Still Life

Subject: Still Life. Artists are often inspired by objects. When an object or group of objects is the main focus of a work of art, it is called a “Still Life.” A Still Life can be in any medium or style. Show the works of art. Ask which one would be the most fun to make? Is it “saying” anything by which objects are chosen?

Sample Projects:

Still Life Fruit or Flowers (4th Grade) art lesson.
Create a still life and have the children draw, paint, model the still life.
Paint a vase with a variety of flowers.
Do a still life with crayon/watercolor resist. (Draw the flowers or whatever with crayon and then paint the entire picture with a watercolor wash.)
Do something like “A Day in the Life of an Apple.” Draw how the object changes as it is changed – in this case eaten.

Examples of Still Life in Art:

Still Life at Home, Carl Larsson, 1895.

Still Life with Marilyn, Audrey Flack, 1977.

Still Life, Caravaggio, 1596.

Apples, Cezanne, 1895.

Still Life, Frans Snyders, 1615.

Still Life with Peaches, Roman, 50ad.

Still Life with Asparagas, Maria Considas, 1967 (photograph).

Still Life with Pastries, Baugin (French), 1630.

Flowers, Jande Heem, 1645.

Breughel Series, Steir, 1984.

Still Life, Hokusai, 18th c.

Still Life, Janet Fish, 1980.

Dish, Qing Dyn (China), 1720.

Red Interior with Still life on Blue Table, Matisse, 1947.

Still Life, William Heda (Dutch), 1637.

Bit of the Florida Coast, Isabell, 1982.

King Fisher on Lotus, Zhu Da, 1694.

Still Life, Zurbaran (Spain), 1633.

Pepper, Edward Weston, 1930.

Still Life with Crystal Ball, Lichstenstein, 1973.

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