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The still life is a composition of "motionless" objects. These can be flowers, game, fish or fruit, books or other utensils. In 17th century Dutch painting, the expression of material, the way in which the surface of the depicted was depicted, was very important. The skill with which hard and shiny glass, silk, precious porcelain, a lemon or flowers were painted determined the reputation of the painter or painter (es) until well into the 19th century. The "flower arrangement" was especially popular. Performers such as Willem van Aelst, Jan Brueghel the Elder, Roelant Savery, Rachel Ruysch and Jan van Huysum were famous and sold their work to royal collections. Their bouquets were lush, sometimes enlivened with fruit, insects or a bird's nest with eggs. The flowers depicted were largely exotic specimens that were painted from nature when the artist could find them and were otherwise taken from botanical handbooks.

In the 19th century, the Dutch flower still life initially retains its traditional form, although its moralizing content disappears. The flowers, finely worked out and in the most beautiful phase of their bloom, are carefully arranged in a vase or terracotta pot, placed on a stone plinth. Just like his predecessors, the painter searches among growers for rare and special varieties. The most famous flower nurseries were traditionally located in Haarlem and the surrounding area and it is very likely that Georgius van Os and his contemporaries gathered dust there for their still lifes of flowers combined with fruit or game. It is known, for example, that Van Os regularly stayed in Haarlem at a later age to make studies of the latest exotic flowers and plants in 'the nursery garden of Flora'.

It was not until the second half of the 19th century that attention was paid to the properties of the flowers themselves and the atmosphere they radiate. The static arrangement and detailed elaboration give way to a more natural representation: the flowers are loosely arranged or laid out on the forest floor. Faded specimens and faded or discolored leaves are also making their appearance. The most innovative still lifes came from Gerardine van de Sande Bakhuyzen, who used flowers and plants from the forest or the field instead of the peonies, roses, poppies and lilies customary until then. The younger Margaretha Roosenboom almost always chooses one flower type. Her grandfather, Andreas Schelfhout, taught her the watercolor technique, the transparency of which lends itself well to the delicate structure and color of her roses.

While Margaretha Roosenboom and Gerardina Jacoba van de Sande Bakhuyzen were still fairly traditional in their compositions, the artists around 1900, such as Floris Verster, Leo Gestel, Mondriaan and Jan Sluijters, paint still lifes in which personal expression prevails over the accurate portrayal of reality.

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George Martens | Flower still life with lemons, benzinerel and wax paint on canvas, 50.3 x 50.3 cm, signed u.r.

George Martens

painting • for sale

Flower still life with lemons

Eugène-Henri Cauchois | Still life with Asters, oil on panel, 46.2 x 31.3 cm, signed l.r.

Eugène-Henri Cauchois

painting • for sale

Still life with Asters

Jacoba van Groningen-Laurillard | Flower stilllife with yellow roses, oil on canvas laid down on panel, 39.7 x 49.9 cm, signed l.l.

Jacoba van Groningen-Laurillard

painting • for sale

Flower stilllife with yellow roses

Maria Vos | Still life with oysters, lemons and silver jug, oil on panel, 38.6 x 27.6 cm

Maria Vos

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Still life with oysters, lemons and silver jug

Busse Weidema | Vertigo, oil on canvas, 28.8 x 43.1 cm, signed on the reverse and dated on the reverse 2012

Busse Weidema

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Vertigo

Kees Verwey | Flowers, watercolour on paper, 19.2 x 43.3 cm, signed u.r. and verkocht

Kees Verwey

watercolour • drawing • for sale

Flowers

Jan Voerman sr. | Marsh-marigolds in a ginger jar, watercolour on paper, 25.0 x 20.5 cm, painted in the 1890's

Jan Voerman sr.

watercolour • drawing • for sale

Marsh-marigolds in a ginger jar

Jan Adam Zandleven | Sword lilies in a vase, oil on canvas, 50.2 x 35.5 cm, signed l.l. and dated 1914

Jan Adam Zandleven

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Sword lilies in a vase

Jos van den Berg | Still life with bowler hat, jug and the dayly paper Vooruit, oil on canvas, 60.3 x 70.5 cm, signed on the stretcher

