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Medium: Paper
Angus Drawing #230
Located in Bozeman, MT
Waddell's paintings are a combination of rough marks, thick paint, transparent elegant strokes, and, on a few occasions a slow, hard line scratched into the canvas. You can feel the ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Paper Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Oil
The Band by Gabrielle Pool. Ink drawing on paper of three adolescent giraffes
Located in Coltishall, GB
A band of brothers. A group of cool, adolescent giraffes with attitude
Gabrielle Pool’s inks on paper of wild animals from the African savannah are simple and charming. Using an u...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Paper Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Owl Tech, Cobalt Blue Owl, Bird, Yellow Flowers Mushrooms Futuristic Landscape
By Peter Hamlin
Located in Kent, CT
A futuristic animal hybrid is the focus of this fantastical landscape in acrylic ink on Arches watercolor paper by Peter Hamlin. The meticulously detailed owl-like creature in shades...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
"Moses" (2022) by Carrie Goller, Watercolor Painting of Rabbit
Located in Denver, CO
Carrie Goller's (US based) "Moses" is an original, handmade watercolor painting that depicts a portrait of a rabbit This piece is unframed yet ready to hang.
Born and raised on Wa...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Reunion - Japanese Style Gyotaku Painting of Koi on Marbled Mulberry Paper
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
In Japan they are known as Nishikigoi, or living jewels. These brilliantly colored varieties of the Amur carp have been selectively bred by family owned fisheries for generations. Wh...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paper Animal Paintings
Materials
Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper
Lemon Meringue - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting of a Multi-Colored Octopus
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then embellishes it with colored pencil to convey an extraordinary dimensionality. By printing it on Mulberry paper, which mimics the swirl of water, the artist achieves a beautiful aesthetic. The artwork is matted and framed in a simple white wooden frame measuring 18.25h x 24.25w x 1d inches.
Jeff Conroy
Lemon Meringue
sumi ink and colored pencil on mulberry paper
12.50h x 18.25w in
31.75h x 46.35w cm
JEC118
Gyotaku - A Japanese word translated from "gyo" meaning fish and "taku" meaning stone impression and is believed to get its inspiration from Chinese stone rubbings...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paper Animal Paintings
Materials
Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil
Adorable Ally
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Swiss artist Fredi Gertsch creates lively colorful pop-folk art paintings with one inexhaustible element: the Emmentaler cow. Humor and optimism are essential traits of the artist: "...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paper Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Pastel
Study of a Butterfly, Watercolour on Silk Applied to Handmade Paper.
Located in Cotignac, FR
One from a set of four watercolours of butterflies on silk, applied to handmade paper, with hand cut edges, by French artist La Roche Laffitte. Signed bottom right. (The other 3 items are available separately)
A beautifully observed and detailed study of a butterfly painted...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Paper Animal Paintings
Materials
Silk, Watercolor, Gouache, Handmade Paper, Carbon Pencil
Winter Sheep Drive Dr. #7
Located in Bozeman, MT
Waddell's paintings are a combination of rough marks, thick paint, transparent elegant strokes, and, on a few occasions a slow, hard line scratched into the canvas. You can feel the ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Paper Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
Still Life with Tiger and Fox
By Mary Vernon
Located in Dallas, TX
"In the world of still life and landscape, conceptual events meet one another – the structural meets the narrative, the small stands in the space of the large, and color has a chance...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Animal Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil, Paper
3D Wildlife - Original Street Art on Newsprint by Gary John
By Gary John
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene first during Art Basel Miami in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he was nam...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Paper Animal Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Newsprint
Honest Haley
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Swiss artist Fredi Gertsch creates lively colorful pop-folk art paintings with one inexhaustible element: the Emmentaler cow. Humor and optimism are essential traits of the artist: "...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paper Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Yellow billed Magpie
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Yellow billed Magpie" is an original watercolor and layered hand-cut paper artwork by Nayan and Vaishali measuring 10.25”h x 10.25”w framed
.
Vaishali is an illustrator and her par...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Paper Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Surrealist Large Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ Female Artist Horse Pink Blue
By Isabel Rock
Located in Norfolk, GB
Isabel Rock is a creator of contemporary fairy tales. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work is an explosion of strange occurrences while a surreal narrative takes the audience on a journey into the imagination.
In October 2023 Isabel won the Evelyn Williams Drawing Award at the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize. Known as the UK’s most prestigious annual open exhibition for drawing; part of the prize is a solo show at Hastings Contemporary, scheduled for 2024.
