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A Course in Miracles
By Audrey Flack
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Dutch vanitas painting—updated through a contemporary lens—and brought feminine identities under
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1970s Photorealist Still-life Photography

Materials

Dye Transfer

Time to Save
By Audrey Flack
Located in Fairlawn, OH
paintings of still lifes that drew from 17th-century Dutch vanitas painting—updated through a contemporary
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1970s Photorealist Still-life Photography

Materials

Dye Transfer

Cup with Fish, Fruit (Memento Mori)
By Melanie Sherman
Located in Kansas City, MO
vanity of earthly achievements and pleasures. Inspirations for these photographs come from “vanitas
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital

Intrusion
Located in New Orleans, LA
latest investigations have taken me directly to painting. The notion of futility is key in the Vanitas
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Memento Mori – Cups in Baby Lamb Carcass
By Melanie Sherman
Located in Kansas City, MO
. Inspirations for these photographs come from “vanitas”, still-life paintings from the early 17th century to the
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2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital

Memento Mori – Cup in Baby Lamb Carcass
By Melanie Sherman
Located in Kansas City, MO
. Inspirations for these photographs come from “vanitas”, still-life paintings from the early 17th century to the
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital

Memento Mori – Cup, Platter in Baby Lamb Carcass
By Melanie Sherman
Located in Kansas City, MO
. Inspirations for these photographs come from “vanitas”, still-life paintings from the early 17th century to the
Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital

Memento Mori – Platter, Vase with Lichi, Spoon, Can of Eel
By Melanie Sherman
Located in Kansas City, MO
. Inspirations for these photographs come from “vanitas”, still-life paintings from the early 17th century to the
Category

2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital

Memento Mori – Cups with Fish, Flowers
By Melanie Sherman
Located in Kansas City, MO
. Inspirations for these photographs come from “vanitas”, still-life paintings from the early 17th century to the
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital

Memento Mori – Platters with Coral, Silkie, Berries, Grapes, Cabbage
By Melanie Sherman
Located in Kansas City, MO
. Inspirations for these photographs come from “vanitas”, still-life paintings from the early 17th century to the
Category

2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital

Memento Mori - Cup with Fish, Knife, Horsehair
By Melanie Sherman
Located in Kansas City, MO
. Inspirations for these photographs come from “vanitas”, still-life paintings from the early 17th century to the
Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital

Memento Mori - Cake Stand Rotten Egg
By Melanie Sherman
Located in Kansas City, MO
. Inspirations for these photographs come from “vanitas”, still-life paintings from the early 17th century to the
Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital

Memento Mori - Cake Stand, Cup, Bacon, Vegetable Brie
By Melanie Sherman
Located in Kansas City, MO
. Inspirations for these photographs come from “vanitas”, still-life paintings from the early 17th century to the
Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital

Platter with Kidney, Blackberries, Kimchi, Eel (Memento Mori)
By Melanie Sherman
Located in Kansas City, MO
“vanitas”, still-life paintings from the early 17th century to the Baroque, where mortality is captured
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2010s Baroque Still-life Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital

Platters, Vases Fish, Grapes, Berries, Pomegranate, Deer Skulls (Memento Mori)
By Melanie Sherman
Located in Kansas City, MO
“vanitas”, still-life paintings from the early 17th century to the Baroque, where mortality is captured
Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital

17th Century Pair of Big Dutch Vanitas Paintings
Located in Lisbon, PT
17th century pair of Dutch vanitas paintings. Both with skeletons holding an hourglass and
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Antique 17th Century Dutch Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Large Framed "Vanitas" Oil Painting
Located in Austin, TX
This oil on canvas still is a variation of traditional Vanitas paintings, which started in the
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Antique Late 19th Century German Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Vanitas 19.12.18
By Paul Béliveau
Located in Boston, MA
by mid-career artist Paul Beliveau. With his Vanitas paintings, Béliveau continues to create
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2010s Realist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Vanitas 20.01.27
By Paul Béliveau
Located in Boston, MA
by mid-career artist Paul Beliveau. With his Vanitas paintings, Béliveau continues to create
Category

