This gives an overview of the series of articles covering the history of still life painting. Articles are divided into sections covering the history, reasons for painting still lifes and special themes. Periods covered and lists of artists are given for each, together with a representative or important example painting from each period.
History:
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1485-1614
Hans Memling, Jacopo de’ Barbari, Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Giovanni Ambrogio Figino, Caravaggio, Juan Sánchez Cotán, Fede Galizia, Clara Peeters, Ambrosius Bosschaert
1 Birth of a new genre
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1607-1620
Clara Peeters
2 Clara Peeters the pioneer
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1623-1680
Pieter Claesz, Juan de Zurbarán, Pieter Boel, Willem Kalf, Pieter Claesz, Carstian Luyckx, Evert Collier, Cornelis Norbertus Gijsbrechts, Rembrandt, Jan Weenix, Nicolaes de Vree
3 The Dutch Golden Age
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1727-1804
Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, Anne Vallayer-Coster, Jan van Os, Johann Amandus Winck
4 Rays, copper, and scythes in the 18th century
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1862-1880
Henri Fantin-Latour, Gustave Courbet, Elihu Vedder, Frédéric Bazille, Antoine-Ferdinand Attendu, Gustave Caillebotte, Claude Monet
5 The rise of Impressionism
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1867-1905
Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, Alfred Sisley, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Henry Lerolle
6 Impressionists
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1867-1906
Paul Cézanne
7 Paul Cézanne
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1884-1890
Vincent van Gogh
8 Vincent van Gogh
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1886-1935
William Harnett, Odilon Redon, Paul Sérusier, Olga Boznańska, Nikolai Astrup, Pierre Bonnard
9 Into the twentieth century
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1929-2014
Felix Esterl, Frances Hodgkins, Janet Fish (not illustrated), Ellen Altfest, Jeylina Ever, Tjalf Sparnaay
10 Modern times
Reasons:
William Merritt Chase
Why paint a still life? 1 Warming up
Henri Fantin-Latour
Why paint a still life? 2 Sales
Lovis Corinth, Charles Demuth
Why paint a still life? 3 Therapy
Themes in still life paintings: