Still Life Painting-An Introduction

Still LifePainting: an introduction

Look at the following artworks.These artists were interested inthe form, colour and textures ofobjects and plants.

The paintings vary in highly distinctive ways. Some artists chose to represent the subject matter realistically, and some were more interestedin 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 artistsused colour, how theyhandled 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*

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Still Life Painting-An Introduction

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