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Still-life Prints For Sale
I'll Be Dining Alone Tonight
Located in New York, NY
Matthew Brannon is best known for his letterpress and screen prints of incongruous combinations of images and text. These prints are rendered in a subtle, stripped-down aesthetic, ev...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Screen
Persephone III - large format photograph of a timeless environmental still
Located in San Francisco, CA
large scale original photograph from the body of works 'Persephone', a series of environmental still-life photographs of timeless palimpsest impressions
Persephone III by Erik Pawassar
40 x 31 inches (102 x 79cm)
signed edition of 25
62 x 48 inches (157 x 122cm)
signed edition of 7
archival fine art pigment print
signed & numbered by artist on label
custom/larger sizes are available on request
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Erik Pawassar's work focuses on the beauty of the disregarded or mundane object. The subjects for his striking and captivating visuals are typically set in the most ordinary environments, drawing the viewer into a charged but serene experience based on composition, palette and formal lines. Saturated in color, the nominal subjects gather a haunting and mesmerizing quality, creating a poignant pretext for the making of a formal color photograph.
Decisively capturing the traces left by humanity, Pawassar's images are filled with a sense of universal nostalgia and pay homage to the passage of time and the extinguished moment, referencing documentary and street photographers like Henri Cartier-Bresson, Sebastian Salgado...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment, Photographic Paper
Persephone VI - large format photograph of a timeless environmental still
Located in San Francisco, CA
large scale original photograph from the body of works 'Persephone', a series of environmental still-life photographs of timeless palimpsest impressions
Persephone VI by Erik Pawassar
40 x 31 inches (102 x 79cm)
signed edition of 25
62 x 48 inches (157 x 122cm)
signed edition of 7
archival fine art pigment print
signed & numbered by artist on label
custom/larger sizes are available on request
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Erik Pawassar's work focuses on the beauty of the disregarded or mundane object. The subjects for his striking and captivating visuals are typically set in the most ordinary environments, drawing the viewer into a charged but serene experience based on composition, palette and formal lines. Saturated in color, the nominal subjects gather a haunting and mesmerizing quality, creating a poignant pretext for the making of a formal color photograph.
Decisively capturing the traces left by humanity, Pawassar's images are filled with a sense of universal nostalgia and pay homage to the passage of time and the extinguished moment, referencing documentary and street photographers like Henri Cartier-Bresson, Sebastian...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Archival Paper, Giclée, Archival Ink, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
HOPE - 4 conceptual still life photographs spelling motivational word
Located in San Francisco, CA
large scale conceptual environmental still life photographs playing with viewer's perspective creating individual letters from found objects spelling the word HOPE
H-O-P-E by Christian Stoll
Focusing in on this epic photograph work, you will find yourself lost in the artwork's details. Reminiscent of the appropriation artwork of Vik Muniz, Christian Stoll arranges everyday objects to spell letters of the alphabet.
Only at close inspection does the viewer realize he/she is looking at an actual photograph, created in camera rather than with digital manipulation.
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Artwork can be installed vertically or horizontally and across multiple walls
4 individual photographs
individual artwork size
24 x 24 inches (61 x 61cm)
horizontal artwork...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper
AC DC BACK IN BLACK 30x50 Photography Photograph Cassette Tape Fine Art Print
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A contemporary photograph of an AC/DC - Back In Black cassette tape.
This is s the first release in the much anticipated series "The Music" by pop Artists Destro
"They encapsulate an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Still-life Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
Original FLY TWA Germany, Constellation aircraft, vintage poster
By William Ward Beecher
Located in Spokane, WA
Original, linen-backed, l Fly TWA to Germany vintage travel poster. This is the large format size. Through the window, you can see the TWA Constellation airplane, cuckoo clock,...
Category
1960s American Realist Still-life Prints
Materials
Offset
Original "Japan" Buddah and Bicycle travel poster.
Located in Spokane, WA
Original Japan serigraph travel poster. Linen backed in very find condition, ready to frame.
The prominent fuchsia colors suggest vibrancy and energy, reflecting the liveliness ...
Category
1970s Realist Still-life Prints
Materials
Screen
Pears (Bergamot de Chantilly, Bouchee, Winter Sweet Sugar Pear, Bishop's Thumb)
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: George Brookshaw (English, 1751-1823)
Title: "Pears (Bergamot de Chantilly, Bouchee, Winter Sweet Sugar Pear, Bishop's Thumb)" (Plate LXXIX)
Portfolio: Pomona Britannica, or ...
