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Abstract Animal Paintings

ABSTRACT STYLE

Beginning in the early 20th century, abstract art became a leading style of modernism. Rather than portray the world in a way that represented reality, as had been the dominating style of Western art in the previous centuries, abstract paintings, prints and sculptures are marked by a shift to geometric forms, gestural shapes and experimentation with color to express ideas, subject matter and scenes.

Although abstract art flourished in the early 1900s, propelled by movements like Fauvism and Cubism, it was rooted in the 19th century. In the 1840s, J.M.W. Turner emphasized light and motion for atmospheric paintings in which concrete details were blurred, and Paul Cézanne challenged traditional expectations of perspective in the 1890s.

Some of the earliest abstract artists — Wassily Kandinsky and Hilma af Klint — expanded on these breakthroughs while using vivid colors and forms to channel spiritual concepts. Painter Piet Mondrian, a Dutch pioneer of the art movement, explored geometric abstraction partly owing to his belief in Theosophy, which is grounded in a search for higher spiritual truths and embraces philosophers of the Renaissance period and medieval mystics. Black Square, a daringly simple 1913 work by Russian artist Kazimir Malevich, was a watershed statement on creating art that was free “from the dead weight of the real world,” as he later wrote.

Surrealism in the 1920s, led by artists such as Salvador Dalí, Meret Oppenheim and others, saw painters creating abstract pieces in order to connect to the subconscious. When Abstract Expressionism emerged in New York during the mid-20th century, it similarly centered on the process of creation, in which Helen Frankenthaler’s expressive “soak-stain” technique, Jackson Pollock’s drips of paint, and Mark Rothko’s planes of color were a radical new type of abstraction.

Conceptual art, Pop art, Hard-Edge painting and many other movements offered fresh approaches to abstraction that continued into the 21st century, with major contemporary artists now exploring it, including Anish Kapoor, Mark Bradford, El Anatsui and Julie Mehretu.

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Style: Abstract
Brothers - original expressive painting - contemporary wildlife artwork
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online. A striking exploration of form and color, Brothers presents a ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

DREAMS - original expressive oil painting- contemporary wildlife artwork
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online. A surreal vision unfolds in DREAMS, where a flock of flamingos...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Cabeza de ciervo
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
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1980s Abstract Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

American School New York City Abstract Magic Surrealism Ocean Fish Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
American school abstract painting. Watercolor on paper, circa 1960. Unsigned. Image size, 12"L x 9"H.
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1960s Abstract Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Watercolor, Gouache

Moonlight birds II. 2003. Cardboard, author's technique, 17. 6 x 12. 7 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Moonlight birds II 2003. Cardboard, author's technique, 17.6x12.7cm Ivars Zaikins (1942-2017) Zaikins Ivars - an artist. He was born in 1942. During of the Soviet Union period, he...
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Early 2000s Abstract Animal Paintings

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Mixed Media, Cardboard

Liqiang Lu Animal Original Oil On Canvas "Little Bird"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Little Bird Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 16 x 23.5 inches Frame: Framing options available! Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition. Note: This painting is...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The fish. Cardboard, acrylic, 18, 2 x 59 cm
Located in Riga, LV
The fish. Cardboard, acrylic, 18, 2 x 59 cm Ivars Zaikins (1942-2017) Zaikins Ivars - an artist. He was born in 1942. During of the Soviet Union period, he worked as an artist in L...
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Early 2000s Abstract Animal Paintings

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Mixed Media, Cardboard

"Cow and Calf" Brown and White Abstract Impressionist Painting of Cows
Located in Houston, TX
Brown and white abstract impressionist animal painting by Texas artist Fred Darge. The painting depicts a brown and white cow and a calf walking on arid soil. Signed by the artist at the bottom right corner. Unstretched and unframed but framing options are available. Artist Biography: Friedrich Ernst (Fred) Darge was born in Rendsburg, Germany March 1, 1900, and died in Dallas, Texas April 10, 1978. He entered the U.S. at Port Arthur, Texas in 1923. By 1924 he was in Chicago painting...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Fish. 2012, cardboard, mixed media, 30x21 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Fish. 2012, cardboard, mixed media, 30x21 cm Ivars Zaikins (1942-2017) Zaikins Ivars - an artist. He was born in 1942. During of the Soviet Union period, he worked as an artist in ...
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2010s Abstract Animal Paintings

