Types of still lifes. Term and concept in fine arts. Still life in various styles and art movements

Still life, genre of fine art

In the 19th century The fate of still life was determined by leading masters of painting, who worked in many genres and involved still life in the struggle of aesthetic views and artistic ideas (F. Goya in Spain, E. Delacroix, G. Courbet, E. Manet in France). Among the 19th century masters who specialized in this genre, A. Fantin-Latour (France) and W. Harnett (USA) also stand out. The new rise of still life painting was associated with the performance of the masters of post-impressionism, for whom the world of things became one of the main themes (P. Cezanne, V. van Gogh). Since the beginning of the 20th century. still life is a kind of creative painting laboratory. In France, the masters of Fauvism (A. Matisse and others) follow the path of heightened identification of the emotional and decorative-expressive capabilities of color and texture, and representatives of Cubism (J. Braque, P. Picasso, X. Gris, etc.), using the inherent in the specifics of still life, artistic and analytical possibilities, strive to establish new ways of conveying space and form. Still life also attracts masters of other movements (A. Kanoldt in Germany, G. Morandi in Italy, S. Lucian in Romania, B. Kubista and E. Filla in the Czech Republic, etc.). Social trends in still life of the 20th century are represented by the works of D. Rivera and D. Siqueiros in Mexico, R. Guttuso in Italy.

In Russian art still life appeared in the 18th century. together with the establishment of secular painting, reflecting the cognitive pathos of the era and the desire to truthfully and accurately convey the objective world (the “tricks” of G. N. Teplov, P. G. Bogomolov, T. Ulyanov, etc.). The further development of Russian still life for a considerable time was episodic. Its slight rise in the first half of the 19th century. (F. P. Tolstoy, school of A. G. Venetsianov, I. T. Khrutsky) is associated with the desire to see beauty in the small and ordinary. In the second half of the 19th century. I. N. Kramskoy, I. E. Repin, V. I. Surikov, V. D. Polenov, I. I. Levitan only occasionally turned to still life of a sketch nature; auxiliary meaning of still life in artistic system The Wanderers followed from their idea of the dominant role of the plot-thematic picture. Independent meaning still life-sketch increases by turn of the 19th century and 20th centuries (M. A. Vrubel, V. E. Borisov-Musatov). The heyday of Russian still life occurred at the beginning of the 20th century. To his the best examples include impressionistic works by K. A. Korovin, I. E. Grabar; works of artists from the “World of Art” (A. Ya. Golovin and others) subtly playing up the historical and everyday nature of things; acute decorative images P. V. Kuznetsov, N. N. Sapunov, S. Yu. Sudeikin, M. S. Saryan and other painters of the “Blue Rose” circle; bright, imbued with the fullness of being, still lifes of the masters of the “Jack of Diamonds” (P. P. Konchalovsky, I. I. Mashkov, A. V. Kuprin, V. V. Rozhdestvensky, A. V. Lentulov, R. R. Falk, N. S. Goncharova). Soviet still life, developing in line with art socialist realism, is enriched with new content. In the 20-30s. it includes philosophical understanding modernity in works heightened in composition (K. S. Petrov-Vodkin), and thematic “revolutionary” still lifes (F. S. Bogorodsky and others), and attempts to again tangibly find the “thing” rejected by the so-called non-objective people through experiments in the field of color and textures (D.P. Shterenberg, N.I. Altman), and a full-blooded recreation of the colorful richness and diversity of the objective world (A.M. Gerasimov, Konchalovsky, Mashkov, Kuprin. Lentulov, Saryan, A.A. Osmerkin, etc. ), as well as the search for subtle coloristic harmony, poeticization of the world of things (V.V. Lebedev, N.A. Tyrsa, etc.). In the 40-50s. still lifes that are significantly diverse in style, reflecting significant features modern eras, created by P.V. Kuznetsov, Yu.I. Pimenov and others. In the 60-70s. P. P. Konchalovsky, V. B. Elkonik, V. F. Stozharov, A. Yu. Nikich are actively working in still life. Among the masters of still life in the Union republics, A. Akopyan in Armenia, T. F. Narimanbekov in Azerbaijan, L. Svemp and L. Endzelina in Latvia, N. I. Kormashov in Estonia stand out. The tendency towards increased “objectivity” of the image, the aestheticization of the world of things around a person, led to an interest in still life among young artists of the 70s and early 80s. (Ya. G. Anmanis, A. I. Akhaltsev, O. V. Bulgakova, M. V. Leis, etc.).

