiebaud
Located in New York, NY
Wayne Thiebaud Dark Cupcakes and Donuts, 2006 Direct gravure printed on gampi paper chine colle 26
Category

Early 2000s Post-War Still-life Prints

Materials

Intaglio

The dark side of the moon
By Rosie Sanders
Located in London, GB
. Tones of pink, white, and purples are excited by the shadows that give it its name 'The dark side of the
Category

2010s Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Dark Still-Life by Nisse Zetterberg, Sweden, 1940
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A rather dark traditional still-life by Scandinavian painter, Nisse Zetterberg. Signed with the
Category

Vintage 1940s Swedish Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Bonne Maman and Butter (still life, bread, butter, dark colors)
By Sarah Lamb
Located in Basalt, CO
Still life depicts Bonne Maman fruit preserves, butter, and freshly baked bread with a dark gray
Category

2010s Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

Dark Fruit
By David Hicks
Located in Miami, FL
Flroa and fruit arrangement, matt black with black string on metal hook. Complex and multi facted arrangement.
Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Dark Bar
By Peter Anton
Located in New York, NY
Clay, Fiberglass, Resin, Acrylic, and Wood
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Sculptures

Materials

Mixed Media

Dark Yellow Lily
By Kim McCarty
Located in New York, NY
out to execute her works on a larger-than-life scale. McCarty uses a wet-on-wet technique, saturating
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Paper

Roses in a Dark Vase
By Bruno Zupan
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original oil on canvas; signed upper right. In excellent condition.
Category

2010s Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

Oil Painting of Still Life in Dark Blue and Natural Hues
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Moody oil painting of still life, newly framed.
Category

Mid-20th Century Paintings

Max Luber Two Rabbits, Oil on Canvas, circa 1930
Located in Paris, FR
style, still life’s with dark backgrounds with exotic patterns and with beautiful floral arrangements
Category

Vintage 1930s German Other Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Stacked Cakes - Cream on Dark Blue
By Gary Komarin
Located in Park City, UT
Oil on paper. "Gary Komarin’s most successful works are serial - such as the Pop-artish “cake” images - in which versions of a crudely outlined central image are repeated against a s...
Category

2010s Pop Art Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

Dark Chocolate
By Wayne Thiebaud
Located in San Francisco, CA
Direct gravure. Image size: 4¾ x 6¾"; paper size: 9½ x 10¾". Edition 35. Published by Crown Point Press
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Still-life Prints

Materials

Etching

Lee Krasner, Embrace, A.P. Print (Krasner inscribed as gift to "John Dewey")
By Lee Krasner
Located in Houston, TX
fragmentation of forms and the opposition of light and dark colors. Her still-lifes illustrates her interest in
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Prints

Materials

Other

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Dark Still Life For Sale on 1stDibs

You are likely to find exactly the dark still life you’re looking for on 1stDibs, as there is a broad range for sale. There are many Contemporary, Abstract and Pop Art versions of these works for sale. Making the right choice when shopping for a dark still life may mean carefully reviewing examples of this item dating from different eras — you can find an early iteration of this piece from the 18th Century and a newer version made as recently as the 21st Century. If you’re looking to add a dark still life to create new energy in an otherwise neutral space in your home, you can find a work on 1stDibs that features elements of black, gray, beige, blue and more. Finding an appealing dark still life — no matter the origin — is easy, but Isabelle Menin, Jennifer Hornyak, Wayne Thiebaud, Carmen Almon and Jon Doran each produced popular versions that are worth a look. Artworks like these of any era or style can make for thoughtful decor in any space, but a selection from our variety of those made in paint, oil paint and fabric can add an especially memorable touch.

How Much is a Dark Still Life?

The price for a dark still life in our collection starts at $225 and tops out at $34,220 with the average selling for $2,900.
Questions About Dark Still Life
  • 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 22, 2021
    A still life is a type of painting or drawing portraying an arrangement of different objects. Typically, these subjects include fruit, flowers, dining ware, and glassware.
  • 1stDibs ExpertAugust 29, 2024
    No, a still life doesn't have to be realistic. Still life is a genre or type of subject matter. To fit the definition, a piece simply needs to portray inanimate objects. Artists can employ any style they choose to represent the objects in their paintings. Some examples of abstract still-life paintings include Georges Braque's Violin and Candlestick, Pablo Picasso's Still Life with Chair Caning and Paul Cézanne's Fruit Bowl, Glass, and Apples. Find a large collection of still-life paintings on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019

    A still- life painting depicts inanimate, everyday objects.

  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Dutch still life paintings are painted works of art depicting everyday objects that were produced in the Netherlands during the 16th and 17th centuries. Although the pictured items are realistic, they tend to have symbolic meanings. On 1stDibs, shop a selection of Dutch still life paintings.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Pronkstilleven is a type of still life that was developed in the 1640s by Flemish artists. Rather than traditional still-life paintings, these emphasized abundances and various objects considered to be part of a luxurious life such as fruits, flowers and wild game. On 1stDibs, find a variety of original artwork from top artists.
  • 1stDibs ExpertNovember 26, 2024
    Why it is called still life has to do with the history of the art genre. Still life painting became a distinct genre thanks to the work of late 16th- and 17th-century Dutch artists. They called their paintings stilleven, which translates to motionless or silent life in English. This term relates to the fact that Dutch still life artists painted motionless objects such as flowers and fruit. As the genre spread beyond the Netherlands, English-speaking artists referred to it as still life. Shop a selection of still life paintings on 1stDibs.
  • Lilac Gallery Ltd.March 17, 2021
    A 'Still Life' image refers to a work of art where the main subject usually portrays an intimate interior scene showing natural objects like food, flowers, dead animals, plants, rocks, shells, etc. or man-made objects like drinking glasses, books, vases, jewelry, coins, pipes, etc. which are mostly arranged on top of a flat surface like a table or mantel.
  • 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019

    The subject of a portrait is typically a person; the subject of a still life consists predominantly of inanimate objects.

  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Whether or not still life art is realism depends on the piece. Dutch still lifes produced during the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries are examples of a realistic style. Impressionist and Expressionist still lifes from the late 19th and early 20th centuries are not realistic. Shop a variety of still life art on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019

    Although still lifes occur in ancient murals, Jacopo de’Barbari is considered to have painted the first still life, in 1504.

  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Most people considered the nationality of the still life technique to be Dutch. This is because Realist still life painting originated in Holland in the 16h century. However, artists from other parts of the world also work in the genre. On 1stDibs, shop a range of still life paintings.
  • La ChrysomeleFebruary 23, 2021
    A still life painting portrays inanimate subjects of small to medium size : a bouquet, a cup of fruits, cooking utensils, a set of keys, etc.
    Glenn Green Galleries
    Glenn Green GalleriesFebruary 25, 2021
    A still-life painting is typically a group of arranged objects in an intimate setting. The term comes from the Dutch word "stilleven".
  • 1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022
    In his work Still Life with Fuji Chrysanthemums, Tom Wesselmann used well-defined contour lines to depict flowers, fruit and other household objects. The American Pop artist made the piece of laser-cut steel and designed it to hang on the wall like a canvas painting. Shop a variety of Tom Wesselmann art on 1stDibs.