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Mixed Media, Cardboard

Flower Cart-original realism still life painting-Toys-Flowers- contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online. This exquisite still life painting, titled "Flower Cart," is a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Animal Paintings

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Oil, Board

Dream birds. Cardboard, author's technique, 22x30 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Dream birds. Cardboard, author's technique, 22x30 cm Ivars Zaikins (1942-2017) Zaikins Ivars - an artist. He was born in 1942. During of the Soviet Union period, he worked as an ar...
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Early 2000s Abstract Animal Paintings

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Mixed Media, Cardboard

Nature is waking up. Tempera on paper, 27 x 33 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Nature is waking up. Bilateral. Tempera on paper, 27 x 33 cm Victor Karnauh (1950, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR – 2012, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine) – a painter, a monume...
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1990s Abstract Animal Paintings

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Paper, Tempera

Bird. 2019, hardboard, oil, 41x28 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Bird. 2019, hardboard, oil, 41x28 cm
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2010s Abstract Animal Paintings

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Oil, Cardboard

"The media world" abstract on linen canvas acrylic 72x97cm 2006
Located in Saint Pol de Léon, Bretagne
"The media world" abstract on linen canvas acrylic 72x97cm 2006 The harshness of this competitive world where to be the first is the priority goal.
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2010s Abstract Animal Paintings

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Acrylic

Blue Icarus: abstract painting w/ bird in blue, green, violet & black
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is a contemporary abstract acrylic on canvas painting in the style of Joan Mitchell or Willem de Kooning, predominantly blue, black, green, Pantone's Color-of-the Year "very per...
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2010s Abstract Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

French Contemporary Art by Diana Torje - Majestic
Located in Paris, IDF
Artwork framed Diana Torje is a prizewinning Romanian artist born in 1983 & based in Paris whose works have been exhibited in solo and group shows throughout France & worldwide. Ins...
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2010s Abstract Animal Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Flock 5, Black and White Abstract Drawing, Starling Art, Nature Art, Monochrome
By Nigel Bird
Located in Deddington, GB
Original work on paper work by Nigel bird. It is part of a collection of work inspired by sound. “During the time I lived in Southern France, I once had the good fortune to be walkin...
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2010s Abstract Animal Paintings

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Paper, Pen

Moonlight birds. 2003. Cardboard, author's technique, 12. 6 x 17. 7 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Moonlight birds 2003. Cardboard, author's technique, 12.6x17.7cm Ivars Zaikins (1942-2017) Zaikins Ivars - an artist. He was born in 1942. During of the Soviet Union period, he wo...
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Early 2000s Abstract Animal Paintings

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Mixed Media, Cardboard

Yellow Serval, Wild Cat Painting, Contemporary Animal Art, Bright Art, Abstract
Located in Deddington, GB
Yellow Serval by Lucie Sheridan [2022] Bright coloured painting of a Serval Cat Additional information: Original Acrylic on canvas Image size: H:76.2 cm x W:50.8 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:50.8 x 76.2 cm x W:76.2 cm x D:50.8 cm Frame Size: H:79.2 cm x W:53.8 cm x D:3.5 cm Sold Framed Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look Lucie Sheridan is an illustrator and print maker with Wychwood Art. She creates her work within her studio at Centrespace located in central Bristol, England, which is a long standing co...
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2010s Abstract Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

As You Like
Located in Bozeman, MT
This is a float framed original painting on panel. Rocky Hawkins was born in 1950 in Seattle, Washington and grew up in small towns near the Cascades Mountains. His interest in the m...
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2010s Abstract Animal Paintings

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Mixed Media, Wood Panel

Chicken, lyrical wild bright humorous colorful abstract gesture
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Bold combination of abstract and gestural styles by NYC based designer/artist Fredda Tone Reminiscent of Clifford Stills, Robert Motherwell style
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2010s Abstract Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Goat Herders, Morocco
Located in Deddington, GB
Goat Herders, Morocco Trevor Waugh Oil on canvas Unframed Orientalism Landscape Paintings
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2010s Abstract Animal Paintings

