Still life painting, as an independent painting, began in17th century.

Still life painting, as an independent kind of painting, began in the Dutch school of painting in the17th century.

Still life painting is a kind of painting that depicts static natural or man-made objects. Reflected in painting, printmaking, mosaic, photography and other art forms. Still life painting has a long history, but independent still life painting is the product of the Renaissance, which started from the Dutch school in 17th century and gained great development in17-19th century.

Still life painting is at the bottom of the academic painting school. The main function of still life painting is decoration and symbol. The representative works are Partridge and Armor, and the representative writers are the residence of Pompey Liya Felix, the murals of still life painting by Balbarie, Beauclair, Van Beyeren and Cezanne.