Category
Early 1800s Victorian Still-life Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving, Aquatint
New Still-life Photograph with Vintage Typewriter, “Still Life with Robot”
Located in Brooklyn, NY
My newest photograph, “Still Life with Robot,” continues the exploration of vintage tech begun in my earlier “Tech Vanitas” series. Surrounded by rich silks and patterned wallpapers, playful still lifes of familiar devices suggest 17th Century Dutch paintings. My photographs display a fascination with vintage gadgets...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
STILL LIFE (RED), BY NICOLAS PARTY (2023)
Located in London, GB
NICOLAS PARTY
STILL LIFE (RED), 2023
4 Colour offset print on thick matte paper.
30 × 30 cm
Edition of 100
Produced by MUSEUM FRIEDER BURDA.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Lithograph
STILL LIFE (ROCKS), BY NICOLAS PARTY (2023)
Located in London, GB
NICOLAS PARTY
STILL LIFE (ROCKS), 2023
4 Colour offset print on thick matte paper.
30 × 30 cm
Edition of 100
Produced by MUSEUM FRIEDER BURDA.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Still life , 70x70cm, print on canvas
Located in Yerevan, AM
Still life , 70x70cm, print on canvas
Category
2010s Pop Art Still-life Prints
Materials
Canvas, Color
Mortar and Pestle with Funnel
By Tomoe Yokoi
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Mortar and Pestle with Funnel
Mezzotint on BFK Rives paper, c. 1973
Signed and editioned in pencil by the artist
Edition: 150 (41/150)
Condition: Mint, never framed or matted
Image: ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Mezzotint
Celadon
Located in Bloomington, IL
This unique monotype print by Jane McNichol was made during the artist's second visit to Manneken Press in 2005. The monotype was made using oil-based inks and printed on Somerset Sa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Monotype
Untitled (Nr. 0983) Photography 36" x 44" Edition of 12 by Ben Cope & Rowan Daly
By Ben Cope
Located in Culver City, CA
Untitled (Nr. 0983) Photography 36" x 44" Edition of 12 by Ben Cope & Rowan Daly
Unframed - ships rolled in a tube
Ben Cope + Rowan Daly Off the Grid
Off the Grid is the culmina...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Drift 38" Photography 30" x 20" Edition of 10 by Rowan Daly
By Rowan Daly
Located in Culver City, CA
"Drift 38" Photography 30" x 20" Edition of 10 by Rowan Daly
Digital print on Ultra Smooth Fine Art Paper
Unframed - ships rolled in a tube
DRIFT
Behind the scenes of the natio...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Digital, Archival Pigment
40x60 "Star Wars" VHS Photo Photography Pop Art by Destro
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"The VHS" by pop Artist Destro.
We all remember those iconic nights at the video store.
Pop artist DESTRO once again encapsulates one of our favorite past times in a fine art con...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Still-life Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
Untitled (Nr. 0951) Photography 18" x 24" Edition 3/20 by Ben Cope & Rowan Daly
By Rowan Daly
Located in Culver City, CA
Untitled (Nr. 0951) Photography 18" x 24" Edition 3/20 by Ben Cope & Rowan Daly
Unframed - ships rolled in a tube
Ben Cope + Rowan Daly Off the Grid
Off the Grid is the culminat...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
Blue Celadon
Located in Bloomington, IL
This unique monotype print by Jane McNichol was made during the artist's second visit to Manneken Press in 2005. The monotype was made using oil-based inks and printed on Somerset Sa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Monotype
Flora Italiana ( Papavero Arancio Piene ) - large botanical still life photo
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original large format still life photograph from Linda Rosewall's series "Flora Italiana", an intensely beautiful body of works exploring the botanical ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
Spring Night Triptych (3 hand-printed botanical cyanotypes, 30 x 22 in. each)
Located in Oakland, CA
These are three separate unframed unique works on heavy 100% cotton Arches watercolor paper with deckled edges. They will ship stacked together flat in one large flat cardboard box.
...
Category
2010s Naturalistic Still-life Prints
Materials
Monotype, Photogram, Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper
24x36 "Back to the Future" VHS Photo Photography Pop Art Archival Poster
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"The VHS" by pop Artist Destro.
We all remember those iconic nights at the video store.
