Still life painting by famous artists. Even though italian still life painting in italian referred to as natura morta dead nature was gaining in popularity it remained historically less respected than the grand manner painting of historical religious and mythic subjects. No matter what your decorating style it is easy to find still life paintings that fit perfectly with your color scheme and aesthetic. Still life features just inanimate objects no animals or people yet it still somehow manages to convey strong emotion.
It can set a mood of joy melancholy or intelligence. Still lifes are categorized by the depiction of ordinary objects which may be natural like flowers fruits etc. Other famous artists who created still lifes include gustave courbet henri matisse jean baptiste chardin juan sanchez cotan harmen steenwyck frans snyders giorgio morandi pieter claesz francisco de zurbarn eugene.
Or man made like glasses musical instruments etc. While still life painting can be traced back to the ancient egyptians it was only with the dutch painters of the 17th century dutch golden age that it came into its own as a painting genre. Still life is the genre that the post impressionist master paul cezanne established as equal in stature to landscape or portraiture.
Representing mundane objects such as bowls flowers foodstuffs and other things found in a common household was and still is the main preoccupation of still life artistshowever the means styles and media in which still life can be represented varies significantly.