Still Life

c. 1955 · Painting

Can I see it?

Yes, on view now

Where is “Still Life” now? National Gallery of Art, Gallery 407A · East Building, Upper Level, Washington, D.C. Yes, on view now. Checked September 29, 2026.

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Room407A · East Building, Upper Level

Open now· until 5:00 PM

On public display.

Checked: 10 days ago
In this state since: Aug 19, 2026
Source: The museum

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Details

Accession number: 1997.112.2

What it shows

Still life

In the catalog

Paintings Oil Italian painting Post-war art 20th century Italian

Sources

National Gallery of Art
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In the life of Giorgio Morandi

The whole life

1930–1956
Chair of etching technique at the Bologna Academy
His successes in etching during the 1920s allow him to head the chair of engraving technique at the Bologna Academy of Fine Arts, which he holds until 1956.
1953
Grand Prize for a series of etchings at the São Paulo Biennial
He wins the Grand Prize for a series of etchings at the São Paulo Art Biennial.
16 July 1955 – 18 September 1955
Exhibition: documenta
1956
Solo exhibition in Winterthur
He travels to Winterthur for the opening of a solo exhibition and studies works by Chardin and Cézanne in the Oskar Reinhart Collection.
1956
His first trip to Paris
He visits Paris for the first time, a trip he had dreamed of since the early 1910s.
1957
Grand Prize for painting at the São Paulo Biennial
He wins the Grand Prize for painting at the São Paulo Biennial, four years after the Grand Prize for a series of etchings.