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Still Life - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Still Life is an Ink and tempera drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Tempera
Daisies and Sunflowers - Still Life Oil Pastel on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Daisies and Sunflowers - Still Life Oil Pastel on Paper
This fun, quirky oil pastel by a David
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Impressionist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
Wine Bottles Wooden Crate And Red Wine Glasses French Still Life Watercolour
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Wine Bottles Wooden Crate And Red Wine Glasses French Still Life Watercolour
Guy Nicod
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
$221 Sale Price
40% Off
Mid Century Modern Fruit Basket with Plate Still-Life
By Mary Reeves
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid century modern still life of fruit basket and cobalt blue plate with rich, velvety surface
Category
1950s American Impressionist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
Still Life by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro - Charcoal on paper
By Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro
Located in London, GB
Still Life by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro (1878-1952)
Charcoal on paper
28.4 x 24.3 cm (11 ⅛ x 9 ⅝ inches
Category
Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Pink Abundance,
Oillets
, Still life of Flowers In a Vase, Homage a Manet.
Located in Cotignac, FR
A watercolour and gouache on paper of pink chrysanthemums or oillets in a vase. The painting is
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
$208 Sale Price
74% Off
Still Life, Red Tulips with Japanese Porcelain
, Belgian Lace, Japonaiserie
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A finely-drawn, pastel still-life showing red tulips informally arranged in a Chelsea soft paste
Category
1890s Academic Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gold Leaf
untitled (Still Life with Apples and Vase of Flowers)
By William Sommer
Located in Fairlawn, OH
[recto];untitled (Sketches for Still
Unsigned
9 1/2 x 12 inches (24.2 x 30.6 cm.)
Category
20th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Flowers still life study drawing by Gerald Mac Spink
By Gerald Mac Spink
Located in London, GB
To see our other Modern British Art, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find the artist you ...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pen
Contemporary Colorful Realistic Pastel Still Life Drawing of Cherry Eclairs
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary colorful realistic pastel food still life drawing of pastries. The work features
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Contemporary Impressionist Small Still Life Oil Painting Paper
Just bananas"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
series by French artist Natalya Mougenot, focusing on expressive still lifes inspired by everyday moments
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil, Paper
Bouquet of Wildflowers - Purple Pink Still Life Watercolor Framed Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
beauty. This unique 17.5-inch by 13-inch piece, created with watercolor on paper, is framed in a natural
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Large Thistle 1, contemporary realist botanical still life drawing
By Margot Glass
Located in New York, NY
Margot Glass reimagines color and tone, using luminescent ink to translate vivid shades into bursts of white-gold. Ever-interested in fragility and ephemerality, Glass lingers over t...
Category
2010s American Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Scarlet Belle Pitcher Plant, photorealist floral still life drawing
By David Morrison
Located in New York, NY
Ever-interested in delicate and often toiling labor, David Morrison’s newest body of work stems from his practice as a master gardener. David’s methodical cultivation of irises and b...
Category
2010s Photorealist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Color Pencil
Composition, Original Modern Still Life Gouache Painting by Fernand Leger
By Fernand Léger
Located in Long Island City, NY
Fernand Leger's depiction of a still life with a pitcher and bowl of fruit starts in simplistic and
Category
1950s Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Vintage French Impressionist Painting Unusual Shape Roses Still Life Watercolor
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
for sale.
Born in Paris in 1888, Louise Alix (painter, decorative artist of landscapes, still lifes
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Still Life
, Paris, Louvre, Académie Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA, Carmel, California
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Certification of authenticity stamped, verso, for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and painted circa 1955.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los...
Category
1950s Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Graphite
John Doubleday (b.1947) - Framed 20th Century Crayon, Still Life V
Located in Corsham, GB
A distinctive still life study in pencil and crayon by British artist John Doubleday (b.1947
Category
20th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon
John Doubleday (b.1947) - Framed 20th Century Pastel, Still Life VI
Located in Corsham, GB
A distinctive still life study by British artist John Doubleday (b.1947). Captured in chalk pastel
Category
20th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Dieren - Modernist Mid 20th Century Gouache, Still life with Red Spoons
Located in Corsham, GB
This still life composition features a dark pitcher, white bowl, small cup and saucer, and red
Category
20th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Art Deco Thistles Still Life Watercolor Painting by Marie Benoit-Levy
Located in Atlanta, GA
features a still-life with thistles and a blue water pot, an academic design by Marie Benoit-Levy. The
Category
1930s Academic Still-life Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Projet de Tissus - Fauvist Still Life Study Gouache by Raoul Dufy
By Raoul Dufy
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
of the Bois de Boulogne, some model studies and some still-lifes. Dufy was attracted to a 'return to
Category
1920s Fauvist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Jordaan, large interior work on paper, still life with plants
By Angela A
Court
Located in New York, NY
Home / Couple / Pair / Domestic / Still Life
A’Court begins each painting with a broad, color
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
$6,440 Sale Price
20% Off
Marika Eversfield (1914-2014) - 20th Century Pastel, Verona Still Life
Located in Corsham, GB
A joyful and quiet interior still life showing flowers, fruit and wine on a table in a softly lit
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Expressionist Mid-Century Still Life of Flowers in a Vase.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid-century still life pastel on paper of a vase with flowers by French artist Andrée Ruy Petroff
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Pastel, Carbon Pencil
Sumi-e Brushes and Bowl - Still Life by Elizabeth Harrington
Located in Soquel, CA
Sumi-e Brushes and Bowl - Still Life by Elizabeth Harrington
Vibrant still life of Sumi-e Brushes
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Still Life by the Beach
Dahlia, Daisies, Mums, Chrysanthemum, Lodi, Framed
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A bright and breezy still-life showing a variety of spring flowers informally arranged in a pink
Category
Mid-20th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
One Peony, interior still life scene, green work on paper
By Angela A
Court
Located in New York, NY
table for the artist’s still life vocabulary. This practice allows her to contain the narrative and
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Pastis and Peaches on a Lace Tablecloth
, Prismatic Modernist Still Life
By Ramon Moscardo Fernandez
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
circa 1980.
A substantial and scintillating, watercolor and gouache still-life comprising a bottle of
Category
1980s Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Skull and Ornament - Vanitas, Still Life, Color Pencil Drawing, Framed
By John Hrehov
Located in Chicago, IL
exhorts the viewer to consider mortality and to repent. This still life vanitas drawing is matted with a
Category
2010s Surrealist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Color Pencil
Pear Still Life, Modern Gouache Painting on paper by Robert Kulicke
By Robert Kulicke
Located in Long Island City, NY
Robert Kulicke, American (1924 - 2007) - Pear Still Life, Medium: Gouache on paper, monogramed on
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Red Camelia / watercolor
By Gary Bukovnik
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Red Camelia' original watercolor painted in 2018. in vibrant ruby red and green from Cleveland
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Water...
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Contemporary female artist still life gouache painting vase flowers signed
By Alicia Czechowski
Located in Milwaukee, WI
painting, a still-life by Claesz, which she rendered on much reduced scale in colored pencil, and then she
Category
1960s Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Still Life, Ochre and Rose
, Paris, Louvre, Académie Chaumière, SFAA, LACMA
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
mid-century Post-Impressionist oil still-life showing a book and a candlestick arranged with other
Category
1950s Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil
"SIMPLER DAYS" IMAGE 16 X 20 GRAPHITE STILL LIFE DRAWING
Located in San Antonio, TX
artist. " I believe my passion and love of horses and the western way of life show in my work. I thank
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Vase with Yellow Flowers and Seasnail Shell - Still Life German Expressionism
By Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
Located in London, GB
This is a signed crayon, brush and India Ink painting on wove paper. It is signed in black ink by the artist "S. Rottluff" in the left image.
It was realised circa 1965-1969.
Prove...
Category
1960s Expressionist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, India Ink
Spring Iris, floral art, landscape drawing, still-life, affordable art
By Ellen Williams
Located in Deddington, GB
Spring Iris by Ellen Williams [2022]
original
Coloured pencil on 150gsm paper
Image size: H:29.7 cm x W:21 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:29.7 cm x W:21 cm x D:0.01cm
Sold Unfr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Water...
Materials
Color Pencil
Morandi Bottle (Abstract, Cubist Still Life Graphite Drawing with Antique Frame)
By David Dew Bruner
Located in Hudson, NY
Abstract modernist style still life graphite and acrylic painting inspired by Giorgio Morandi's
Category
2010s Abstract Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Postman - original watercolor
Located in Burlingame, CA
theaters, and autobiographical still life scenes from his Bay Area neighborhood memories and travels
Category
20th Century American Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Palmistry Readings / watercolor
Located in Burlingame, CA
booths, abandoned drive-in theaters, and autobiographical still life scenes from his Bay Area
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Drawings and W...
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Delicate chrysanthemums Watercolor painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
"A watercolor painting with a bouquet of delicate chrysanthemums. Subtle shades of delicate pink
Category
2010s Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Still-Life Watercolor Painting - French Villa - Pink Roses by the Window
By Hervé Le Bourdelles
Located in Houston, TX
This is a vibrant and expressively rendered still life composition featuring pink roses in exterior
Category
1970s Still-life Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper, Ink
Corn Field 2, gray photorealist graphite still life drawing, 2019
By Mary Reilly
Located in New York, NY
Mary Reilly explores the full tonal depth of graphite in her nature drawings and landscapes. She finds all of the soft subtleties of gray as she shifts seamlessly from branch to pebb...
