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She walks in Beauty like the Night
Katharina Husslein
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$3,131
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Museum Flowers
Giorgi Shengelia
Photography - 17 x 17 x 0.01 cm Photography - 6.7 x 6.7 x 0 inch
$2,907
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Nappe rouge
Jacques Despierre
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 33 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 13 x 0 inch
$1,118
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Composition symboliste
Jean-Claude Janet
Painting - 90 x 116 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 45.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,845
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Apples From My Garden
Nino Nasidze
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,454
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Still life with tea cups and coffee mugs
Schagen Vita
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$951
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Violin 4
Arman
Fine Art Drawings - 25.4 x 20.3 x 1.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10 x 8 x 0.5 inch
$1,500
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Chrysanthemum Cascade
Kamo Atoyan
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,000
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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
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Francine Van Hove
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$8,610
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Iryna Antoniuk
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 39 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 15.4 x 0 inch
$727 $654
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Fruit and Floral Delight
Arman Hayrapetyan
Painting - 80 x 72 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 28.3 x 0.8 inch
$3,000
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Victoria Cohen
Photography - 67.6 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 26.6 x 40 x 0.1 inch
$3,200
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Benedicte Caillat
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$1,342
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Celia Rogge
Photography - 152.4 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 inch
$8,250
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Philippe Pasqua
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$15,655
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Marion Charlet
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$11,741
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Cyrille Alanne
Painting - 60 x 45 x 1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch
$548
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Paolo Massimo Abrans
Painting - 36 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 14.2 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$363
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Still Life with Bottle, Knife and Fish
Emil Filla
Fine Art Drawings - 49 x 37 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.3 x 14.6 x 0.4 inch
$778,070
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Bouquet de fleurs
Albert Marquet
Fine Art Drawings - 16 x 10.7 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.3 x 4.2 x 0.4 inch
$2,796
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The Still Life Of The Sun
Delyafruz Bagirova
Painting - 100 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,901 $1,103
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Affiche Grise, Paris
Ignacio Barrios
Photography - 100 x 75 x 3.5 cm Photography - 39.4 x 29.5 x 1.4 inch
$2,013
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Tanya Sviatlichnaya
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 29.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.6 x 0 inch
$447
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Ksenia Milicevic
Painting - 100 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$5,368
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Flowers in an antique vase
Natalie Shiporina
Painting - 5 x 5 x 2 cm Painting - 2 x 2 x 0.8 inch
$1,454
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Dandelions floating
Karina Lara
Fine Art Drawings - 17 x 24 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.7 x 9.4 inch
$335
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Table with Fish, Black Background
Pablo Picasso
Fine Art Drawings - 55 x 70 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 21.7 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
$156,553
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Home Sweet Home
Emmanuelle Van Laere NEL-14512
Sculpture - 45 x 35 x 35 cm Sculpture - 17.7 x 13.8 x 13.8 inch
$4,249
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Les poires sauvages
Gérard Willemenot
Painting - 16 x 16 x 1 cm Painting - 6.3 x 6.3 x 0.4 inch
$2,013
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Blue Silence
Christine Connelly
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$4,193
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Marguerite en vase
Gaelle Beyaert
Fine Art Drawings - 31 x 22 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.2 x 8.7 x 0.8 inch
$324
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Still Life with Ribbons
Gianni Cacciarini
Painting - 40 x 60 x 0.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
$1,677
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La Nappe Froissée
Georges Rohner
Fine Art Drawings - 55 x 36 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 21.7 x 14.2 x 0 inch
$3,914
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Ramaz Chantladze
Painting - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,236
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$750
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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…