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 ...

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 ...

In the 17th century, Holland was in bloom. Following a bout of “tulipmania” in the 1630s, it became fashionable to visit the Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam’s botanical garden, to catch a glimpse of a ...

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WOODSTOCK — The Woodstock Artists Association & Museum has announced the opening of “Come Into Bloom: Flower Paintings from the Permanent Collection,” on view from Aug. 15 to Oct. 5, in the Phoebe & ...

Sotheby’s London is offering what is believed to be the only known self-portrait by Clara Peeters (ca. 1589–ca. 1657), the famed Flemish still life painter. A presumed self-portrait with a lavish ...

In 1909, Abraham Bredius, then director of the Mauritshuis Museum in the Netherlands, released a slim volume on Johannes Torrentius, the first-ever monograph on the 17th-century Dutch painter. It was ...

Clara Peeters, "Still Life with Cheeses, Artichoke, and Cherries" (c. 1625), oil on wood panel, held by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (image public domain via LACMA) Already a member? Sign in ...

Caravaggio’s famed painting The Cardsharps is back at the Kimbell Art Museum after a major exhibition in Rome – and it has a new neighbor. Still Life with Melon, Watermelon, and Other Fruits is an oil ...