Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
NEO-EXPRESSIONIST STYLE
A resurgence of interest in Expressionism, Pop art, Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism and other movements gained steam among artists of the 1970s and ’80s, in part as a reaction to the austerity of the prevailing minimalism and Conceptual art of the era. A decadent, bold and brash art style called Neo-Expressionism saw painters returning to figural representation, creating highly textured works that were imbued with intensely personal narratives.
Neo-Expressionist paintings are sensuous in nature and highly subjective in meaning. Expressive brushwork, highly pigmented colors and layered forms and materials lent sculptural attributes to the work and were used to depict symbolic narratives from history, mythology and the artist’s personal experience.
Prominent figures such as Jean-Michel Basquiat led the Neo-Expressionist movement in the United States with paintings and prints that were raw, emotional and often violent in nature. In Germany, Die Neuen Wilden (the “New Fauves”) was the name given to a group of postwar artists that included the likes of sculptor Georg Baselitz and Gerhard Richter, a painter and photographer who explored the possibilities of both abstraction and realism, sometimes in a single piece. The work of the New Fauves — labeled as such for its return to Fauvism’s textured brushwork and use of vibrant colors — shares commonalities with Neo-Expressionism, and Baselitz was a pioneer of the movement in Europe. In addition, Willem de Kooning’s pulsating action paintings and Julian Schnabel’s experimentation with the materiality of paintings also took shape during this period.
“I was trying to make paintings different from the paintings that I saw a lot of at the time, which were mostly minimal, and they were highbrow and alienating, and I wanted to make very direct paintings that most people would feel the emotion behind when they saw them,” said Basquiat.
Neo-Expressionism generated some polarizing opinions, with some celebrating the revival of personal subjectivity in art while others criticizing the movement for being too commercially driven and nostalgic. But most experts agree that Neo-Expressionism was a huge commercial success and culturally impactful, paving the way for the postmodern work of artists like Richter and Sigmar Polke.
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Style: Neo-Expressionist
Hunt Slonem "Pink View" Butterflies on Metallic
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Pink View" Butterflies on Metallic
Pink and orange butterflies on a metallic gold and silver etched background in a vintage frame.
Unframed: 10 x 8 inches
Framed: 14.5 ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Hunt Slonem "Cardinals" Two Red Birds
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Cardinals" Two Red Birds
Two red Cardinal birds sitting on a branch over a gold metallic and blue etched background. Framed in an antique frame.
Unframed: 10 x 8 inche...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Hunt Slonem "2 East Lake" Hot Pink Bunnies
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "2 East Lake" Hot Pink Bunnies
Two black gestured black bunnies on a solid hot pink background. Framed in an antique wooden gold frame.
Unframed: 14 x 10 inches
Framed: ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Hunt Slonem "Flight" Pink & Yellow Butterflies
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Flight" Pink & Yellow Butterflies
Black outlined light pink and yellow butterflies on a pink etched background in a gold antique frame.
Unframed: 15 x 12 inches
Framed:...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Orbit
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Denver, CO
"Orbit" is a vibrant, large-scale oil painting by Hunt Slonem. The cobalt blue background of the composition offsets large abstract orbs and the forms of white egrets, a graceful bir...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Morning Lorries Countess
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Denver, CO
"Morning Lories Countess" features the titular winged creatures on a boldly striped background. Using a limited pallet, artist Hunt Slonem has created a hight-impact and attention gr...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
MULTIFACE
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Original artwork by DARIA KUSTO.
the magic flow reality.
Acrylic and markers on canvas
Shipped rolled in a tube
From Spain.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Permanent Marker
"Sonia" Black Bunny on Purple Background Oil Painting on Wood Panel Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts a gestural figure of a black bunny on a Purple Lavender background with thick use of pain...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"Rover" Multicolor Bunny on Ombre Diamond Dust Pink & Blue Background Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts a gestural figure of a multicolor bunny on an ombre Pink and Blue background with thick u...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Glass, Resin, Oil, Wood Panel
"Uccello Tropicale" by Enzio Wenk, 2020 -Acrylic on Canvas, NeoExpressionism
By Enzio Wenk
Located in Bresso, IT
Translated title: "Tropical bird".