Jos van den Berg

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Still life with bowler hat, jug and the dayly paper Vooruit

Jan Neervoort | Stilllife with oysters, oil on canvas, 28.3 x 53.8 cm, signed u.r. and dated 1907

Jan Neervoort

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Stilllife with oysters

Jan Eversen | Still life with pewter, lemon and oysters, oil on canvas, 51.0 x 70.8 cm, signed l.r. and dated 1957

Jan Eversen

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Still life with pewter, lemon and oysters

Arthur Navez | Still life of oysters and shrimps, oil on canvas, 35.0 x 50.2 cm, signed u.l.

Arthur Navez

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Still life of oysters and shrimps

Floris Arntzenius | White roses in a blue pot, oil on canvas laid down on panel, 30.8 x 38.0 cm, signed l.r.

Floris Arntzenius

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White roses in a blue pot

Henriette Ronner | Fancy pigeons with a basket of vegetables, oil on panel, 18.9 x 15.5 cm, signed l.r.

Henriette Ronner

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Fancy pigeons with a basket of vegetables

Hendrikus IJkelenstam | Still life with glass bottle    DUITS    ENGELS    FRANS  Brontekst  Stilleven met glazen fles  Stilleven met glazen fles  25 / 5.000  Vertaalresultaten  Still life with glass bottle, oil on canvas, 41.2 x 30.3 cm, signed l.r.

Hendrikus IJkelenstam

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Still life with glass bottle DUITS ENGELS FRANS Brontekst Stilleven met glazen fles Stilleven met glazen fles 25 / 5.000 Vertaalresultaten Still life with glass bottle

Henk van Leeuwen | Still life with bottles and fruit, oil on canvas, 50.1 x 60.2 cm, signed l.r.

Henk van Leeuwen

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Still life with bottles and fruit

Daan Mühlhaus | Still life with summer flowers and pears, oil on canvas, 80.5 x 100.5 cm, signed l.l.

Daan Mühlhaus

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Still life with summer flowers and pears

Piet van der Hem | Hunting still life with swan, oil on canvas, 88.4 x 122.8 cm, signed l.r.

Piet van der Hem

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Hunting still life with swan

Co Hansen | Still life with a vase and tomatoes, oil on canvas, 54.4 x 40.5 cm

Co Hansen

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Still life with a vase and tomatoes

Jan Bogaerts | Still life with a Cologne jug and a Gouda pipe, oil on canvas, 40.3 x 50.0 cm, signed u.l. and dated 1942

Jan Bogaerts

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Still life with a Cologne jug and a Gouda pipe

Ernest Filliard | Poppies in a blue vase, watercolour on paper, 16.7 x 13.8 cm, signed l.r.

Ernest Filliard

watercolour • drawing • for sale

Poppies in a blue vase

Manus van der Ven | Still life with mandarins, oil on board, 30.4 x 37.2 cm, signed l.r.

Manus van der Ven

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Still life with mandarins

George Martens | Still life with flowers and toy horse, oil on canvas, 50.5 x 50.3 cm, signed reverse on stretcher

George Martens

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Still life with flowers and toy horse

Coba Surie | Still life with bottles and painter's attributes, oil on canvas, 50.3 x 60.0 cm, signed l.l.

Coba Surie

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Still life with bottles and painter's attributes

Henk Bos | Still life with colander and eggs, oil on canvas laid down on panel, 24.5 x 30.4 cm, signed l.r.

Henk Bos

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Still life with colander and eggs

Henk Bos | Still life with apple and walnut, oil on canvas, 24.8 x 31.1 cm, signed l.l.

Henk Bos

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Still life with apple and walnut

Adriaan Timmers | Still life with candle, pipe and books, oil on canvas, signed l.r. and dated 1935

Adriaan Timmers

painting • for sale

Still life with candle, pipe and books

Lucie van Dam van Isselt | Still life with a green money box, oil on panel, 31.1 x 39.5 cm, signed l.l.

Lucie van Dam van Isselt

painting • for sale

Still life with a green money box


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