Whilst Isabel always has a tale to tell for each of her images, you may or may not choose to go on the journey with her or you may indeed have a different story, one of your own that jumps off the page at you, that that you decide to follow.
Artwork Details:
Horse of Hope, 122x152cm, Collaged woodblock print, acrylic ink on Somerset satin paper, 2023
Artwork Provenance: from the Artist Studio
photo credits, Isabel working, black and white shots, James Brown
In Isabel's own words:
Horse of Hope
The world had become a sad grey place, mud, empty plains with bleak, loveless sky as far as the eye could see. It seemed that all was lost of the old world.
Until one day a whisper began on the breeze, so quiet that you could hardly hear it. But it grew stronger and stronger until the trembled with the sound.
'The horse of hope is coming, the horse of hope is coming!'
The horse of hope had arrived, its dainty hooves tapping along the way. Where there had been nothing but emptiness the horse trod and from its feet sprung new life and hope. The world became a lush carpet under its footsteps. Up sprang greenery, pushing its tendrils to the sky. Blue irises reached out their twisted delicate petals welcoming the new life in. Strong, dark foliage grew and grew, and with this creatures began to return from their hiding places. Out from rocks and stones they came, for there was hope once again and the world buzzed with new life.
*Please note we are happy to ship this work rolled in an art tube. Whilst the work is on heavy duty art paper and mixed media, the artist is happy that the painting will be fine rolled in a tube. This is a more cost effective and environmentally sound method of shipping. Shipping via this method is free.
About Isabel Rock and her work:
Taking inspiration from Japanese woodblock prints and Indian miniature painting Rock has developed a unique collage technique that combines bold structures with large-scale woodblock prints and intricate detailing. The subject is a grand mixture of humour, drama, hidden morals, fanciful characters, modern culture, mythical beings and fantastical situations.
Rock creates a world that pulls you in and demands your attention. Quality of line is paramount, the drawings are created using a dipping pen and acrylic ink. An essential tool is a squirrel...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Animal Paintings
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Pen
Encounter - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting of an Koi Pond on Mulberry Paper
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
In Japan, they are known as Nishikigoi, or living jewels. These brilliantly colored varieties of the Amur carp have been selectively bred by family owned fisheries for generations. W...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paper Animal Paintings
Materials
Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil
Vintage Two Blue Goldfish
By Vittorio Guidotti
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant watercolor of two blue fish painting by Florence, Italy artist Vittorio Guidotti. Unsigned. "Original watercolor by Vittorio Guidotti" on ve...
Category
1930s Impressionist Paper Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
A Jack Russell Terrier Contemporary Minimalist Ink Painting in Black and White
By Ian Mason
Located in Charleston, US
This dog painting, a stunning black and white ink painting of a Jack Russell Terrier dog, is a contemporary minimal portrait in black ink on Fabriano 300gsm paper. Ian Mason's portra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Paper Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Hidden in the Flowers - Abstract Bird in Acrylic on Threaded Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Hidden in the Flowers - Abstract Bird in Acrylic on Threaded Paper
Multicolored abstract composition by Judith W Winslow (JW) (American, 1943-2023). A bird with white feathers is pa...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-War Paper Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Satin Paper, Pen
A Wolf
Located in New York, NY
Provenance:
The Marchesi Strozzi, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence
Sale, Christie’s, London, May 20, 1993, lot 315, as by Carl Borromaus Andreas Ruthart...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Paper Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Oil
Large Surrealist Painting Royal College Art Women LGBTQ+ Pink Blue Tiger Palms
By Isabel Rock
Located in Norfolk, GB
Isabel Rock is a creator of contemporary fairy tales. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work is an explosion of strange occurrences whi...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paper Animal Paintings
Materials
Pen, Archival Paper, Paint, Mixed Media
American Goldfinch
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"American Goldfinch" is an original watercolor and layered hand-cut paper artwork by Nayan and Vaishali measuring 10.25”h x 10.25”w framed
.
Vaisha...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Paper Animal Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Study of the Head of a Moorhen
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Watercolour on paper
Paper size: 4 x 5 inches
Framed size: 19 x 19.75 inches
PROVENANCE
A gift from Joseph Mallord William Turner to Miss Amelia Hawksworth (later Mrs Hotham), niece of Walter Fawkes. The watercolour descended through the ownership of Amelia Hawksworth, daughter of Francis Fawkes ( Walter Fawkes's brother) who was the main compiler of the Ornithological Collection (Miss Hawksworth owned five other bird studies by Turner).
