The time-honored tradition of still life painting has proven a cornerstone of art history, offering unparalleled insight both into an artist’s technique and style as well as a glimpse into the ...

Those unfamiliar with art history may wonder, what makes a painting still life? Well, a still-life painting may feature a variety of items arranged in a specific (or disorganized) way. Sure, inanimate ...

A richly depicted wicker basket of flowers by Dutch artist Clara Peeters going on offer at Sotheby’s London on December 6 will, if it meets its high estimate, become one of her priciest paintings at ...

Clara Peeters, "Still Life with Cheeses, Artichoke, and Cherries" (c. 1625), oil on wood panel, held by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (image public domain via LACMA) The city of Gouda in ...

What does it mean to paint a bowl of fruit in 2026? For Kerry Bickford, associate curator at the Brandywine Museum of Art, the question is less quaint than it sounds. It’s one she has given a lot of ...

The full title of the painting by Clara Peeters is Still life of roses, carnations, tulips, narcissi, irises, love-in-a-mist, larkspur, and other flowers, in a wicker basket, with a butterfly and a ...

Legacy of antiquity -- Precursors of the autonomous still life -- First modern still lifes, around 1600 -- Flowering of the still life: the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries -- United States: still ...

To be human is to be a maker of beauty and a steward of justice. Painting beneath the shifting lights of southern France, artist Paul Cézanne repeatedly turned to a simple composition: a still life ...