still life
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Many of his wartime paintings are interiors executed on black backgrounds that suggest a kind of indoor nighttime, like the otherwise colorful “Christmas Roses and Saxifrages,” a 1944 still life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
But they are drawn to still life, so a lot of my artwork now is centered on still life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
Next to the screens of combat videos in Madyar's bunker is artwork from renowned Ukrainian painters, including a still life of flowers by Maria Prymachenko.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
Lutnick’s testimony this past week, like Bondi’s, is thus operating as a still life in what happens when the law becomes inert.
From Slate ● Feb. 12, 2026
The door to the bedroom beside it was open and the room unoccupied, so Kaz slipped in, moved aside a still life, and pressed his face to the wall.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
