Animal Paintings
2010s Modern Animal Paintings
Oil, Wood Panel
Artist Comments
A family portrait style painting of artist Jessica JH Roller's four cats. She stylized the animals' features, focusing on each subject's unique patterns and m...
21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Animal Paintings
Oil Crayon, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Artist Comments
A pair of little woodpeckers perch on opposite sides of a branch, busy probing the small holes they've made for fresh tree sap. The intricate features of their plumage and the textured bark create a striking contrast against the stark white background. Rendered in vibrant colors and fine detail, artist Emil Morhardt brings this charming scene to life.
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
Early 20th Century Impressionist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Animal Paintings
Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Late 19th Century Barbizon School Animal Paintings
Oil
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s American Realist Animal Paintings
Oil
2010s Street Art Animal Paintings
Mixed Media
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Animal Paintings
Oil
2010s Street Art Animal Paintings
Glass, Wood, Spray Paint
2010s American Realist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Animal Paintings
Oil
2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Ink, Oil, Board
2010s Modern Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Glass, Resin, Oil, Panel
Late 19th Century English School Animal Paintings
Oil, Canvas
20th Century Animal Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
19th Century Realist Animal Paintings
Oil, Board
19th Century Romantic Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Early 1900s Victorian Animal Paintings
Oil, Canvas
1980s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Oil
Early 2000s Realist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Abstract Animal Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
Artist Comments
The artwork depicts the Nine of Pentacles card, symbolizing rapidly growing success, incoming financial satisfaction, and wealth. White bison figures represen...
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Animal Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Early 19th Century English School Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Early 2000s American Impressionist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
2010s Realist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Lacquer, Acrylic
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Paper, Acrylic
2010s Expressionist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Board
Early 1900s Realist Animal Paintings
Oil
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil
2010s Expressionist Animal Paintings
Bromoil
Artist Comments
A slow-moving sea turtle swims with determination, balancing a cupcake on its head. It evokes feelings of solitude, peace, and joy. The artwork, painted over ...
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Animal Paintings
Oil
2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Oil
Late 19th Century Romantic Animal Paintings
Oil, Wood Panel
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil
2010s Realist Animal Paintings
Oil
2010s Abstract Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
18th Century Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
20th Century American Impressionist Animal Paintings
Oil
1920s Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Artist Comments
"This is a calf from a herd I met in Pagosa Springs, Colorado," shares artist Heather Foster. "I wanted the bold underpainting to show through and give a dist...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Animal Paintings
Acrylic
2010s Abstract Impressionist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Canvas, Paint, Oil, Acrylic
19th Century Realist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Canvas, Mixed Media
Mid-20th Century Naturalistic Animal Paintings
Silver
1970s American Impressionist Animal Paintings
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Animal Paintings
Oil, Canvas
2010s Abstract Expressionist Animal Paintings
Cotton 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.