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Period: 1990s
"Gift of Rain" COWBOYS WESTERN SAGUARO CACTUS DESERT SCENE G. Harvey (1933-2017)
Located in San Antonio, TX
G. Harvey (Gerald Harvey Jones) (1933-2017) San Antonio, Austin, and Fredericksburg Artist Image Size: 30 x 24 Frame Size: 44 x 38 Medium: Oil on canvas “ Gift Of Rain “ G. Harvey (G...
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Impressionist 1990s Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Le Plongeur" (The Diver) Figurative Underwater Scene in Oil on Linen
Located in Soquel, CA
"Le Plongeur" (The Diver) Figurative Underwater Scene in Oil on Linen Whimsical underwater scene of a snorkeler by Patrice Brisbois (French, b. 1945). The diver is wearing a plaid s...
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1990s Animal Paintings

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Linen, Oil

Original Oil Painting of Elephant in the Wild by British Contemporary Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Original Oil Painting of an Elephant in the Wild by British Contemporary Wildlife Artist, Mark Whittaker (b.1964) Art measures 24 x 18 inches Frame measures 29 x 23 inches
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Realist 1990s Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

Untitled 2 - Abstract Squares on Red Background
Located in New Orleans, LA
Self taught outsider art by African American artist from New Orleans with work in major museum and private collections. White created a bold c...
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Outsider Art 1990s Animal Paintings

Materials

Foam Board, Felt Pen

Peaceful Misty Riverside in the English Countryside with Cows & Tree Reflections
Located in Preston, GB
Peaceful Misty Riverside in the English Countryside with Cows & Tree Reflections by 20th Century British Artist. Unique Vintage Original, Oil on Canvas, Signed. Art measures 30 x 2...
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Realist 1990s Animal Paintings

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Gesso, Canvas, Cotton, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil

Painting of Lake & Mountains in England by 20th Century British Landscape Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Painting of Lake & Mountains in England by 20th Century British Landscape Artist, James Wright Signed, Original, Oil on Canvas, housed in a beautiful ornate gold frame. Provenance: Part of the English Heritage...
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Romantic 1990s Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Courtship ritual
Located in Geneva, CH
Born in 1944 in the canton of Fribourg, Gilbert Pauli currently lives in Geneva, where he devotes himself to painting and sculpture, a passion he developed from his childhood. His fa...
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Romantic 1990s Animal Paintings

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Oil

Courtship ritual
Courtship ritual
$1,104 Sale Price
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"Birds" Large Oil on canvas 36x46 framed.
Located in Southampton, NY
Hunt is an internationally recognized American painter. His work is in the collections of more that 100 museums including, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Solomon R. Guggenheim M...
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Contemporary 1990s Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Modern British portrait of a Bassett Hound in oils
Located in Woodbury, CT
Wonderful late 20th century portrait of a Bassett Hound dog. Painted in England circa 1996 the artist was capable of painting the most amazing character in this portrait. Oils on...
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Modern 1990s Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Arrow Creek Horses
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 ...
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Contemporary 1990s Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Encaustic, Oil

Untitled 6 - Animals in the Light
Located in New Orleans, LA
Self taught outsider art by African American artist from New Orleans with work in major museum and private collections. White created a bold c...
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Outsider Art 1990s Animal Paintings

Materials

Foam Board, Felt Pen

Snowy Mountains
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 ...
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Contemporary 1990s Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Paper, Ink, Mixed Media

