Contemporary Still Life Painting: 8 Still Life Painters You Need To Know

Printed publication on still life painting today: Read our entire article on contemporary still life painting here: For further reading on the selected artists: 1. Michaël Borremans: 2. Fernando Botero: 3. Damien Hirst: 4. David Hockney: 5. Alex Katz: 6. Yayoi Kusama: 7. Gerhard Richter: 8. Luc Tuymans: Still life painting is historically one of the key genres in Western painting. It consists of depicting anything which does not live (anymore), or cannot move. Also known as Nature Morte, typically still life painting presents a composition of flowers, plants, food, or decorative objects such as vessels or fabrics. Is the genre still relevant today? Or is c