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Hell'O Collective
Painting - 75 x 60 x 4 cm Painting - 29.5 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch
$3,708 $2,596
Window view 06 - Seasons
Low Bros
Painting - 70 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
$4,832
Bouquet de Fleurs
Moïse Kisling
Print - 75.5 x 54.5 x 0.2 cm Print - 29.7 x 21.5 x 0.1 inch
$674 $539
Assiette de poissons
Edouard Arthur
Painting - 33.5 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 13.2 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,135
Window view 04 - Raspberry Lane
Low Bros
Painting - 90 x 70 x 4 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch
$6,517
In Good Spirit for Today
Joanna Glazer
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$551
Anémone Solo
Agnès Tiollier
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,247 $2,023
Nature morte avec thé
Henry Meylan
Painting - 54.5 x 74 x 2 cm Painting - 21.5 x 29.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,411
Bouquet de marguerites
Benjamin II Vautier
Painting - 46.5 x 38 x 2 cm Painting - 18.3 x 15 x 0.8 inch
$1,055
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
$551
Coupe de fruits
Percival Pernet
Painting - 32 x 33.5 x 0.3 cm Painting - 12.6 x 13.2 x 0.1 inch
$1,055
Nature morte au verre cocktail
René Guinand
Painting - 50 x 61 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 24 x 0.8 inch
$1,067
Gros bouquet en carafe
René Guinand
Painting - 35 x 27 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 10.6 x 0.8 inch
$711
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
$787
Bouquet de fleurs
Alexis Louis Roche
Painting - 46 x 38 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 15 x 0.8 inch
$1,032
Nature morte au vase
William Victor Aubert
Painting - 46.5 x 38.5 x 2 cm Painting - 18.3 x 15.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,032
Untitled
Hell'O Collective
Painting - 90 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 35.4 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
$4,832 $3,382
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
$551
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
$551
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
$551
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
$551
Bouteille champagne 63-23
Philippe Buil
Sculpture - 32 x 10 x 10 cm Sculpture - 12.6 x 3.9 x 3.9 inch
$787
Toile du dimanche, au soleil de midi
Eleanor Quellien
Painting - 30 x 40 x 0.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
Sold
The Blue Vase
Anna Krtshatsyan
Painting - 24 x 29 x 0.5 cm Painting - 9.4 x 11.4 x 0.2 inch
$393 $354
Interior with arums, inspired by Duffy.
Catherine Clare
Print - 70 x 70 x 3 cm Print - 27.6 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
$1,011 $910
Un câlin de mon Ourson !
Noël Granger
Fine Art Drawings - 28 x 21 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11 x 8.3 inch
$101
Nature morte au bouquet, livre, pipe et fruits
Piero Poraccia
Painting - 82 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 32.3 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,227
T. Bone Walker, New York, 1965 (Appollo Theater Harlem)
Hervé Gloaguen
Photography - 40 x 50 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 inch
$2,023
Tulips on a Yellow Table
Arman Hayrapetyan
Painting - 60 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,400
Pomegranate Perfection
Stepan Ohanyan
Painting - 24 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 9.4 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$200
Psychedelic flower
Damien Berrard
Painting - 116 x 81 x 2.5 cm Painting - 45.7 x 31.9 x 1 inch
$1,011
Hotel Chelsea, New York. Fifth Floor, South
Victoria Cohen
Photography - 50.8 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.1 inch
$2,300
Hotel Chelsea, New York. Room 622
Victoria Cohen
Photography - 67.6 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 26.6 x 40 x 0.1 inch
$3,200
Pomegranate delight
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 35 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$860
Splendor of Still Life
Narek Qochunc
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$300
Natura morta
Alexander Daniloff
Painting - 44.5 x 34.5 x 1 cm Painting - 17.5 x 13.6 x 0.4 inch
$438
Il vaso di raku
Alexander Daniloff
Painting - 75 x 70 x 1.5 cm Painting - 29.5 x 27.6 x 0.6 inch
$876
Love Sparkle (Lightbox)
David Drebin
Photography - 121.9 x 182.9 cm Photography - 48 x 72 inch
$36,000
Room with a chair and artwork
Schagen Vita
Painting - 25 x 25 x 1 cm Painting - 9.8 x 9.8 x 0.4 inch
$225
Prairie
Jean-Luc Maniouloux
Sculpture - 50 x 30 x 20 cm Sculpture - 19.7 x 11.8 x 7.9 inch
Price upon request
At the Underground Pub
Dondi Schwartz
Painting - 42 x 86 x 3 cm Painting - 16.5 x 33.9 x 1.2 inch
$1,236
Last Chance (Lightbox)
David Drebin
Photography - 121.9 x 152.4 cm Photography - 48 x 60 inch
$36,000
White tulips on a pink background. Morning, spring
Lilya Volskaya
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$730
Royal Perfume Table
The opium smoking white elephant
Photography - 50 x 70 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 inch
$899
André Villers Photograph of Picasso's Atelier
André Villers
Photography - 47 x 41.91 x 0.1 cm Photography - 18.5 x 16.5 x 0 inch
$3,933
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…