Country Lane with Trees & Birds in English Countryside by 20th Century Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Country Lane with Trees & Birds in English Countryside by 20th Century British Landscape Artist, James Wright Signed, Original, Oil on Canvas, housed in a beautiful ornate gold frame. Provenance: Part of the English Heritage...
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Romantic 1990s Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Woman and Cat in the Sun oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Artist: Josep Maria Rosselló i Virgili Title: Woman and Cat in the Sun Technique: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 13 x 16 in (without frame) 16 x 19.3 in (with frame) Date: 1980s Conditio...
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Fauvist 1990s Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Horses of Branges
Located in New York, NY
The condition is excellent and ready to hang. A photo certificate accompanies this painting and will be included in the forth coming catalogue raisonne. Signed lower right, and dated...
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Expressionist 1990s Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Jenness Cortez, "Secretariat as a Stallion, Claiborne Farm", Equine Oil Painting
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This rare original equine painting by renown artist, Jenness Cortez, features a stately portrait of legendary racehorse Secretariat standing in the lush verdant grass at Claiborne Farm. Bathing in the warmth of an afternoon sun, Secretariat's copper-colored beauty is captured perfectly. Titled, “Secretariat as a Stallion Claiborne Farm”, this beautiful oil painting measures 18.5 x 24.5 and is framed in an ornate gold frame, finished with a commemorative plaque. Secretariat is widely considered to be the greatest racehorse of all time and the most recognizable name in thoroughbred racing. Big Red, as he is most often affectionately referred, became America’s Horse after his historic Triple Crown win in 1973, winning the Belmont Stakes by an unimaginable 31 lengths (in world record time) in what stands today as the single greatest horseracing performance ever. About Jenness Cortez: Jenness Cortez is a distinguished figure in the contemporary revival of classical realist painting. She was born in Indiana and exhibited a very early talent for art. As a teenager, she took private lessons with Antonius Raemaekers...
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Realist 1990s Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Painting of a Mountain in Lake District England by 20th Century British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Painting of a Mountain in Lake District England by 20th Century British Landscape Artist, James Wright. Signed, Original, Oil on Canvas, housed in a beautiful ornate gold frame. Prov...
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Romantic 1990s Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Colorful contemporary Dog/Scottie in Frills/i.e.Tutus with text acrylic on paper
Located in Charleston, US
A colorful contemporary dog painting of Scottish Terrier dogs with accompanying text from a book is an inspirational departure from the tradi...
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Contemporary 1990s Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Mixed Media, Graphite

"Hornbills"
Located in Astoria, NY
Hunt Slonem (American, b. 1951), "Hornbills", Oil on Canvas, 1995, impasto Neo-Expressionist piece, signed, dated, titled, and numbered "JEM0664" to verso, with a Certificate of Auth...
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Neo-Expressionist 1990s Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Sandra's Blackbirds
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 ...
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Contemporary 1990s Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Encaustic, Oil

Two Dogs in a Japanese inspired interior surprising a cat
Located in Woodbury, CT
Very decorative animal scene of two dogs in an interior surprising a cat walking towards them. Grover Hawking was a late 20th-century painter active in New Jersey and Long Island. ...
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Victorian 1990s Animal Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

KISA
Located in Zofingen, AG
In crafting this piece, my brush danced with oils, blending pop art vibrancy with expressionistic fervor and a touch of impressionistic harmony. It's more than a cat at rest; it's an...
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Expressionist 1990s Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil Pastel, Acrylic

Winter Landscape Snow Scene in the English Countryside by 20th Century Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Rural Winter Landscape Scene with Snow & Winter Trees in the English Countryside by 20th Century British Artist, James Wright Signed, Original, Oil on Canvas, housed in a beautiful ornate gold frame. Provenance: Part of the English Heritage...
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Romantic 1990s Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Tropical Fish', Psychedelic Piscatorial, Aquatic
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Murray' and painted circa 1990. A large and vibrant study of three colorful fishes shown stacked vertically.
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Folk Art 1990s Animal Paintings

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Wax Crayon, Acrylic, Watercolor, Gouache, Laid Paper

Steinbecks Sheep
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 ...
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Contemporary 1990s Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Encaustic, Oil

