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Still life with red roses
Narek Qochunc
Painting - 70 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€305
Still life with lilacs
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 60 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€9,500
Still life with bird and fan
Ara Gasparyan
Painting - 35 x 24 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch
€286 €243
Still life with plainair
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 75 x 87.5 x 2 cm Painting - 29.5 x 34.4 x 0.8 inch
€9,068
Still life with pomegranates
Sergey Miqayelyan
Painting - 24 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 9.4 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€210 €178
Still life with bird and grape
Ara Gasparyan
Painting - 35 x 24 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch
€286
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
€286 €243
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
€286
Landscape with a Moon Jar
Mun-Hyun Cho
Fine Art Drawings - 45 x 84 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 17.7 x 33.1 x 1.2 inch
€3,000
Taylor Swift's Guitar (La Guitare de Taylor Swift)
Christian Jodin
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
€195
Coupe de fruits à la guitare
Christian Jodin
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
€395
Landscape with a Moon Jar
Mun-Hyun Cho
Fine Art Drawings - 53 x 72.7 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 20.9 x 28.6 x 0.1 inch
€3,000
Landscape with a Moon Jar
Mun-Hyun Cho
Painting - 45 x 84 x 3 cm Painting - 17.7 x 33.1 x 1.2 inch
€3,000
Landscape with a Moon Jar
Mun-Hyun Cho
Painting - 65.2 x 91 x 3 cm Painting - 25.7 x 35.8 x 1.2 inch
€4,500
Pecio IV
Felisa Esteban - Maifx
Painting - 100 x 130 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 51.2 x 0.4 inch
€2,100
Try to Wear Me
Nino Eliashvili
Fine Art Drawings - 68 x 53 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 26.8 x 20.9 x 0 inch
€2,500
Still life with Books and a Dark Blue Opalina Vase, Antwerp (Large)
Michael James O'Brien
Photography - 152.4 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 inch
€7,636
Still life with an Opalina Vase and Two Pink Tulips, Antwerp (Large)
Michael James O'Brien
Photography - 152.4 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 inch
€7,636
Opalina, Portfolio of 9 photographs
Michael James O'Brien
Photography - 167.6 x 129.5 x 0.3 cm Photography - 66 x 51 x 0.1 inch
€9,545
Still Life with a Broken Egg, Antwerp
Michael James O'Brien
Photography - 152.4 x 203.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 60 x 80 x 0.1 inch
€11,454
Still Life with a Metal Torso, Paris
Michael James O'Brien
Photography - 152.4 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 inch
€6,682
Séries Nature Morte No.3
Qing-Chun Diao
Painting - 80 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
€2,100
Series Nature Morte No.2
Qing-Chun Diao
Painting - 80 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
€2,100
Series Nature Morte No.1
Qing-Chun Diao
Painting - 100 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
€2,100
Still Life, Portfolio of 8 photographs
Michael James O'Brien
Photography - 111.8 x 172.7 x 0.3 cm Photography - 44 x 68 x 0.1 inch
€14,318
Still life with fishes
Arayik Murdaynan
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€430
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
€363
Qui peut dire l'avenir de nos souvenirs ?
Sandra Encaoua
Painting - 24 x 32 x 0.1 cm Painting - 9.4 x 12.6 x 0 inch
€420
Still life - mushrooms
Arayik Murdaynan
Painting - 40 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€430
Graphic still life
Gevorg Martirosyan
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€8,113
Nouilles aux herbes soup
Tarek
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 15 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 5.9 x 0 inch
€95
Vibrant Blossom Vignette
Mateos Sargsyan
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€430
Provencal bouquet
Carol Steinberg
Painting - 108 x 108 x 5.1 cm Painting - 42.5 x 42.5 x 2 inch
€3,412
Les corbeaux volent sur le dos
Lionel Morateur
Print - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
€275
Plums with a cup
Albert Kechyan
Painting - 30.5 x 35.1 x 0.8 cm Painting - 12 x 13.8 x 0.3 inch
€3,767
Cocktail - with gold embellishment
Ruslana Levandovska
Painting - 76.2 x 61 x 1.9 cm Painting - 30 x 24 x 0.75 inch
€3,054
Abstract flowers in vase-2 (palette knife)
Mateos Sargsyan
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€477
Multiple perspectives
Marlene Llanes
Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 3.8 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 1.5 inch
€3,904
In the art workshop
Ganna Prymakova
Painting - 70.1 x 59.9 x 3 cm Painting - 27.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
€3,546
In the garden
Ganna Prymakova
Painting - 59.9 x 59.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1 inch
€3,494
Pears. Evening
Ganna Prymakova
Painting - 59.9 x 70.1 x 2.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 27.6 x 1 inch
€3,599
Artist's workshop
Ganna Prymakova
Painting - 70.1 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€3,770
Still life with fish
Ganna Prymakova
Painting - 55.1 x 65 x 3 cm Painting - 21.7 x 25.6 x 1.2 inch
€4,114
Pears - apples. first glance
Ganna Prymakova
Painting - 40.1 x 45 x 1.8 cm Painting - 15.8 x 17.7 x 0.7 inch
€2,692
Pears - Apples. second glance
Ganna Prymakova
Painting - 40.1 x 45 x 1.8 cm Painting - 15.8 x 17.7 x 0.7 inch
€2,720
Pomegranate boom
Ganna Prymakova
Painting - 40.1 x 45 x 1.8 cm Painting - 15.8 x 17.7 x 0.7 inch
€2,692
In the barn, Painting, Oil on canvas
Bill Stone
Painting - 76.2 x 76.2 x 2 cm Painting - 30 x 30 x 0.8 inch
€2,482
Flowers and berries, Painting, Oil on canvas
Bill Stone
Painting - 61 x 61 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 24 x 0.8 inch
€2,148
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…