Acrylic paint on canvas.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Hunt Slonem "Green Eyes" Metallic Bunnies
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Green Eyes" Bunnies on Metallic
Black outlined bunnies with over a gold and silver metallic background with green etched-in details. Framed in an antique wooden frame.
...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Hunt Slonem's Colorful Bunny Oil Painting 'Winter'
By Hunt Slonem
Located in White Plains, NY
Available at Madelyn Jordon Fine Art. Hunt Slonem's bunny oil painting 'Winter' 2024. Oil on wood, 10 x 8 in. / Frame: 14.5 x 12.5 in. This painting features Slonem's signature bunny...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Hunt Slonem's Colorful Bunny Oil Painting 'Red'
By Hunt Slonem
Located in White Plains, NY
Available at Madelyn Jordon Fine Art. Hunt Slonem's bunny oil painting 'Winter' 2024. Oil on wood, 10 x 8 in. / Frame: 14.5 x 12.5 in. This painting features Slonem's signature bunny...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood
Hunt Slonem's Colorful Bunny Oil Painting 'Profile'
By Hunt Slonem
Located in White Plains, NY
Available at Madelyn Jordon Fine Art. Hunt Slonem's bunny oil painting 'Profile' 2022. Oil on wood, 10 x 8 in. / Frame: 16.25 x 14.25 in. This painting features Slonem's signature bu...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
"Mellon" Bunny on Holland Tulip Orange Oil Painting on Wood Panel w Diamond Dust
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts a gestural figure of a bunny on a Holland Tulip Orange background with thick use of paint...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel, Glass
Hunt Slonem, "Jane", 10x8 Green Single Bunny Rabbit Oil Painting
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Renowned artist Hunt Slonem's "Jane" is a 10x8 oil painting on wood board of a single contemporary abstract rabbit in black against a deep green background.
*Painting is framed - Please note that not all Hunt Slonem frames are in mint condition. There may be signs of wear and tear due to the age and history*
Inspired by nature and his 60 pet birds, Hunt Slonem is renowned for his distinct neo-expressionist style. He is best known for his series of bunnies, butterflies and tropical birds, as well as his large-scale sculptures and restorations of forgotten historic homes. Slonem’s works can be found in the permanent collections of 250 museums around the world, including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, the Whitney, the Miro Foundation and the New Orleans Museum of Art.
About the artist:
His flair and admiration for far-flung destinations has been a staple of his life since childhood. Slonem was born in 1951 in Kittery, Maine, and his father’s position as a Navy officer meant the family moved often during Hunt’s formative years, including extended stays in Hawaii, California and Connecticut. He would continue to seek out travel opportunities throughout his young-adult years, studying abroad in Nicaragua and Mexico; these eye-opening experiences imbued him with an appreciation for tropical landscapes that would influence his unique style.
After graduating with a degree in painting and art history from Tulane University in New Orleans, Slonem spent several years in the early 1970s living in Manhattan. It wasn’t until Janet Fish offered him her studio for the summer of 1975 that Slonem was able to fully immerse himself in his work. His pieces began getting exhibited around New York, propelling his reputation and thrusting him into the city’s explosive contemporary arts scene. He received several prestigious grants, including from Montreal’s Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Cultural Counsel Foundation’s Artist Project, for which he painted an 80-foot mural of the World Trade Center in the late 1970s.
As Slonem honed his aesthetic, his work began appearing in unique, contextual spaces. By 1995 he finished a massive six-by-86-foot mural of birds, which shoots across the walls of the Bryant Park Grill Restaurant in New York City. His charity work has resulted dozens of partnerships, including a wallpaper of his famous bunnies designed specifically with Lee Jofa for the Ronald McDonald...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Hunt Slonem, "Hundreds", 10x8 Yellow Single Bunny Rabbit Oil Painting
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Renowned artist Hunt Slonem's "Hundreds" is a 10x8 oil painting on wood board of a single contemporary abstract rabbit in black against a yellow background.
*Painting is framed - Please note that not all Hunt Slonem frames are in mint condition. There may be signs of wear and tear due to the age and history*
Inspired by nature and his 60 pet birds, Hunt Slonem is renowned for his distinct neo-expressionist style. He is best known for his series of bunnies, butterflies and tropical birds, as well as his large-scale sculptures and restorations of forgotten historic homes. Slonem’s works can be found in the permanent collections of 250 museums around the world, including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, the Whitney, the Miro Foundation and the New Orleans Museum of Art.
