Not until the 1800s did the lowly still life — along ... “We realized that we were going to be able to cover not only still life floral painting but also every important movement in French ...

The book abounds in sometimes ghastly, sometimes blackly humorous attempts to find a useful means of getting birds to hold still ... movement as if painting Audubon from life.

A feast of these works, dating from 1760 to 1774, can be savored at the National Gallery of Art where a small exhibition makes a strong case for Melendez as a master of the still life. His ...

Peale, who lived from 1800 to 1885, was the daughter of James ... carried on the family tradition in still life painting, with works that have sold for as much as $91,000 at auction, back in ...