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What is still life?

Still life is a genre of painting that depicts inanimate nature. The genre originated in the 17th century.

Still life is, first of all, surprising and interesting because it makes people see beauty and harmony in everyday, boring things that constantly surround us, but do not attract our attention.

The genre is not as simple as it seems at first glance: in most of these paintings, artists use allegory - they try to tell people something important through a certain set of objects, their arrangement, chosen colors, general composition, convey what worries them, tell about their feelings and thoughts.

Despite the gloomy translation "dead nature", the canvases are often full of bright colors, delighting the viewer with their originality and whimsicality, awakening the desire to live and admire the world around us, to see the beauty in it.

There are many types and subtypes of still life, for example, plot-thematic, creative, educational-creative, educational. They are also divided according to the colors used, illumination, coloring, execution time, location, etc.

The founders of still life as an independent genre were the Dutch and Flemish artists. Initially, the paintings appeared in religious use. Also in the era of the genre’s birth, paintings of a gloomy nature with a deep philosophical meaning and dark tones, in the center of the composition, which included skulls, candles and some other attributes, became widespread. Then, gradually developing, the genre absorbed more and more new directions and over and over again became more widespread in all circles of society. Flowers, books, vegetables and fruits, seafood, dishes and other household items - everything is reflected in art. One of the most famous artists still life artists were Ambrosius Buschaert, Miguel Parra, Jan Brueghel, Joseph Launer, Severin Rosen, Edward Ladell, Jan Davids de Hem, Willem van Aalst, Cornelis Briese.

Cezanne, Paul. Still life with pomegranate and pears. 1885-1890
Cezanne, Paul. Still life with apples and oranges. 1895-1900

In Russia the genre arose in early XVIII centuries, but no one seriously studied this; it was considered a “lower” genre. At the beginning of the 20th century, still life painting reached its greatest flourishing; artists created their masterpieces, set new goals for themselves and reached untold peaks in skill, used unusual techniques, and selected new images. Russian still life, unlike Western ones, did not develop gradually, but at an accelerated pace. Working in this genre, such Russian artists as K. Petrov-Vodkin, I. Levitan, I.F. became famous. Khrutsky, V. Nesterenko, I.E. Grabar, M. Saryan, A. Osmerkin, P.P. Konchalovsky, S.E. Zakharov, S.I. Osipov and many others.

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IN modern painting still life undergoes new rise and now firmly occupies its rightful place among other genres of fine art. Now this is one of the most popular areas in painting. Having huge amount opportunities for self-realization in creativity, artists paint a wide variety of still lifes. And viewers, in turn, buy paintings, decorate their interiors with them, enlivening their home and bringing comfort and joy into it. Museums are constantly being replenished with still lifes, more and more new exhibitions are opening in various cities and countries, which attract crowds of spectators interested in art. Several centuries later, having gone through a long, full-fledged path of development, still life is still relevant and has not lost its significance in world painting.

What a strange painting this is - still life: it makes you admire a copy of those things whose originals you cannot admire.

Blaise Pascal

And really, have you ever looked at the fruit from the kitchen table? Well... except when you were hungry, right? But you can admire a picture with a fruit arrangement or a luxurious bouquet of flowers for hours. This is precisely the special magic of still life.

Translated from French, still life means "dead nature"(nature morte). However, this is only a literal translation.

In fact still life- this is an image of motionless, frozen objects (flowers, vegetables, fruits, furniture, carpets, etc.). The first still lifes are found on the frescoes of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome.

Still life (fresco from Pompeii) 63-79, Naples, National Gallery Capodimonte. Author unknown.

When a friend came to visit a Roman, the rules good manners they demanded that the owner of the house show the best of his silverware. This tradition is clearly reflected in the still life from the tomb of Vestorius Priscus in Pompeii.

In the center of the composition is a vessel for mixing wine and water, the embodiment of the god of fertility Dionysus-Liber. On both sides of the golden table there are jugs, scoops, and wine horns symmetrically placed.