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Oil

IMPOSSIBLE TO WIN AS ALONE by Vasili Zianko, author's volume-contour technique
Located in Zofingen, AG
The paint is made in the author's technique of painting by Vasili Zianko based acrylic painting on canvas using a variety of textures, washes, the finest glazing, volumetric contour ...
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2010s Abstract Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

British, 21st Century abstract oil painting 'Moonlit Horses'
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Max Andrews (British, b. 1969) Moonlit horses Signed and dated ‘Max Andrews 19’ (lower right) Oil on board 12.1/5 x 12.1/5 in. (32 x 31.8 cm.)
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Animal Paintings

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Oil, Board

Rabbits in New York, colorful abstract rabbit and horse patterns
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Cityscape with archetypal figures. Bunny and horse images, colorful w/ pink, blue, green
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2010s Abstract Animal Paintings

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Oil

The Evolving Space:Excavation, Archaeology, Habitation, Transformation"In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Jayashree Chakravarty - Untitled - 21 x 16 inches (unframed size) Mixed Media on Paper Evolving Space (2008-9) the artist seems to be continuously drawing...
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Early 2000s Abstract Animal Paintings

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Mixed Media, Paper

II. 2011-2013. Paper, plastic glass, oil, 90x68 cm
Located in Riga, LV
II. 2011-2013. Paper, plastic glass, oil, 90x68cm
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2010s Abstract Animal Paintings

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Plastic, Paper, Oil

I Live Above the Dirty Bookstore, off Euclid Avenue (Fox), colorful reds pattern
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil and Ink on Panel
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2010s Abstract Animal Paintings

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Oil, Panel, Ink

GREAT LOVE by Vasili Zianko, author's volume-contour technique
Located in Zofingen, AG
This art - work is part of the project DIFFICULT RELATIONSHIPS. The paint is made in the author's technique of painting by Vasili Zianko based acrylic painting on canvas using a var...
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2010s Abstract Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

One-Of-A-Kind Large Painting on board by Serg Graff "Caricature". COA attached
Located in Palm Coast, FL
🎨 Title: Caricature 👨‍🎨 Artist: Serg Graff 🖌️ Medium: Acrylic on board 🖼️ Size: Framed 38.5" x 26.5" Artwork 36" x 24" ✅ Condition: Excellent 📜 COA: Certificate of Authentici...
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2010s Abstract Animal Paintings

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Acrylic

Untitled
Located in Vancouver, CA
Jesse Ross's paintings explore the complexities of identity and transformation, blending his mixed settler and Stó:lō Nation heritage with contemporary artistic expression. He uses f...
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2010s Abstract Animal Paintings

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Oil, Acrylic

Untitled
Untitled
$3,640 Sale Price
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Mid-Century Modern Abstract Bird Oil Painting by Henriette Yetti Stolz, 1950s
Located in Denver, CO
This captivating untitled abstract oil on canvas by renowned mid-century artist Henriette “Yetti” Stolz vividly portrays an abstract bird in rich, earthy hues of brown, green, and or...
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20th Century Abstract Animal Paintings

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Oil

Riverbed in Morocco
Located in Deddington, GB
Trevor Waugh Oil on boxed canvas 50cm x 50cm
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2010s Abstract Animal Paintings

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Oil

High Atlas Mountain, Morocco
Located in Deddington, GB
High Atlas Mountains, Morocco Trevor Waugh Oil on canvas Unframed Landscape painting
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2010s Abstract Animal Paintings

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Oil

Double Trouble , oil painting, Texas Livestock, Cattle & Landscape, Hill Country
Located in Houston, TX
Double Trouble ,an oil painting shows the simple interaction of the animals in their environment. Double Trouble by Cheri Christensen portrays the way the light dances across the fo...
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2010s Abstract Animal Paintings

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Oil

Cosmic friend. Cardboard, mixed media, 40. 5 x 30. 5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Cosmic friend. Cardboard, mixed media, 40.5x30.5 cm Ivars Zaikins (1942-2017) Zaikins Ivars - an artist. He was born in 1942. During of the Soviet Union period, he worked as an art...
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Early 2000s Abstract Animal Paintings

