The time-honored tradition of still life painting has proven a cornerstone of art history, offering unparalleled insight both into an artist’s technique and style as well as a glimpse into the ...

This live art-making class is inspired by Paul Cézanne’s watercolor painting Three Pears (Trois poires), ca. 1888–90. In this session, we will explore drawing basic shapes that are illuminated by a ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Still Life #12 recasts the ...

“Pansies and flying geese,” acrylic on canvas, by Amber Jean Young. Courtesy Shaun Roberts. In the world of art history, there is a long-held hierarchy that ranks painting genres as follows: landscape ...

This live art-making class is inspired by Walter Stuempfig’s oil painting Still Life (20th century). In this session, we will explore drawing drapery with a focus on the anatomy of folds and creases.

In times of uncertainty, artists have historically returned to conservative forms of art-making—“the holy trinity of portrait, still life, and landscape,” London-based advisor Brandy Carstens recently ...

Purchase this and other timeless New Criterion essays in our hard-copy reprint series. In terms of public reception in his day, he might have done better to paint even more still lifes. In terms of ...

If still-life painting is the art of arresting decay, then it makes a lot of sense that Rachel Ruysch grew up to become one of the greatest still-life painters in the history of art. In the 17th ...

The Hyde Collection exhibit blends three shows from women artists across centuries into a unified exploration of the still life genre Sharon Core, "Boston Cremes," from the series "Thiebauds," 2004. C ...