Oil Painting of a Trout Run in a Woodland River in the English Countryside
Located in Preston, GB
Oil Painting of a Trout Run in a Woodland River in the English Countryside by 20th Century Artist, John Caesar Smith (British, Born 1930) Art measures 20 x 16 inches Frame measure...
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Realist 1990s Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Blue Dog "Original Untitled MM II" Silkscreen and Oil on Canvas
Located in Mount Laurel, NJ
This Blue Dog work consists of a solid light blue dog sitting on the white background with red banner flags. The dog's face is multi-shaded in blue with its signature soulful eyes. This pop art animal original mixed media silkscreen and oil on canvas is guaranteed authentic and hand signed. Artist: George Rodrigue Title: Blue Dog “Original...
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Pop Art 1990s Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Self Portrait as a Venetian Gentleman
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Self Portrait as a Venetian Gentleman, elaborately and exquisitely painted by Adrienne Sherman in oil on panel with a lacquer-like luster. The original painting is rich and reflecti...
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Contemporary 1990s Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel, Wood Panel

Serenity at Dawn - beautiful misty morning at a River in the English Countryside
Located in Preston, GB
Serenity at Dawn - a beautiful misty morning at a River in the English Countryside by 20th Century British Artist, Spencer Coleman. Unique Vintage Original, Oil on Canvas, Signed. A...
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Realist 1990s Animal Paintings

Materials

Gesso, Canvas, Cotton, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil

Painting of Lake & Trees in the English Countryside by 20th Century Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Painting of Lake & Trees with Birds in the English Countryside by 20th Century British Artist, James Wright Signed, Original, Oil on Canvas, housed in a ...
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Romantic 1990s Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Gyrfalcon" LARGEST OF THE FALCONS Exquisite painting
Located in San Antonio, TX
Michael Coleman Born 1946 Utah Artist Image Size: 15.5 x 10 Frame Size: 22 x 16 Medium: Oil on Masonite Dated 1990 "Gyrfalcon" Largest of the Falcons Michael Coleman Born 1946 Born a...
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Realist 1990s Animal Paintings

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Oil

The violinist by Gilbert Pauli - Oil on canvas 50x65 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Born in 1944 in the canton of Fribourg, Gilbert Pauli currently lives in Geneva, where he devotes himself to painting and sculpture, a passion he developed from his childhood. His fa...
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Art Deco 1990s Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Rural Farm House Scene with Hens in English Countryside by 20th Century Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Rural Farm House Scene with Hens in the English Countryside by 20th Century British Artist, James Wright Signed, Original, Oil on Canvas, housed in a bea...
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Romantic 1990s Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Necco Zebra Dr. #18
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 ...
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Contemporary 1990s Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Encaustic, Oil

Large Original Oil Painting Abstract Expressionist Horse
Located in Soquel, CA
Stunning large scale abstract expressionist horse's head/eye, circa 1990. Unsigned. Unframed. Size: 60"H x 60"W x 1.5.
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Abstract Impressionist 1990s Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Stoic Lion /// African Wildlife Safari Big Cat Animal Art Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Adolf Sehring (Russian/German-American, 1930-2015) Title: "Stoic Lion" Series: Wildlife *Signed by Sehring lower right Circa: 1990 Medium: Original Oil Painting on Canvas Ref...
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Contemporary 1990s Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Oil

"Back home" Snow, Forest, Winter , White, Impressionism, Christmas 120 x 100 cm
Located in Torino, IT
Snow, Forest, Winter, White, Horse. Dog, Sledge, Fir, Russia, Cold Pirra Gallery Label Georgij MOROZ (Dneprodzerzinsk, Ucraina, 1937 - St. Petersburg, 2015) 1937: he was born in Dne...
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Impressionist 1990s Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Original - Boogie Dudley and Blue - Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Mount Laurel, NJ
This Blue Dog work consists of a red background with 3 animals, 1 each Boogie Bear, Dudley the dog and Blue Dog. All the animals have soulful yellow eyes and there is a bright yello...
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Pop Art 1990s Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Large Jack Balas Contemporary Modernist Horse Enamel & Oil Painting Western Art
Located in Surfside, FL
Jack Balas Grid Study, Appaloosa Oil and Enamel on Board Inscribed verso, dated 1997-99 and hand signed l.l. Sight: 24 x 48 in. (61 x 121.9 cm.), Frame: 26 x 50 x 2 in. (65.4 x 127 ...
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American Realist 1990s Animal Paintings