Private collection, London
LITERATURE:
For similar works by J M W Turner see Anne Lyles, The Tate catalogue for the exhibition 'Turner and Natural History, The Farnley Project', 1988.
The present watercolour was drawn circa 1815-1820 for Walter Fawkes of Farnley Hall, for his Ornithological Collection Volume IV.
Between 1808 and 1824, Turner visited Farnley Hall in Yorkshire to stay with the Fawkes family. Turner felt at home at Farnley - the Fawkes daughters reminded him of his own. He helped illustrate a five volume ornithological scrap book for the Fawkes children, making watercolour studies of the birds for the children to stick in opposite the pages on which feathers from similar birds were attached. His bird portraits were most effective, most "life-like", when in fact the bird was dead ! His watercolours of a live robin and goldfinch have a more hesitant touch.
At this time Turner enjoyed the patronage first of Edward Lascelles, the heir to Harewood, and after 1808, of the radical landlord Walter Fawkes of Farnley Hall, near Otley. He became a close friend of the Fawkes family with whom he stayed for most summers until 1824.
The last owner of Old Farnley Hall was Francis Fawkes, a rich widower with no direct heirs. When Francis Fawkes died in 1786 he left the house to Walter Beaumont Hawksworth of Hawksworth Hall, on condition that Hawksworth adopt the Fawkes name by Royal Licence. Walter Fawkes brought in architect John Carr of York to make extensions to the house, but he died before the work was completed, and Farnley Hall was passed on to his son, also called Walter who also took the Fawkes name and was known as Walter Ramsden Fawkes. It was this Walter who was a great friend of J M W Turner.
Anne Lyles has confirmed the attribution and writes:
"Everything fits in relation to the style of the watercolour and most especially the provenance - in the Turner and Natural History exhibition catalogue of 1988 we know that Amelia Hawksworth (Mrs Hotham) owned three studies of birds' heads by J M W Turner (previously with the Maas Gallery, and numbers 36, 37 and 61 in that catalogue) as well as two studies of dead game by the artist (catalogue numbers 59 and 63, the latter untraced in 1988). Interestingly, catalogue numbers 36 and 37 (the Merganser and the Smew) seem also originally to have been intended for Volume IV of the Ornithological Collection - it is likely that the "Study of the Head of a Moorhen...
Category
19th Century Paper Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Hummingbird Augury: Cobalt Blue Pastel Drawing on Handmade Paper w/ Gold Stars
Located in Hudson, NY
Hummingbird Augury (Circular Cobalt Blue Pastel Drawing of Golden Hummingbird and Stars on Indian Handmade Cotton Paper by Kahn & Selesnick)
11 inch diameter unframed
pastel, conte c...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Animal Paintings
Materials
Crayon, Pastel, Handmade Paper, Graphite
Feeding the Birds. Mid Century Post-Impressionist Gouache on Paper.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Post-impressionist gouache on paper by French artist Andrée Ruy Petroff, signed bottom left.
A totally charming painting of a young boy sitting on ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Paper Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Pencil
Animal Painting Surrealist Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ artist Birds Circle Life
By Isabel Rock
Located in Norfolk, GB
Isabel Rock is a creator of contemporary fairy tales. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work is an explosion of strange occurrences whi...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paper Animal Paintings
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Pen
Early 20th Century Spaniel Dog Portrait "Odin" after Edwin Landseer
Located in Soquel, CA
Substantial and period portrait of a beautiful spaniel done in charcoal signed "Lee" on verso, c.1913-1917. Although this is by an unknown artist it is an excellent example of Philadelphia Sketch Club quality drawing. Displayed in a distressed black vintage wood frame with mat. Image, 11"H x 13"W; frame dimensions 17"H x 19"W x 1"D. Phildelphia, PA. Gallery and Frame Makers label on verso. Based on the address and history we know the drawing to be 1913-1917.
Founded by Adolph and George Newman...
