Animal Paintings
2010s American Impressionist Animal Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Late 19th Century Animal Paintings
Oil, Board
19th Century Victorian Animal Paintings
Oil
1790s Old Masters Animal Paintings
Oil
1960s Animal Paintings
Oil
1990s Animal Paintings
Linen, Oil
19th Century Old Masters Animal Paintings
Oil, Canvas
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Acrylic, Wood Panel, Color Pencil
2010s Post-Modern Animal Paintings
Acrylic, Permanent Marker
1970s Post-Impressionist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1970s Modern Animal Paintings
Oil
19th Century Old Masters Animal Paintings
Oil
2010s Tribal Animal Paintings
Acrylic, Permanent Marker
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Animal Paintings
Oil, Canvas
Mid-20th Century Modern Animal Paintings
Gouache
Mid-20th Century American Modern Animal Paintings
Oil, Canvas
17th Century Old Masters Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Animal Paintings
Oil
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Oil, Panel
Late 19th Century Victorian Animal Paintings
Oil
1830s Victorian Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Early 19th Century Victorian Animal Paintings
Oil, Canvas
Early 1900s Victorian Animal Paintings
Oil
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Oil, Panel
2010s Street Art Animal Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Oil, Panel
2010s American Realist Animal Paintings
Oil, Panel
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Cotton Canvas, Oil
1830s Folk Art Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Animal Paintings
Canvas
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Gold Leaf
Late 20th Century Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1970s Impressionist Animal Paintings
Oil
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil
1870s Victorian Animal Paintings
Oil, Wood Panel
1960s Realist Animal Paintings
Oil
Late 19th Century English School Animal Paintings
Oil
19th Century Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Paper, Glue, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Pencil
19th Century Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Abstract Expressionist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Artist Comments
A herd of bison descends a mist-shrouded mountain, embodying majesty and resilience. Erratic brushstrokes and bold applications of paint create a dynamic visu...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
The bison and the beetle have a prehistoric elegance about them that I thought would compliment each other perfectly. Symbolically, both represent life and mortality, which has been on my mind lately. To Native Americans, bison are symbolic of sacred life and abundance. And in ancient greek mythology the beetle became revered as a symbol of rebirth and immortality -- its daily journey across the sky became an allegory of human life. The Wallpaper collection is a juxtaposition of masculine meets feminine. I wanted to create a unique series that stands apart from traditional nature paintings, where the wild and somewhat prehistoric aspects of my animals featured contrast against their delicate backdrops. In addition to this, many of my paintings are created with a little bit of underlying symbolism usually sparked from a world event or life moment that I am experiencing. I concentrate on this theme as a therapeutic mantra throughout the creation of the painting. For each painting, different techniques and layers of design are implemented when creating the wall paper effect. To keep the patterns consistent I create a stencil to outline the shapes of my hummingbirds, bugs and fish, and then I hand paint each shape individually. In the areas where I wanted a little more chaos, I would forgo the stencil and eyeball each design. My animals are always painted first, and then I layout the design around them.
About the Artist
Australian-born Alana Clumeck...
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Animal Paintings
Acrylic
Artist Comments
Artist Heather Foster encountered this inquisitive subject while painting en plein air. "This nosy California girl wanted to be front and center to see what t...
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Animal Paintings
Acrylic
Early 18th Century Old Masters Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1980s Modern Animal Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art Animal Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Glass, Resin, Oil, Panel
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
Late 19th Century Victorian Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Animal Paintings
Oil
1950s Realist Animal Paintings
Oil, Wood Panel
1920s Animal Paintings
Oil
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Oil, Canvas
19th Century Victorian Animal Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Animal Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
This painting was inspired by the simple joy of watching hummingbirds flit and play among the flowers in artist Karen Barton's garden. Two birds hover at the ...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Acrylic
Artist Comments
"Corgis have big ears, big smiles, and have lots of LOVE to share," says artist Jeff Fleming. He displays the two playful canines with endearing grins and sparkling doe eyes. Jeff blends multiple colors and textures, adding depth and character to the composition. He creates dynamic points of interest with finger painting and applying drizzles of color with string.
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: Corgi, happy, dogs, kinetic impressionism, oilpaint, fun, Iris Scott...
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Animal Paintings
Oil
1920s English School Animal Paintings
Oil
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Gold Leaf
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel
1990s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Mixed Media, Graphite
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil
Mid-19th Century French School Animal Paintings
Oil
19th Century Victorian Animal Paintings
Oil, Canvas
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.