Animal Paintings
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic, Ballpoint Pen
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
19th Century Victorian Animal Paintings
Oil
20th Century Post-War Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Early 19th Century Old Masters Animal Paintings
Oil
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Silver
Artist Comments
"The enchanted woods lie somewhere between hither and thither, filled with the magic of dew drops and the flittering light of moonbeams and fireflies," shares a...
21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Animal Paintings
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Animal Paintings
Oil, Canvas
Artist Comments
Artist Jessica JH Roller depicts two mysterious barn owls against a striking red backdrop. The wide-eyed birds live peacefully at an ow...
21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Animal Paintings
Acrylic
Artist Comments
This painting is part of a series of whimsical foxes. For these pieces, Tara has a collection of small toy foxes that she sets up like a still life for reference. I needed a dark background to offset the desert sand and warm hues of the fox, so I added in a dark sky flecked with little stars, Tara explains of this painting. I think of foxes as mystical creatures, leading the viewer to an otherworldly destination.
About the Artist
Desert Night...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil
18th Century Victorian Animal Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
Artist Jeff Fleming describes his painting style as kinetic impressionism. In this piece, a beagle triumphantly retrieves a stick thrown into the ocean. Jeff started the piece with a pencil sketch on the canvas, then with gloved hands, he applied oil paint using his fingers. Details were later added using brushes. Once these layers of paint dried, he moved the piece to his studio floor. "At this point, I whisked paint in random but authoritative strokes - a speckling technique which replicates water splashing."
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, traditional paint brushes, bamboo shish kebab sticks, kite string, spraypaint and splattering. While working, Jeff always listens to music, including Broadway musicals, dance music and rhythmic Hawaiian tunes.
Words that describe this painting: beagle, dog, pet, impressionism, Iris Scott...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Animal Paintings
Oil
2010s Symbolist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Artist Comments
Artist Jaime Ellsworth paints the everyday experiences of the animals she handles. She portrays a white dog vigilantly watching an eager crow. The dog sits with...
21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Animal Paintings
Acrylic
Early 19th Century English School Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil, Canvas
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil
1960s Modern Animal Paintings
Oil, Board
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Oil, Wood Panel
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Permanent Marker
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Oil, Wood Panel
20th Century Victorian Animal Paintings
Oil, Canvas
Late 19th Century Victorian Animal Paintings
Oil
20th Century Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1930s American Modern Animal Paintings
Board, Oil
Late 20th Century Realist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil, Canvas
19th Century Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Oil, Wood Panel
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil
1880s Impressionist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
18th Century Animal Paintings
Watercolor, Engraving
Late 19th Century Victorian Animal Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Watercolor, Sumi Ink, Color Pencil
1880s Victorian Animal Paintings
Oil
1990s Pop Art Animal Paintings
Oil, Canvas
Artist Comments
Artist Jessica JH Roller paints a portrait of a charming pair of long-bodied dogs. She draws inspiration from the jolly pet daschunds of her friend. Jessica's p...
21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Animal Paintings
Acrylic
1980s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Oil
2010s American Realist Animal Paintings
Oil, Canvas
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Acrylic, Canvas
Artist Comments
"On hot summer afternoons on the East Side of Milwaukee, a young man could often be seen carrying his pet Tegu lizard to Bradford Beach so it could bask in the sun," says artist Leroy Burt...
21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Animal Paintings
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Animal Paintings
Oil
1960s Modern Animal Paintings
Board, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Animal Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
1860s Victorian Animal Paintings
Oil
1980s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Paper, Oil
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Paper, Oil
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Rag Paper, Archival Pigment
2010s Symbolist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1890s Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1890s Animal Paintings
Canvas, 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.