Still Life Painting:

an introduction

Look at the following artworks.

These artists were interested in the form, colour and textures of objects and plants.

The paintings vary in highly distinctive ways.

Some artists chose to represent the subject matter realistically,

and some were more interested in searching for ways of arranging

their world on a flat surface.

Some were also simply interested in showing off their technical

skill.

Look at how the artists used colour, how they handled light, shadow, and texture.

“Vase of Flowers”Hans Memling

1480

“Vases of Flowers”Ludger Tom Ring The Younger1562

“Basket of Fruit”Michelangelo

c. 1593-94

“Quince, Cabbage, Melon & Cucumber”Juan Sanchez Cotan

c. 1602

“Still Life with Pottery Jars”Francisco de Zurbaran

1636

“Slaughtered Ox”Rembrandt1655

“Still Life with Bouquet of Flowers & Plums”Rachel Ruysch

1704

“Bookcase With Books”Giuseppe Maria Crespic. 1725/30

“Still Life with Cantaloup Melon”Luis Melendez

c. 1765

“Still Life with Three Salmon Steaks”Francisco De Goya

c. 1808-1812

“Still Life with Apples and Grapes”Claude Monet

1880

“Sunflowers”Vincent van Gogh1888

“Still Life with Apples, a Pear and a Ceramic Portrait Jug”Paul Gauguin

1889

“Still Life with Apples & Oranges”Pierre-Auguste Renoir

c. 1897

“Fruits”Henri Matisse

1901

“Still-Life”Kazimir Malevich

1911

“Still-Life with Teapot and Fruit”Henri Rousseau----

“Still Life with Watermelon”Umberto Bocciono

1913/14

“Still Life Apples Vase”Maurice Prendergast

1913-1915

“The Song of Love”Giorgio de Chirico1914

“Still-Life with a Beer Mug”Ferdinand Leger

1921

“Still Life in front of the Window”Juan Gris1922

“Still-Life with Stone”Pablo Picasso

1924

“Still Life (With Clarinet)”Georges Braque

1927

“Still Life (Red & Yellow)”Arshile Gorky

1930

“Tunas (Still Life with Prickly Pear Fruit)”Frida Khalo

1938

“Binaca Toothpaste”Niklaus Stoecklin1941

“Still Life”Girogio Morandi

1943

“Nature mort a la carafe”Nicolas de Stael

1953

“Still Life Yellow Flowers”Aleksandr Deyneka

1954

“Still-Life-Fast Moving”Salvador Dali

1956

“Pies, Pies, Pies”Wayne Thiebaud

1961

Andy WarholBig Torn Campbell’s Soup Can (Pepper Pot)1962

“Cape Cod Still Life”Roy Lichtenstein

1972

“Pears”William Scott

1979

“Flower In Red Pot”Aleksandr Kosenkov

2011

Frank Curkovic*for educational purposes*