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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
Bird. Ocean, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A great blue heron stands on a sandy shore, shown in profile with its long neck elegantly curved and its legs extended. Abstract shapes in the background evoke ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Acrylic

Woman with Dog
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Woman & Dog, 2017 Christopher Mudgett In Woman & Dog, 2017, Mudgett delivers a visually, mentally, and emotionally invigorating tour de force that explores the profound and unspoken...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Koko
Located in New York, NY
oil on panel
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Goldilocks - Flaming Hot - 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 extraordinary dimensionality. By printing it on hand-made Mulberry paper the artist achieves a beautiful aesthetic. The artwork is unframed. Please contact the gallery for framing options. Jeff Conroy Goldilocks - Flaming Hot sumi ink and colored pencil on mulberry paper 14.50h x 19.75w in 36.83h x 50.16w cm JEC161 Gyotaku - A Japanese word translated from "gyo" meaning fish and "taku" meaning stone impression and is believed to get its inspiration from Chinese stone rubbings...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil

Hunt Slonem "Dove (Peace Plan)" Birds
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Dove (Peace Plan) Date: 2021 Medium: Oil on Wood Unframed Dimensions: 18.5" x 16.5" Framed Dimensions: 26" x 23" Signature: Signed Verso Edition: U...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Oil

Loving Horses Bohemian Mixed Media Painting BOHO Floral 40x60"
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
Loving Horses One of a kind Mixed Medium on Canvas Collector's Edition Mixed Media: Acrylic, Ink, Stucco, Glass Beads, Crackle Paste SPECIFICATIONS: - Fine art canvas - Professio...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Varnish, Archival Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Japanese Contemporary Art by Teppei Ikehila - Modern Borrowed Scenery Shibuya
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas Teppei Ikehila is a Japanese artist born in 1978 who lives & works in Tokyo, Japan. He is graduated from Shimane University in 2001. Since 2000, he has held many priva...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Magic Carpet (Moon)
Located in Atlanta, GA
Greg's witty and charming oil painting on aluminum comes framed in a floater frame which adds 1.75 inches all the way around. "Greg Decker is a visionary painter. His work epitomize...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Metal

Chinese Butterfly Bowl /// Huge Contemporary Street Pop Art Painting Bug Insect
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-) Title: "Chinese Butterfly Bowl" Series: Eclecticism *Signed by Graves lower left. It is also signed, t...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Paint, Acrylic

The Morning Parade, Equine Art, Limited Edition Print, Horse Art, Sophie Harden
Located in Deddington, GB
Sophie Harden The Morning Parade Limited Edition Giclee Print Edition of 25 Size: H 32cm x W 86cm x D 0.3cm Sold Unframed Please note that in situ images are purely an indication of ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Paper, Giclée

Moon
Located in Atlanta, GA
Greg's witty and charming oil painting on aluminum comes framed in a floater frame which adds 1.75 inches all the way around. "Greg Decker is a visionary painter. His work epitomize...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

Horses Painting BOHO Heavy Textured on Canvas 40x60" Love Between Horses
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
Love Between Horses Couple Painting One of a kind Mixed Medium on Canvas Artwork: Original abstract mixed media work on canvas, which combines new media - digital original hand pain...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Varnish, Archival Ink, Acrylic, Mixed Media

Cheval d'Or
Located in New York, NY
oil and gold leaf on wood panel
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Insectum - XXI century, Oil colourful painting, Insects, Abstraction
Located in Warsaw, PL
Oil on canvas by Dana Buchel (born in 1970 in Poland)
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

[Edith Thayer Cromwell (1893-1962)] Elephant
Located in New York, NY
[Edith Thayer Cromwell (1893-1962)] Elephant n.d. Signed, u.r. Oil on canvas 23 x 29 inches This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Oil

Toucan in desert: “No Mirage”
Located in New York, NY
"A Toucan looks out at a scorching desert landscape, a bird of the tropical rainforest. It is no mirage that our planet is warming to the point of severe loss of species and habitat."
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

"Pale Blue Hutch" Bunnies Oil Painting in Ornate Vintage Frame
Located in Greenwich, CT
Hunt Slonem - Pale Blue Hutch Original Framed Oil Painting. Signed on Verso. Our Gallery works directly with Hunt Slonem. This painting was acquired directly from the artist and h...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Oil

Golden Rain. Series "Vibrations of the Earth"
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Golden Rain" is a celebratory allegory of fertility, light, and the joyful interconnectedness of nature. Two birds, like colorful guardians of the Tree of Life, meet at the heart of...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Fishy Tales, colorful brushwork, animals, female nude mermaid reference
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This is an oil painting with most parts made from observing from life in Brier Island, Nova Scotia. Two mermaids interacting in a mysterious way, the viewer seems to have interrupted...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Oil

