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Contemporary Animal Paintings

CONTEMPORARY STYLE

Used to refer to a time rather than an aesthetic, Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. This immediacy means it encompasses art responding to the present moment through diverse subjects, media and themes. Contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, performance, digital art, video and more frequently includes work that is attempting to reshape current ideas about what art can be, from Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s use of candy to memorialize a lover he lost to AIDS-related complications to Jenny Holzer’s ongoing “Truisms,” a Conceptual series that sees provocative messages printed on billboards, T-shirts, benches and other public places that exist outside of formal exhibitions and the conventional “white cube” of galleries.

Contemporary art has been pushing the boundaries of creative expression for years. Its disruption of the traditional concepts of art are often aiming to engage viewers in complex questions about identity, society and culture. In the latter part of the 20th century, contemporary movements included Land art, in which artists like Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer create large-scale, site-specific sculptures, installations and other works in soil and bodies of water; Sound art, with artists such as Christian Marclay and Susan Philipsz centering art on sonic experiences; and New Media art, in which mass media and digital culture inform the work of artists such as Nam June Paik and Rafaël Rozendaal.

The first decades of the 21st century have seen the growth of Contemporary African art, the revival of figurative painting, the emergence of street art and the rise of NFTs, unique digital artworks that are powered by blockchain technology.

Major Contemporary artists practicing now include Ai Weiwei, Cecily Brown, David Hockney, Yayoi Kusama, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and Kara Walker.

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Style: Contemporary
Color:  Pink
Sea Fan - Gumball - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting of an Octopus
Located in Chicago, IL
Two small octopi are inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then embellishes it with colored pencil to convey an ext...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil

Studio 54 - Grape - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting of an Octopus
Located in Chicago, IL
A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then embellishes it with colored pencil to convey an extra...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Watercolor, Sumi Ink, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil

Passion Play
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Passion Play Date: 2023 Medium: Oil on Wood Unframed Dimensions: 20" x 16" Framed Dimensions: 25" x 21" Signature: Signed Edition: Unique
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Oil

Audrey
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Audrey Series: Bunnies Date: 2021 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 16" x 14" Signature: Signed Edition: Unique
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Oil

Unique Small Pink Snoopies Watercolor Dogs Cluster
Located in New York, NY
I've been drawing Snoopy as a subject in my painting for decades now. It is a satisfying shape to draw. Many people from my generation drew Snoopy when they were kids, thus there's a...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Watercolor, Archival Paper

Queen of Bavaria "Bunny Painting" Original Pink Oil Painting in Vintage Frame
Located in Greenwich, CT
Hunt Slonem Original Framed Oil Painting. Signed on Verso. Our Gallery works directly with Hunt Slonem. This painting was acquired directly from the artist and has the Artist's St...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Oil

Dusty Neon Savannahs "Bunny Painting" Stunning Original Oil Painting
Located in Greenwich, CT
Hunt Slonem Original Oil Painting on Canvas. Signed on Verso. Our Gallery works directly with Hunt Slonem. This painting was acquired directly from the artist and has the Artist's ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Oil

King Charles Garden
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: King Charles Garden Series: Butterflies Date: 2022 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 28" x 20.5" Framed Dimension...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Oil

The Goat, Animal, Pink, Brown, White Color, Oil & Acrylic on Canvas "in stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Feroz Khan - Untitled Oil & Acrylic on Canvas 55 × 42 × 1 in ( unframed size) We suggest to collect the painting unframed and rolled for the sake of Conven...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Mother & Child, Figurative, Acrylic on Canvas by Contemporary Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Feroz Khan - Untitled Acrylic on Canvas, 55 x 42 inches About Artist : Mohammad Feroz Khan was born in 1978 and brought up in Delhi. He have not undergone any formal training in Art but gained experience first from his Father Late Mohd Ibrahim Khan, a Banner Painter. Subsequently, under the able tutelage of renowned Artist Late Manjit Bawa (Guruji - his Mentor in Art) he studied and learned Art for 14 years. Bawa took much care to train him to use brush and pastels on a variety of subjects, also guided him to savor the beauty and nuances of Texture. Then, as an initial step, his Guru guided him through a maze of depictable visuals scattered over the all too familiar places of Delhi. He asked him to draw inspiration from real life. Deferential to my master’s academic style of figuration, he soon convinced his guru of deft brushmanship and ability to create naturalistic human and animal forms, avoiding explicit linear delineation, while projecting solid masses. He chose to see the ordinary things and scenes that make up for our everyday life. He look at the little details of a tailor working on a manual sewing machine or a street-side vendor selling a cool drink on a hot summer day or rickshaw pullers or beggars and various other street vendors – denizens of the city’s poorest quarters. It is the sheer simplicity of each of these activities that appeals him and is reflected through his Canvas. Selected Solo Shows : 2010 Galerie Waterton (Asian Contemporary Art), Singapore 2008 The incredible every day – ness of being curated by Sushma Bahl at Galerie Romain Roland alliance Francaise New Delhi & Epicenter Gurgaon 2006 Tales of ordinary people at Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi 2004 Krishna collection art gallery, New Delhi Selected group shows : 2019 Participated in Group Show Harvest, organized by Arushi Arts 2018 Artinsic, clubhouse caitrion, gurugram 2017 Mediating dreams organized by ( Jitendra Padam Jain ) Gallery Sree Arts at Visual art gallery, Indian Habitat Centre, New Delhi 2017 Summer Stories Organised by Gallery Space, Hyderabad 2015 Masters Mentors Protégés Curated by (Vandana Haksar & Kuku Chowdhry New Delhi 2015 Representing inward significance outwards organized by Gallery Sree Arts Gallery Romain Rolland Indo – French cultural center Delhi 2013 Suryaveer Kohl Art Gallery show held in New Delhi 2013 Art Zest ( Vivid Strokes )at Grand Lobby, Arabian Dubai 2013 Parallel Realities at Devlalikar Art Gallery, M G Road Indore 2012 Love or Nothing (Toxteth Art Gallery ) Liverpool, London 2011 Asian students and young artist art festival organized by Gallery, LVS South Korea. 2010 Crescenps Art select in Jumeirah Emirates Towers, Dubai 2009 Galerie Waterton (Asian contemporary art ), Singapore 2009 Participated ( Korea India International Hub Art Exchange exhibition ) at the epicenter Gurgaon 2009 The faraway tree gallery, Chennai 2008 Khushii in association with round table India, organized Indian strokes- a a myriad of art at the Park Hotel, Bangalore 2007 Heritage school, Gurgaon the show was inaugurated by renowned painter Anjolie Ela...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Brightly colored contemporary dog painting of a Dachshund in blues and reds
By Ron Burns
Located in Charleston, US
Contemporary brightly colored face of a Dachshund fill up the canvas and captures your heart. The bright blues, reds and greens light up the canvas and the dog's expressive face. Ron Burns...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Acrylic

