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Naturalistic Vanitas Fruit Still Life Painting of Grapes, Pears, and Apples
By Oliver Clare
Located in Houston, TX
Still life oil painting with grapes, pears, and apples. Set within a gold frame and plated with
Category
Early 20th Century Naturalistic Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
"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
Head
By (after) Jean-Michel Basquiat
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
image is reminiscent of 16th and 17th century vanitas still lifes that often incorporated skulls
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Screen
Study in Reds
Located in New Orleans, LA
best known for his exploration of Dutch Vanitas still life themes in the medium of ceramics. His
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Flux #12
Located in New Orleans, LA
best known for his exploration of Dutch Vanitas still life themes in the medium of ceramics. His
Category
20th Century Contemporary Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
$11,500
Flux #11
Located in New Orleans, LA
best known for his exploration of Dutch Vanitas still life themes in the medium of ceramics. His
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
VANITAS with Cupid Oil on Canvas 1856
Located in Rome, IT
VANITAS with Cupid Oil on Canvas signed F. Spedaliery Fecit 1856 with a parcel gilt wood frame
Category
19th Century Symbolist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
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 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 Vase #14", Ceramic Sculpture with Still Life Painting in Glaze
Located in St. Louis, MO
Dirk Staschke is best known for his exploration of Dutch Vanitas still life themes in the medium of
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Glaze
Flux #4
Located in New Orleans, LA
best known for his exploration of Dutch Vanitas still life themes in the medium of ceramics. His
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
The Laughers (Small Version 2)
Located in New Orleans, LA
still life themes in the medium of ceramics. His current body of work explores the space in between
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Inverted Portrait with Setting Sun (Version 2)
Located in New Orleans, LA
still life themes in the medium of ceramics. His current body of work explores the space in between
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
"Penumbra", Ceramic Trompe l
oeil Sculpture with Glaze
Located in St. Louis, MO
Dirk Staschke is best known for his exploration of Dutch Vanitas still life themes in the medium of
Category
2010s Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Glaze
A Vanitas still life
By Evert Collier
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
Attributed to Evert Collier (1642-1708)
A vanitas still life
Oil on canvas
Canvas Size 30 x 25 in
Category
17th Century Old Masters Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
$9,105
Vanitas Still Life, 17th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
Still Life Vanitas 17th Century
inscribed to Edwaert COLLIER (c.1640-1708)
Fine 17th Century
Category
17th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
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
American School Memento Vanitas Still Life Canvas Painting
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Impressive oil on canvas memento mori or omnia vanitas still life painting. The site measures 15.5
Category
20th Century American Baroque Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Vanitas Still Life with a Skull Watercolor Central European School
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Central European School
early 20th century.
A Vanitas still life with a skull,
watercolor on
Category
Early 20th Century European Other Decorative Art
Materials
Paper
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
Dutch Style Vanitas Floral Still Life with Insects and Fruit
Located in Houston, TX
Vanitas themed floral still life with insects and berries. The still life is in the style of
Category
20th Century Naturalistic Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hyperrealist Vanitas Interior Still Life Painting of Various of Fruits
Vessels
Located in Houston, TX
Hyperrealist interior still life painting of an opulent spread of food including grapes, peaches
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Flux #8
Located in New Orleans, LA
best known for his exploration of Dutch Vanitas still life themes in the medium of ceramics. His
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
$10,000
VANITAS Oil on Canvas by Edward Collier
Located in Rome, IT
Collier (1642 – 1708) was a Dutch Golden Age still-life painter known for vanitas and trompe-l'œil
Category
17th Century Old Masters Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Still Life with Game, Fruit and Veg - Flemish 17thC Old Master art oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
, hunting still lifes, animal and fish still lifes, vanitas paintings and still lifes of weapons. He also
Category
17th Century Old Masters Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
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
Memento Mori Skull with Rosary on Bible Zsolnay, Art Nouveau c. 1900
By Miklos Zsolnay
Located in Chicago, IL
Recalling the Dutch vanitas still life works of the 17th century, this arrangement reminds the
Category
Early 1900s Art Nouveau More Art
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
‘Les Peintures des Taxidermistes’ No.8. Art Print Photo by Sinke
Van Tongeren
By Sinke
Van Tongeren
Located in Haarlem, NL
interpreted through vanitas still lifes.
The collection, ‘Les Peintures des Taxidermistes’, comprises eight
Category
Antique Early 17th Century Dutch Renaissance Photography
Materials
Paper
‘Les Peintures des Taxidermistes’ No. 1. Art Print Photo by Sinke
Van Tongeren
By Sinke
Van Tongeren
Located in Haarlem, NL
interpreted through vanitas still lifes.
The collection, ‘Les Peintures des Taxidermistes’, comprises eight
Category
Antique Early 17th Century Dutch Renaissance Photography
18th C, Late Baroque Style, Still Life, Dutch School, Vanitas Scene with Cherub
Located in brussel, BE
death and decay. The flowers that are still in full bloom in a precious vase will eventually wither. The
Category
18th Century Baroque Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vanita Carpet Music Skull Tibaldi Paint Oil on canvas 17th Century Old master
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Still life 'Vanitas' with carpet, clock, sheet music and skull
Circle of Antonio Tibaldi (Rome, c
Category
17th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vanitas Still Life
Located in Litchfield, CT
Ca. 1700-20
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Paintings
Materials
Canvas
$11,500
A vanitas still life with an elaborate silver vase - Pieter Roestraeten
Located in Gent, BE
. Meijer in cat. Dutch and Flemish Still life paintings bequated by Daisy Linda Ward
Ashmolean Museum
Category
17th Century Dutch School Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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 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 16.02.08
By Paul Béliveau
Located in Boston, MA
Original work of art.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Vanitas 16.11.03
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
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
Vanitas XI Acrylic and Spray Paint on Canvas 2022
By Rubén Sánchez
Located in Des Moines, IA
Acrylic and Spray paint on Linen. Place is important to artist Ruben Sanchez. Because environment + person = the human condition. He is interested in how the world understands us, an...
Category
2010s Street Art Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Vanitas 18.12.11- colorful painting of book spines buy Paul Beliveau
By Paul Béliveau
Located in Ketchum, ID
historical subjects and figures. His series “Vanitas” builds facades of book spines that house interconnected
Category
2010s Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Vanitasserie IV (Vibrant, contemporary vanitas from Spanish spray paint artist)
By Rubén Sánchez
Located in Des Moines, IA
Vanitasserie IV by Ruben Sanchez (Vibrant, contemporary vanitas from Spanish spray paint artist on
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint
Vanitas 18.12.17- colorful realist painting of rock
n roll books
By Paul Béliveau
Located in Ketchum, ID
historical subjects and figures. His series “Vanitas” builds facades of book spines that house interconnected
Category
2010s Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Vanitas 19.03.13-colorful acrylic framed vertical painting of art books
By Paul Béliveau
Located in Ketchum, ID
literary and historical subjects and figures. His series “Vanitas” builds facades of book spines that house
Category
2010s Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
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
$3,000
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
$3,600
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
$2,200
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
$6,500
Motif
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 Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Vanitas / Quarantine Still Life 13
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
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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 a still-life painting?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019
A still- life painting depicts inanimate, everyday objects.
- 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.
- 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". - 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019
The subject of a portrait is typically a person; the subject of a still life consists predominantly of inanimate objects.
- 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 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.