Pop artist DESTRO once again encapsulates one of our favorite past times in a fine art con...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Still-life Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
Flora Italiana ( Waratah Red ) - large format botanical still life photograph
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original large format still life photograph from Linda Rosewall's series "Flora Italiana", an intensely beautiful body of works exploring the botanical splendor of Italian flowers with highly detailed captures
Flora Italiana ( Waratah Red )
64 x 48 inches (162 x 122cm)
signed edition of 7
40 x 30 inches (102 x 76cm)
signed edition of 25
archival fine art pigment print
signed & numbered by artist on label
custom/larger sizes are available on request
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About the artist
Linda Rosewall’s artistic path was cemented during her childhood. She was inspired by her farther, an accomplished musician and composer who raised his six children as a performing family act.
The experience of traveling the United States and Canada in a small airplane piloted by her father provided the opportunity for Linda to capture these moments on her small Kodak Instamatic Camera.
At the age of 18, she enrolled at Columbia College of Fine Arts Chicago. During her studies, Linda apprenticed under photographer Norman Bilisko and later worked with Dennis Manarchy...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
Window
By Safet Zec
Located in Ljubljana, SI
Original color silkscreen, unknown year. Edition of 60 signed and numbered impressions on Arches paper.
Safet Zec is a Bosnian painter and graphic designer, known as one of the major...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Still-life Prints
Materials
Screen
Aphrodite Pleasure
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Lithograph by artist Tony Khawam, high quality archival ink on bond paper 11”x14” bevel cut matte mounted on white matte board with options to choose between white or black frame 16x...
Category
2010s Street Art Still-life Prints
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Flora Italiana ( Papavero Giallo Fiorito ) - large format botanical still life
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original large format still life photograph from Linda Rosewall's series "Flora Italiana", an intensively beautiful body of works exploring the botanica...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée
TOP GUN Soundtrack Cassette Tape Photography 30x50 Pop Art Photograph Pop Art
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A contemporary photograph of the "Top Gun" soundtrack.
This is s the first release in the much anticipated series "The Music" by pop Artists Destro
These iconic tapes have become mor...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Still-life Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
R2D2 40x28 Star Wars, Empire, Jedi, Pop Art Photography Photograph Movie Toy
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
R2D2 from the original Kenner release of the Star Wars toys in May of 1977
This is pre release is the first release in the much anticipated series "The Toys"
These iconic figures hav...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Still-life Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Ali" Muhammad Ali Portrait 36x48 Photomosaic Photography Pop Art Unsigned
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Ali" is a photomosaic artwork by Destro. The first release in a series mosaic works called "Icons". Destro has created large prints which are made up of many hundreds of smaller im...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Still-life Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
36x48 ELVIS by WARHOL ICONS Exhibition Print PHOTOMOSAIC PHOTOGRAPHY Pop Art
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
ELVIS BY ANDY WARHOL
Exhibition Poster from series "The ICONS"
The first release in a series mosaic works called "Icons". Destro has created large prints which are made up of many ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Still-life Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
Fresh Start (Ed. 33/250)
Located in Dallas, TX
Unsigned
Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuhle 210gsm 50% rag watercolor paper
13″x19″ paper size
Hand-numbered edition of 250
Embossed with the Heliotrope Foundation logo
Ernest...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Still-life Prints
Materials
Rag Paper, Archival Pigment
30x40 NOTORIOUS B.I.G. "LIFE AFTER DEATH" Cassette Photography Pop Art Print
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A contemporary photograph of a NOTORIOUS B.I.G. "LIFE AFTER DEATH" cassette tape.
This is s the first release in the much anticipated series "The Music" by pop Artists Destro
These ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Still-life Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
Let Them Eat Cake (Ed. 20/50)
Located in Dallas, TX
Archival Pigment Print on Cotton Rag
24 x 42 inches
signed and numbered, limited edition of 50
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Still-life Prints
Materials
Archival Ink
50x40 Jean Michel Basquiat PHOTOMOSAIC Street Pop Art Archival Photography Print
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Basquiat"is a photomosaic artwork by Destro. The first release in a series mosaic works called "Icons".
Destro has created large prints which are made up of many hundreds of smalle...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Still-life Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
30x50 NOTORIOUS B.I.G. "LIFE AFTER DEATH" Cassette Photography Pop Art Signed
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A contemporary photograph of a NOTORIOUS B.I.G. "LIFE AFTER DEATH" cassette tape.
This is s the first release in the much anticipated series "The Music" by pop Artists Destro
These ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Still-life Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
Elvis Presley Andy Warhol 20x10 Photomosaic Photography Aluminum Metal Pop Art
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Elvis by Warhol " is an acrylic photomosaic artwork by Destro. The first release in a series mosaic works called "Icons". Destro has created large prints which are made up of many ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Still-life Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
64x48 "Dr Dre The Chronic Cassette" Photomosaic Pop Art Photography Signed
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Dr Dre The Chronic Cassette" is a photomosaic artwork by Destro.
