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Cereus Blooms at Night
Located in Brooklyn, NY
flowers against a black backdrop, with a reference to Dutch Vanitas painting.
Sill life painting
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Panel
VISIBLE ANATOMY SERIES - SEEING VISIBLE MAN - VANITAS - hyperrealistic painting
Located in Seattle, WA
VISIBLE ANATOMY SERIES - HYPERREALISTIC PAINTING - ANATOMY - PHOTOREALISM
Finding interest in the
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Enamel
"Tech Vanitas: Dot Matrix" 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
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
“Tech Vanitas: Fiber Optics” Space Age Still-Life Photograph of Vintage Tech
Located in Brooklyn, NY
reference 17th Century Dutch vanitas paintings, which often featured scientific wonders, objects of
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Vanitas: McIntosh-Jagger
By Paul Béliveau
Located in London, GB
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Vanitas: Holbein-Grace
By Paul Béliveau
Located in London, GB
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Vanitas: Rohe-Johns
By Paul Béliveau
Located in London, GB
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Vanitas: Dylan-Lennon
By Paul Béliveau
Located in London, GB
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Vanitas: Clockwork Orange
By Paul Béliveau
Located in London, GB
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
"Tech Vanitas: Train Set" contemporary still-life photograph of vintage toys
Located in Brooklyn, NY
vanitas paintings, which often featured musical instruments, objects of curiosity, and finely crafted
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Vanitas 20.02.13- realistic painting featuring artists book spines in black
By Paul Béliveau
Located in Ketchum, ID
This painting from Paul Béliveau's "Vanitas" series features artists including Frank Stella
Category
2010s Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Seed Pods
Located in Port Chester, NY
characteristics of a Bosch inferno with the delicate handling of Dutch vanitas paintings. What appears to be
Category
1990s Surrealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Celery Hall
Located in Port Chester, NY
characteristics of a Bosch inferno with the delicate handling of Dutch vanitas paintings. What appears to be
Category
1990s Surrealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
The Gospel of the Clean Plate (a gnostic serenade)
Located in Port Chester, NY
characteristics of a Bosch inferno with the delicate handling of Dutch vanitas paintings. What appears to be
Category
1990s Surrealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel, Wood Panel
Untitled
Located in Port Chester, NY
characteristics of a Bosch inferno with the delicate handling of Dutch vanitas paintings. What appears to be
Category
1990s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Rumination-A Conditioned Rebelliousness
Located in Port Chester, NY
characteristics of a Bosch inferno with the delicate handling of Dutch vanitas paintings. What appears to be
Category
1990s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
FOR EACH TIME I WANTED TO LEAVE #6
By Liat Elbling
Located in Jaffa, IL
born fictional beauty, results in a piece that references the iconic Vanitas paintings.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
Vanitas / Quarantine Still Life 16
By Bethanie Irons
Located in Brooklyn, NY
explore the long tradition of vanitas still-life painting. Each image contains symbolic items pertaining
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Digital
Vanitas / Quarantine Still Life 6
By Bethanie Irons
Located in Brooklyn, NY
explore the long tradition of vanitas still-life painting. Each image contains symbolic items pertaining
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Digital
Vanitas / Quarantine Still Life 14
By Bethanie Irons
Located in Brooklyn, NY
explore the long tradition of vanitas still-life painting. Each image contains symbolic items pertaining
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Digital
Vanitasserie V (Vibrant, contemporary vanitas from Spanish spray paint artist)
By Rubén Sánchez
Located in Des Moines, IA
Vanitasserie V by Ruben Sanchez (Vibrant, contemporary vanitas from Spanish spray paint artist on
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint
Vanitas / Quarantine Still Life 13_Edition #4
By Bethanie Irons
Located in Brooklyn, NY
explore the long tradition of vanitas still-life painting. Each image contains symbolic items pertaining
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Digital
Dead Dutch Flowers
By Valerie Hegarty
Located in New York, NY
the 17th century Dutch genre of Vanitas painting transmuted into the medium of ceramics. Although the
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Glaze
Large format figurative painting "Vanitas" by Francky Criquet
By Francky Criquet
Located in Les Hauts d
Anjou, FR
"Vanitas" ("Vanitas") by figurative artist of internationally renown Francky Criquet, is a large format
Category
2010s French Contemporary Art
Materials
Acrylic
Skull II - Photography, Still Life, Baroque, Contemporary, Art, Aaron Alamo
Located in Barcelona, Catalunya
of a photograph through time. Inspired by traditional vanitas paintings, with elements that are
Category
2010s Baroque Still-life Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Giclée
Skull III - Photography, Still Life, Baroque, Contemporary, Art, Aaron Alamo
Located in Barcelona, Catalunya
of a photograph through time. Inspired by traditional vanitas paintings, with elements that are
Category
2010s Baroque Still-life Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Giclée
Skull I - Photography, Still Life, Baroque, Contemporary, Art, Time, Aaron Alamo
Located in Barcelona, Catalunya
of a photograph through time. Inspired by traditional vanitas paintings, with elements that are
Category
Early 2000s Baroque Still-life Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Giclée
KFC III - Photography, Still Life, Baroque, Contemporary, Art, Food, Aaron Alamo
Located in Barcelona, Catalunya
of a photograph through time. Inspired by traditional vanitas paintings, with elements that are
Category
2010s Baroque Still-life Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Giclée
KFC II - Photography, Still Life, Baroque, Contemporary, Art, Food, Aaron Alamo
Located in Barcelona, Catalunya
of a photograph through time. Inspired by traditional vanitas paintings, with elements that are
Category
2010s Baroque Still-life Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