However, still life is not only fruits, vegetables and flowers, but also... a human skull, designed to reflect transience human life. This is exactly how proponents of the “Vanitas” genre, representatives of the early stage of the development of still life, imagined still life.

An outstanding example is an allegorical still life Dutch artist Willem Claes Heda, where a pipe is depicted next to the skull - a symbol of the elusiveness of earthly pleasures, a glass vessel - a reflection of the fragility of life, keys - a symbol of the power of a housewife managing supplies. The knife symbolizes the vulnerability of life, and the brazier, in which the coals are barely glowing, means its extinction.

Vanity of vanities. Vanitas, 1628, Willem Claes Heda.

Willem Heda is rightly called "master of breakfast" With the help of an interesting arrangement of food, dishes and kitchen utensils, the artist surprisingly accurately conveyed the mood of the paintings. And his skill in depicting reflections of light on the perfectly smooth surfaces of silver bowls and glass goblets amazed even the artist’s eminent contemporaries.

It’s incredible how accurately and delicately Kheda was able to convey every little detail: the play of light, the features of shape, the colors of objects. All the Dutchman’s paintings contain mystery, poetry, and sincere admiration for the world of objects.

Still lifes of famous artists

Still life was often fascinated famous artists. It is about the masters of the brush and their amazing works that I will tell you next.

Pablo Picasso is the most expensive artist in the world

Unique and inimitable - this is what they call an outstanding Spanish artist XX century Pablo Picasso. Each work of the author is a tandem of original design and genius.

Still life with a bouquet of flowers, 1908

Still life with bulbs, 1908

In addition to the traditionally perfect realistic, filled with light and bright colors, or gloomy still lifes made in bluish-gray tones, Picasso was fond of cubism. The artist arranged objects or characters in his paintings into small geometric shapes.

And although art critics did not recognize Picasso’s cubism, now his works are selling well and are owned by the richest collectors in the world.

Guitar and sheet music, 1918

Eccentric Vincent Van Gogh

Along with the famous Starry Night, the series of paintings with sunflowers became a unique symbol of Van Gogh's work. The artist planned to decorate his house in Arles with sunflowers for the arrival of his friend Paul Gauguin.

“The skies are a delightful blue. The sun's rays are pale yellow. This is a soft, magical combination of sky blue and yellow tones from the paintings of Vermeer of Delft... I cannot paint something so beautiful...”- Van Gogh said doomedly. Perhaps this is why the artist painted sunflowers countless times.

Vase with 12 sunflowers, 1889

Unhappy love, poverty and lack of acceptance of his work prompt the artist to crazy actions and significantly undermine his health. But about painting talented artist persistently wrote: “Even if I fall ninety-nine times, I will still get up the hundredth time.”

Still life with red poppies and daisies. Auvers, June 1890.

Irises. Saint-Rémy, May 1890

The all-encompassing still lifes of Paul Cézanne

“I want to return eternity to nature”- the great French artist Paul Cezanne liked to repeat. The artist depicted not the random play of light and shadow, which did not change, but the constant characteristics of objects.

Trying to show objects from all sides, he describes them in such a way that the viewer admires the still life, as if from different angles. We see the table from above, the tablecloth and fruit from the side, the box in the table from below, and the jug from different sides simultaneously.

Peaches and pears, 1895

Still life with cherries and peaches, 1883-1887.

Still lifes by contemporary artists

The palette of colors and a wide variety of shades allows today's still life masters to achieve incredible realism and beauty. Do you want to admire the impressive paintings of talented contemporaries?

Briton Cecil Kennedy

It is impossible to take your eyes off the paintings of this artist - his forbs are so enchanting! Mmmm... I think I can already smell these amazingly beautiful flowers. And you?

Cecil Kennedy is rightfully considered the most outstanding British artist of our time. Winner of several prestigious awards and favorite of many “ powerful of the world this,” Kennedy nevertheless became famous only when he was well over 40.

Belgian artist Julian Stappers

Information about the life of the Belgian artist Julian Stappers is scarce, which cannot be said about his paintings. The artist's cheerful still lifes are in the collections of the richest people in the world.