This image is made up of 100's of smaller images of Dr Dre imagery.
Archival photographic paper
Signed edition of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Still-life Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
Seven Long and Narrow Portraits . "The Dinners". 10/25 Limited Edition on Dibond
Located in FISTERRA, ES
This polyptych is an impressive multi-panel composition, consisting of seven high-quality reproductions on Dibond aluminum, showcasing characters from the limited edition "Diners" se...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Metal
Shepard Fairey Screenprint "Bliss At The Cliff's Edge" Global Warming Fine Art
Located in Draper, UT
"Fairly self-explanatory, but I’ll share my thoughts. Our planet Earth is often called 'Mother Earth' for reasons that seem obvious to me. Mothers are often the primary caregivers fo...
Category
2010s Still-life Prints
Materials
Screen
Guns N' Roses 28x40 Appetite for Destruction Pop Art Photography Print
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A contemporary photograph of Guns N' Roses iconic "Appetite for Destruction" cassette tape.
This is s the first release in the much anticipated series "The Music" by pop Artists Dest...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Still-life Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
Miami Vice Soundtrack Cassette Photograph 40x60 Pop Art Photography, Unsinged
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A contemporary photograph of 2Pacs iconic "Miami Vice" soundtrack cassette tape.
This is s the first release in the much anticipated series "The Music" by pop Artists Destro
These ic...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Still-life Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
64x48 " Marlon Brando by Warhol" Photomosaic Pop Fine Art Photography Unsigned
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Brando" is a photomosaic artwork by Destro.
This image is made up of 100's of smaller images of Marlon Brando.
Archival photographic paper
Framing options available
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Still-life Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
Les Oignons de Siracuse
By Mario Avati
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Les Oignons de Siracuse
Mezzotint, 1961
Signed, titled & annotated Epreuve d'Artiste vii/X in pencil
Edition: Epreuve d'Artiste vii/X
Reference: Passeron 315
Condition: Mint
Image: ...
Category
1960s French School Still-life Prints
Materials
Mezzotint
Silent Ride (Ed. 96/150)
By D*Face
Located in Dallas, TX
Dean Stockton, better known under his pseudonym D*Face, creates incisive, irreverent paintings, prints, sculptures, and murals that satirize popular culture. His targets range from m...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Still-life Prints
Materials
Screen
Des Oeufs Pout Ta Fette (Holiday Eggs)
By Mario Avati
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Des Oeufs Pout Ta Fette
(Holiday Eggs)
Mezzotint, 1960
Signed, dated, titled and numbered in pencil
Edition: 50 (33/50)
Image: 8 5/8 x 10 11/16"
Condition: Mint
Mario Avati is a Fren...
Category
1960s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Mezzotint
60x45 Jean Michel Basquiat PHOTOMOSAIC Street Pop Art Photography
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Basquiat"is a photomosaic artwork by Destro. The first release in a series mosaic works called "Icons".
Destro has created large prints which are made up of many hundreds of smalle...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Still-life Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
Still life , 70x70cm, print on canvas
Located in Yerevan, AM
Still life , 70x70cm, print on canvas
Category
2010s Pop Art Still-life Prints
Materials
Canvas, Color
Guns N' Roses Appetite for Destruction 30x40 Photography Cassette Tape
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A contemporary photograph of Guns N' Roses iconic "Appetite for Destruction" cassette tape.
This is s the first release in the much anticipated series "The Music" by pop Artists Dest...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Still-life Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
Prairie
Located in Columbia, MO
JESSIE DONOVAN
Prairie
2024
Six color stone lithograph
Ed. Edition of 10
19 x 13 inches
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Color, Lithograph
Sun in my room , 70x70cm, print on canvas
Located in Yerevan, AM
Still life , 70x70cm, print on canvas
Category
2010s Pop Art Still-life Prints
Materials
Canvas, Color
Homage to Jean Cocteau - Original Lithograph by Giancarlo Limoni - 1987
Located in Roma, IT
Homage to Jean Cocteau is a beautiful brown-ink lithograph on paper, realized in 1987 by the Italian artist Giancarlo Limoni.
Hand-signed, dated, and titled "Omaggio a Cocteau/Limon...
