noun
still life (painting, drawing)
Refers to a genre of art depicting inanimate objects, such as fruit, flowers, or everyday items.
美術の授業で静物画を描いた。
I painted a still life in art class.
この静物画は17世紀のオランダの作品です。
This still life is a 17th-century Dutch work.
Portrait or figure painting, as opposed to still life.
Compound of 静物 (seibutsu, 'still objects') + 画 (ga, 'picture'). The term 静物 is a Japanese coinage based on Chinese-derived morphemes, equivalent to English 'still life'.