KFC I - Photography, Still Life, Baroque, Contemporary, Art, Food, Aaron Alamo
Located in Barcelona, Catalunya
of a photograph through time. Inspired by traditional vanitas paintings, with elements that are
Category
Early 2000s Baroque Still-life Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Kingfisher / Le Martin-pêcher et sa Couronne
By Cynthia Dinan-Mitchell
Located in Montreal, Quebec
references. With references to Dutch Vanitas painting, the artist employs a similar visual vocabulary that
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Midnight Glow
By Cynthia Dinan-Mitchell
Located in Montreal, Quebec
references. With references to Dutch Vanitas painting, the artist employs a similar visual vocabulary that
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Varnish, Acrylic, Bamboo Paper, Color Pencil, Screen
Until day breaks
By Cynthia Dinan-Mitchell
Located in Montreal, Quebec
references. With references to Dutch Vanitas painting, the artist employs a similar visual vocabulary that
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Varnish, Acrylic, Bamboo Paper, Color Pencil, Screen
Sunflowers and Shadows
By Cynthia Dinan-Mitchell
Located in Montreal, Quebec
references. With references to Dutch Vanitas painting, the artist employs a similar visual vocabulary that
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Varnish, Acrylic, Bamboo Paper, Color Pencil, Screen
Porcelain clouds
By Cynthia Dinan-Mitchell
Located in Montreal, Quebec
references. With references to Dutch Vanitas painting, the artist employs a similar visual vocabulary that
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Varnish, Acrylic, Bamboo Paper, Color Pencil, Screen
A Collection of Treasures
By Cynthia Dinan-Mitchell
Located in Montreal, Quebec
references. With references to Dutch Vanitas painting, the artist employs a similar visual vocabulary that
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Varnish, Acrylic, Bamboo Paper, Color Pencil, Screen
Crowns and Claws
By Cynthia Dinan-Mitchell
Located in Montreal, Quebec
references. With references to Dutch Vanitas painting, the artist employs a similar visual vocabulary that
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Varnish, Acrylic, Bamboo Paper, Color Pencil, Screen
Fur, Copper and Gold
By Cynthia Dinan-Mitchell
Located in Montreal, Quebec
references. With references to Dutch Vanitas painting, the artist employs a similar visual vocabulary that
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Varnish, Acrylic, Color Pencil, Screen
Midnight Rendez-vous
By Cynthia Dinan-Mitchell
Located in Montreal, Quebec
references. With references to Dutch Vanitas painting, the artist employs a similar visual vocabulary that
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Varnish, Acrylic, Bamboo Paper, Color Pencil, Screen
Memento Mori
By Nicholas
Sheila Pye
Located in Bethesda, MD
the vanitas painting genre, such as skulls, ivy, rotting fruit, and books. For the Pyes, this work
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Digital Pigment, Photographic Paper
Thy Name is Woman
Located in Woodbury, CT
quadrant of the painting. Compared to “Vanitas”, painted in 2000, the artist’s evolution in form and
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Quarantine Self Portrait
By Bethanie Irons
Located in Brooklyn, NY
explore the long tradition of vanitas still-life painting. Each image contains symbolic items pertaining
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Digital
Vanitas 19.10.09
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 19.05.14
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 18.05.07
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 18.03.10
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
Early 19th Century French School Vanitas Still Life Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in London, GB
Antique Vanitas Oil Painting, Antique Memento Mori Oil Painting, Antique Skull Oil Painting, Gothic
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Gothic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Giltwood, Paint
VANITAS with Cupid Oil on Canvas 1856
Located in Rome, IT
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Very good original condition.
Vanitas paintings are subtle moralistic depictions which were very
Category
19th Century Symbolist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Bing Cherries in a Pint Basket, surreal egg tempera still life painting, 2020
By Douglas Safranek
Located in New York, NY
17th century Dutch vanitas paintings, Safranek modernizes, and lends a bit of tongue-in-cheek humor to
Category
2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Egg Tempera, Panel
19th Century Carved Marble Vanitas Bust
Located in London, GB
placing this bust firmly within the tradition of Vanitas painting and sculpture.
Italian, circa 1890
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Renaissance Busts
Materials
Marble
Vanitas - Original Oil Painting of a Human Skull in 17th Century Dutch Style
By Matthew Cook
Located in Chicago, IL
. Vanitas paintings are a unique genre in which symbols of death are painted as a reminder of the transience
Category
2010s Old Masters Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Vanitas", Oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Yana Beylinson's (US based) "Vanitas" is an oil painting that depicts impressionistic orange, white
Category
2010s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Vanitas II - Original Oil Painting of a Human Skull in 17th Century Dutch Style
By Matthew Cook
Located in Chicago, IL
. Vanitas paintings are a unique genre in which symbols of death are painted as a reminder of the transience
Category
2010s Old Masters Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Vanitas Still Life With a Statue of Pallas Athena
Located in Stockholm, SE
are represented in vanitas paintings. These symbols remind the viewer of the transience of life, the
Category
Early 1700s Old Masters Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Floral Still Life
Located in London, GB
their vanitas paintings. Vanitas paintings are inspired by momento mori, a genre of paintings whose
Category
1920s Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vanitas
By Fabien Rocca
Located in Miami, FL
Mixed-media contemporary artist from Miami via Corsica, France who has lead national digital art campaigns, most notably for Warner Bros 75 Years of DC Comics, and the development o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas, Ink
Vanitas 1
By Manzur Kargar
Located in Stamford, CT
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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