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. But that’s a ...

An authoritative artist has many rules for his still life painting. Too bad! Because the mouse, the dragon, the knight, and the princess are here... In a 'Still Life' painting nothing moves — but, ...

She was the queen of the 17th-century still life—and her patrons shelled out lavish sums to own her resplendent flowers. Rachel Ruysch, born in the Hague in 1664, rose to fame for her exquisitely ...

Classically defined as a work of art depicting inanimate, typically commonplace objects that are either natural, such a food and flowers, or man-made, such a books and vases, the still life remains an ...

Before you head into "Luis Meléndez: Master of the Spanish Still Life," a show now in the East Building of the National Gallery, you should visit the West Building's permanent collection. Look for ...

It’s not usually the case that you get a sweetener when you buy an item at auction, even when you pay tens of millions of dollars, but Sotheby’s London has a special offer in its March 6 Modern and ...

After-School Still Life revisits the repetitive structure of extracurricular art training in China, where still life subjects such as apples, bottles, and plaster busts functioned as symbols of ...

A hidden drawing by Pablo Picasso has been found beneath one of the artist's abstract paintings, called "Still Life." 'The images could be much older': Analysis of rocks shows Neanderthals made art at ...

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 ...