About the artist:
His flair and admiration for far-flung destinations has been a staple of his life since childhood. Slonem was born in 1951 in Kittery, Maine, and his father’s position as a Navy officer meant the family moved often during Hunt’s formative years, including extended stays in Hawaii, California and Connecticut. He would continue to seek out travel opportunities throughout his young-adult years, studying abroad in Nicaragua and Mexico; these eye-opening experiences imbued him with an appreciation for tropical landscapes that would influence his unique style.
After graduating with a degree in painting and art history from Tulane University in New Orleans, Slonem spent several years in the early 1970s living in Manhattan. It wasn’t until Janet Fish offered him her studio for the summer of 1975 that Slonem was able to fully immerse himself in his work. His pieces began getting exhibited around New York, propelling his reputation and thrusting him into the city’s explosive contemporary arts scene. He received several prestigious grants, including from Montreal’s Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Cultural Counsel Foundation’s Artist Project, for which he painted an 80-foot mural of the World Trade Center in the late 1970s.
As Slonem honed his aesthetic, his work began appearing in unique, contextual spaces. By 1995 he finished a massive six-by-86-foot mural of birds, which shoots across the walls of the Bryant Park Grill Restaurant in New York City. His charity work has resulted dozens of partnerships, including a wallpaper of his famous bunnies designed specifically with Lee Jofa for the Ronald McDonald...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Hunt Slonem, "Red Rose", 10x8 Red Single Bunny Rabbit Oil Painting
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Renowned artist Hunt Slonem's "Red Rose" is a 10x8 oil painting on wood board of a single contemporary abstract rabbit in black against a vibrant red background.
*Painting is framed - Please note that not all Hunt Slonem frames are in mint condition. There may be signs of wear and tear due to the age and history*
Inspired by nature and his 60 pet birds, Hunt Slonem is renowned for his distinct neo-expressionist style. He is best known for his series of bunnies, butterflies and tropical birds, as well as his large-scale sculptures and restorations of forgotten historic homes. Slonem’s works can be found in the permanent collections of 250 museums around the world, including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, the Whitney, the Miro Foundation and the New Orleans Museum of Art.
About the artist:
His flair and admiration for far-flung destinations has been a staple of his life since childhood. Slonem was born in 1951 in Kittery, Maine, and his father’s position as a Navy officer meant the family moved often during Hunt’s formative years, including extended stays in Hawaii, California and Connecticut. He would continue to seek out travel opportunities throughout his young-adult years, studying abroad in Nicaragua and Mexico; these eye-opening experiences imbued him with an appreciation for tropical landscapes that would influence his unique style.
After graduating with a degree in painting and art history from Tulane University in New Orleans, Slonem spent several years in the early 1970s living in Manhattan. It wasn’t until Janet Fish offered him her studio for the summer of 1975 that Slonem was able to fully immerse himself in his work. His pieces began getting exhibited around New York, propelling his reputation and thrusting him into the city’s explosive contemporary arts scene. He received several prestigious grants, including from Montreal’s Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Cultural Counsel Foundation’s Artist Project, for which he painted an 80-foot mural of the World Trade Center in the late 1970s.
As Slonem honed his aesthetic, his work began appearing in unique, contextual spaces. By 1995 he finished a massive six-by-86-foot mural of birds, which shoots across the walls of the Bryant Park Grill Restaurant in New York City. His charity work has resulted dozens of partnerships, including a wallpaper of his famous bunnies designed specifically with Lee Jofa for the Ronald McDonald...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Hunt Slonem, "Banded", 10x8 Multi Color Single Bunny Rabbit Oil Painting
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Renowned artist Hunt Slonem's "Banded" is a 10x8 oil painting on wood board of a single contemporary abstract rabbit in black against a multi-colored background.
*Painting is framed - Please note that not all Hunt Slonem frames are in mint condition. There may be signs of wear and tear due to the age and history*
Inspired by nature and his 60 pet birds, Hunt Slonem is renowned for his distinct neo-expressionist style. He is best known for his series of bunnies, butterflies and tropical birds, as well as his large-scale sculptures and restorations of forgotten historic homes. Slonem’s works can be found in the permanent collections of 250 museums around the world, including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, the Whitney, the Miro Foundation and the New Orleans Museum of Art.
