Giorgio Morandi Still life 1956

Still Life and Objects

Juan de ZurbaránSpanish, (1620-1649)

Basket of Apples and Quinces.

Juan de Zurbarán Spanish, (1620-1649) Still Life with Pottery Jars

Willem Kalf (Dutch, 1619–1693) Still Life with Fruit, Glassware, and a

Wan-li Bowl 1659

Dutch still life masters such as Willem Kalf pioneered the idea of 'genre' images - still lifes.                    These images expressed a calm, quiet, stillness.          The artists of this era were interested in how light reflects off different surfaces, dull surfaces were contrasted skillfully against the sheen of silver and crystal, the matte against the luminous   The style of Kalf was highly realisitic, the subject matter consisted everyday objects.  www.cap.nsw.edu.au    

Jean Baptiste Simeon Chardin

The Ray 1728

Georges Seurat (French, 1859-1891),

Vase of Flowers.

Paul CézanneTable, Napkin, and Fruit (Un coin de table)

1895-1900

Paul Cézanne Pyramid of Skulls c. 1901

Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853–1890)

Shoes, 1888

                                                                   

        

Vincent Van Gogh Still Life Vase with Irises

1890 

The artist has captured, in this image, the powerful force of living things. An important feature of Irises is the expressive use of paint, colour and line that capture the energy and power of nature.                  Swirling thick and expressive paint is a feature of the work and style of VanGogh.   Rather than representing the world as we "see" it with our eyes Van Gogh depicted life around him as he felt  it  - through colour and texture.

Patrick Henry Bruce Peinture/Nature Morte c. 1923-24

Oil and pencil on canvas 63.5 x 81.3 cm

Henri Matisse, Interior with Goldfish Bowl, spring 1914

Pablo Picasso Still Life with Chair-Caning, Paris, [May] 1912

Oil and oilcloth on canvas, with rope frame

Pablo Picasso. Still-Life. 1945.

Georges Braque - Still Life with Grapes and Clarinet

Giorgio Morandi 1890-1964

Morandi is best known as an artist who specialised in still life painting, drawing and etching.

Still life (one bottle and three objects) etching 1946

Still life painting 1948

William Bailey Still Life

Stuart Davis Egg Beater No. , 1928

Oil on canvas, 27 x 38 1/8 in

Six Persimmons by Mu-chi'i

(Mu Qi)

Mu Qi was the abbot of a Chan Buddhist monastery near Hangzhou in the thirteenth century, and a significant Chinese painter. Mu Qi's famous "Six Persimmons" is exquisite - the perfect work of nature in the absence of all else.

William Scott RA Dark PearsLithograph, 1974

William Scott 1913-1989Bowls and Mug 1956

William Scott RA Still Life with Kitchen

UtensilsCharcoal, c.1960

Tom Wesselmann Still Life #20, 1962

Mixed media, 48 x 48 x 5 1/2"

Patrick Caulfield 'Still life: Autumn fashion‘ 1978

Claes Oldenburg Floor Burger 1962 painted sailcloth and foam rubber 132.1 x 213.4 cm

Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen

Binoculars 1991 13.7 x 13.4 x 5.5 m Chiat/Day Building, Frank Gehry architect with Claes

Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, Venice, California,

Margaret Preston Implement Blue

1927

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Margaret Preston Waratahs (1925)

woodcut, hand-coloured

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Olive CottonTeacup Ballet

1935photograph

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Brett Whiteley Study for Still Life with Bonsai Tree

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William RobinsonHibiscus and Persimmons c. 1972

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Margaret OlleyStill Life with Flowers and Fruit 1991

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