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Mixed Media, Cardboard

Roaming Around, Monotype and Collage, Abstract Figurative Art, Framed 23x23
Located in Houston, TX
Roaming Around is a Monotype with Collage and displays bold and bright colors to highlight this abstract figurative work of art. This is a new series of monotypes/collages by Charlotte Seifert...
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2010s Abstract Animal Paintings

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Mixed Media, Handmade Paper, Monotype

She Could Barely See
Located in Bozeman, MT
John Hitchcock uses the print medium with its long history of social and political commentary to explore relationships of community, land, and cu...
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2010s Abstract Animal Paintings

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Ink, Mixed Media, Color Pencil, Screen

Birds by Jankel Adler - Abstract painting
Located in London, GB
Birds by Jankel Adler (1895-1949) Oil and ciment on canvas 61.4 x 46.4 cm (24¹/₈ x 18¹/₄ inches) Signed lower right, Adler Executed in 1948 Provenance Galerie Charles Lienhard, Zürich, 1959 Gimpel Fils Gallery, London Denham Gallery, UK Exhibitions John Denham Gallery, Jankel Adler, June 9th - June 23rd 1996 Jankel Adler was born in Lodz, Poland and lived a life of wandering. In 1912 he moved to Belgrade where he began training as an engraver with his uncle and then went to Germany in 1914 where he lived for a time with his sister in Barmen. There he studied at the college of arts and crafts with Professor Gustav Wiethücher. Between 1918 and 1921 he moved between Lodz and Germany until in 1922, he settled in Düsseldorf where he became a teacher at the Academy of Arts, and became acquainted with Paul Klee, who influenced his work. A painting by Adler received a gold medal at the exhibition “German art Düsseldorf” in 1928. In 1933, with the rise of Hitler’s Nazi regime, he left Germany for Paris. With the outbreak of World War II in 1939, he volunteered for the Polish army...
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1940s Abstract Animal Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Gathering. Cardboard, mixed media, 39x43 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Gathering. Cardboard, mixed media, 39x43 cm Ivars Zaikins (1942-2017) Zaikins Ivars - an artist. He was born in 1942. During of the Soviet Union period, he worked as an artist in L...
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Early 2000s Abstract Animal Paintings

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Mixed Media, Cardboard

American School New York City Abstract Expressionist Original MCM Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
American school abstract painting. Watercolor on paper, circa 1960. Signed. Image size, 24"L x 18"H.
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1980s Abstract Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Watercolor, Gouache

Songs in the Sky 2
Located in Bozeman, MT
John Hitchcock uses the print medium with its long history of social and political commentary to explore relationships of community, land, and cu...
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2010s Abstract Animal Paintings

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Ink, Mixed Media, Color Pencil, Screen

"My Electric Red Butterfly" Red and Black Contemporary Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured oil paints in these works. Shaoul’s “My Butterfly Collection” is a vibrant and energetic...
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2010s Abstract Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Thoughts. Cardboard mixed media, 74 x 47, 5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Thoughts. Cardboard mixed media, 74x47,5 cm Ivars Zaikins (1942-2017) Zaikins Ivars - an artist. He was born in 1942. During of the Soviet Union period, he worked as an artist in L...
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Early 2000s Abstract Animal Paintings

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Mixed Media, Cardboard

Cats. Cardboard, mixed media, 75x29 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Cats Cardboard, mixed media, 75x29 cm ALEKSANDRS DEMBO (1931. Paris – 1999. Riga) Born in 1931 in Paris, France, died in 1999 in Riga, Latvia. Professional training: Janis Rozental...
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1990s Abstract Animal Paintings

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Mixed Media, Cardboard

Chandelier, abstracted animal image, rich brushwork
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Abstract, interior, landscape, animals. Oil on panel.
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2010s Abstract Animal Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Fish. 2012, cardboard, mixed technique, 21x30 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Fish. 2012, cardboard, mixed technique, 21x30 cm Ivars Zaikins (1942-2017) Zaikins Ivars - an artist. He was born in 1942. During of the Soviet Union period, he worked as an artist...
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2010s Abstract Animal Paintings

