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The word Still Life means objects without any kind of movement or reaction. Tableware, books, fruits and flowers, musical instruments, and newspapers are the common themes.
In the 17th century the importance was given to Still-life paintings which had a wide publicity in the European continent, remarkably in Netherlands. Still-life paintings were kept for public viewing by the Dutch painters in America.
The American painters had the inspiration of creating these paintings without learning the procedure of making these paintings. Peale family of Philadelphia was the first people in achieving Still-life paintings.
One of the notable paintings of Peale was pristine tabletop groupings of glassware and fruit with Chinese export basket. Peale considered Still life as scientific subject.
Martin Johnson Heade, artist in Still life paintings did his works based on spirits. Natural themes of Heade's on which his works like flowers and birds portrayed with poetic atmosphere, were one of the scintillating ones of American art.
Notable painters of the 19th century like William Harnett, John Fredrick Peto, and worked on the subjects like close observation.
The work involved on shadows and reflections, color and textures in their paintings, based on their total imagination is so elegant that it deceives the viewer. Different method was adopted by other artists. They mainly dealt on the techniques and qualities of a creating the painting.
Modern approaches played a major role in the creation of Still life paintings in the beginning of the twentieth century.
Further still life paintings had once again undergone a change of themes and more themes were added in its making during the mid and late of twentieth century.
Then paintings were made on the themes like soup and beer cans. There was shift from soup and beer cans to cakes. The still life paintings, which were created, gave a message on moral values. Still Life paintings were made on Toilet accessories like bath tub, shower, geyser, and so on also. |
