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Magnolia - Artemis
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 2 inch
€579
Suffocated self portrait
Gergana Tabakova
Painting - 150 x 90 x 2.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 35.4 x 1 inch
€1,700 €1,530
Suffocated Still Life I
Gergana Tabakova
Painting - 100 x 110 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 43.3 x 1 inch
€900 €810
Suffocated Still Life III
Gergana Tabakova
Painting - 120 x 100 x 0.2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 0.1 inch
€500 €450
Field flowers and pomegranate
Tigran Avetyan
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,014
Still life with pomegranates and grapes
Arayik Murdaynan
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€965
Floral Opulence
Shahen Aleksandryan
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€869
Still life with cezve
Sergey Khachatryan
Painting - 40 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,448
Still life with bird, clock and books
Ara Gasparyan
Painting - 45 x 35 x 2 cm Painting - 17.7 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch
€531
Still life with pomegranates and pitcher
Tamar Nazaryan
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€724
Still life with Armenian cognac and pipe
Tamar Nazaryan
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€579
I nostri esperti sono giunti ad una conclusione determinante
Pablo Echaurren
Painting - 27 x 22 x 0.1 cm Painting - 10.6 x 8.7 x 0 inch
€1,600
In Good Spirit for Today
Joanna Glazer
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€490
Abstract asters (palette knife)
Mateos Sargsyan
Painting - 55 x 45 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
€579
Still life with apricots and duduk
Tamar Nazaryan
Painting - 40 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€579
Still life with pomegrantes and dove
Tamar Nazaryan
Painting - 40 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€579
Still life with Armenian Brandy
Tamar Nazaryan
Painting - 40 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€579
A Little Pomegranate
Delyafruz Bagirova
Painting - 24 x 18 x 2 cm Painting - 9.4 x 7.1 x 0.8 inch
€260 €175
La Luz 23
Jose Ricardo Contreras Gonzalez
Painting - 30 x 39.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
€965
La Luz 10
Jose Ricardo Contreras Gonzalez
Painting - 30 x 39.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
€966
Exuberant Peonies and a Little Thing Called Love in a form of a Young Blue Dog
Joanna Glazer
Painting - 90 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
€490
Lemons & books - Italian painting still life
Andrea Borella
Painting - 80 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
€700
How Lucky to Have a Rear Window View
Joanna Glazer
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€490
How do you Think I Feel?
Joanna Glazer
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€490
To Step onto the New World
Joanna Glazer
Painting - 30 x 30 x 3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
€490
To Step onto the New World
Joanna Glazer
Painting - 30 x 30 x 3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
€490
Small White Roses
Elena Mardashova
Painting - 60 x 25 x 0.2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 9.8 x 0.1 inch
€540
Pink Rhododendron
Elena Mardashova
Painting - 40 x 40 x 0.2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
€540
Breakfast in the sky
Elena Mardashova
Painting - 60 x 50 x 0.2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
€760
Spring breakfasat
Elena Mardashova
Painting - 50 x 70 x 0.2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
€540
Spring dandelions
Elena Mardashova
Painting - 70 x 50 x 0.2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
€500
Flowers in the round vase
Elena Mardashova
Painting - 40 x 40 x 0.2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
€700
Still life - tangerines
Stepan Ohanyan
Painting - 24 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 9.4 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€193
Still life - plums and pear
Stepan Ohanyan
Painting - 30 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€241
Still life - red plums
Stepan Ohanyan
Painting - 30 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
Sold
Still life with flowers
Vlas Ayvazyan
Painting - 30 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
€193
Still life of Spheres and Wood Sculpture
Antonio Sciacca
Painting - 100 x 98 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 38.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,300
Still Life with Mask and Books
Antonio Sciacca
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€990
Still life with bird and kettle
Ara Gasparyan
Painting - 35 x 24 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch
€290
Vase of Flowers
Antonio Feltrinelli