About the artist:
His flair and admiration for far-flung destinations has been a staple of his life since childhood. Slonem was born in 1951 in Kittery, Maine, and his father’s position as a Navy officer meant the family moved often during Hunt’s formative years, including extended stays in Hawaii, California and Connecticut. He would continue to seek out travel opportunities throughout his young-adult years, studying abroad in Nicaragua and Mexico; these eye-opening experiences imbued him with an appreciation for tropical landscapes that would influence his unique style.
After graduating with a degree in painting and art history from Tulane University in New Orleans, Slonem spent several years in the early 1970s living in Manhattan. It wasn’t until Janet Fish offered him her studio for the summer of 1975 that Slonem was able to fully immerse himself in his work. His pieces began getting exhibited around New York, propelling his reputation and thrusting him into the city’s explosive contemporary arts scene. He received several prestigious grants, including from Montreal’s Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Cultural Counsel Foundation’s Artist Project, for which he painted an 80-foot mural of the World Trade Center in the late 1970s.
As Slonem honed his aesthetic, his work began appearing in unique, contextual spaces. By 1995 he finished a massive six-by-86-foot mural of birds, which shoots across the walls of the Bryant Park Grill Restaurant in New York City. His charity work has resulted dozens of partnerships, including a wallpaper of his famous bunnies designed specifically with Lee Jofa for the Ronald McDonald...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Classic Hunt Slonem "Untitled" Green Amazon Bird on Gold
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Untitled" Green Amazon Bird on Gold
A painted Green Amazon Bird on a Gold scored metallic background in Hunt Slonem's old style in an antique frame.
Unframed: 10 x 8 in...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Hunt Slonem "Flutter Ascension Blue" Blue Metallic Butterflies
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Flutter Ascension in Blue" Butterflies
Black outlined white and light blue butterflies on a gold and silver etched background in an antique frame.
Unframed: 39.5 x 32.5...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Hunt Slonem "3 Flights" White Butterflies on Yellow
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "3 Flights" White Butterflies on Yellow
Black outlined white butterflies on a yellow etched background in an antique frame.
Unframed: 12.5 x 10.5 inches
Framed: 17.5 x 1...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
"Morpho II" Multicolor Butterflies on Gold Background Oil on Wood with Scoring
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Butterflies. This piece depicts two delicate butterflies in ascension placed in a wonderful golden landscape with blue, red and yellow background. Slonem traces his famous crosshatch details throughout the piece, with thick use of paint and elegant accents. Inspired by nature and a genuine love for animals, Slonem's paintings encompass unique inspirations drawn from the world. While viewing this piece in person, it is as if we are surrounded by beauty and encased effortlessly in a golden seascape. This painting invites us to celebrate nature and the simplicity of flight from the elegant world of the butterfly. This painting is signed and dated by the artist on verso and it comes housed in a simple vintage frame...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Hunt Slonem "Winter" White Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Winter" White Bunny
A gestured bunny rabbit in black on a white background. Framed in a vintage gold frame.
Unframed: 10 x 8 inches
Framed: 14.5 x 12.5 inches
*Painting...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Hunt Slonem "Ascension" Blue and White Butterflies on Gold Metallic
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Ascension" Light Blue Butterflies on Gold Metallic
Black outlined light blue and white butterflies on a blue etched gold metallic background in a gold vintage frame.
Un...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Hunt Slonem "Ascension Rain Storm" Blue Butterflies
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Ascension Rain Storm" Blue Butterflies
Black outlined silver and blue butterflies on a light blue etched silver and dark blue metallic background.
Unframed: 72 x 84 inc...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hunt Slonem "Totem" Bunny on Multicolored Metallic
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Toem" Bunny on Multicolored Metallic
Single gestured black bunny on a multicolored rainbow background with mixed metallics. Framed in an antique wooden gold frame.
Unfr...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Hunt Slonem "Finches Purple Whydah" Multicolored Birds on Gold
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Finches Purple Whydah" Multicolored Birds on Gold metallic background.
Multicolored Finches birds on a metallic gold background. Framed in an antique gold frame.
