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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
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
“Tech Vanitas: Gray Typewriter” Contemporary Still-life Photograph Vintage Tech
Located in Brooklyn, NY
designed, vintage machines and anxiety over new technology. My still lifes clearly reference 17th Century
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
“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
"Tech Vanitas: Train Set" contemporary still-life photograph of vintage toys
Located in Brooklyn, NY
, vintage machines and anxiety over new technology. My still lifes clearly reference 17th Century Dutch
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
“Tech Vanitas: Player Piano” Contemporary Still-life Photograph of Vintage Tech
Located in Brooklyn, NY
beautifully designed, vintage machines and anxiety over new technology. My still lifes clearly reference 17th
Category
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: Musical Decanter" contemporary still-life photo of vintage tech
Located in Brooklyn, NY
designed, vintage machines and anxiety over new technology. My still lifes clearly reference 17th Century
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Tech Vanitas: Graffiti Speakers" Contemporary Still-life Photo of Vintage Tech
Located in Brooklyn, NY
designed, vintage machines and anxiety over new technology. My still lifes subtly reference 17th Century
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Tech Vanitas: Satellite Radio" Contemporary Still-life Photo of Vintage Tech
Located in Brooklyn, NY
designed, vintage machines and anxiety over new technology. My still lifes subtly reference 17th Century
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
“Cuckoo Clock” from Tech Vanitas Series of Contemporary Still-life Photographs
Located in Brooklyn, NY
design and anxiety over new technology. My still lifes clearly reference 17th Century Dutch vanitas
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
“Tech Vanitas: Green Instamatic” Contemporary Still-life Photo of Vintage Tech
Located in Brooklyn, NY
designed, vintage items and anxiety over new technology. My still lifes clearly reference 17th Century
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
“Tech Vanitas: Polaroid SX70” Contemporary Still-life Photograph of Vintage Tech
Located in Brooklyn, NY
designed, vintage machines and anxiety over new technology. My still lifes clearly reference 17th Century
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Tech Vanitas: Blue iMac" Contemporary Still-life Photograph of Vintage Tech
Located in Brooklyn, NY
, vintage machines and anxiety over new technology. My still lifes subtly reference 17th Century Dutch
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
“Tech Vanitas: Red Phone” Contemporary Still-life Photograph of Vintage Tech
Located in Brooklyn, NY
, vintage design and anxiety about new technology. My still lifes clearly reference 17th Century Dutch
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
“Tech Vanitas: Pink Sewing Machine” Contemporary Still-life Photo Vintage Tech
Located in Brooklyn, NY
designed, vintage machines and anxiety over new technology. My still lifes clearly reference 17th Century
Category
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: Reel to Reel” Contemporary Still-life Photo of Vintage Tech
Located in Brooklyn, NY
designed, vintage items and anxiety over new technology. My still lifes clearly reference 17th Century
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
for beautifully designed, vintage machines and anxiety over new technology. My still lifes clearly
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Vanitas
Located in Woodbury, CT
days, Stefaan was strongly influenced by the Flemish Primitives, the great 17th century still life
Category
Early 2000s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vanitas Rebirth
By Valerie Hegarty
Located in New York, NY
Vanitas Rebirth, 2018
Magic Sculpt, wire, and oil paint
19.50 x 22 x 15 in
$9,000.00
Category
2010s Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Wire
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
Category
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
Category
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
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
Skull II - Photography, Still Life, Baroque, Contemporary, Art, Aaron Alamo
Located in Barcelona, Catalunya
concept of eternal.
Aaron Alamo: “‘Vanitas: Not-so-still Life’, is a project that shows the destruction
Category
2010s Baroque Still-life Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Giclée
Skull III - Photography, Still Life, Baroque, Contemporary, Art, Aaron Alamo
Located in Barcelona, Catalunya
concept of eternal.
Aaron Alamo: “‘Vanitas: Not-so-still Life’, is a project that shows the destruction
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
concept of eternal.
Aaron Alamo: “‘Vanitas: Not-so-still Life’, is a project that shows the destruction
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
concept of eternal.
Aaron Alamo: “‘Vanitas: Not-so-still Life’, is a project that shows the destruction
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
concept of eternal.
Aaron Alamo: “‘Vanitas: Not-so-still Life’, is a project that shows the destruction
Category
2010s Baroque Still-life Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
KFC I - Photography, Still Life, Baroque, Contemporary, Art, Food, Aaron Alamo
Located in Barcelona, Catalunya
concept of eternal.