2010s Realist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Vanitas 20.01.08
By Paul Béliveau
Located in Boston, MA
by mid-career artist Paul Beliveau. With his Vanitas paintings, Béliveau continues to create
Category

2010s Realist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Vanitas 16.06.30
By Paul Béliveau
Located in Boston, MA
by mid-career artist Paul Beliveau. With his Vanitas paintings, Béliveau continues to create
Category

2010s Realist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Vanitas 16.11.15
By Paul Béliveau
Located in Boston, MA
work by mid-career artist Paul Beliveau. With his new Vanitas paintings, Béliveau continues to create
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2010s Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Vanitas 10.06.11
By Paul Béliveau
Located in Boston, MA
work by mid-career artist Paul Beliveau. With his Vanitas paintings, Béliveau continues to create
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Vanitas 12.09.28
By Paul Béliveau
Located in Boston, MA
work by mid-career artist Paul Beliveau. With his Vanitas paintings, Béliveau continues to create
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Koons Tree
By Shimon Okshteyn
Located in Brooklyn, NY
vanitas paintings and adds contemporary elements – toys, iPhones, perfume, jewellery, the trappings of our
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

" Vanitas "
By Evert Collier
Located in Madrid, ES
Edwaert Necklace (1640/1707) " Vanitas " Sign And Date 1697" Edwaert Necklace (Breda 1640 / London
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17th Century Old Masters Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil

Vanitas
Located in Woodbury, CT
. Created in 2000, and much inspired by the Old Masters, this painting combines many “vanitas” symbols
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Early 2000s Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

Omnia Vanitas
By Daniela Astone
Located in PARIS, FR
Born in Pisa 1980 Daniela Astone grew up in the sea-town of Porto S. Stefano in Maremma (Italy). In 1998 after graduating from the visual arts high school of Grosseto she moved to Fl...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Vanitas 15.08.20: Splash
By Paul Béliveau
Located in London, GB
Paul Beliveau is a Canadian artist whose exclusive focus in art is to paint books - book spines especially – some from his own book collection, but most from his own extensive libra...
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Acrylic, Canvas

“Tech Vanitas: Gray Typewriter” Contemporary Still-life Photograph Vintage Tech
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Dutch vanitas paintings and their air of craft guilds, international trade, and luxury goods. At the
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Vanitas Doors
By Paul Béliveau
Located in New York, NY
Paul Beliveau Photo realism hyper realist Books Bookscapes
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21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Flowers on White
Located in Brooklyn, NY
to Dutch Vanitas painting, still-life painting influences the series, both visually and symbolically
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Paper, Ink

All That s There is What s There
Located in Brooklyn, NY
to Dutch Vanitas painting, still-life painting influences the series, both visually and symbolically
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Paper

Memento Mori
Located in Brooklyn, NY
to Dutch Vanitas painting, still-life painting influences the series, both visually and symbolically
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Paper

"Tech Vanitas: Electric Fan" Contemporary Still-life Photograph of Vintage Tech
Located in Brooklyn, NY
My “Tech Vanitas” still life photography series embraces our love for beautifully designed, vintage
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

"Tech Vanitas: Musical Decanter" contemporary still-life photo of vintage tech
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Dutch vanitas paintings, which often featured platters of food, domestic wares, and finely crafted
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Vanitas 11.07.21: Petrus Christus
By Paul Béliveau
Located in London, GB
excursions. What truly fascinates, intrigues and charms one to fall in love with his paintings, is the
Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

“Tech Vanitas: Blue Typewriter” Contemporary Still-life Photograph, Vintage Tech
Located in Brooklyn, NY
and anxiety over new technology. My still lifes clearly reference 17th Century Dutch vanitas paintings
Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Vanitas 15.08.19: English Musicians
By Paul Béliveau
Located in London, GB
expertise in drawing, engraving and painting, Béliveau has had more than sixty solo exhibitions across
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Acrylic, Canvas