Category
1910s Realist Paper Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Gouache
"Charmed" Original Pop Charlie Brown Peanuts Street Art by Gary John
By Gary John
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene first during Art Basel Miami in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he was nam...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Paper Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Graphite
Animal Painting Surrealist Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ artist Birds Circle Life
By Isabel Rock
Located in Norfolk, GB
Isabel Rock is a creator of contemporary fairy tales. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work is an explosion of strange occurrences while a surreal narrative take...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paper Animal Paintings
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Pen
June
Located in Columbia, MO
John Selburg was born and raised in Peoria, Illinois. He holds a BFA in Drawing, Sculpture, and Graphic Design from Bradley University (2006), and an MFA from the University of Misso...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paper Animal Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper
Mieus - XX Century, Contemporary Acrylic Painting, Cat, Animal, Grotesque
Located in Warsaw, PL
Andrzej Kreutz-Majewski is a Polish artist born in 1936 and died in 2011. Known all around the world as a stage designer, he is also a renowned painter. After studying at the Academy...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Paper Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
Animal Painting Surrealist Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ artist Birds Circle Life
By Isabel Rock
Located in Norfolk, GB
Isabel Rock is a creator of contemporary fairy tales. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work is an explosion of strange occurrences while a surreal narrative takes the audience on a journey into the imagination. Hugely inspired by Paula Rego, Isabel Rock is part of a formidable group of women artists (Leonora Carrington and Eileen Agar amongst others) working with Surrealism.
In October 2023 Isabel won the Evelyn Williams...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paper Animal Paintings
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Pen
Friends, Portrait with Zebras, Original Elegant Painting Pink Colors on Paper
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Friends" original acrylic painting on paper 70x52 cm. The artwork is unframed.
The artwork is signed, dated and titled. Original artwork has signed certificate of Authenticity.
Category
2010s Pop Art Paper Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Hummingbird IX
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Hummingbird IX 40x26 unframed
Ink, Watercolor, Paper
Keith Carrington’s experiences have led him to express his talents through the fluid & exacting mediums of watercolor & ink. He has honed his skills, clarified his vision, experimented, explored and expanded his expression steadily over the years, the results of which thus far culminate here. Clearly, Keith’s extensive travels have roots in the luminous quality of his work, eminently holding the utmost possibilities of beauty and significance.
Keith’s most recent paintings explore a spiritual path, he integrates them with transformative healing energies and infuses his enthusiasm into these dynamic pieces that you see here today.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015 Renata Fine Arts, Hudson, New York
2013 @60″ New York, NY
2012 @60″ New York, NY curated sale with Harry Heisman
2011 KL/Karen Lynne Gallery, Boca Raton, Florida & Beverly Hills, California
2003 Dupont Gallery, Milwaukee Wisconsin
1994 Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, NY
1994 The Roger Smith Gallery, New York, NY
1993 Ambassador Galleries, New York, NY
1992 Elaine Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, New York
1983 Manor House Gallery, Rhinebeck, New York
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014 & 2015, 2010: C. Bell, Palm Beach, Florida
1995: Luxe Energy Aesthetics, West Palm Beach, Florida
1991: Time Warner Publishing, New York, NY
1990: Imperial Hotel Gallery, Chestertown, Maryland
1988 & 1987: National Symphony Show House, Washington, DC
1986: International Jumping Derby, Jockey Club, Newport, Rhode Island Elijah Locke House, Rye Beach, New Hampshire
1984: Washington Design Center, Washington, D.C.
SELECTED CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
Bovis Inc., New York, NY
The Kiplinger Collection, Washington, D.C.
The International Monetary Fund, Washington, D.C. Hopkins & Sutter, Washington, D.C.
McKenna, Conner, & Cuneo, Washington, D.C. Oliver T. Carr Company, Alexandria, Virginia
SELECTED PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
RuPaul, Beverly Hills, California
Kelly Klein, New York, NY
Governor & Mrs. Bruce Sundlun, Providence, Rhode Island Mr. & Mrs. William Aylward...
Category
2010s Minimalist Paper Animal Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Handmade Paper
Animal Painting Surrealist Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ artist Circle Life Orange
By Isabel Rock
Located in Norfolk, GB
Isabel Rock is a creator of contemporary fairy tales. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work is an explosion of strange occurrences while a surreal narrative takes the audience on a journey into the imagination. Hugely inspired by Paula Rego, Isabel Rock is part of a formidable group of women artists (Leonora Carrington and Eileen Agar amongst others) working with Surrealism.
In October 2023 Isabel won the Evelyn Williams...
Category
2010s Surrealist Paper Animal Paintings
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Pen
Goldfinch
Located in Denver, CO
Rhonda Libbey's "Goldfinch" is an original, handmade gouache painting that depicts yellow and blue mandala patterns swirling behind a Gold finch and its ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Paper Animal Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Watercolor, Paper
Emerge 4
Located in Atlanta, GA
Carl Linstrum's "Other Side," "Fade," and "Emerge" series of paintings speak to disappearing ecosystems in a time of increasing climate crises, while celebrating the sheer beauty of ...
