If still-life painting is the art of arresting decay, then it makes a lot of sense that Rachel Ruysch grew up to become one of the greatest still-life painters in the history of art. In the 17th ...

65 x 53 cm. (25.6 x 20.9 in.) A. Pérez Sánchez (ed.), Thomas Yepes, exhibition catalogue, Valencia 1995, p. 118, reproduced in color (under "Works known to be by Yepes, unable to be exhibited on this ...

Walnut Creek’s Bedford Gallery recently opened its newest exhibit, “Observations of a Still Life,” which showcases the ...

In a still life painting, the subjects cannot move. The bowl of fruit remains sedentary on the table. The hunk of cheese goes uneaten. The candles do not flicker. That's the rule according to the very ...