Vanitas-From Pop
By Paul Béliveau
Located in New York, NY
Paul Beliveau Original acrylic painting Book covers Invented book spines
Category

2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

VANITAS. FIGURATIVE, NUDE
By Alfio Presotto
Located in Alcoy, ES
Realism painting from the artist. Figurative, Born in Torre di Mosto (VE) in 1940. Lives and works
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2010s Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

“Tech Vanitas: Player Piano” Contemporary Still-life Photograph of Vintage Tech
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Century Dutch vanitas paintings and their air of craft guilds, international trade, and luxury goods. At
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

“Cuckoo Clock” from Tech Vanitas Series of Contemporary Still-life Photographs
Located in Brooklyn, NY
“Cuckoo Clock” from my “Tech Vanitas” photography series, embraces our love for beautiful vintage
Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

"Tech Vanitas: Satellite Radio" Contemporary Still-life Photo of Vintage Tech
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Dutch vanitas paintings and their air of craft guilds, international trade, and luxury goods. At the
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

“Tech Vanitas: Green Instamatic” Contemporary Still-life Photo of Vintage Tech
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Dutch vanitas paintings and their air of craft guilds, international trade, and luxury goods. At the
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

"Tech Vanitas: Graffiti Speakers" Contemporary Still-life Photo of Vintage Tech
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Dutch vanitas paintings and their air of craft guilds, international trade, and luxury goods. At the
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

“Tech Vanitas: Black White TV” Contemporary Still-life Photograph Vintage Tech
Located in Brooklyn, NY
and anxiety over new technology. My still lifes clearly reference 17th Century Dutch vanitas paintings
Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

“Tech Vanitas: Polaroid SX70” Contemporary Still-life Photograph of Vintage Tech
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Dutch vanitas paintings and their air of craft guilds, international trade, and luxury goods. At the
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

“Tech Vanitas: Red Phone” Contemporary Still-life Photograph of Vintage Tech
Located in Brooklyn, NY
vanitas paintings and their air of craft guilds, international trade, and luxury goods. At the same time
Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

“Tech Vanitas: Pink Sewing Machine” Contemporary Still-life Photo Vintage Tech
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Dutch vanitas paintings and their air of craft guilds, international trade, and luxury goods. At the
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

"Tech Vanitas: Electric Fireflies" Contemporary Still-life Photo of Vintage Tech
Located in Brooklyn, NY
and anxiety over new technology. My still lifes clearly reference 17th Century Dutch vanitas paintings
Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

"Tech Vanitas: Blue iMac" Contemporary Still-life Photograph of Vintage Tech
Located in Brooklyn, NY
vanitas paintings and their air of craft guilds, international trade, and luxury goods. At the same time
Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Vanitas 20.02.26 -hyper-realist, framed, acrylic painting featuring books
By Paul Béliveau
Located in Ketchum, ID
featuring Albert Bierstadt. From his "Vanitas" series, this painting features book spines and pages from his
Category

2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Vanitas 15.09.28: History of Music
By Paul Béliveau
Located in London, GB
excursions. What truly fascinates, intrigues and charms one to fall in love with his paintings, is the
Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

“Tech Vanitas: Reel to Reel” Contemporary Still-life Photo of Vintage Tech
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Dutch vanitas paintings and their air of craft guilds, international trade, and luxury goods. At the
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

VISIBLE ANATOMY SERIES - SEEING VISIBLE MAN - VANITAS - hyperrealistic painting
Located in Seattle, WA
VISIBLE ANATOMY SERIES - HYPERREALISTIC PAINTING - ANATOMY - PHOTOREALISM Finding interest in the
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Early 2000s Photorealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Enamel

Night Blooming Water Lily
Located in Brooklyn, NY
flowers against a black backdrop, with a reference to Dutch Vanitas painting. Sill life painting
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Panel

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