Nearly every art student groans at the mention of still life painting. It’s often seen as a tedious exercise reserved for hyperrealists – or for those who’ve supposedly run out of ideas.

Dutch still-life paintings omitted the ‘human cost of colonial warfare and slavery’ that underlay the bounty these canvases ...

A traveling exhibition resurrects Rachel Ruysch, an ambitious Dutch painter (and two-time lottery winner) whose intricate ...

Historians of the still life genre, such as Norman Bryson in his book “ Looking at the Overlooked: Four Essays on Still Life Painting ” are quick to point out that the Xenia, though recognizable to ...

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) Success! Your account ...

Except there was an art book sitting on a little ottoman in front of me, and on the cover of it was a still-life painting. It was a 17th century Dutch breakfast painting.

Clara Peeters, Still Life with Flowers Surrounded by Insects and a Snail (ca. 1610). Collection of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Still life painting would serve as not only a vehicle for formal experimentation for Renoir but also a way to chill out. “Painting flowers is a form of mental relaxation,” the artist said.

Smith College alumna Nava Grunfeld recently opened a retrospective show of still lifes and figure paintings at the Smith Alumnae House Gallery. The exhibition, “Lit from Within,” will be on ...

The Kimbell Art Museum’s yearslong quest to own a still-life painting by Jean Siméon Chardin has come to an end. The Cut Melon, a rare oval-shaped piece from the 18th-century French artist, has ...

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 ...