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Le chat rouge - Reproduction digigraphie
Angélo Pierlo
Print - 40 x 30 cm Print - 15.7 x 11.8 inch
$168
Still life - bananas
Aldo Sergio
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 60 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 23.6 inch
$391
Which one for the people?
Alcides Calizaya
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 80 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 31.5 inch
$447
The Hall of Lost Steps 1
Izabela Apananska
Print - 29 x 20 x 0.3 cm Print - 11.4 x 7.9 x 0.1 inch
$503
Pumpkins
Humberto Erquicia
Fine Art Drawings - 32.5 x 23.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.8 x 9.3 inch
$336
Holy Crown/No.1 The texture of imagination
Seven YCH
Photography - 27 x 36 x 0.5 cm Photography - 10.6 x 14.2 x 0.2 inch
$503
Basket with roses - Italian old painting + frame
Aldo Luxardo
Painting - 35 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 13.8 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$391
Coupe de fruits sur la table
Christophe Marion
Painting - 60 x 50 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 inch
$302 $242
Blue Plate Obsession
Margaret Horvat
Painting - 61 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 36 x 1 inch
$5,000
Titre Le Louvre salle 38 - Vermeer
Pierre Collin
Print - 50 x 65 x 1 cm Print - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0.4 inch
$470
Living room with yellow walls
Michael Callas
Painting - 100 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$23,000
Apple Care Porcelain
Fidia Faleschetti
Sculpture - 9 x 7 x 7 cm Sculpture - 3.5 x 2.8 x 2.8 inch
$336
Sans titre (#08-22)
Pawel Zak
Photography - 67 x 93 x 0.1 cm Photography - 26.4 x 36.6 x 0 inch
$5,145
Si Dios hubiera piantado el peras en el Eden en lugar del manzano no habria tal inferno
Kobra & Walsh
Print - 60 x 43 x 1 cm Print - 23.6 x 16.9 x 0.4 inch
$201
Finding Comfort After Exquisite Pain
Juli Manara
Print - 120 x 100 x 0.1 cm Print - 47.2 x 39.4 x 0 inch
$1,398
Flower poem: Shower of Venus
Jihun Ju
Photography - 59.4 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.4 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$450
One Fountain at the mountains IV
Francisco Nicolás
Fine Art Drawings - 23 x 31 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.1 x 12.2 x 0.1 inch
$984
Nature morte à la guitare et statue
Pippo Oriani
Fine Art Drawings - 32.5 x 44.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.8 x 17.5 x 0.1 inch
$1,055
Fleur
Gino Charpentier
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$447
ABC of Sins / El Ebecedario de los Pecados
Williams Carmona
Painting - 63.5 x 86.4 cm Painting - 25 x 34 inch
$9,200
Composition with Cigarettes
Pazza Pennello
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
Price upon request
Prairie
Jean-Luc Maniouloux
Sculpture - 50 x 30 x 20 cm Sculpture - 19.7 x 11.8 x 7.9 inch
Price upon request
Still Life
Arturo Tosi
Painting - 42 x 54 x 1.4 cm Painting - 16.5 x 21.3 x 0.6 inch
Price upon request
Summer Kisses
Katharina Husslein
Painting - 80 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$1,901
Blooming Together
Katharina Husslein
Painting - 80 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$1,901
The Day I Fall in
Katharina Husslein
Painting - 120 x 160 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 63 x 1.2 inch
$4,362
Endless Harmony
Katharina Husslein
Painting - 120 x 140 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 55.1 x 1.2 inch
$3,244
Growing beside You
Katharina Husslein
Painting - 90 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,901
Tender Floral Kisses
Katharina Husslein
Painting - 85 x 105 x 2 cm Painting - 33.5 x 41.3 x 0.8 inch
$1,566
Oh my Love is like a Melody
Katharina Husslein
Painting - 120 x 160 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 63 x 1.2 inch
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Hold Infinity in the Palm of your Hands
Katharina Husslein
Painting - 90 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,684
Enchanted Blooms
Katharina Husslein
Painting - 105 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 41.3 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$3,579
Softer Notes for Love
Katharina Husslein
Painting - 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$1,678
Composition interieure
Sophie Dumont
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,684
In stillness, in solitude, i count 14
Christa David
Photography - 25.4 x 22.86 x 0.1 cm Photography - 10 x 9 x 0 inch
$1,678
Paysage au chaudron
Françoise Danel
Painting - 120 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$3,915
Chrysanthemum Cascade
Kamo Atoyan
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,000
Bouquet Fleurs rondes
Nadine de Lespinats
Painting - 60 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$1,208
Pavot du soir espoir
Angelo Pioppo
Painting - 46 x 33.5 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 13.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,219 $610
Fleur de dragons
Nadine de Lespinats
Painting - 40 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
$649
Still life with melon
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 50 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,400
Bouquet of lilac
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 70 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,320
Lush Lilac Bouquet
Marieta Martirosyan
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$999
Vibrant Meadow Bouquet
Marieta Martirosyan
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$999
Ludwig van Beethoven / Violin concerto in D major
Jozef Svikruha
Painting - 70 x 60 x 1.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch
$839
Symphony of Shapes
Liana Ohanyan
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,000
Blossoms of the Meadow
Lilith Tonakanyan
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,150
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…