Gregory Van Raalte

Contemporary American artist Gregory Van Raalte pays special attention to the play of light and shadow. The artist is convinced that light should not fall directly, but through the forest, tree leaves, flower petals, or reflected from the surface of the water.

The talented artist lives in New York. He enjoys painting still lifes using watercolor technique.

Iranian artist Ali Akbar Sadeghi

Ali Akbar Sadeghi is one of the most successful Iranian artists. In his works, he skillfully combines compositions of traditional Iranian paintings, Persian cultural myths with iconography and stained glass art.

Still lifes by contemporary Ukrainian artists

Whatever you say, Ukrainian brush masters have their own unique vision of His Majesty’s still life. And now I will prove it to You.

Sergey Shapovalov

The paintings of Sergei Shapovalov are colorful sunny bunnies. Each of his masterpieces is filled with light, goodness and love for native land. The artist was born in the village of Ingulo-Kamenka, Novgorodkovsky district, Kirovograd region.

Sergei Shapovalov is an Honored Artist of Ukraine, a member of the National Union of Artists.

Igor Derkachev

Ukrainian artist Igor Derkachev was born in 1945 in Dnepropetrovsk, where he still lives. Visited for twenty-five years art studio House of Culture for Students named after. Yu. Gagarin, first as a student, and then as a teacher.

The artist’s paintings are pierced with warmth, love for native traditions and gifts of nature. This special warmth is transmitted through the author’s paintings to all fans of his work.

Victor Dovbenko

According to the author, his still lifes are a mirror of his own feelings and moods. In bouquets of roses, in scatterings of cornflowers, asters and dahlias, in “fragrant” forest paintings- a unique summer aroma and priceless gifts of the rich nature of Ukraine.

Roger Fenton. Fruits. 1860 Graham Clarke. The Photograph. Oxford, 1997

Fred and Gloria McDarr's Encyclopedia of Photography defines the word "still life" as: "A general term for photographs of inanimate objects, objects, and goods, often for use in advertising." When small objects are placed on the surface of a table, still life photography is sometimes called “table top” photography. With the exception of the last clarification, this definition quite consistent with the one used in relation to painting. Interestingly, the term itself appeared much later than the image and refers to early XIX century. The French combination nature morte (dead or mortified nature) differs from the English still life and German stilleben (calm, quiet life) not only in spelling, but also in meaning. In Holland, there was no single term at all: each specialization (breakfasts, flower bouquets, fish still lifes) had its own name.

Inanimate objects have been present in works of art since Paleolithic times. IN different times they have their own role and meaning. The works of Hans Holbein, Caravaggio or Johannes Vermeer are not still lifes, but in their works it is given a special place both artistically and semantically. Still life emerged as an independent genre only in the 17th century.

Photography, which borrowed almost all genres from painting, did not make an exception for still life. As the history of photography shows, it was still life that was least represented in photographic art, although this story actually began with it. Among Nicéphore Niépce's early heliographic experiments was a still life consisting of a bottle, knife, spoon, bowl and loaf of bread lying on a table. Hippolyte Bayard made a composition from plaster casts in 1839, Jacques-Louis Daguerre made several still lifes with plaster casts, small sculptures, paintings and fragments of ancient friezes, Henry Fox Talbot - with shells and fossils. It is worth noting that still lifes with attributes of art were also found in the paintings of Jean Baptiste Chardin.

Photographers often repeated the composition and used the same subjects as artists. Henry Fox Talbot's statement that “the Dutch school of painting serves us as an authoritative source in the depiction of everyday objects, everyday life” seems to have not gone unnoticed, as evidenced by, for example, the work of Roger Fenton, William Lake Price and Drew Diamond. The main subjects of such still lifes were flowers, fruits or dead game. In France, Adolphe Braun's work was similar to a photographic version of the work of Jean-Baptiste Oudry, a popular 19th-century court painter of the royal hunt of Louis XV.

Still lifes were usually shot indoors, but there were exceptions. Due to the poor photosensitivity of early photographic materials, a number of photographers preferred to work in the garden or front garden. Any available materials were used (ladders, rakes, wheelbarrows, buckets, etc.), which were often mixed with brought household items, fresh flowers, trees were adjacent to inanimate objects. Such are, for example, the still lifes of Louis-Rémy Robert, Hippolyte Bayard and Richard Jones.

