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Country still life with Van Gogh.
Elena Chulkova
Painting - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€3,000
Lush Lilac Bouquet
Marieta Martirosyan
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€970
Vibrant Meadow Bouquet
Marieta Martirosyan
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€970
L'Atelier prismatique
Sophie Dumont
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,690
Paysage au chaudron
Françoise Danel
Painting - 120 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
€3,500
Blossoms of the Meadow
Lilith Tonakanyan
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,116
Wildflower Bouquet
Hrach Baghdasaryan
Painting - 30 x 24 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch
€193
Matière à rêver
Françoise Danel
Painting - 100 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
€3,900
Well-fed and saturated life of a stomach
Vladimir Kolosov
Painting - 76.2 x 61 x 3.2 cm Painting - 30 x 24 x 1.25 inch
€2,096
Tropical jungle. Red roses and butterflies Original oil painting Wonderful flowers Summer.
Lilya Volskaya
Painting - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,200
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
€1,500
Hotel Chelsea, New York. Room 617
Victoria Cohen
Photography - 67.6 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 26.6 x 40 x 0.1 inch
€3,106
Hotel Chelsea, New York. Main Stair Well
Victoria Cohen
Photography - 101.6 x 67.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 40 x 26.6 x 0.1 inch
€3,106
Hotel Chelsea, New York. Fifth Floor, South
Victoria Cohen
Photography - 67.6 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 26.6 x 40 x 0.1 inch
€3,106
Hotel Chelsea, New York. Room 617
Victoria Cohen
Photography - 50.8 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.1 inch
€2,232
Hotel Chelsea, New York. Room 518
Victoria Cohen
Photography - 152.4 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 inch
€4,076
Hotel Chelsea, New York. Room 607
Victoria Cohen
Photography - 67.6 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 26.6 x 40 x 0.1 inch
€3,106
Hotel Chelsea, New York. Room 507
Victoria Cohen
Photography - 50.8 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.1 inch
€2,232
Hotel Chelsea, New York. Room 322
Victoria Cohen
Photography - 101.6 x 152.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 inch
€4,076
Lilies and water lilies. A shady pond. A Monet-style triptych.
Lilya Volskaya
Painting - 43 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 16.9 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,000
Le gobelet d'argent
Françoise Danel
Painting - 116 x 116 x 2 cm Painting - 45.7 x 45.7 x 0.8 inch
€3,400
El taller
Pere Bennàssar Obrador
Painting - 100 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
€12,000
Altar de Pandora
Pere Bennàssar Obrador
Painting - 98 x 162 x 1.5 cm Painting - 38.6 x 63.8 x 0.6 inch
€16,000
Altar de Perséfone
Pere Bennàssar Obrador
Painting - 190 x 175 x 2 cm Painting - 74.8 x 68.9 x 0.8 inch
€22,000
Altar totum revolutum
Pere Bennàssar Obrador
Painting - 190 x 175 x 2 cm Painting - 74.8 x 68.9 x 0.8 inch
€22,000
Elogio de la sombra II
Pere Bennàssar Obrador
Painting - 162 x 114 x 2.5 cm Painting - 63.8 x 44.9 x 1 inch
€17,000
Elogio de la sombra I
Pere Bennàssar Obrador
Painting - 162 x 114 x 2.5 cm Painting - 63.8 x 44.9 x 1 inch
€17,000
Bouquet aux tournesols
Pierrick Tual
Painting - 61 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
€1,500
Pink dahlias blooming in a terracotta pot
Natalya Mougenot
Painting - 42 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Painting - 16.5 x 11.7 x 0 inch
€430
Sunkissed sunflowers in a terracotta vase
Natalya Mougenot
Painting - 42 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Painting - 16.5 x 11.7 x 0 inch
€430
Lost in the beauty of pink dahlias
Natalya Mougenot
Painting - 30.5 x 23 x 0.1 cm Painting - 12 x 9.1 x 0 inch
€420
Composition with Still life
Tamar Nazaryan
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€582
Bouquet Fleurs rondes
Nadine de Lespinats
Painting - 60 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
€1,080
The Dancing Poppies
Kirill Postovit
Fine Art Drawings - 41.9 x 29.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.6 x 0 inch
€330
Bouquet of wild flowers
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 75 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 29.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€1,553
Caillou au trait rouge
Françoise Danel
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€450
Still Life with Sunlit Blooms
Lilith Gurekhyan
Painting - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€776
Fleur de dragons
Nadine de Lespinats
Painting - 40 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
€580
The Breeze Of Spring
Kirill Postovit
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
€350
The Whisper Of Wildflowers
Kirill Postovit
Fine Art Drawings - 41.5 x 29.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.3 x 11.6 x 0 inch
€350
The Bells Of Summer
Kirill Postovit
Fine Art Drawings - 41.5 x 29.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.3 x 11.6 x 0 inch
€350
The Summer Gift Of Meadows
Kirill Postovit
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 35 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0 inch
€350
C’est un téléphone
Angélique Dufossé
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1 inch
€990
Brinjal Shrine. Drawings From the covid diaries series
Megha Joshi
Fine Art Drawings - 40.6 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16 x 12 x 0.1 inch
€1,165
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…