Contemporary Still Life

Contemporary still life lovers are artists that continue the long-standing artistic tradition of still life. The artistic genre is considered to have originated in Dutch art of the 16th and 17th centuries, depicting plants, everyday inanimate objects, food and dead animals; anything that can be considered still. The genre once again gained widespread popularity in the Modern art era, something Paul Cézanne was known for, and even Salvador Dali and Andy Warhol experimented with.

Many contemporary still life artists such as Wendy Chazin and Graziella take a more visually traditional approach, creating paintings closely following Modern artists.

However in recent years, some artists have brought a new dimension to contemporary still life. Japanese artist Koji Kasatani focuses his work on sculpting the peel of a banana, reimagining the discarded, lifeless skin as a human being, doing different activities in everyday life. Meanwhile, Romanian artist Ana Popescu portrays everyday objects using basic shapes and vivid colours in order to bring them to life. American painter Amy Nelder has further modernized the genre, creating contemporary still life paintings focused on a central humourous or topical theme.

Discover Artsper's carefully curated selection of artists who are contemporary still life lovers!

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Contemporary Still Life

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Blue Reflections

Kiki and the Swan

Blue Reflection

Pinkalicious

Blue Dusk

Dancing Fountain of the Square

Sunrise in the Frozen Forest

Collection on Table

Sorry I'm late to Zoom, I was disinfecting my (organic) oranges

Lemon Twist

A warm day

In winter

It's spring again

When the lilac blooms

A winter's tale

Sea shore

Embankment of the city

May is blooming

Summer morning by the river

Winter birches

February sun

Autumn in the city

Autumn on the river

City port

Lilac in the yard

May came

Windmill in the city

In the summer park

Autumn in the park

Thorns are blooming

View of the rocky coast

April on the river

April morning

Sunny January

Spring flowers

In the pantry

Solar apiary

Windmill in the field

Autumn near the theater

Evening at sea

Evening on the slopes of summer

At lunch time

Peonies on the windowsill

December day

Peonies

Still life with chrysanthemums

A walk in the park

Peonies on the windowsill

Chrysanthemums

Autumn has come

Windy day

Old yard

Winter sun

Spaces of fields

Hutsul still life

Moonlit night

In November

In the summer park

Apples

Evening by the sea

Still life in pantry

Still life with cornflowers

Spring has come

Poplars in the sun

Spring fragrance