Photographic still lifes based on the subject Vanitas (Latin for “ghostliness”, “vanity”), an integral attribute of which is the skull, appear in the mid-19th century, for example, by Louis Jules Duboc-Soleil, and appear from time to time in the 20th century - Alfred Stieglitz, Irving Penn, Robert Mapplethorpe, etc.

At the beginning of the 20th century, photography was looking for new ways and objects to embody the still life genre. Simply capturing objects arranged together is no longer enough. Complex angles, close-up photography, photograms, passion for the shape and texture of the object - all this gives a new look to the old genre. The range of objects is expanding: along with such banal household things as a fork or glasses, industrial objects (tools, machine parts and machine tools) appear. Similar searches were carried out by Alfred Renger-Patch, Alexander Rodchenko, Andre Kertets, Edward Steichen, Boris Ignatovich, Arkady Shaikhet, Bauhaus photographers, Edward Weston, William Underhill and others.

The world of ordinary things blossoms again in the middle of the century with the still lifes of Josef Sudek. Soft diffused light gives an ordinary flower in a glass a lyrical and melancholy mood.

In the second half of the last century, still life is increasingly in demand in the advertising industry. The happy union of commerce and art is embodied in the still lifes of Irving Pena. Classic, stylish, ironic, but always simple and sophisticated. Thanks to this master, for the first time in 1944, a photographic still life graced the cover of a fashion magazine.

Among Russian photographers of the second half of the 20th century who worked in this genre, a special place belongs to Boris Smelov. His classic still lifes from objects of ancient St. Petersburg life were distinguished by ideal composition and impeccable technique. Joel-Peter Witkin is an unsurpassed master of “shocking” still life. The translation from French “dead nature” in this case accurately reflects the author’s predilections - various parts of the human body by themselves (“Torso”) or framed by flowers and fruits (“Head of a Woman”, “Feast of Fools”, etc.).

In quantitative terms, photographic still life is much inferior to other genres, appearing only sporadically in the work of one or another author. Leafing through books on the history of photography and collection catalogs major museums, the chance of finding a separate section dedicated to still life is practically zero.

Still life as an independent genre of painting finally took shape in the 17th century. in the works of Dutch and Flemish artists.

Until that time, it was not an independent genre, but was only included in other genres as a frame for other paintings (for example, with flower garlands), decorating furniture, interiors, etc.

Term

The word “still life” translated from French means “dead nature” (nature morte). Flowers in a vase are a still life; the same flowers in a flowerbed or in the front garden - landscape. In a broad sense, still life is artistic image inanimate objects: plants, game, dishes, etc. The artist does not depict objects “from life”, as they are located in the interior, but deliberately arranges them in such a way as to solve some of his own semantic and artistic problems.
Often still lifes contain a hidden allegory through the use of ordinary objects, which the artist endows with symbol, additional meaning and meaning. An example of an allegorical still life is vanitas (from the Latin vanitas “vanity, vanity”).

Varieties of still life

Vanitas

Michael Conrad Hirt. Vanitas
Vanitas is an allegorical still life. Usually it depicts, among other things, a skull. Such a still life is intended to remind us of the transience of life, the futility of pleasures and the inevitability of death - reflection on the meaning of human existence. The term is taken from a verse from the Bible: “Vanity of vanities, said Ecclesiastes, vanity of vanities, all is vanity!” In Latin it sounded like this: “ Vanitas vanitatum dixit Ecclesiastes vanitas vanitatum omnia vanitas" You can read more about vanitas.

Dutch still life

Dutch still life, formed in the 17th century. as an independent genre, influenced the further development of the whole European painting. It turns out that ordinary objects also live, but their life is quiet and unnoticeable to humans. There is some kind of mystery in this. Apparently, this is why the genre of still life became popular and has survived to this day. Sometimes a still life attracts the eye, excites the senses, it is impossible to tear yourself away from it - some associations arise, fleeting memories...

Flower still life

This type of still life is perhaps the most common and the very first to emerge as a separate genre.

