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Famous Still Life Paintings

what is a still life?

A still life painting can contain a number of objects which are placed in a certain arrangement.  Artists have created everything from realistic still-life fruit paintings to abstract still lifes – each giving the objective arrangement of various objects their own unique interpretation.

#1

Basket of Fruit  (c. 1595) Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio

#2

Still Life with Cheeses, Almonds and Pretzels (1615) Clara Peeters

#3

Still Life with Fruits in Porcelain (1630) Jacob Van Es

#4

Vanitas with Violin and Glass Ball (1628) Pieter Claesz

#5

Flowers in a Glass Vase (1704) Rachel Ruysch

#6

Curtain, Jug and Fruit Bowl (1894) Paul Cézanne

#7

Wood Tankard and Metal Pitcher (1880) Paul Gauguin

#8

Sunflowers  (1889) Vincent van Gogh

OTHER IMPORTANT STILL LIFE PAINTings

Still Life with a Pewter Jug and Pink Statuette (1910) by Henri Matisse Violin and Candlestick (1910) by Georges Braque Natura Morta (1951) by Giorgio Morandi Living Still Life (1956) by Salvador Dalí