Unfr...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Ocelots Managua
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Denver, CO
"Ocelots Managua" is an oil painting by famed Neo-Expressionist Hunt Slonem. This work is completed with a golden vintage style ornate frame and features a group of playful felines o...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Maybe" Black Bunny on Light Lavender Background Oil Painting - Oval Frame
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts a gestural figure of a black bunny on Light Lavender background with thick use of paint. ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"Ireland" Black Outline Bunny on Emerald Green Background Oil Painting Wood
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts a gestural figure of a black bunny on an Emerald green background with thick use of paint...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"Heart Felt" Heart Shaped Diamond Dust Turquoise Bunny Oil Painting Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts a double bunny on a turquoise blue gradient background with thick use of paint and diamon...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Glass, Resin, Oil, Wood Panel
"Butterflies" Multicolor Butterflies on Brilliant Golden w Gold Antique Frame
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Butterflies. This piece depicts multicolor delicate butterflies in ascension placed in a wonderful brilliant golden l...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel, Mixed Media
"Question Mark & Comma" Butterflies on Silver and Gold Oil Painting on Canvas
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Butterflies. This piece depicts delicate multicolor butterflies in ascension placed in a wonderful golden silver land...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
"Molucans Square Hawaii" Multicolor Cockatoos with Gold Background on Canvas
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects of Cockatoos. The thick use of paint is greatly recognizable as he slathers on layer after layer of multicolor oil pai...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Margo" Black Outlined Bunny on French Blue Background Oil Painting - Oval Frame
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts a gestural figure of a black bunny on French Blue background with thick use of paint. It ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"Blue Finches" Blue Birds on Silver Background Oil Painting on Canvas
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects of finches. The thick use of paint is greatly recognizable as he slathers on layer after layer of oil paint with a sil...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Morning Cloaks" Multicolor Butterflies on Periwinkle Blue w Gold Antique Frame
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Butterflies. This piece depicts multicolor delicate butterflies in ascension placed in a wonderful periwinkle blue la...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
« Noah's Ark" Folk Art Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Pasadena, CA
« Noah's Ark" is an unsigned oil painting that transcends the well-known biblical narrative into a contemporary allegory. Within this canvas, an iconic and realistic ark shelters a k...
Category
1960s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Swimming jellyfish, fractal painting, naturalistic trompe l'oeil, water animals
Located in Carballo, ES
Black Neoexpressionist Painting. This is an original artwork realized by TUSET in 2018. We can frame it in natural wood or black on request. The dimensions of the painting are 65 x ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Ink, Handmade Paper
"Blue Diamond Dust Castle Grounds" White Bunnies on Blue Diamond Dust Painting
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A stunning composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts gestural figures of Bunnies against an ultramarine blue diamond dust background. Slonem tr...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Glass, Resin, Oil
"Air Fare" White Butterflies on Periwinkle Blue Background with Scoring Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Butterflies. This piece depicts three delicate butterflies in ascension placed in a wonderful periwinkle blue landsca...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"Lavender World" Triple Bunnies on Lavender Oil Painting in an Eastlake Frame
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts 3 gestural figures of black bunnies on a Light Lavender background with thick use of pain...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"Summer Dip" White Bunny on Sapphire Blue Background Oil Painting Wood Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts a gestural figure of a white bunny on a Sapphire Blue background with thick use of paint....