Animal Large Surrealist Painting Royal of College Art LGBTQ+ Woman Artist Tiger
Located in Norfolk, GB
Isabel Rock is a creator of contemporary fairy tales. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work is an explosion of strange occurrences while a surreal narrative takes the audience on a journey into the imagination. Hugely inspired by Paula Rego, Isabel Rock is part of a formidable group of women artists (Leonora Carrington and Eileen Agar amongst others) working with Surrealism. In October 2023 Isabel won the Evelyn Williams...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Pen, Archival Paper, Paint, Mixed Media

Birds 015
Located in London, London
This work is framed, signed, and with certificate of authenticity. In 2016, the process of Francisco Nicolás take another way, because his art practice can be considered as a researc...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Ink, Acrylic

Trinidad and Hacerle el Amor a la Vida (small) Paintings
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Set of Two by Tahuanty Jacanamijoy Trinidad and Hacerle el Amor a la Vida (small) Watercolor on paper Overall Image size: 35 cm H x 54 cm W Individual size: Image size: 35 cm H x ...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Watercolor, Paper

Match
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A work by Carlos Luna. "Match" is a contemporary Latin American artwork, gouache and charcoal on amate paper in a palette of reds and browns by ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Gouache, Charcoal

Chinese Contemporary Art by Jia Yuan-Hua - Trip to Germany
Located in Paris, IDF
In 2016, we visited Neuschwanstein Castle in Germany. The beautiful castle left us with very good memories, so we have this work.This work is dra...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Portrait on Pink No.1 - Oil painting by English Artist Jamel Akib
Located in Battle, East Sussex
Jamel Akib Born in Leigh-on-sea, Essex in 1965 to English and Malaysian parents, Jamel moved to North Borneo at the age of five. At thirteen he returned to England to pursue his edu...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Untitled, Acrylic on Canvas by Contemporary Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Feroz Khan - Untitled Acrylic on Canvas, 18 x 20 inches About Artist : Mohammad Feroz Khan was born in 1978 and brought up in Delhi. He have not undergone any formal training in Ar...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Acrylic, Canvas

Portrait on Pink No.2 - Oil painting by English Artist Jamel Akib
Located in Battle, East Sussex
Jamel Akib Born in Leigh-on-sea, Essex in 1965 to English and Malaysian parents, Jamel moved to North Borneo at the age of five. At thirteen he returned to England to pursue his edu...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Untitled, Acrylic on Canvas by Contemporary Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Feroz Khan - Untitled Acrylic on Canvas, 48 x 42 inches About Artist : Mohammad Feroz Khan was born in 1978 and brought up in Delhi. He have not undergone...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Hosho Fish
Located in Kansas City, MO
Hosho Fish Materials : pastel, paper Date : 2017 Dimensions : 19"x23" Description : Pastel used to abstract a school of fish Heather Farrell about her work: "I work primarily with ...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Paper, Pastel

"Purdy" Mixed Media Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Kaitlin Ziesmer's (US based) "Purdy" is an original, handmade AcrylaGouache painting that depicts a pink and black bird in profile wearing a levitating...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Gouache, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Reds In Overdrive: Horse Grid / original large acrylic painting
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Reds in Overdrive' from Frohsin's Horse Grid series is vibrant and lively, in reds pinks and purples. The work features horses walking, galloping, jumping and standing. The painting...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Archival Ink, Acrylic, Mixed Media, Pigment

Assumption Ascension
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Hunt Slonem, oil on canvas
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Oil

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