Aaron Alamo: “‘Vanitas: Not-so-still Life’, is a project that shows the destruction
Category
Early 2000s Baroque Still-life Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
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
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 (Nostalgia), handprinted lithograph on Japanese paper limited edition
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Drawing on themes of mortality, reminiscence, and material mourning, these lithographs, Vanitas
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Vanitas (Sokrates), handprinted lithograph on Japanese paper, edition of 3
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Drawing on themes of mortality, reminiscence, and material mourning, these lithographs, Vanitas
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Washi Paper, Lithograph
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
Category
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
"Object composition" by Franciscus Gijsbrechts, oil on canvas.
By Franciscus Gysbrechts
Located in Madrid, ES
various other objects on a partly draped marble table.
The composition can be compared to a vanitas still
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Dutch Paintings
Materials
Canvas
17th Century Old Painting Still Life Dutch Style Oil on Canvas, 1600s
Located in Torino, Torino
genus of vanitas, still life with allusions to the transience of existence, particularly popular in
Category
Antique 17th Century Dutch Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Dream of Democracy - ( Contemporary unique Illuminated panel )
By Alexander James Hamilton
Located in London, GB
artist has created an image of the flag in the same manner of a Vanitas still life - reflecting the
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography
Materials
Other Medium, Digital
Passing Time, Art by Dirk Staschke, 2011-2020
Located in Orange, CA
known for his exploration of Dutch Vanitas still life themes in the medium of ceramics. His current body
Category
21st Century and Contemporary More Art
Materials
Ceramic, Wood
Translation #4, Art by Dirk Staschke, 2014
Located in Orange, CA
exploration of Dutch Vanitas still life themes in the medium of ceramics. His current body of work explores
Category
21st Century and Contemporary More Art
Materials
Ceramic, Wood
Foreground, Art by Dirk Staschke, 2021
Located in Orange, CA
for his exploration of Dutch Vanitas still life themes in the medium of ceramics. His current body of
Category
21st Century and Contemporary More Art
Materials
Ceramic
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
Koons Tree
By Shimon Okshteyn
Located in Brooklyn, NY
2005 he was reproducing Old Master still life paintings in graphite and charcoal, providing a fresh
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vanitas Still Life With a Statue of Pallas Athena
Located in Stockholm, SE
An interesting vanitas still life with a statue of Pallas Athena, an arched palace wing, a sheaf of
Category
Early 1700s Old Masters Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Early 19th Century French School Vanitas Still Life Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in London, GB
Antique Painting, 19th Century Vanitas Still Life Oil Painting.
Early 19th Century French Vanitas Oil
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Gothic Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Giltwood, Paint
"Is NOT" 2023, post-modern trompe l
oeil oil painting
By Anthony Mastromatteo
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Is NOT is a present day vanitas still life. A meditation on the ephemerality of life and the things
Category
2010s Post-Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Dutch Style Vanitas Floral Still Life Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Hyper-realistic floral still life in the style of Dutch Master Ambrosius Bosschaert. The painting
Category
19th Century Naturalistic Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Just Another Vanitas" - surrealist still life, flowers, shells, apple, pattern
By Guy Robinson
Located in Atlanta, GA
This painting features hues of green, purple and blue.
This surrealist still life features flowers
Category
2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
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How Much is a Vanitas Still Life?
The price for a vanitas still life in our collection starts at $155 and tops out at $76,081 with the average selling for $4,200.
Questions About Vanitas Still Life
- What is a still life?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertFebruary 22, 2021A 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.
- What is a still life image?1 AnswerLilac Gallery Ltd.March 17, 2021A '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 ExpertAugust 29, 2024No, 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.
- What is Dutch still life?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Dutch 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.
- What is Flemish still life?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Pronkstilleven 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.
- What is a still-life painting?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019
A still- life painting depicts inanimate, everyday objects.
- Why is it called still life?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertNovember 26, 2024Why 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.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Most 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, 2021A 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 GalleriesFebruary 25, 2021A still-life painting is typically a group of arranged objects in an intimate setting. The term comes from the Dutch word "stilleven". - Is still life art realism?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Whether 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 ExpertSeptember 25, 2019
The subject of a portrait is typically a person; the subject of a still life consists predominantly of inanimate objects.
- 1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022In 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.