Category
2010s Photorealist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
$2,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Watercolor painting Winter berries
Located in Zofingen, AG
A watercolor painting with bright viburnum berries under snow caps. Saturated tones, multifaceted
Category
2010s Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Still Life
, Paris, Louvre, Salon d
Automne, Academie Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Stamped, verso, with estate stamp for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and created circa 1955.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los Angeles Art...
Category
1950s Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon
Projet de Tissus - Fauvist Still Life Study Gouache by Raoul Dufy
By Raoul Dufy
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
of the Bois de Boulogne, some model studies and some still-lifes. Dufy was attracted to a 'return to
Category
1920s Fauvist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Tower of Glamour fanciful still life hats mirror and colorful sunglasses
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This pastel is part of an ongoing series referred to restless still life in which the artist
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
Morandi 12 (Abstract Cubist Still Life Painting Inspired by Morandi Bottles)
By David Dew Bruner
Located in Hudson, NY
Abstract cubist style still life graphite and acrylic painting inspired by Giorgio Morandi's bottle
Category
2010s Abstract Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Pears and Lychees (fruit, still life, watercolor, bright colors, white space)
Located in New York, NY
Watercolor on paper
BIOGRAPHY:
Eunju Kang was born in 1962 and raised in Daegu, Korea. She moved
Category
2010s Naturalistic Still-life Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$2,576 Sale Price
20% Off
Three of Us (floral, still life, watercolor, bright colors, flowers, pastel)
Located in New York, NY
Watercolor on paper
BIOGRAPHY:
Eunju Kang was born in 1962 and raised in Daegu, Korea. She moved
Category
2010s Naturalistic Still-life Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$2,576 Sale Price
20% Off
Spring day Watercolor painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
A watercolor painting with flowers of apple tree.
A bright, juicy watercolor painting filled with
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Bernard Myers pastel on paper
Blue Hydrangeas
, British 20th Century still life
By Bernard Myers
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
A beautifully observed pastel still life, Blue Hydrangeas exemplifies Bernard Myers’ refined
Category
20th Century Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Vase at Dusk - Expressionist Still Life Original Oil Painting by Wright
Located in Soquel, CA
Vase at Dusk - Expressionist Still Life Original Oil Painting by Wright
Brightly colored flowers
Category
1960s Pointillist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Still Life with Vegetables French Modernist Oil Pastel Drawing by Guy Nicod
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Still Life with Vegetables French Modernist Oil Pastel Drawing by Guy Nicod
Guy Nicod
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel
$472 Sale Price
40% Off
Still Life with Chrysanthemums in Glass Vase French Modern Floral Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Still Life with Chrysanthemums in Glass Vase French Modern Floral Oil Painting
Guy Nicod
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil
$612 Sale Price
40% Off
Tattooed Bouquet combination still life and figurative genres soft green tomes
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
characters that inhabit the stage between the extreme highs and lows of life, a state of limbo where
Category
2010s Surrealist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
Vanitas III (Study) - Still Life Drawing of a Human Skull
Flowers
By Matthew Cook
Located in Chicago, IL
Matthew Cook
Vanitas III (Study)
Charcoal & Chalk on Paper
10h x 8w in
25.40h x 20.32w cm
FRAMED DIMENSIONS
16h x 14w x 1d in
40.64h x 35.56w x 2.54d cm
MLC014
Bio:
Matthew Cook ...
Category
2010s Old Masters Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Chalk, Charcoal
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Watercolor Still Life For Sale on 1stDibs
On 1stDibs, you can find the most appropriate watercolor still life for your needs in our varied inventory. You can easily find an example made in the Modern style, while we also have 170 Modern versions to choose from as well. Making the right choice when shopping for a watercolor still life may mean carefully reviewing examples of this item dating from different eras — you can find an early iteration of this piece from the 18th Century and a newer version made as recently as the 21st Century. Adding a watercolor still life to a room that is mostly decorated in warm neutral tones can yield a welcome change — find a piece on 1stDibs that incorporates elements of gray, beige, brown, blue and more. Creating a watercolor still life has been a part of the legacy of many artists, but those crafted by Angela A'Court, Margot Glass, Ian Hornak, Les Anderson and Gary Bukovnik are consistently popular. Frequently made by artists working in paint, watercolor and paper, these artworks are unique and have attracted attention over the years. A large watercolor still life can be an attractive addition to some spaces, while smaller examples are available — approximately spanning 1 high and 0.1 wide — and may be better suited to a more modest living area.
How Much is a Watercolor Still Life?
The price for a watercolor still life in our collection starts at $65 and tops out at $750,000 with the average selling for $960.
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Questions About Watercolor 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.
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