Jan Davids de Heem (1606-1684). Still life with flower vase (circa 1645). National Gallery of Art (Washington)
Traditionally, many flowers were grown and gardens were planted in the Netherlands, so floral still lifes were a natural extension of social life. The very first artists of this genre were Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder (1573-1621) and Balthasar van der Ast (1593-1657).

Ambrosius Bosshart the Elder "Tulips, roses, white and pink carnations, forget-me-nots and other flowers in a vase" (circa 1619). Oil on copper

Scientist still life

The most intellectual type of still life. Such still lifes required reflection on what was depicted, and for this, knowledge of the Bible and other knowledge about the world. Vanitas can also be included in this category, but the scientific still life has a broader theme: it contains books, musical instruments, etc.

Maria van Oosterwijk. Still life

D. Annenkov “Reflections with Baudelaire”

Still life in Russian painting

In Russia, still life as an independent genre appeared at the beginning of the 18th century. But for some time (almost until the end of the 19th century) still life was considered a lower genre and depicted only flowers and fruits.
A famous artist of this genre in the 19th century. there was I. Khrutsky.

I. Khrutsky. Still Life with Vase (1832)

I. Khrutsky “Flowers and Fruits” (1838)
In the 20th century Russian still life painting became equal among other genres. Artists worked on the perfection of color, form, composition, and the genre began to develop rapidly.
Famous Russians and Soviet artists who worked and are working in the genre of still life: Konstantin Korovin (1861-1939), Igor Grabar (1871-1960), Pyotr Konchalovsky (1876-1956), Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin (1878-1939), Martiros Saryan (1880-1972), Ilya Mashkov (1881-1944), Elena Skuin (1909-1986), Peter Alberti (1913-1994), Sergei Osipov (1915-1985), Evgenia Antipova (1917-2009), Victor Teterin (1922-1991), Maya Kopytseva (1924-2005), Yaroslav Krestovsky (1925-2003), Vladimir Stozharov (1926-1973), Boris Shamanov (1931-2008), etc.

E. Skuin “Peonies and Cherries” (1956)

V. Stozharov. Still Life with Rowan (1969)

Still life in various styles and art movements

Turn of the XIX-XX centuries. known for experiments in the field artistic creativity. Still life also did not escape this fate. The first to experiment with still life were Paul Cézanne, Paul Gauguin, Henri Matisse and others.

P. Cezanne. Still life with drapery (1889). Hermitage (St. Petersburg)
The cubist P. Picasso boldly experimented.

P. Picasso “Jug, glass and book” (1908)
J. Braque also worked in the style of cubism.

J. Marriage " Musical instruments"(1908)
Cubo-futurists worked in search of a new space-time dimension.

K. Malevich “Cow and Violin” (1913). State Russian Museum (St. Petersburg)
His “... intuitive feeling found in things the energy of dissonance obtained from the meeting of two opposite forms” (K. Malevich “From Cubism and Futurism to Suprematism”).
In the metaphysical still lifes of Giorgio Morandi (1890-1964), objects press against each other, forming dense groups, as if trying to retain warmth, fearing external cold and aggression.

Giorgio Morandi. Natura Morta (1956)
Most famous representative surrealism Salvador Dali in his famous work “The Persistence of Memory,” which is essentially an allegorical still life, reflects on the relativity of time.

S. Dali “The Persistence of Memory” (1931)
Commercial advertising of the second half of the 20th century. fostered in people a greedy attitude towards things and insatiable consumption. There is a fetishization of the subject. Elements of the still life genre are beginning to transform from art into a source of consumption.

Andy Warhol "Campbell's Soup Can" (1968)
Dmitry Krasnopevtsev represents Russian “unofficial” art, although he has a completely official classical art education (graduated from the Moscow Art Institute named after V. I. Surikov).

D. Krasnopevtsev. Still life
Krasnopevtsev’s main genre is “metaphysical still life” close to surrealism with simple, often broken ceramics, dry plants and shells. These works, written in ashen tones, develop the motif of the frailty and unreality of the world.
Here are still life paintings contemporary artist Dmitry Annenkov is quite “animated”. They are different: joyful, sad, funny, but quite alive. I want to touch them. Looking at these still lifes, it is impossible not to smile kindly.