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Enamel

Blue Dog "Original - Almost Primary Dog, Tiffany" Signed Oil on Canvas
Located in Mount Laurel, NJ
This Blue Dog work consists of a mostly pink with yellow background. There are 2 blue leafless trees and a single portrait sized face of a white and black dog (Tiffany). The dog ha...
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Pop Art 1990s Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Manolo Gonzalez' Plaza de Toros, Maestranza, Seville, Bullfighting, Matador
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'John Fulton' (American, 1933-1998) and painted circa 1995. The original oil painting for the poster advertising the appearance of Manolo Gonzalez at the Maestranza bullring in Seville and showing the celebrated bullfighter in an emerald suit of lights, holding his espada at the ready, while deflecting the enraged bull with his red cape. John Fulton was an American bullfighter and painter who settled in Seville. Born in Philadelphia, he received a scholarship to an art school in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, in the early 1950s. During this time, he studied both painting and bullfighting, killing his first calf there in 1953. In 1954, Fulton joined the U.S. Army and continued and continued painting and bullfighting on his downtime. After his release in 1956, he moved to Spain where he studied bullfighting under Juan Belmonte and performed as a novillero (novice) with some of Spain’s leading matadors. In July 1963, Fulton was sponsored by José María Montilla to take his 'alternativa' at the Plaza de toros...
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Academic 1990s Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

" SPARROW HAWK " Exquisite painting HUNTING BIRD WILDLIFE
Located in San Antonio, TX
Michael Coleman Born 1946 Utah Artist Image Size: 15.5 x 10 Frame Size: 22 x 16 Medium: Oil on Masonite Dated 1990 "Female Sparrow Hawk" Michael Coleman Born 1946 Born and continuing...
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Realist 1990s Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

The cart
Located in Geneva, CH
Born in 1944 in the canton of Fribourg, Gilbert Pauli currently lives in Geneva, where he devotes himself to painting and sculpture, a passion he developed from his childhood. His fa...
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Art Deco 1990s Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

The cart
The cart
$880 Sale Price
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The mermaid who couldn't climb the iceberg . Framed painting
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The mermaid who couldn't climb the iceberg painting by Suzzane Law Image size: 12.6 in. H x 17.1 in W Framse size: 18.1 in. H x 22.4 in W x 1 in D W...
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American Modern 1990s Animal Paintings

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Acrylic, Wood

Pair of English Impressionist Horse and Buggy scenes with drivers
Located in Woodbury, CT
When Johnny left school, there were many interests which ran alongside his career at the time in the City of London as an Aviation Insurance Broker at Lloyds – writing music, playing with a band, tinkering with Vintage cars, marketing various inventions and making painting trips when possible – it wasn’t long before the Arts beckoned and at twenty six he won a place at the Fine Arts Academy in Florence where he moved in 1972. A year later, moving near Lake Trasimeno, he continued his studies at the Fine Arts Academy in Perugia. Again on the move, he travelled to Pietrasanta near Carrara with some sculptors and stayed on this coast for nearly a year before moving eventually to Grimaldi, just inside Italy – a small medieval village about three hundred yards from the Italian /French frontier close to Monte Carlo. Here he began a series of backstage paintings – at the Opera and Orchestra rehearsals, fashion shows, at the Circus, Jazz and Cabaret – exhibiting regularly along the coast in Monaco, Nice, Cannes and Antibes. In 1984, circumstances changed and it was necessary to return to England – where a chance invitation to the races triggered a whole new series ‘At the Races’ which in time produced a wider series entitled ‘The British Sporting Year’ of Polo, The Henley Regatta, Derby Day, Wimbledon, Bowls, Cricket, Golf – even Jousting at Hever Castle...
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Impressionist 1990s Animal Paintings

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Oil, Board

Landscape with the river. 1992, cardboard, oil, 49x68 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Landscape with the river. 1992, cardboard, oil, 49x68 cm Edgars Vinters (1919-2014) Edgars Vinters is working in oil, watercolor and monotype techniques. He paints landscapes in dif...
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Impressionist 1990s Animal Paintings