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Mixed Media, Cardboard

Before Time
Located in Bozeman, MT
John Hitchcock uses the print medium with its long history of social and political commentary to explore relationships of community, land, and culture. Hitchcock’s works on paper an...
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2010s Abstract Animal Paintings

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Mixed Media, Screen, Acrylic

Ryan Cronin - The Elk, Painting 2023
Located in Greenwich, CT
The Elk Ryan Cronin Oil Paint on Board 34" x 48" When people look at his work Cronin wants them to feel an immediate impact, even if they’re not sure what hit them. The raw, almost ...
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2010s Abstract Animal Paintings

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Oil, Board

Glacial Dawn
Located in Bozeman, MT
This is a float framed original painting on panel. Rocky Hawkins was born in 1950 in Seattle, Washington and grew up in small towns near the Cascades Mountains. His interest in the m...
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2010s Abstract Animal Paintings

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Oil, Panel

An Understanding In the Ways (Black-throated Green Warbler) by Justin Kellner
By Justin Kellner
Located in Atlanta, GA
Introducing "An Understanding In the Ways (Black-throated Green Warbler)," an enchanting abstract landscape painting by the talented artist Justin Kellner. This captivating piece fea...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media

"My Cat Named Dog" OilExpressionistic Animal & Landscape by Joseph Rozman
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"My Cat Named Dog" is an original oil painting by Joseph Rozman. It depicts an abstract animal in an environment made of geometric shapes of solid color. Artwork Size: 32 3/8" x 27...
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1960s Abstract Animal Paintings

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Oil

Steller Sea Lions at Sea, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A group of large sea lions emerges above calm sea waters just south of Glacier Bay National Park in Alaska. “The great thing about marine mammals swimming aro...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Animal Paintings

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Acrylic

Roaming Around, Monotype and Collage, Abstract Figurative Art, Framed 23x23
Located in Houston, TX
The Barn is a1 of 1 Monotype with Collage and displays bold and bright colors to highlight this abstract figurative work of art. This is a new series of monotypes/collages by Charlotte Seifert that she began doing in 2021. It is 1/1 on paper in a custom frame which measures 23 x 23 framed. It is protected by conservation Plexiglass. The piece of art is 1/1 and was produced in 2022. Also shown are others available on 1stdibs. The images are hand cut and attached to the monotype print. This is the only print so that is why it is a monotype. This Houston based artist has been making art for most of her life. She was trained at SMU where she earned her BFA and MFA in painting. Her first art instructor was Roger Winter...
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2010s Abstract Animal Paintings

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Mixed Media, Handmade Paper, Monotype

Daisy
Located in Nottingham, GB
Wonderful original painting with lots of character. Darren has said in his work he tries to explore different aspects of the human condition. He is fascinated by the nature of perso...
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2010s Abstract Animal Paintings

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Oil

Feelings. 2019, hardboard, oil, 39x28 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Feelings. 2019, hardboard, oil, 39x28 cm
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2010s Abstract Animal Paintings

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Oil, Cardboard

Final Birds
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil paint and oil on paper mounted on wood panel. Mostly monochromatic gestural abstraction with multiple bird images.
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2010s Abstract Animal Paintings

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Mixed Media, Oil, Wood Panel

Long Eared Marwari
Located in Bozeman, MT
Enthralled with the lore and spirituality of American Indian cultures, his work often depicts these traditional subjects in nontraditional ways. Hawkins captures the raw sense of ele...
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2010s Abstract Animal Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic

Botticelli Inspiring-original contemporary animal oil painting- wildlife artwork
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online. This enchanting original wildlife and interior painting captur...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Bluebirds I, grey and white composition, abstracted with text "Drug of a Nation"
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Birds on repurposed galvanized steel. Predominately monochromatic repeated, patterned, abstracted bird images
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2010s Abstract Animal Paintings

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Metal

Abstract animal paintings for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Abstract animal paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add animal paintings created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, orange, purple, green and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Rocky Hawkins, C. Dimitri, Julie Sneed, and Karnish Art. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Oil Paint and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Abstract animal paintings, so small editions measuring 4.88 inches across are also available. Prices for animal paintings made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $100 and tops out at $75,000, while the average work sells for $1,964.

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