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Pocket Green Fig - original realism still life fruit - contemporary art
By Dani Humberstone
Located in London, Chelsea
and Vanitas painting within a contemporary context, using both familiar objects and ideas.”- Dani
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Blue Damson - original realism still life fruit - contemporary art
By Dani Humberstone
Located in London, Chelsea
and Vanitas painting within a contemporary context, using both familiar objects and ideas.”- Dani
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Dutch Shool, Vanitas Scene with Cherub Leaning on a Skull, Oil on Canvas
Located in Leuven , BE
Cherub where, as in the present work, the naked child is combined with a vanitas still life.
Category

Antique 18th Century Dutch Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Pocket Blush Pear - original realism still life fruit - contemporary art
By Dani Humberstone
Located in London, Chelsea
, “Within my work I aspire to fuse the still-life tradition and Vanitas painting within a contemporary
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pocket Pink Pomegranate - original realism still life fruit - contemporary art
By Dani Humberstone
Located in London, Chelsea
portraiture.” Also, “Within my work I aspire to fuse the still-life tradition and Vanitas painting within a
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pocket Cherry - original realism still life fruit - contemporary art
By Dani Humberstone
Located in London, Chelsea
, “Within my work I aspire to fuse the still-life tradition and Vanitas painting within a contemporary
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Peach - original realism still life fruit - contemporary art
By Dani Humberstone
Located in London, Chelsea
, “Within my work I aspire to fuse the still-life tradition and Vanitas painting within a contemporary
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Interior Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

French Romantic School, Vanitas or the Painter s Workshop corner, gouache
Located in Paris, FR
French Romantic School, circa 1830 Vanitas or the Painter's Workshop corner gouache and watercolor
Category

1830s Romantic Interior Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache

Vanitas still Life - Tempera and Watercolor After Herman Henstenburgh
Located in Roma, IT
Vanitas Still Life is an original tempera and watercolor realized in the late 18th century probably
Category

Late 18th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Tempera, Watercolor

Mid-19th Century Vanitas Academic Life Study Male Nude Carrying A Skull
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Alb. Muller. German Mid 19th Century. Vanitas - Academic Life Study Of A Male Nude Carrying A Skull
Category

Mid-19th Century Academic Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Chalk, Paper

DOMENIC CRETARA
Located in Los Angeles, CA
, works primarily in drawing and painting. He earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Boston
Category

1990s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Skull and Mask
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
painting. He earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Boston University School of Fine Arts
Category

1980s Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Laid Paper

Flux #8
Located in New Orleans, LA
latest investigations have taken me directly to painting. The notion of futility is key in the Vanitas
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Memento Mori – Platter with Kidney, Blackberries, Kimchi, Eel
By Melanie Sherman
Located in Kansas City, MO
these photographs come from “vanitas”, still-life paintings from the early 17th century to the Baroque
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
these photographs come from “vanitas”, still-life paintings from the early 17th century to the Baroque
Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital

Andy Warhol, rare lifetime Marilyn Monroe exhibition poster Tokyo Japan
By Andy Warhol
Located in New York, NY
Warhol intended his portraits to be seen—as vanitas images, history painting, or simply glamour poses—he
Category

1980s Pop Art Portrait Prints

Materials

Screen

Vanitas painting: priest with skull and book
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Impressive small vanitas painting, Dutch, 18th century, gold leaf frame
Category

Dutch Paintings

Materials

Panel

Vanitas 17.08.03
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 17.08.15
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 17.09.03
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 17.04.25
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 16.08.18
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 17.04.27
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 17.08.13
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 19.10.01
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 19.10.08
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 19.02.04
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 19.01.24
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 14.04.02
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 14.02.08
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 Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Vanitas 16.11.18
By Paul Béliveau
Located in Boston, MA
work by mid-career artist Paul Beliveau. With his new Vanitas paintings, Béliveau continues to create
Category

2010s Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Vanitas 15.03.09
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 Still-life Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Vanitas 11.08.19
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

Vanitas
By Laura Schiff Bean
Located in Ketchum, ID
Mixed media painting on panel with stained sides so that it can hang without framing. Laura Schiff
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Wood Panel

Vanitas - Rembrandt
By Paul Béliveau
Located in New York, NY
Paul Beliveau acrylic painting Books bookscapes book spines
Category

2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Sunvil Vanita
By Philippe Halaburda
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Signed and titled verso
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Vanitas Style Painting by Adriaan La Rivière
Located in Raalte, NL
Vanitas genre painting on canvas and signed lower right by Adriaan La Rivière (1857-1941
Category

Early 20th Century Dutch Paintings

Materials

Fabric, Wood

Vanitas 16.02.08
By Paul Béliveau
Located in Boston, MA
Original work of art.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Vanitas 16.03.23
By Paul Béliveau
Located in Boston, MA
Original work of art.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Vanitas 16.11.03
By Paul Béliveau
Located in Boston, MA
Original work of art.
Category

2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Vanitas 15.03.04
By Paul Béliveau
Located in Boston, MA
original work of art
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Vanitas 14.04.16
By Paul Béliveau
Located in Boston, MA
original work of art
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Vanitas 15.01.28
By Paul Béliveau
Located in Boston, MA
original work of art
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Vanitas 13.09.04
By Paul Béliveau
Located in Boston, MA
original work of art
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Blue Vanitas 2
By Kevin Sonmor
Located in Atlanta, GA
oil on linen
Category

Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Vanitas 20.03.19 -hyper-realist, framed, acrylic painting featuring thomas cole
By Paul Béliveau
Located in Ketchum, ID
Cole. From his "Vanitas" series, this painting features book spines and pages from his "utopian library
Category

2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Vanitas Still Life
Located in Litchfield, CT
Ca. 1700-20
Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Vanitas 19.02.06-colorful acrylic framed photorealistic painting of books
By Paul Béliveau
Located in Ketchum, ID
paintings bring together literary and historical subjects and figures. His series “Vanitas” builds facades
Category

2010s Photorealist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Por Sermi Divina Luz
Located in Port Chester, NY
Robert Rasely’s paintings envision an altered netherworld. Dream-like interiors, landscapes
Category

1990s Surrealist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Looking Into the Future
Located in Port Chester, NY
Robert Rasely’s paintings envision an altered netherworld. Dream-like interiors, landscapes
Category

1990s Surrealist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

A Portrait of the Artist as a Wren
Located in Port Chester, NY
Robert Rasely’s paintings envision an altered netherworld. Dream-like interiors, landscapes
Category

1990s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil

Evening Stroll
Located in Port Chester, NY
Robert Rasely’s paintings envision an altered netherworld. Dream-like interiors, landscapes
Category

1990s Surrealist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Beautiful Things That Washed To My Shore
Located in Port Chester, NY
Robert Rasely’s paintings envision an altered netherworld. Dream-like interiors, landscapes
Category

1990s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Birch, Oil

Chalet
By Dan Jackson
Located in San Francisco, CA
-compositional meaning – as exemplified by 16th century Dutch and Flemish still life and vanitas painting
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

Coo Coo
By Dan Jackson
Located in San Francisco, CA
-compositional meaning – as exemplified by 16th century Dutch and Flemish still life and vanitas painting
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

Sheriff
By Dan Jackson
Located in San Francisco, CA
-compositional meaning – as exemplified by 16th century Dutch and Flemish still life and vanitas painting
Category

20th Century American Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Sundae
By Dan Jackson
Located in San Francisco, CA
-compositional meaning – as exemplified by 16th century Dutch and Flemish still life and vanitas painting
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

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