When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Damien Mammoliti Nearly every art student groans at the mention of still life painting.

In a still life painting, the subjects cannot move. The bowl of fruit remains sedentary on the table. The hunk of cheese goes uneaten. The candles do not flicker. That's the rule according to the very ...

Tiffany Calvert creates historically inspired still life paintings with an AI twist through a collaboration with engineers at Washington University in St. Louis.

The Hyde Collection exhibit blends three shows from women artists across centuries into a unified exploration of the still ...

Judith Linhares, "Freya’s Flowers" (2024), oil on linen (all image courtesy Judith Linhares and P·P·O·W, New York, © Judith Linhares. Photos Ian Edquist) The ...

Sotheby’s London is offering what is believed to be the only known self-portrait by Clara Peeters (ca. 1589–ca. 1657), the famed Flemish still life painter. A presumed self-portrait with a lavish ...

In the 17th century, Holland was in bloom. Following a bout of “tulipmania” in the 1630s, it became fashionable to visit the Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam’s botanical garden, to catch a glimpse of a ...

"The Cut Melon," a rare oval-shaped piece from the 18th-century French artist Jean Siméon Chardin, will be on view to the public starting Thursday at the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth.(Robert ...

Gerdts, William H., and Russell Burke, "American Still-Life Painting," New York: Praeger, 1971. Frankenstein, Alfred, "The Reality of Appearance: the Trompe L'Oeil Tradition in American Painting," ...

Consider the Mediterranean monk seal. The mammal has been prized on the Italian peninsula since ancient times, hunted for its meat, fur, oil, and medicinal properties—so much so that by the 16th ...

A few years ago, he rediscovered a love for ceramics. Drawn to its raw quality, Finley began incorporating it into his oeuvre ...