Still Life

Still Life

What is Still Life?

definition:

Still Life: an arrangement of inanimate objects, which can be natural forms or man-made, often used symbolically in

art.

Examples of natural forms –

flowers plants leaves

shells pebbles seed

fruit vegetables fish

Skulls animals eggs etc…

Examples of man-made objects?

bowl plate table cloth

instruments book candle pen

newspaper bottle glass etc…

Egyptian tomb painting at Thebes c1400BC

Roman Wall Painting, Pompeii c70AD

Roman Mosaic from the House of a Poet,

Pompeii c70AD

vanitas

momento mori

Hans Memling,Flowers in a Jug

c1485

Hans HolbeinThe Ambassadors

1533

Jacopo de’ Barbari,Still life with Partridge and Gauntlet c1504

trompe l’oeil

Guiseppe Arcimboldo The Vegetable Gardener 1587-90

Peter Claesz, Vanitas Still Life 1630

Jean Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, The Ray 1728

Paul Cézanne, Still Life with Apples 1894

Paul Cézanne, Still Life with Apples 1875-7

Paul Cézanne, Still Life with Skull 1895-1900

Paul Cézanne, Pyramid of Skulls c1901

William Michael Harnett,Still Life, Violin and Music

1888

Pablo Picasso, Fruit Bowl, Violin and Glass

1912

Pablo Picasso, Bread and Dish with Fruit on a Table c1909

Pablo Picasso, Still Life with Mandolin and Guitar 1924

Pablo Picasso, Still Life with Bull’s Skull 1939

Pablo Picasso, Still Life with Skull, Leeks and Pitcher 1945

Pablo Picasso, Still Life with Jug, Candle and Pan1945

Pablo Picasso, Still Life under a Lamp 1962

Pablo Picasso, Still Life 1914

Georges Braque, Still Life with Musical Instruments 1908

Georges Braque, Still Life with Violin 1914

Georges Braque, Still Life 1929

Juan GrisStill Life with Guitar 1913

Juan Gris Overlooking the Bay 1921

Fernand LégerStill Life with Beer Mug 1921-

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Marc Chagall, Still Life 1912

Henri Matisse, Still Life with Green Sideboard 1928

Henri MatisseRed Fish 1911

Giorgio de Chirico, The Song of Love 1914

Réné Magritte, Personal Values 1952

Daniel Spoerri, Prose Poems

1959-60

John Bratby, Still Life with Chip Fryer, 1954

Roy Lichtenstein, Still Life with Palette 1972

Patrick Caulfield, Still Life: Autumn Fashion 1978

Patrick Caulfield, Coloured Still Life1965

Patrick CaulfieldPottery1969

Tony Cragg, Laboratory Still Life No. 4 1988

Tony Cragg, Raleigh 1988

Lisa Milroy, Shoes1987

Lisa Milroy Tyres 1988

Lisa Milroy Fruit and Vegetables 1999

David Hockney, Photomontage c1980

David Hockney, Still Life iphone 2009