still life

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Next to the screens of combat videos in Madyar's bunker is artwork from renowned Ukrainian painters, including a still life of flowers by Maria Prymachenko.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

Yet still, life went on in Etzatlán, until the sense of tranquility was shattered.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

Lutnick’s testimony this past week, like Bondi’s, is thus operating as a still life in what happens when the law becomes inert.

From Slate • Feb. 12, 2026

I don’t consider Klee—sui generis—to be a Surrealist, but “Fish Magic,” merging aquarium, children’s art, still life, cosmos and landscape, is the quintessential portrait of a dream.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 27, 2025

It’s a still life with an open Bible, a novel, and some extinguished candles.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman