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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
Blue Icarus: abstract painting w/ bird in blue, green, violet & black
By Joseph McAleer
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

Blue Icarus: abstract painting w/ bird in blue, green, violet & black
Blue Icarus: abstract painting w/ bird in blue, green, violet & black

Joseph McAleer
Blue Icarus: abstract painting w/ bird in blue, green, violet & black, 2020

To the future. 2016. cardboard, author's technique, 21x27 cm
Located in Riga, LV
To the future. 2016. cardboard, author's technique, 21x27 cm Composition with red creatures on the blue Ivars Zaikins (1942-2017) Zaikins Ivars - an artist. He was born in 1942. Du...
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2010s Abstract Animal Paintings

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Mixed Media, Cardboard

To the future. 2016. cardboard, author's technique, 21x27 cm
To the future. 2016. cardboard, author's technique, 21x27 cm

Ivars Zaikins
To the future. 2016. cardboard, author's technique, 21x27 cm, 2016

'Forming' abstract textural silver painting, elegant, minimal
Located in Lahti, FI
“Forming” is a striking exploration of texture and form, embodying the beauty of imperfection and transformation. This abstract composition features a rich interplay of silver tones,...
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2010s Abstract Animal Paintings

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Spray Paint, Acrylic, Pencil

'Forming' abstract textural silver painting, elegant, minimal
'Forming' abstract textural silver painting, elegant, minimal

EMMI IIDA
'Forming' abstract textural silver painting, elegant, minimal, 2024

Blue whale. Author technique, cardboard, 13x18 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Blue whale. Author technique, cardboard, 13x18 cm Ivars Zaikins (1942-2017) Zaikins Ivars - an artist. He was born in 1942. During of the Soviet Union period, he worked as an artis...
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Early 2000s Abstract Animal Paintings

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Mixed Media, Cardboard

Blue whale. Author technique, cardboard, 13x18 cm
Blue whale. Author technique, cardboard, 13x18 cm

Ivars Zaikins
Blue whale. Author technique, cardboard, 13x18 cm, 2000s

Up. Canvas, mixed media, 50x40 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Up. Canvas, mixed media, 50x40 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 Latvian Nat...
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Early 2000s Abstract Animal Paintings

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Mixed Media, Cardboard

Up. Canvas, mixed media, 50x40 cm

Ivars Zaikins
Up. Canvas, mixed media, 50x40 cm, 2000s

Natural Rustic Horse Oil Painting on Canvas, Equestrian Art 72 W X 48" H, Rolled
By Irena Orlov
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
Natural Rustic Horse Oil Painting on Canvas, Equestrian Art 72 W X 48" H, Rolled Artist Irena Orlov. Signed Certificate for authenticity.
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2010s Abstract Animal Paintings

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Oil

Natural Rustic Horse Oil Painting on Canvas, Equestrian Art 72 W X 48" H, Rolled
Natural Rustic Horse Oil Painting on Canvas, Equestrian Art 72 W X 48" H, Rolled

Irena Orlov
Natural Rustic Horse Oil Painting on Canvas, Equestrian Art 72 W X 48" H, Rolled, 2018

Contemporary British Abstract Original Painting Heart Swan Wall Paper Design
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Composition signed by Sally Vaughan (contemporary) gouache painting on card, unframed measurements: 9 x 9.5 inches condition: very good provenance: from a large private coll...
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1990s Abstract Animal Paintings

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Gouache

Contemporary British Abstract Original Painting Heart Swan Wall Paper Design
Contemporary British Abstract Original Painting Heart Swan Wall Paper Design

Sally Vaughan
Contemporary British Abstract Original Painting Heart Swan Wall Paper Design, 1990

Contemporary British Original Painting Quirky Horse Colourful Abstract
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Composition signed initials by Sally Vaughan (contemporary) gouache painting on card, unframed measurements: 6.5 x 7 inches condition: very good provenance: from a large pri...
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1990s Abstract Animal Paintings

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Gouache

Contemporary British Original Painting Quirky Horse Colourful Abstract
Contemporary British Original Painting Quirky Horse Colourful Abstract

Sally Vaughan
Contemporary British Original Painting Quirky Horse Colourful Abstract, 1990

Counterpart
By Matt Flint
Located in Bozeman, MT
My paintings are of animals, plants, and landscapes seen through a moment of shifting focus. I paint the way I explore the rugged mountains by my house, always pushing to see what is over the next hill, searching for the unexpected. I begin my paintings without a plan. No preliminary sketches are made; every thought is worked out directly on the canvas. Artifacts of the creative process can be seen in the rich textures, worked surfaces, and veiled light qualities created by working and reworking the piece. As one image comes into focus another is fading away, retaining a piece of the previous while hinting at what might come next. The result of my search...
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2010s Abstract Animal Paintings

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Ink, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Board

Counterpart

Matt Flint
Counterpart, 2023

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

Fish. 2012, cardboard, mixed media, 30x21 cm

Ivars Zaikins
Fish. 2012, cardboard, mixed media, 30x21 cm, 2012

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

IMPOSSIBLE TO WIN AS ALONE by Vasili Zianko, author's volume-contour technique
IMPOSSIBLE TO WIN AS ALONE by Vasili Zianko, author's volume-contour technique

IMPOSSIBLE TO WIN AS ALONE by Vasili Zianko, author's volume-contour technique, 2017

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

Double Trouble , oil painting, Texas Livestock, Cattle & Landscape, Hill Country
Double Trouble , oil painting, Texas Livestock, Cattle & Landscape, Hill Country

Cheri Christensen
Double Trouble , oil painting, Texas Livestock, Cattle & Landscape, Hill Country, 2018

The Nine Wild Rivers and the Seven Wild Rivers, abstract, animals, figures
By C. Dimitri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Inspired by the ballroom ceiling of the Ca Rezzonico in Venice.
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2010s Abstract Animal Paintings

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Mixed Media, Oil

The Nine Wild Rivers and the Seven Wild Rivers, abstract, animals, figures
The Nine Wild Rivers and the Seven Wild Rivers, abstract, animals, figures

C. Dimitri
The Nine Wild Rivers and the Seven Wild Rivers, abstract, animals, figures, 2020

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

Fish. 2012, cardboard, mixed technique, 21x30 cm

Ivars Zaikins
Fish. 2012, cardboard, mixed technique, 21x30 cm, 2012

South II, Abstract Fish Painting by Antonio Ole
By Antonio Ole
Located in Long Island City, NY
South II by Antonio Ole, Angolan (1951) Date: 1993 Acrylic, Impasto and Collage on Paper, signed l.l. Size: 26 x 39.5 in. (66.04 x 100.33 cm)
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1990s Abstract Animal Paintings

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Acrylic

South II, Abstract Fish Painting by Antonio Ole
South II, Abstract Fish Painting by Antonio Ole

Antonio Ole
South II, Abstract Fish Painting by Antonio Ole, 1993

"Reflections: Skimming Tern" oil resin fixed diptych of Beach Bird on Lily Pond
By Darius Yektai
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Reflections: Skimming Tern" is an abstract expressionist painting of a birds reflection onto a lily pond. Darius Yektai was born in Southampton NY, in 1973. He lives and works out ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Epoxy Resin, Oil

"Reflections: Skimming Tern" oil resin fixed diptych of Beach Bird on Lily Pond
"Reflections: Skimming Tern" oil resin fixed diptych of Beach Bird on Lily Pond

Darius Yektai
"Reflections: Skimming Tern" oil resin fixed diptych of Beach Bird on Lily Pond, 2023

Mid-Century Modern Abstract Bird Oil Painting in Yellow, Orange, Green & Black
Located in Denver, CO
This captivating untitled abstract oil on canvas painting by renowned artist Henriette "Yetti" Stolz features a striking depiction of an abstract bird, masterfully rendered in earthy...
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20th Century Abstract Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Mid-Century Modern Abstract Bird Oil Painting in Yellow, Orange, Green & Black
Mid-Century Modern Abstract Bird Oil Painting in Yellow, Orange, Green & Black

Henriette "Yetti" Stolz
Mid-Century Modern Abstract Bird Oil Painting in Yellow, Orange, Green & Black

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

Roaming Around, Monotype and Collage, Abstract Figurative Art, Framed 23x23
Roaming Around, Monotype and Collage, Abstract Figurative Art, Framed 23x23

Charlotte Seifert
Roaming Around, Monotype and Collage, Abstract Figurative Art, Framed 23x23, 2022

Buffalo Gap
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, Acrylic, Screen

Buffalo Gap
Buffalo Gap

John Hitchcock
Buffalo Gap, 2024

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

The fish. Cardboard, acrylic, 18, 2 x 59 cm

Ivars Zaikins
The fish. Cardboard, acrylic, 18, 2 x 59 cm, 2000s

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

Thoughts. Cardboard mixed media, 74 x 47, 5 cm

Ivars Zaikins
Thoughts. Cardboard mixed media, 74 x 47, 5 cm, 2000s

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

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Oil, Cardboard

Feelings. 2019, hardboard, oil, 39x28 cm
Feelings. 2019, hardboard, oil, 39x28 cm

Dmitry Lavrentjev
Feelings. 2019, hardboard, oil, 39x28 cm, 2019

American School New York City Abstract Magic Surrealism Sunset Park Painting
By Barry Johnson
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

American School New York City Abstract Magic Surrealism Sunset Park Painting
American School New York City Abstract Magic Surrealism Sunset Park Painting

Barry Johnson
American School New York City Abstract Magic Surrealism Sunset Park Painting, 1960

Bluebirds I, grey and white composition, abstracted with text "Drug of a Nation"
By C. Dimitri
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

Bluebirds I, grey and white composition, abstracted with text "Drug of a Nation"
Bluebirds I, grey and white composition, abstracted with text "Drug of a Nation"

C. Dimitri
Bluebirds I, grey and white composition, abstracted with text "Drug of a Nation", 2024

Riverbed in Morocco
By Trevor Waugh
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

Riverbed in Morocco

Trevor Waugh
Riverbed in Morocco, 2019

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

Jesse Ross
Untitled, 2024

Something to Crow About, oil painting, Texas Rooster Painting, Texas Artist
Located in Houston, TX
Something to Crow About is an oil painting of a Texas Rooster prancing in the field. It is 24 x 18 and comes with a custom made frame. Artist...
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2010s Abstract Animal Paintings

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Oil

Something to Crow About, oil painting, Texas Rooster Painting, Texas Artist
Something to Crow About, oil painting, Texas Rooster Painting, Texas Artist

Cheri Christensen
Something to Crow About, oil painting, Texas Rooster Painting, Texas Artist, 2018

Petals on the Water, Oil , American Impressionism, Koi Fish, Outdoors. Nature
Located in Houston, TX
Petals on the Water by Jeff Slemons shows the beauty of nature with Koi and Waterlilies .There is the use of the palette knife which builds up a texture o...
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2010s Abstract Animal Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Petals on the Water, Oil , American Impressionism, Koi Fish, Outdoors. Nature
Petals on the Water, Oil , American Impressionism, Koi Fish, Outdoors. Nature

Jeff Slemons
Petals on the Water, Oil , American Impressionism, Koi Fish, Outdoors. Nature, 2020

Flight. 2001, oil on cardboard, 67x79 cm
By Janis Zemitis
Located in Riga, LV
Flight. 2001, oil on cardboard, 67x79 cm Dark composition with butterflies In 1958 he graduated from the Riga Art School of J. Rosenthal, in 1964 Art Academ...
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Early 2000s Abstract Animal Paintings

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Oil, Cardboard

Flight. 2001, oil on cardboard, 67x79 cm
Flight. 2001, oil on cardboard, 67x79 cm

Janis Zemitis
Flight. 2001, oil on cardboard, 67x79 cm, 2001

A Cubist Artwork, "Freedom Fighter"
By Alexander Arshansky
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one-of-a-kind original abstract painting by San Diego artist, Alexander Arshansky. Its dimensions are 20"x24"x1.5". It is unframed. A Certificate of Authenticity will follo...
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2010s Abstract Animal Paintings

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Acrylic

A Cubist Artwork, "Freedom Fighter"
A Cubist Artwork, "Freedom Fighter"

Alexander Arshansky
A Cubist Artwork, "Freedom Fighter", 2024

High Atlas Mountain, Morocco
By Trevor Waugh
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

High Atlas Mountain, Morocco

Trevor Waugh
High Atlas Mountain, Morocco, 2019

Digger, oil painting, Texas Animals, Armadillo. 12 x 12 Women in the Arts
Located in Houston, TX
Digger is a framed oil painting on panel. 12" x 12". It portrays an Armadillo digging around for his food which is a common scene around Texas Artist Statement: " I am inspired...
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2010s Abstract Animal Paintings

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Oil

Digger, oil painting, Texas Animals, Armadillo. 12 x 12 Women in the Arts
Digger, oil painting, Texas Animals, Armadillo. 12 x 12 Women in the Arts

Cheri Christensen
Digger, oil painting, Texas Animals, Armadillo. 12 x 12 Women in the Arts, 2018

Matterhorn- contemporary expressionistic black/white mountain range with red
Located in Hamburg, DE
"Without Title (Matterhorn)" is a large, unique oil on canvas painting of German artist Willi Bucher. It depicts with powerful strokes the facade of the ...
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2010s Abstract Animal Paintings

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Oil

Matterhorn- contemporary expressionistic black/white mountain range with red
Matterhorn- contemporary expressionistic black/white mountain range with red

Willi Bucher
Matterhorn- contemporary expressionistic black/white mountain range with red, 2022

"The media world" abstract on linen canvas acrylic 72x97cm 2006
By Emmanuelle Vroelant
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

"The media world" abstract on linen canvas acrylic 72x97cm 2006
"The media world" abstract on linen canvas acrylic 72x97cm 2006

Emmanuelle Vroelant
"The media world" abstract on linen canvas acrylic 72x97cm 2006, 2006

Without Title - white minimalist painting with pins abstract expressionist
Located in Hamburg, DE
"Without Title" is a small, unique oil on canvas painting of German artist Willi Bucher. It depicts with powerful strokes a minimalist white abstract landscape with pins. an alpine ...
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2010s Abstract Animal Paintings

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Oil, Pins

Without Title - white minimalist painting with pins abstract expressionist
Without Title - white minimalist painting with pins abstract expressionist

Willi Bucher
Without Title - white minimalist painting with pins abstract expressionist, 2012

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

Liqiang Lu Animal Original Oil On Canvas "Little Bird"
Liqiang Lu Animal Original Oil On Canvas "Little Bird"

Liqiang Lu Animal Original Oil On Canvas "Little Bird", 2016

As You Like
By Rocky Hawkins
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

As You Like

Rocky Hawkins
As You Like, 2022

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

An Understanding In the Ways (Black-throated Green Warbler) by Justin Kellner

Justin Kellner
An Understanding In the Ways (Black-throated Green Warbler) by Justin Kellner, 2024

Equine Heart Chakra
By Rocky Hawkins
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

Equine Heart Chakra

Rocky Hawkins
Equine Heart Chakra, 2023

Red-Winged Blackbird, Original Painting
By Kira Yustak
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Kira Yustak blends impressionist and primitive approaches in her portrait of a blackbird amongst tall cattails. She draws inspiration from observing them in waterways and marshy areas nearby. Kira paints it larger than life to highlight the feathers and make a bold statement. Her style bears influence from natural history illustrations...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Animal Paintings

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Acrylic

Red-Winged Blackbird, Original Painting
Red-Winged Blackbird, Original Painting

Kira Yustak
Red-Winged Blackbird, Original Painting, 2022

Diving Woodpeckers, Original Painting
By Emil Morhardt
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Emil Morhardt captures a group of acorn woodpeckers diving together from a tree. “They really do this,” says Emil. He spends hours with his lens trained on the birds as they argue loudly among themselves until finally taking a jump. The woodpeckers are painted on a thick layer of absorbent ground, giving them a slightly three-dimensional appearance against the gray-stained canvas.


About the Artist
Emil Morhardt is an acrylic painter from Santa Barbara, California who expresses his passion for birds through realistic acrylic paintings. He paints at home in a studio room that has large windows and a north-facing view of the mountains. He observes the animals from this window, watching roadrunners, foxes, bobcats, deer, and coyote run by. Surrounded by this wildlife, Emil paints bird portraits reminiscent of those by artist John James Audubon. He bases his paintings off hundreds of photographs he takes of birds in the wild and at wildlife recovery centers. Emil captures the freedom and inquisitiveness that birds display in the natural world. Before painting birds, he painted landscapes of San Francisco and the Eastern Sierra. Emil was raised in the high desert of California and learned to paint from his father, who was one of the early California watercolorists...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Animal Paintings

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Acrylic

Diving Woodpeckers, Original Painting
Diving Woodpeckers, Original Painting

Emil Morhardt
Diving Woodpeckers, Original Painting, 2021

Steller Sea Lions at Sea, Original Painting
By Emil Morhardt
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

Steller Sea Lions at Sea, Original Painting
Steller Sea Lions at Sea, Original Painting

Emil Morhardt
Steller Sea Lions at Sea, Original Painting, 2021

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

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Oil, Panel, Ink

I Live Above the Dirty Bookstore, off Euclid Avenue (Fox), colorful reds pattern
I Live Above the Dirty Bookstore, off Euclid Avenue (Fox), colorful reds pattern

C. Dimitri
I Live Above the Dirty Bookstore, off Euclid Avenue (Fox), colorful reds pattern, 2016

Calling from the Mountain, Oil Painting
By Miranda Gamel
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A strong gazelle turns to regard the viewer, with a brilliant landscape drawing the eye into the distance. "There will always be favor when walking on the pat...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Animal Paintings

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Oil

Calling from the Mountain, Oil Painting
Calling from the Mountain, Oil Painting

Miranda Gamel
Calling from the Mountain, Oil Painting, 2019

"Penguin" Large Mid Century Piece on Masonite.
By Leopoldo Gonzales Jr.
Located in San Antonio, TX
Leopoldo Gonzales Jr Born 1921 San Antonio Artist Image Size: 48 x 36 Frame Size: 52 x 40 Medium: Oil / Casein Circa 1958 Mid Century Modern "Penguin" Signed and titled on verso. ...
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1950s Abstract Animal Paintings

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Oil

"Penguin" Large Mid Century Piece on Masonite.

Leopoldo Gonzales Jr.
"Penguin" Large Mid Century Piece on Masonite., Circa 1958

I Live Above the Dirty Bookstore, off Euclid Avenue (Fox) abstract pattern red
By C. Dimitri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Dimitri incorporates and captures free form expression using urban iconography, text, collage and traditions methods.
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2010s Abstract Animal Paintings

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Oil

I Live Above the Dirty Bookstore, off Euclid Avenue (Fox) abstract pattern red

C. Dimitri
I Live Above the Dirty Bookstore, off Euclid Avenue (Fox) abstract pattern red

Zen Circle of Togetherness No. 2
By Rocky Hawkins
Located in Bozeman, MT
This is an unframed original painting on paper. Rocky Hawkins was born in 1950 in Seattle, Washington and grew up in small towns near the Cascades Mountains. His interest in the myst...
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2010s Abstract Animal Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Archival Paper

Zen Circle of Togetherness No. 2

Rocky Hawkins
Zen Circle of Togetherness No. 2, 2022

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

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Cabeza de ciervo
Cabeza de ciervo

Victor Mira
Cabeza de ciervo, 1982

1000 Birds
Located in Greifswald, DE
"1000 Birds" Authentic Feng Shui Art. In feng shui, birds are powerful symbols of new opportunities. Here we have 999 white and silver birds with one golden eagle to attract prosperi...
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2010s Abstract Animal Paintings

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Gold, Gold Leaf

1000 Birds
1000 Birds

Agnes Beleznay
1000 Birds

White Pidgeon, La Paloma Blanca, Modernist Abstract, 1962, Framed Oil on Canvas
By Leon Kelly
Located in Doylestown, PA
"White Pidgeon - La Paloma Blanca" by Philadelphia born modernist and surrealist painter Leon Kelly, is a large scale Modernist Abstract painting. The 40" x 54" oil on canvas is sign...
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1960s Abstract Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

White Pidgeon, La Paloma Blanca, Modernist Abstract, 1962, Framed Oil on Canvas
White Pidgeon, La Paloma Blanca, Modernist Abstract, 1962, Framed Oil on Canvas

Leon Kelly
White Pidgeon, La Paloma Blanca, Modernist Abstract, 1962, Framed Oil on Canvas, 1962

The balance of wisdom and power (original horse textured painting)
By Svetlana Shalygina
Located in Maricopa, AZ
A stunning original mixed media painting by Svetlana Shalygina. A unique combination of imagery and texture with this large scale original work of art. Custom digital renderings show...
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2010s Abstract Animal Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

The balance of wisdom and power (original horse textured painting)
The balance of wisdom and power (original horse textured painting)

Svetlana Shalygina
The balance of wisdom and power (original horse textured painting), 2022

You'll Miss Me When I'm Gone, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By John Barney
Located in Yardley, PA
As the title suggests, this is a subtle statement about the beauty of our planet and the need to take care of it. These gentle giants have been around for awhile and often have great...
Category

2010s Abstract Animal Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

You'll Miss Me When I'm Gone, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
You'll Miss Me When I'm Gone, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

John Barney
You'll Miss Me When I'm Gone, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas, 2021

Indian Contemporary Art by Sumit Mehndiratta - Holographic Butterflies
By Sumit Mehndiratta
Located in Paris, IDF
Found objects pasted on wooden panel with a acrylic painted background. Artworks comes box framed in a white wooden frame with acrylic glass, ready to hang and display. Can be commis...
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2010s Abstract Animal Paintings

Materials

Plastic, Mixed Media, Wood Panel

Indian Contemporary Art by Sumit Mehndiratta - Holographic Butterflies
Indian Contemporary Art by Sumit Mehndiratta - Holographic Butterflies

Sumit Mehndiratta
Indian Contemporary Art by Sumit Mehndiratta - Holographic Butterflies, 2022

7 Tangled in Blue (Amazons)
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Cleveland, OH
Green Birds / Blue
Category

2010s Abstract Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

7 Tangled in Blue (Amazons)

Hunt Slonem
7 Tangled in Blue (Amazons), 2021

'Layers of Existence' Abstract Mustard & Deep Red Textural Painting
Located in Lahti, FI
“Layers of Existence” is a meditation on reality, perception, and the unseen dimensions beyond what we consider tangible. This abstract composition plays with depth and texture, invi...
Category

2010s Abstract Animal Paintings

Materials

Spray Paint, Acrylic, Pencil

'Layers of Existence' Abstract Mustard & Deep Red Textural Painting
'Layers of Existence' Abstract Mustard & Deep Red Textural Painting

EMMI IIDA
'Layers of Existence' Abstract Mustard & Deep Red Textural Painting, 2024

Méduses Tropiques
Located in PARIS, FR
Anna Peter-Breton Méduses Tropiques Huile sur toile Oil on canvas 100 x 81 cm 39 3/8 x 31 7/8 in. 2023 Anna Peter-Breton was born in 1985. Originally from Hungary and Kyrgyzs...
Category

2010s Abstract Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Méduses Tropiques
Méduses Tropiques

Anna Peter-Breton
Méduses Tropiques, 2023

Post Tenebras Lux, After Darkness Light No.3
Located in Austin, TX
David Ackerson (b. 1950, American) Title: "Post Tenebras Lux" After Darkness Light, No. 3 Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Size: 40 x 30 in. Markings: Signed ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Post Tenebras Lux, After Darkness Light No.3
Post Tenebras Lux, After Darkness Light No.3

David Ackerson
Post Tenebras Lux, After Darkness Light No.3, 2018

French Contemporary Art by Diana Torje - Trinity
By Diana Torje
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. ...
Category

2010s Abstract Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

French Contemporary Art by Diana Torje - Trinity
French Contemporary Art by Diana Torje - Trinity

Diana Torje
French Contemporary Art by Diana Torje - Trinity, 2019

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