Category
2010s Modern Paper Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Acrylic
Emerge 6
Located in Atlanta, GA
Carl Linstrum's "Other Side," "Fade," and "Emerge" series of paintings speak to disappearing ecosystems in a time of increasing climate crises, while celebrating the sheer beauty of ...
Category
2010s Modern Paper Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Acrylic
"Dog and Kitty Go for a Ride" by Spowart - Colorful Yellow Animal Abstract
Located in Carmel, CA
Lesley Anne Spowart (American, born 1957)
"Dog and Kitty Go for a Ride" 2021
Acrylic Paint, Mixed Media, Wood Panel, Wood
The artist signed the bottom left and the back of the painti...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paper Animal Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel
The Morning Parade, Equine Art, Limited Edition Print, Horse Art, Sophie Harden
Located in Deddington, GB
Sophie Harden
The Morning Parade
Limited Edition Giclee Print
Edition of 25
Size: H 32cm x W 86cm x D 0.3cm
Sold Unframed
Please note that in situ images are purely an indication of ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paper Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper, Giclée
Here Kitty - Figurative Green Cat Painting on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Columbus, Georgia-based artist Kellie Newsome specializes in dynamic and expressive animal portraits that radiate vitality and personality. Her unique style combines abstracted forms...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Color Pencil
Mid Century Bay Area Abstract Expressionist - Cats & Birds
By Honora Berg
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Bay Area Abstract Expressionist Cats and Birds Composition in Acrylic on Paper
How many cats and birds do you see? This striking painting by San Francisco's Bay Area abs...
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Paper Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
"Koi carps Fukushima"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
These wonderful koi, I saw in a dream. To japan Fukushima and Ukraine Chernobyl. radiation has always been a fast evolutionary fuel, new species have been born through mutations. Pla...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Paper Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
'The Departure of the Israelites from Egypt' by Frans Francken the Younger
Located in Knokke, BE
Frans Francken the Younger
1581 - Antwerp - 1642
Flemish Painter
'The Departure of the Israelites from Egypt – The Exodus', c. 1610 - 1620
Medium: pen in sepia on paper
Dimensions: mage size 26 x 34,5 cm, frame size 55 x 65,5 cm
Biography: Frans Francken the Younger, born in Antwerp in 1581 and passing away on May 6, 1642, also in Antwerp, was a distinguished Flemish painter. He is recognized as the most prominent and productive member of the renowned Francken family of artists. Francken explored a wide range of subjects, creating large altarpieces for churches and producing smaller works depicting historical, mythological, and allegorical scenes. Notably, his depictions of collectors’ cabinets established a popular new genre of art during his era. He was known for collaborating with other artists, enriching their works with his skilled renderings of figures and narrative elements, complementing specialists in landscape, architectural scenes, and floral still-life painting.
Francken was born to Frans Francken the Elder and Elisabeth Mertens. His father was a pupil of Antwerp’s leading history painter, Frans Floris, and a significant creator of altarpieces in Flanders during his time. Francken received his artistic training under the guidance of his father. Additionally, it is possible that Frans and his brother, Hieronymus Francken II, received further instruction in the workshop of their uncle, Hieronymus Francken I, in Paris.
A versatile artist, Francken made significant contributions to various genres within Flemish art, introducing new themes and subjects. Many of his works comprised small-scale historical, allegorical, and biblical cabinet paintings, often emphasizing figures. He is credited with either inventing or popularizing several novel themes that gained popularity in Flemish painting, including genre scenes featuring monkeys (also known as singeries) and Kunstkammer or gallery paintings, presenting a plethora of natural and artistic treasures against a neutral wall. Francken introduced various other unconventional themes that later gained traction, such as the ‘Triumphal Procession of Amphitrite’ and ‘Croesus and Solon.’ He also produced a series of paintings depicting witches and witchcraft, including portrayals of witches’ sabbats.
His remarkable paintings are held in the collections of numerous major museums throughout Europe. Francken specialized in rendering the human figure, as evidenced by etched and engraved portraits of the artist by Anthony van Dyck (after Peter Paul Rubens), identifying him with the Latin inscription: ‘ANTVERIÆ PICTOR HVMANARVM FIGVRARVM’ (Figure painter of Antwerp). He was frequently invited to contribute figures to compositions by other esteemed artists, including landscape artists such as Tobias Verhaecht, Abraham Govaerts, and Joos de Momper...
