Animal Paintings
Artist Comments
Artist Onelio Marrero presents an impressionist scene of ducks wading by a river. "I went to a nearby lake to observe ducks in order to paint this scene of Pe...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Animal Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
Artist Emil Morhardt displays an impressionist portrait of three brown pelicans. The birds sun themselves in the Sea of Cortez against a subtle greenish-blue late afternoon sky. "I hadn't thought about pelicans having a 3D vision like hawks until I was looking over my photos and saw one of the birds staring straight at me," shares Emil. He references his photographs from a National Geographic Zodiac that the pelicans seemed curious about, allowing very close viewing.
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 in the natural world. Before painting birds, he painted landscapes of San Francisco and the Eastern Sierra. Emil was raised in the high desert of California and learned to paint from his father, who was one of the early California watercolorists...
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Animal Paintings
Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Mixed Media, Encaustic, Wood Panel
1870s Realist Animal Paintings
Oil
2010s Abstract Impressionist Animal Paintings
Oil
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Board, Oil, Paper
2010s Expressionist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
20th Century Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil, Canvas
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Animal Paintings
Oil
2010s Animal Paintings
Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Panel
1940s Modern Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
19th Century Impressionist Animal Paintings
Oil, Board
1950s Abstract Animal Paintings
Charcoal
Early 1900s French School Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Animal Paintings
Canvas, India Ink
Mid-20th Century Modern Animal Paintings
Oil, Canvas
Early 20th Century Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Expressionist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Animal Paintings
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil
2010s Naturalistic Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil, Panel
Early 2000s Modern Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
18th Century English School Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Early 2000s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Expressionist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
2010s Expressionist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
1990s American Realist Animal Paintings
Enamel
20th Century Realist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1990s Art Deco Animal Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
Artist Onelio Marrero displays a stunning koi pond in mesmerizing shades of deep blue and green. Part of his series of paintings exploring ponds, waterlilies,...
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Animal Paintings
Oil
2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
A robin lifts its wings, absorbed in the quiet, timeless work of building a home. The soft, dreamlike background, touched with hints of green, suggests the firs...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Animal Paintings
Acrylic
20th Century Animal Paintings
Oil
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Wood Panel, Oil
2010s Impressionist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1980s Abstract Expressionist Animal Paintings
Paper, Acrylic
2010s Animal Paintings
Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Acrylic, Paper
2010s Expressionist Animal Paintings
Oil, Archival Paper
19th Century Victorian Animal Paintings
Oil, Canvas
20th Century Impressionist Animal Paintings
Watercolor
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Ceramic, Stoneware, Glaze
2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Late 20th Century Impressionist Animal Paintings
Oil
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil, Panel
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Paint, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Pen
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Mixed Media
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Animal Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Animal Paintings
Linen, Oil
2010s Impressionist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil Crayon, Acrylic
2010s Photorealist Animal Paintings
Oil, Panel
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.