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Oil, Cardboard

Birds
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original one of a kind hand carved and painting wall sculpture by Israeli artist David Gerstein. David Gerstein is an Israeli painter and sculptor. He began as a figurative pai...
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Pop Art 1990s Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood

Birds
$11,000 Sale Price
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'Pair of Perroquets', Large, Expressionist Oil, Parrots, Detroit Woman artist
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'R. Hornak' for Rosemary Hornak (American, born 1951); additionally signed verso, titled 'Perroquets Impasto, Variation 2' and dated 1992. Rosemary Hornak received her Bachelor in Fine Arts from the College for Creative Studies in Detroit in 1978. She is the recipient of numerous prizes and juried awards and has exhibited widely and with success, both at solo and group exhibitions including at Swann Galleries in Detroit and at the Macomb Center. Raised in an artistic family, Rosemary Hornak is the sister of the hyper-realist painter, Ian Hornak. Selected Solo Exhibitions: 2004 Eric I. Spoutz Gallery, Fisher Building...
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Expressionist 1990s Animal Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

Bright earth colors contemporary dog/Scottie acrylic painting with text on paper
Located in Charleston, US
"Making a Beseech" (Frill Dog series). A colorful contemporary dog painting of a Scottish Terrier dog with accompanying text from a book is an inspirational departure from the traditional illustrations found in British Rudyard Kipling's "Thy Servant a Dog", 1930. The book was the first ever narrated by a dog, Boots, a Scottie. Making a beseech is the only trick the Scottie, Boots knows, paws over nose. Nancy van Meter...
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Contemporary 1990s Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Mixed Media, Graphite

Modern Golden Retriever Dog Oil Pastel Painting
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3953 Oil Pastel on paper of a golden retriever dog Image size 11.5x15.5 Set in a oak frame
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1990s Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel

The Fountain of Youth
Located in Washington, DC
One of a kind painting by Noche Crist (1909-2004). Noche Crist was an American artist born in Romania. Acrylic painting is made with plaster on wood, which gives the painting a wonderful texture and depth. Painting is signed and titled on reverse "The Fountain of Youth...
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Outsider Art 1990s Animal Paintings

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Plaster, Wood, Acrylic

Green Man with Owl - British Welsh Abstract art oil painting nature country
Located in London, GB
Richard Taylor Fine Art presents a collection of the works by Glyn Morgan. Many of the works have never been offered for sale before. A Welsh artist, he studied at Cardiff College of...
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Impressionist 1990s Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Original - Waiting in the Green Room - Oil on Canvas
Located in Mount Laurel, NJ
This Blue Dog work consists of a green and brown background There are 2 dogs; 1 black and white and 1 blue. Both animals have soulful yellow eyes. This pop art animal original Oil...
Category

Pop Art 1990s Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Fauvist Rooster Portrait
By Sophie D. Marshall
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant, painterly fauvist portrait of a red rooster by California artist Sophie D. Marshall (American, 20th Century). A vibrant red chicken stands against a ...
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American Impressionist 1990s Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Summer Charolias Dr. #1
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

Contemporary 1990s Animal Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic

Colorful green contemporary Dog/Foxhound acrylic painting with text on paper
Located in Charleston, US
“There is that Far-off Tall Dog Singing to a Hole in Bank” (Frill Dog series). A colorful contemporary dog painting of Foxhounds dogs singing to a fox in a hole with accompanying text from a book is an inspirational departure from the traditional illustrations found in British Rudyard Kipling's "Thy Servant a Dog", 1930. The book was the first ever narrated by a dog. Nancy van Meter...
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Contemporary 1990s Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Mixed Media, Graphite

Scarlet Blue Macaw, Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Scarlet Blue Macaw Year: 1992 Medium: Acrylic on Panel with artist painted frame Size: 58.5 x 42.2 inches Condition: E...
Category

Photorealist 1990s Animal Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Wood Panel