Category
Early 17th Century Baroque Paper Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pen
Congregation - Japanese Style Gyotaku Painting of Koi on Marbled Mulberry Paper
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
In Japan they are known as Nishikigoi, or living jewels. These brilliantly colored varieties of the Amur carp have been selectively bred by family owned fisheries for generations. Wh...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paper Animal Paintings
Materials
Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper
Jenny Evans, Hummingbird Over Passionflowers, Original Painting, Affordable Art
By Jenny Evans
Located in Deddington, GB
Jenny Evans
Hummingbird Over Passionflowers
Original Painting
Gouache on Paper
Size: 23.5cm x 23.5cm
Sold unframed
Please note that in situ images are purely an indication of how a p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paper Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Heritage 2
Located in Atlanta, GA
Carl Linstrum's "Other Side," "Fade," and "Emerge" series of paintings speak to disappearing ecosystems in a time of increasing climate crises, while celebrating the sheer beauty of ...
Category
2010s Modern Paper Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Acrylic
"Dotty Dogs" Contemporary Mixed Media on Paper Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Therese’s dogs are a firm favourite with collectors. This pair are cheeky and irresistible. They’re a little reminiscent of Staffordshire flat back...
Category
2010s Outsider Art Paper Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Animal Large Surrealist Painting Royal of College Art LGBTQ+ Woman Artist Tiger
By Isabel Rock
Located in Norfolk, GB
Isabel Rock is a creator of contemporary fairy tales. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work is an explosion of strange occurrences while a surreal narrative takes the audience on a journey into the imagination. Hugely inspired by Paula Rego, Isabel Rock is part of a formidable group of women artists (Leonora Carrington and Eileen Agar amongst others) working with Surrealism.
In October 2023 Isabel won the Evelyn Williams...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Animal Paintings
Materials
Pen, Archival Paper, Paint, Mixed Media
Big Mack Attack - Striped Bass Eating a Mackerel, Watercolor on Mulberry Paper
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
A large striped bass is about to devour two small mackerel in Jeff Conroy's watercolor entitled "Big Mack Attack". The fish are painted with the preci...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paper Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Dina Brodsky, Green Bird, realist gouache on paper animal miniature, 2018
By Dina Brodsky
Located in New York, NY
In her realist gouache on paper animal miniature, "Green Bird," 2018, Dina Brodsky captures and highlights the full chromatic range of the bird's plumage. The fine detail of the bird...
Category
2010s Realist Paper Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Shark Spin Painting
By Damien Hirst
Located in London, GB
Acrylic on paper. 2009.
48.9 × 67.3 cm
94 x 94 cm (framed)
A mesmerizing Damien Hirst Spin painting with explosions of vivid color amidst the timeless, mysterious form of a shark. T...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Paper Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Emerge #3
Located in Atlanta, GA
Carl Linstrum's "Other Side," "Fade," and "Emerge" series of paintings speak to disappearing ecosystems in a time of increasing climate crises, while celebrating the sheer beauty of ...
Category
2010s Modern Paper Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Acrylic
English Setter minimal black and white ink painting on rag paper
By Ian Mason
Located in Charleston, US
This elegant minimal black and white dog painting of a seated English Setter gazing lovingly at his owner, is a contemporary portrait in ink on Ind...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Paper Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Photo Finish - Horses Racing, Horse Racing Art, Animal Art, Sports Painting
By Garth Bayley
Located in Deddington, GB
Photo Finish -Horses Racing an original painting by Garth Bayley. Pen and ink Capturing the moment the horses fly past the posts Affordable art.
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Category
2010s Expressionist Paper Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Camel trainer
By Reuven Rubin
Located in Jerusalem, IL
A beautiful watercolor painting by Israeli artist Reuven Rubin.
Featuring a camel trainer and his camel.
Signed and framed.
In very good condition.
Category
20th Century Paper Animal Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
"Koi Vincent van Gogh"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
My new series of paintings, japanese koi carps. I was impressed to see these beautiful creatures in my friend's pond. Bright colors, dynamics of forms and composition of floati...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paper Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Fiocchetto - Oil Pastels on Paper by Elica Balla - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Fiocchetto is an artwork realized by Elica Balla (Rome,1914 - 1993)
Hand signed lower right.
Hand signed and titled o rear.
Good conditions!
Category
1940s Modern Paper Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
Victorian Butterfly Watercolor
Located in New York, NY
Original watercolor from a Victorian album by an unknown artist. English, circa 1860.
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Paper Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper
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