Animal Paintings
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Animal Paintings
Ink, Acrylic
19th Century Victorian Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
19th Century Victorian Animal Paintings
Oil
2010s Abstract Expressionist Animal Paintings
Acrylic, Archival Paper
2010s Impressionist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Modern Animal Paintings
Oil, Acrylic, Paper
2010s Impressionist Animal Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
"The elephant always hosted the best tea parties, everyone agreed," says artist Andrea Doss. "Her dream was to bake a cake taller than the giraffe, but she ha...
21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Animal Paintings
Acrylic
Late 20th Century Other Art Style Animal Paintings
Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Vinyl, Pen, Color Pencil
Artist Comments
"This horse was just one in the midst of a crowd at the Santa Fe rodeo - a group that was waiting in the pens behind the action," shares artist Heather Foster...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Acrylic
19th Century Naturalistic Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1920s Other Art Style Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Artist Comments
"Togetherness is a wonderful place to be, and what better reflects a bond of love," says artist Jeff Fleming. He displays a touching portrait of a golden retriever mom affectionately posing with her puppy. Jeff begins with a pencil sketch and applies paint with his fingers, brushes, and string. He drizzles paint in random strokes to create an energetic composition brimming with splashes of color.
About the Artist
Artist Jeff Fleming uses fingerpainting to create exuberant portraits of dogs. Growing up in Southern California, Jeff was first introduced to fingerpainting in kindergarten. He painted through high school and college and won several art awards, including Best of Show in a city wide student competition. After graduating with a degree in journalism and advertising, he went to work as an art director. For the next 40 years, he created print, radio and television ads for a number of top agencies. "After retiring in 2019, the clouds of stress and pressure cleared and allowed me to set my creative energy free," says Jeff. He began developing new techniques focused on the excitement and energy of painting. Today, he uses a variety of methods and tools, including fingerpainting wearing nitrile gloves...
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Animal Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Animal Paintings
Oil, Panel
2010s Aesthetic Movement Animal Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
19th Century Animal Paintings
Oil, Board
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil, Cardboard
Early 18th Century Old Masters Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Street Art Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Spray Paint, Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Acrylic
2010s Minimalist Animal Paintings
Ink, Watercolor, Handmade Paper
2010s Impressionist Animal Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
A beautiful lotus pond flourishes on artist Guigen Zha's contemporary piece. Reinterpreting Chen Hongshu's Lotus and Mandarin Ducks ...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil
Late 20th Century Post-Impressionist Animal Paintings
Oil, Board
Artist Comments
"The iconic powder-blue lifeguard tower with a patriotic flag waving, stands tall on the wide Southern California beach," describes artist John Jaster. A life...
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Animal Paintings
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Late 20th Century Contemporary Animal Paintings
Paper, Acrylic
2010s Modern Animal Paintings
Oil
19th Century Impressionist Animal Paintings
Oil
Early 20th Century Victorian Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Animal Paintings
Oil Crayon, Acrylic, Board
19th Century Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
19th Century Romantic Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1950s American Modern Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Canvas, Ink, Acrylic
Artist Comments
Artist Emil Morhardt captures a sanderling scurrying along the edge of incoming surf. "In a second, he'll turn around and follow ...
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Animal Paintings
Acrylic
1980s English School Animal Paintings
Oil, Board
Early 19th Century Romantic Animal Paintings
Ink, Watercolor, Pencil
2010s Modern Animal Paintings
Paper, Watercolor, Graphite
19th Century Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Artist Comments
In this fantastical jungle scene, artist Miranda Gamel uses tigers as a symbol of strength and leadership. "Placing the tigers in the fire is meant to bring c...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Animal Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
"The wolf loved to read and spent most of his time in the library," says artist Andrea Doss. A grey wolf contentedly sits on a tall s...
21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings
Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Gold Leaf
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil, Panel
1950s Impressionist Animal Paintings
Oil, Board
2010s Naturalistic Animal Paintings
Oil, Wood Panel
Artist Comments
Three black crows rest on a winter tree, content in each other's company. A crescent moon hangs in the teal night sky, and an ethereal glow suffuses throughout. Artist Sally Adams...
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Animal Paintings
Acrylic
2010s Realist Animal Paintings
Acrylic
20th Century Naturalistic Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Artist Comments
This painting is of a black swallowtail butterfly. The butterfly is painted larger than life to show all of the detail. It has a mystical quality as the butterfly seems to float above the garden with a few stars beginning to appear on a lavender sky.
About the Artist
Kira Yustak paints fantastical scenes that come from her childhood memories, dreams, and the natural world. Each piece feels like part of a larger narrative of an alternative reality, rendered in a style she describes as comic realism. She feels art must trigger something inside the viewer’s soul.Kira currently lives in New Jersey and finds inspiration in the work of Lowbrow, Folk, and Surrealist artists.
Words that describe this painting: butterfly, insect, garden, stars, wings, animals, representational, acrylic painting, purple
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil
20th Century Impressionist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1970s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil
Animal Paintings for Sale
Animal paintings depict the beauty and power of nature in an elegant way that can complement any room. Interacting with animals has long captured the imagination and has been interpreted in diverse artistic media.
Some of the oldest works of art have included animals, such as a cave painting found in Indonesia dating back more than 45,500 years that shows a wild pig in red ocher pigment. Animals have continued to appear in every era and style of art, from realism to Pop art and everything in between.
Some paintings portray animals in their natural habitat, highlighting the majesty of wild creatures roaming the plains, forests and jungles. These paintings often feature deer, tigers, wild mustangs and other wildlife. Others focus on domestic animals such as dogs — pay a visit to the Museum of the Dog if you don’t believe us — as well as cats and how they interact with the world and their owners.
Picking the right animal painting for a room — as well as knowing how to arrange your new wall art — can take time. But, in the end, it will tastefully reflect your interests and passions. While an expansive landscape painting helps open up a small space, hanging a horse painting in a den shows a love for equine culture and can invite interesting conversation.
There is animal art to fit every collection on 1stDibs. Explore a wide selection of animal paintings and animal prints in a range of styles and designs to match any home or office.