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel, Resin
"Green Pastures" Black Outline Bunny on Mint Green Background Oil Painting Wood
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts a gestural figure of a black bunny on a Mint green background with thick use of paint. In...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"Billy" Black Bunny on French Blue Background Oil Painting on Wood Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts a gestural figure of a black bunny on a French Blue background with thick use of paint. I...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"Lorries Bayou La Fouche" Colorful Cockatoos on Gold Background Oil on Canvas
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects of Cockatoos. The thick use of paint is greatly recognizable as he slathers on layer after layer of colorful oils on a...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
"Lee" Black Outline Bunny on Aqua Mist Blue Oil Painting on Wood Panel Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts a gestural figure of a black bunny on an Aqua Mist blue background with thick use of pain...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"Whydahs Longtail" Bunnies, Birds & Butterflies on Gold Background Oil Painting
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies, Butterflies and Birds. This piece depicts gestural figures of 3 blue eyed Bunnies, 8 multicolor Butterflies...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Wood, Mixed Media, Oil
"Paris Green" Multicolor Butterflies on Green -Aesthetic Movement Eastlake Frame
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Butterflies. This piece depicts multicolor delicate butterflies in ascension placed in a wonderful Paris Green landsc...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"Rose of Lima Hummingbirds" Green Red on White Background Oil Painting on Wood
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects of hummingbirds. The thick use of paint is greatly recognizable as he slathers on layer after layer of oil paint with ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"Michael" Black Bunny on White Background Oil Painting on Wood Panel Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts a gestural figure of a black bunny on white background with thick use of paint. It is hou...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"Yellow Moon" Black Outlined Bunny on Royal Yellow Oil Painting on Wood Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts a gestural figure of a black bunny on a royal yellow background with thick use of paint. ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"Benson" Black Bunny on Light Lavender Background Oil Painting on Wood Panel
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts a gestural figure of a black bunny on a Light Lavender background with thick use of paint...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Hunt Slonem, "Lory", 10x8 Green Parrot Oval Avian Painting on Board
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Renowned artist Hunt Slonem's "Lory" is a 10x8 colorful oil painting on wood board of an abstract parrot in green and red against a peach-colored background. A thick application of paint combined with Slonem's antique framing lends a hand in giving this piece motion. Finished with his choice of antique framing.
*Painting is framed - Please note that not all Hunt Slonem frames are in mint condition. There may be signs of wear and tear due to the age and history*
Inspired by nature and his 60 pet birds, Hunt Slonem is renowned for his distinct neo-expressionist style. He is best known for his series of bunnies, butterflies and tropical birds, as well as his large-scale sculptures and restorations of forgotten historic homes. Slonem’s works can be found in the permanent collections of 250 museums around the world, including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, the Whitney, the Miro Foundation and the New Orleans Museum of Art.
About the artist:
His flair and admiration for far-flung destinations has been a staple of his life since childhood. Slonem was born in 1951 in Kittery, Maine, and his father’s position as a Navy officer meant the family moved often during Hunt’s formative years, including extended stays in Hawaii, California and Connecticut. He would continue to seek out travel opportunities throughout his young-adult years, studying abroad in Nicaragua and Mexico; these eye-opening experiences imbued him with an appreciation for tropical landscapes that would influence his unique style.
After graduating with a degree in painting and art history from Tulane University in New Orleans, Slonem spent several years in the early 1970s living in Manhattan. It wasn’t until Janet Fish offered him her studio for the summer of 1975 that Slonem was able to fully immerse himself in his work. His pieces began getting exhibited around New York, propelling his reputation and thrusting him into the city’s explosive contemporary arts scene. He received several prestigious grants, including from Montreal’s Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Cultural Counsel Foundation’s Artist Project, for which he painted an 80-foot mural of the World Trade Center in the late 1970s.
As Slonem honed his aesthetic, his work began appearing in unique, contextual spaces. By 1995 he finished a massive six-by-86-foot mural of birds, which shoots across the walls of the Bryant Park Grill Restaurant in New York City. His charity work has resulted dozens of partnerships, including a wallpaper of his famous bunnies designed specifically with Lee Jofa for the Ronald McDonald...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Hunt Slonem, "Score Card", 10x8 Gold Bunny Oil Painting in Silver Antique Frame
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Renowned artist Hunt Slonem's "Score Card" is a 10x8 oil painting on wood board of a contemporary abstract black rabbit in his choice of silver antique framing. Gold leaf with gridde...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Hunt Slonem, "Pink Pair", 10x8 Light Pink Oval Textured Bunny Painting on Board
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Renowned artist Hunt Slonem's "Pink Pair" is a 10x8 oil painting on wood board of two contemporary abstract bunnies in black against a light pink background. A thick application of p...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Hunt Slonem, "In the Pink", 12.5x11 Diamond Dust Pink Bunny Oil Painting
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Renowned artist Hunt Slonem's "In the Pink" is a 12.5x11 oil painting on wood featuring a pink and white bunny outline over a lighter pink background with diamond dust, finished with...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Neo-expressionist animal paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Neo-Expressionist animal paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add animal paintings created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, orange, purple, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Hunt Slonem, and Reginald K. Gee. Frequently made by artists working with Canvas, and Fabric and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Neo-Expressionist animal paintings, so small editions measuring 8 inches across are also available. Prices for animal paintings made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $39 and tops out at $155,000, while the average work sells for $7,812.
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