George Henry Hall (1885-1913).

Still Life With Peaches And Grapes, 18 x 14 inches

I love the suggestion of landscape in the background, and the spotlight effect.

Max Kuehne (1880-1968)

17 x 15 inches

An example of a modern composition in which the figure and background have an almost integrated texture.

Lisa Palombo

24 x 20

24 x 36

Charles Ethan Porter

African-American painter

Earle Backen - Australian

Rehfisch

Carol Black

Dorrit Black

Margaret Preston - Australian

Margaret Olley - Australian

Chinese Screen

Once, during a visit to an art gallery, the Australian still life painter Margaret Olley had a flash of realisation: the secret of still life painting is space. Not just the objects but the nothingness between objects. This is a secret known by Chardin and Morandi.

Olley's compositions have a decentred, unhierarchical quality. Sometimes there is no obvious centre of interest for the eye to rest upon. Because the eye does not rest on objects, the sense of space space in the painting is felt.