Painting - 49 x 39 x 0.5 cm Painting - 19.3 x 15.4 x 0.2 inch
€3,600
Still life with red roses
Narek Qochunc
Painting - 70 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€309
Still life with cherries and peaches
Narek Qochunc
Painting - 30 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€270
Still life - Flowers, pomegranates and violin
Karine Harutyunyan
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€367
Still life pomegranate and small watermelons
Stepan Ohanyan
Painting - 30 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
Sold
Still Life with Eleven Objetcs in a Sphere
Giorgio Morandi
Print - 32.8 x 36.9 x 0.1 cm Print - 12.9 x 14.5 x 0 inch
€40,000
Still life with pomegranates and grapes
Sergey Miqayelyan
Painting - 30 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€309
Still life with quince
Sergey Miqayelyan
Painting - 24 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 9.4 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€270
Still life with fruits (1)
Sergey Miqayelyan
Painting - 24 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 9.4 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€270
Colorful peonies
Marieta Martirosyan
Painting - 60 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€435
Still life with plums and apricot
Tamar Nazaryan
Painting - 20 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€135
Home at night, contemplating
Le Hai Linh
Painting - 56 x 76 x 1 cm Painting - 22 x 29.9 x 0.4 inch
€2,350
Still life
Although at its heart a classic subject, the still life was the preferred approach of Cézanne, the artist who paved the way for art to enter its most modern phase. From Cubism to Hyperrealism via Pop art, sculpture, and photography, almost all art forms have been at some point shown that it is still possible to breathe new life into this age old theme.
Be it completely de-structured, funny, classic, or minimalist, the contemporary still life is far from old fashioned, despite the fact that it boasts a long, celebrated history.
Let's take a closer look at this theme that recurs so often across art history… even in antiquity, Pliny had already written about a painter called Piraikos, known for his paintings of 'provisions for cooking', and the optical illusions of Zeuxis, from which it was said that birds would try to pick off the raisins because they looked so real. The conventional still life as we know it today, however, dates back to the 17th century, where it developed in Holland under strict aesthetic codes.
Generally, oils on canvas were the preferred method for representing inanimate objects of varying types (lots of fruit, fish, game…) and flowers. The colours were muted, the background a monochromic black, the atmosphere heavy, and the light at a steep diagonal angle. There were few elements but they were precisely arranged and loaded with religious symbolism.
Even though still life was never considered a genre in its own right, almost all of the great masters have tried their hand at it at some point or other. Across the 19th century, all the art movements went through a still life phase: romanticism, impressionism, symbolism… and under the brushes of Degas, Cézanne, Monet, etc., still life evolved.
Little by little, artists added colours, erased the biblical references and replaced them with everyday objects in ever greater numbers: cooking utensils, cups of coffee, gas lamps, musical instruments…
In the 20th century, modern art once more dusted off this 'boring' subject, and began to play with its strict codes. From cubism to pop art to surrealism, all of the artistic movements made their mark on still life. Bit by bit, they took it to pieces and rebuilt it, moving ever closer to the contemporary still life, which has little to do with the original genre except for its central theme.
After his separation from Olga Khokhlova in 1936, Pablo Picasso painted 'Still Life Under a Lamp' whose plastic elements suggested themes that would later be developed in his famous 'Guernica' the following year. Pale lamplight dominates the triangular composition in the centre of the canvas and the arms of the antique sculpture appear to be on the verge of falling off the table. Although the piece altogether seems to move away from the classic still life, it maintains the traditional heavy atmosphere.
In 1956 the Catalan surrealist painter Salvador Dali painted 'Living Still Life' in his typical humorous style. The canvas – divided in two to represent night and day – shows a table on a balcony. The elements (wine, water, a pear, a knife…) are in motion, or rather levitating, as though someone has just struck the tabletop.
Artsper invites you to explore a range of contemporary still life pieces that are both traditional and surprising in our unique selection. Discover the work of Syvie Andlauer Baruch, Gonzalo Sicre, Zbigniew Wozniak, and many more…