Animal Paintings
Mid-19th Century Realist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Wood, Oil
1960s Realist Animal Paintings
Oil, Canvas
2010s Realist Animal Paintings
Oil
2010s Realist Animal Paintings
Paper, Mixed Media
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Realist Animal Paintings
Oil, Panel
1980s Realist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Animal Paintings
Cotton, Wax, Oil
2010s Realist Animal Paintings
Oil, Panel
19th Century Realist Animal Paintings
Watercolor
Artist Comments
Artist John Jaster presents a solitary crimson waterlily surrounded by a thick carpet of lush green leaves. "The frog patiently si...
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Animal Paintings
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Animal Paintings
Linen, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Animal Paintings
Oil, Linen
20th Century Realist Animal Paintings
Oil
1950s Expressionist Animal Paintings
Oil
2010s Realist Animal Paintings
Panel, Oil
1970s Expressionist Animal Paintings
Oil, Cardboard
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Animal Paintings
Oil
2010s Realist Animal Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Animal Paintings
Cotton, Oil
2010s Realist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Animal Paintings
Cotton, Wax, Oil
2010s Realist Animal Paintings
Oil, Panel
1930s Expressionist Animal Paintings
Watercolor
2010s Realist Animal Paintings
Oil, Board
2010s Realist Animal Paintings
Masonite, Oil, Acrylic
1970s Realist Animal Paintings
Paper, Gouache
2010s Expressionist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Expressionist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Realist Animal Paintings
Oil, Panel
2010s Realist Animal Paintings
Oil, Panel
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Animal Paintings
Cotton, Oil
Artist Comments
Artist Emil Morhardt paints a swooping hawk he observed circling the sky and then landing on a tall nearby tree. The bird inspects the many gopher holes nearby. Emil captures it just as it launches a successful attack—painting the plumage with fine detailed brushwork and intense colors against a pure white background. The piece embodies the essence of this powerful raptor.
About the Artist
Emil Morhardt is an acrylic painter from Santa Barbara, California who expresses his passion for birds through realistic acrylic paintings. He paints at home in a studio room that has large windows and a north-facing view of the mountains. He observes the animals from this window, watching roadrunners, foxes, bobcats, deer, and coyote run by. Surrounded by this wildlife, Emil paints bird portraits reminiscent of those by artist John James Audubon. He bases his paintings off hundreds of photographs he takes of birds in the wild and at wildlife recovery centers. Emil captures the freedom and inquisitiveness that birds display...
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Animal Paintings
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Animal Paintings
Oil
2010s Realist Animal Paintings
Acrylic
1890s Realist Animal Paintings
Oil
2010s Realist Animal Paintings
Masonite, Oil, Acrylic
2010s Realist Animal Paintings
Oil
Early 20th Century Realist Animal Paintings
Oil, Cardboard
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Animal Paintings
Oil, Canvas
Artist Comments
Artist Diana Elena Chelaru exhibits an expressionist portrait of a lady with her dog. She caresses the pup as it sleeps by her side. Geometric shapes adorn he...
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Animal Paintings
Acrylic
1990s Expressionist Animal Paintings
Oil, Canvas, Cardboard
2010s Realist Animal Paintings
Oil, Canvas
2010s Realist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Realist Animal Paintings
Oil, Wood Panel
1990s Realist Animal Paintings
Acrylic, Board
Early 20th Century Realist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Expressionist Animal Paintings
Oil, Board
2010s Realist Animal Paintings
Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor
Early 2000s Realist Animal Paintings
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Animal Paintings
Oil
2010s Realist Animal Paintings
Oil
2010s Realist Animal Paintings
Oil
19th Century Realist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Realist 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.