Wednesday, June 17, 2026

Francisco de Goya
(1560 – 1627)
 
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (/ˈɡɔɪə/; Spanish: [fɾanˈθisko xoˈse ðe ˈɣoʝa i luˈθjentes]; 30 March 1746 – 16 April 1828) was a Spanish romantic painter and printmaker. He is considered the most important Spanish artist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries His paintings, drawings, and engravings reflected contemporary historical upheavals and influenced important 19th- and 20th-century painters. Goya is often referred to as the last of the Old Masters and the first of the moderns. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the history of Western art.
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Goya 
 

Still Life with Golden Bream
1808-1812
Oil on canvas
44.8 x 62.5 cm
Museum of Fine Arts Houston
https://emuseum.mfah.org/objects/26077/still-life-with-golden-bream

Tuesday, June 16, 2026

 Anne Vallayer-Coster
(1744 – 1818)
 

Anne Vallayer-Coster was a French painter best known for still lifes. She achieved fame and recognition very early in her career, being admitted to the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture in 1770, at the age of twenty-six.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Vallayer-Coster

Attributes of Music
1770
Oil on canvas
113 x 116 cm
Louvre, Paris
https://collections.louvre.fr/ark:/53355/cl010059097

Monday, June 15, 2026

Jean Siméon Chardin
(1699 - 1779)

Jean Siméon Chardin was an 18th-century French painter. He is considered a master of still life, and is also noted for his genre paintings which depict kitchen maids, children, and domestic activities. Carefully balanced composition, soft diffusion of light, and granular impasto characterize his work.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Siméon_Chardin

La Raie (The Ray)
1728
Oil on canvas
114.5 x 177.5 cm
Louvre collection
https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010065938 

Sunday, June 14, 2026

Louise Moillon
(1610–1696) 
 

Louise Moillon was a French still life painter in the Baroque era. It is recorded that she became known as one of the best still life painters of her time, as her work was purchased by King Charles I of England, as well as French nobility. Moillon's works show the influence of Flemish painting in their trompe l'oeil effects but are characteristically French in their elegance. Moillon created about 40 paintings during her lifetime which are held in museums and private collections.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_Moillon

Still Life with a Basket of Fruit and a Bunch of Asparagus
1630
Oil on panel
53.3 × 71.3 cm
Art Institute of Chicago
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/62450/still-life-with-a-basket-of-fruit-and-a-bunch-of-asparagus

Saturday, June 13, 2026

 Frans Snyders
(1579 – 1657)
 

Frans Snyders or Frans Snijders was a Flemish painter of animals, hunting scenes, market scenes, and still lifes. A versatile artist, his works depict all sorts of foods, utensils, and tableware and wide assortment of animals. He was one of the earliest specialist animaliers and he is credited with initiating a wide variety of new still-life and animal subjects in Antwerp. His hunting scenes and still lifes engage the viewer with their dramatic and dynamic effects. He was a regular collaborator with leading Antwerp painters such as Peter Paul Rubens, Anthony van Dyck, Jacob Jordaens, and Abraham Janssens.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frans_Snyders

 

Still Life with a Maid
1633
Oil on canvas
153 x 214 cm
Museo del Prado
https://www.museodelprado.es/en/the-collection/art-work/still-life-with-a-maid/025b2c33-b378-40da-a40c-a60389cce73c

Friday, June 12, 2026

Osias Beert the Elder
(c. 1580 - 1623)

Osias Beert or Osias Beert the Elder was a Flemish painter active in Antwerp who played an important role in the early development of flower and "breakfast"-type still lifes as independent genres in Northern European art. He has been recognized as one of the most influential artists of the earliest generation of still life painters in Flanders. He contributed in particular to the development of still lifes placed on table tops featuring festive culinary delights as well as of sumptuous floral bouquets, typically displayed in Wan Li vases.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osias_Beert

Dishes with Oysters, Fruit, and Wine
c. 1620/1624
Oil on panel
52.9 x 73.4 cm
NGA - National Gallery of Art
https://www.nga.gov/artworks/91389-dishes-oysters-fruit-and-wine

Thursday, June 11, 2026

Maria van Oosterwijck
(1630 – 1693)
 
Maria van Oosterwijck, also spelled Oosterwyck, was a Dutch Golden Age painter, specialising in richly detailed flower paintings and other still lifes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_van_Oosterwijck
 


Vanitas Still Life
1675
Oil on canvas
78.6 x 103.5 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/Vanitas-stilleven--d033000c6105aa20de529b8a2edc221d

Francisco de Goya (1560 – 1627)   Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (/ˈɡɔɪə/; Spanish: [fɾanˈθisko xoˈse ðe ˈɣoʝa i luˈθjentes]; 30 March 1...