Still life is about more than just the objects in front of you – composition and lighting do the heavy lifting, accounting for about 70 per cent of the impact. The rest is observation and execution.

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Still life composition with a close ...

Intriguingly, a corner of Gauguin’s lost still life composition—with some of the fruit, but without the kitten—appears in Van Gogh's Portrait of Gauguin.

A new exhibition of still life paintings from the Swope Art Museum collection has opened at the museum and is on view through Aug. 20. “Still Life: Quiet Revelation” features ...