Masterpieces of Still Life

Still life is the most ornate genre of visual art. It delights the eye by transforming the surrounding objects, sometimes mundane and unremarkable, into expressive and poetic images.

The album includes the best examples of still life painting: colorful floral compositions from Bruegel the Elder to Renoir and Van Gogh, appetizingly arranged tables by Dutch and Flemish masters, simple yet extraordinarily expressive paintings by Chardin and Melendez, as well as hunting still lifes, still lifes from the series of 'vanities,' and others.

Separate sections are devoted to still life in Russian art, from the 'deceptive' still lifes of Teplov to the canvases of Impressionism, Symbolism, and Avant-Garde by the likes of Korovin, Petrov-Vodkin, Malevich, and others.

This book will provide an insight into the history of still life development from the 15th to the early 20th century in Western Europe and Russia. All reproductions in the album are distinguished by high printing quality, with many paintings presented in large fragments to enjoy the finest detail of still life elements.