When did western still life painting come into being?

Western still life painting came into being in17th century.

1, still life painting

Still life painting is a kind of painting that depicts static natural or man-made objects. It is reflected in various paintings, prints, mosaics and photographs.

Still life painting is at the bottom of the academic painting school. Still life painting has a long history, but independent still life painting is the product of the Renaissance, which made great development between 17 and 19 century. Decoration and symbol are two major functions of still life painting.

2. Historical retrospect

/kloc-in the 0/7th century, still life painting developed greatly and became a completely independent painting art style.

/kloc-in the 8th century, the works of French painter Xia Erdan represented the second peak of the development of still life painting. He inherited the achievements of Dutch painting school in17th century, depicting indoor themes such as fruits, livestock and kitchen utensils.

19th-century still life paintings continued to develop in the works of painters of realism, impressionism and other schools, and were widely welcomed by bourgeois audiences. Cezanne, a post-impressionist painter, pursues a sense of form in still life painting, and pays attention to the three-dimensional sense of structure and color in modeling, not relying on light and shade, thus inspiring modern schools such as cubism.

In the 20th century, Nabi School, Fauvism School, Cubism School and Surrealism School got rid of the shackles of linear perspective and reappearance, and enriched the expressive force of still life painting by means of abstraction, collage and ready-made products, while the boundaries of still life painting gradually disappeared in the subsequent development.

Representative works of still life painting:

1, sunflower series

Artist: Vincent Van Gogh

Year: 1888

Vincent Van Gogh is regarded as a master of still life painting, and his series of paintings about "Sunflowers" is one of the most famous still life paintings in history. These paintings are famous for depicting the natural beauty and bright colors of flowers.

2. Lido, Kruxiong and Compotier

Artist: Paul Cézanne

Year: 1894

Paul Cézanne is regarded as the greatest master of still life painting, and this painting is his most famous painting style. Technically, Cezanne's dual perspective attracts the audience visually, and attracts the audience with beautifully drawn unbalanced parts.

Cezanne's paintings are regarded as a prelude to several art types in the 20th century, including Picasso's cubism.