Animal Paintings
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
1980s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Oil
1880s Impressionist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1960s Modern Animal Paintings
Masonite, Ink, Oil
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil
2010s Abstract Expressionist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
Late 20th Century Contemporary Animal Paintings
Paper, Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil
2010s Symbolist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil
1940s Impressionist Animal Paintings
Oil, Cardboard
1970s American Realist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Encaustic
1990s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1930s Fauvist Animal Paintings
Oil
Early 20th Century American Modern Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Board
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil
19th Century Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil
2010s American Impressionist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Abstract Expressionist Animal Paintings
Oil
1870s Realist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Animal Paintings
Gold Leaf
2010s Impressionist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil
2010s Realist Animal Paintings
Ink, Watercolor, Board
Artist Comments
When I walk along Santa Barbara beaches in winter, Marbled Godwits are the most common bird, often seen in herds, as in thi...
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Animal Paintings
Acrylic
Mid-19th Century Hudson River School Animal Paintings
Oil, Board
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil, Canvas
2010s Abstract Expressionist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Ink, Acrylic, Gouache
21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Animal Paintings
Oil Crayon, Acrylic, Board
1990s Impressionist Animal Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1990s Modern Animal Paintings
Oil
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Acrylic, Permanent Marker
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Gouache, Graphite
2010s Abstract Expressionist Animal Paintings
Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel
1940s Modern Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1830s Victorian Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Early 20th Century Impressionist Animal Paintings
Watercolor
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Gold Leaf
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Canvas, Charcoal, Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Panel
2010s Animal Paintings
Mixed Media, Wood Panel
20th Century English School Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
20th Century Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
19th Century Realist Animal Paintings
Oil, Panel
1950s American Impressionist Animal Paintings
Oil, Board
19th Century Victorian Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Animal Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil, Wood Panel
Late 19th Century Naturalistic Animal Paintings
Oil, Canvas
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Steel
2010s Impressionist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
Early 2000s Photorealist Animal Paintings
Oil, Wood Panel
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Street Art Animal Paintings
Mixed Media
2010s Impressionist Animal Paintings
Oil
19th Century Victorian 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.