Category
1980s Still-life Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Vase of Flower - Lithograph by Fabio Failla - 1969
Located in Roma, IT
Vase of flower is a modern artwork realized by Fabio Failla in 1966.
Mixed colored etching.
Hand signed, dated and numbered on the lower margin.
Plate n.1
Edition of 25/99.
Incl...
Category
1960s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Still life , 70x70cm, print on canvas
Located in Yerevan, AM
Still life , 70x70cm, print on canvas
Category
2010s Pop Art Still-life Prints
Materials
Canvas, Color
Pale Pear
Located in Bloomington, IL
This unique monotype print by Jane McNichol was made during the artist's second visit to Manneken Press in 2005. The monotype was made using oil-based inks and printed on Somerset Sa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Monotype
40x60 Guns N' Roses Appetite for Destruction Pop Art Photography Cassette Tape
By Destro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A contemporary photograph of Guns N' Roses iconic "Appetite for Destruction" cassette tape.
This is s the first release in the much anticipated series "The Music" by pop Artists Dest...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Still-life Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
Dufy, Nature morte, Lettre à mon peintre Raoul Dufy (after)
By Raoul Dufy
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin d'Arches Arjomari paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Lettre à mon peintre Raoul Dufy, 1965. Published by Librairie ...
Category
1960s Modern Still-life Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Black Pears; Blue, Green and Yellow
Located in Bloomington, IL
This unique monotype print by Jane McNichol was made during the artist's second visit to Manneken Press in 2005. The monotype was made using oil-based inks and printed on Somerset Sa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Monotype
Gray Vase
Located in Bloomington, IL
This unique monotype print by Jane McNichol was made during the artist's second visit to Manneken Press in 2005. The monotype was made using oil-based inks and printed on Somerset Sa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Monotype
Still-Life Prints and Other Still-Life Wall Art for Sale on 1stDibs
As part of the wall decor in your living room, dining room or elsewhere, original still-life prints and other still-life wall art can look sophisticated alongside your well-curated decorative objects and can help set the mood in a space.
Still-life art, which includes work produced in media such as painting, photography, video and more, is a popular genre in Western art. However, the depiction of still life in color goes back to Ancient Egypt, where paintings on the interior walls of tombs portrayed the objects — such as food — that a person would take into the afterlife. Ancient Greek and Roman mosaics and pottery also often depicted food. Indeed, popular still-life prints often feature food, flowers or man-made objects. By definition, still-life art represents anything that is considered inanimate.
During the Middle Ages, the still life genre was adapted by artists who illustrated religious manuscripts. A common theme of these still-life paintings is the reminder that life is fleeting. This is especially true of vanitas, a kind of still life with roots in the Netherlands during the 17th century, which was built on themes such as death and decay and featured skulls and objects such as rotten fruit. In northern Europe during the 1600s, painters consulted botanical texts to accurately depict the flowers that were the subject of their work.
While early examples were primarily figurative, you can find still lifes that belong to different schools and styles of painting and printmaking, such as Cubism, Impressionism and contemporary art.
Leonardo da Vinci’s penchant for observing phenomena in nature and filling notebooks with drawings and notes helped him improve as an artist of still-life paintings. Vincent van Gogh, an artist who made a couple of the most expensive paintings ever sold, carried out rich experiments with color over the course of painting hundreds of still lifes, and we can argue that Campbell’s Soup Cans (1961–62) by Andy Warhol counts as still-life art.
Still-life art enthusiasts and collectors of Warhol prints have lots of reasons to love the cultural icon — when Warhol brought the image of a Campbell’s soup can out of the supermarket and into the studio, in 1961, he secured his legacy as a radical contemporary artist. After Warhol painted the soup cans, he realized that he could more readily achieve the mass-produced aesthetic he was seeking with silkscreens, also called screen-prints, and he began experimenting with silkscreening on canvas. He used the technique to print paintings of Coke bottles and dollar bills (both in 1962), as well as his treasured Brillo box sculptures (1964).
When shopping for a still-life print, think about how it makes you feel and how the artist chose to represent its subject. When buying any art for your home, choose pieces that you connect with. If you’re shopping online, read the description of the work to learn about the artist and check the price and shipping information. Make sure that the works you choose complement or relate to your overall theme and furniture style. Artwork can either fit into your room’s color scheme or serve as an accent piece. Introduce new textures to a space by choosing an oil still-life painting.
On 1stDibs, the collection of still-life prints and other still-life wall art includes works by Jonas Wood, Alex Katz, Nina Tsoriti and many more.