Manon Cleary "Rat"
Located in Washington, DC
Photorealist oil painting by Manon Cleary (1942-2011). Painting is signed on reverse "Cleary". Painting is stretched on aluminum stretcher and dates to the 1990s. Manon Cleary had a remarkable ability to draw and paint with photographic fidelity, but she was also known as a charismatic teacher at the University of the District of Columbia and as a free spirit whose exuberant life may have been her most enduring work of art. Since the 1970s, Ms. Cleary had been at the center of a group of artists in Adams Morgan. She exhibited her meticulous artwork throughout the city and around the world, but she also became known for her striking presence, her colorful love life and the rats she kept as pets. As an artist, Ms. Cleary borrowed classical techniques from her deep study of Renaissance masters to create paintings and drawings memorable for their frank realism and sometimes disturbing themes. In addition to her many nude self-portraits, Ms. Cleary made erotically charged paintings of flowers. She took inspiration from a painful personal history in a series of works depicting the terror of rape and, in later years, of not being able to breathe without mechanical assistance. Critics considered her a leading figurative artist of the photo-realist school, in which painters render their subjects with camera-like precision. In fact, Ms. Cleary occasionally won awards for photography when adjudicators didn’t realize her works were free-hand creations. She was “widely acknowledged to be among the best, if not the best, of the city’s figurative painters,” Washington Post critic Michael O’Sullivan wrote in 2006. “There is a tension between the cool, clinical detachment of photography and painting’s warm idealization of form.” Ms. Cleary exhibited her art in galleries and museums from Moscow to Paris to Hickory, N.C., but Washington was her home for the past 42 years. In 1974, she settled in the decrepit Beverly Court apartments on Columbia Road NW, where a coterie of artists soon grew up around her. She painted her walls purple, and her fourth-floor apartment — even with the pet rats — became something of a bohemian salon. “She was a star,” painter Judy Jashinsky told the Washington City Paper in 2004. “She was stunning, beautiful; long, brownish–black hair; real thin; wore . . . little sundresses and sandals. She was just very cool, and there was always a crowd around her.” Ms. Cleary had a long list of male admirers, including several whose confrontational attempts at “performance art” led to their arrests. She had a brief marriage in 1981 to a Danish artist known as Tommy — “just Tommy,” Ms. Cleary said — whom she divorced in less than a year. As a kind of graphic homage to her various lovers, Ms. Cleary made a series of intimately revealing portraits that were featured years later on the HBO program “Real Sex.” She met her second husband after a gallery opening in Baltimore. By way of introduction, Kijek, a dancer, stripped naked at a crowded party, walked up to Ms. Cleary and said, “Wouldn’t you like me to pose for you?” They were married in 2001. In spite of her unconventional life, Ms. Cleary was more than a mere provocateur. After a day of teaching at UDC, she would return to her studio, with its windows painted over to block out sunlight, and work late into the night, with a bottle of Dr Pepper at her side. She took nude photographs of herself from every angle, then painstakingly created lifelike images that seemed alive with the warmth of human flesh. After studying in Rome in her youth, she developed what she called “an obsession” with Caravaggio, an iconoclastic painter who lived from 1573 to 1610. She often copied paintings at the National Gallery of Art and, in her own work, blended Renaissance styles with a distinctly modern sensibility. Manon Catherine Cleary was born Nov. 14, 1942, in St. Louis. Her father was a doctor, and her identical twin sister, Shirley Cleary-Cooper, is an artist in Helena, Mont. She was a 1964 graduate of Washington University in her home town and, for the rest of her life, was proud of having been a member of the Pi Phi...
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Photorealist 1990s Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Valentine Cat (double Hearted Cat) bright sunny color cat romantic greens
Located in Brooklyn, NY
oil on masonite with a natural birch frame glossy finish
Category

Expressionist 1990s Animal Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Europa's Revenge
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Tony Scherman (1950 - 2023) is one of the most collected and cherished Canadian artists. He is renowned internationally for his work, typically executed in encaustic, a mix of wax an...
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Contemporary 1990s Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Encaustic

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