Zu Sheng Yu "Morning Graze", Cow Field Pond Landscape Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
"Morning Graze" by Zu Sheng Yu is a 36x36 oil painting on canvas. This painting depicts a deep blue sky and pond, with green grass surrounding. A cow stands by the water, with its re...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Bison Beneath the Light, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A herd of bison descends into a ravine, moving through a misty landscape. These majestic animals symbolize strength, power, and resilience as ethereal light s...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Oil

Cheetah
Located in New York, NY
Oil on panel
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Perseus
Located in New York, NY
oil on masonite panel
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

Happiness Is... a Merle Dane
Located in Loveland, CO
Original Oil "Happiness Is... a Merle Dane" Canvas is gallery wrapped with black sides, perfect as is, or easy to frame. 14" x 11" oil on canvas 'I painted all of my dane's siblings, this one was Maya, so distinguished and beautiful' - AK ABOUT THE ARTIST: Since graduating from the Kansas City Art Institute in 1999, Alyson Kinkade’s artwork has been widely collected and exhibited throughout the U.S. Her work is displayed publicly in the permanent collections of the cities of Little Rock, AR; Downey, CA; Paramount, CA; Loveland, CO; Platte River...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Orange Horse
Located in New York, NY
Oil on panel
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Japanese Contemporary Art by Teppei Ikehila - Everyday Life is Beautiful
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas Teppei Ikehila is a Japanese artist born in 1978 who lives & works in Tokyo, Japan. He is graduated from Shimane University in 2001. Since 2000, he has held many priva...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

The Edge of Balance
Located in Burlingame, CA
Two birds fly and stand against an abstracted beach scene in this contemporary oil on canvas painting, 'The Edge of Balance', by artist Diana Tremaine, whose series of paintings tha...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Hunt Slonem "Light Lawn" Bunny
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Light Lawn Date: 2024 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5" Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso Editi...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Oil

Glimmer in Light II
Located in Atlanta, GA
Gwen Wong's work is both painterly and allegorical, caught somewhere in the middle between the representational painter and the narrator. "I am inspired by the idea of a childhood re...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Gold Leaf

Stillness, Heron Bird Art, Animal Conservation Artwork, Collage Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Paul Bartlett has created a eye catching collage with colours of orange, blue and green to capture nature. Collage on board Framed Signed Frame w 51.6cm x h 37.3cm Image w 37cm x h ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Paper, Board

Hunt Slonem "Golden Brush" Birds
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Golden Brush Date: 2023 Medium: Oil on Wood Unframed Dimensions: 53" x 33" Framed Dimensions: 59.5" x 39.5" Signature: Signed Verso Edition: Unique...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Oil

Blue Diamond Dust Tuesday
Located in Cleveland, OH
Blue White Outline Bunnies with Blue Diamond Dust
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Oil

Sheep in a VW Split Screen Camper Van at the Guinness factory in Ireland
Located in Preston, GB
Sheep in a VW Split Screen Camper Van at the Guinness factory in Ireland by Contemporary Artist Art measures 12 x 10 inches Frame measures 15 x 13 inch...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Oil, Board

June Rider (black & white, horse, animal painting, patterns)
Located in New York, NY
Oil and ink on panel
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

Prince
Located in New York, NY
Oil on panel
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Oil, Panel

All That Glitters - Acrylic Fauvist Painting of Child (Yellow+Red+Brown)
Located in Gilroy, CA
"All That Glitters" is a resurged work that Indian artist Ritu Sinha created. Created in 2014, this work has come around to represent the current world condition during the pandemic,...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Serengeti Zebras 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 ...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Oil

Untitled (Cats & Dogs No. 2)
Located in Columbia, MO
JERRY BERNECHE Untitled (Cats & Dogs No. 2) Colored pencil, gouache, and pastel on paper 30 x 22 inches
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Pastel, Gouache, Color Pencil

Bleeding Sky by Rene Gonzalez - painting, forest landscape, night, foxes, animal
Located in Paris, FR
Bleeding Sky is an acrylic on canvas by artist Rene Gonzalez, depicting a group of foxes huddled beneath a tree, taking refuge from a celestial downpour ...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Puppypus - Pastel - 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 over a playful background of black and white puppies. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil

Aurum 20 - Acrylic Painting, floral, colourful, tropical, canvas
Located in London, GB
Keng Wai Lee is a painter trained to a high level. Keng Wai Lee’s gorgeously rich nature impressions are a synergy of decorative tableaux and depiction in paint on canvas of his memo...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Hunt Slonem "Oval 2" Bunny
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Oval 2 Date: 2022 Medium: Oil on Wood Unframed Dimensions: 14" x 10" Framed Dimensions: 19.5" x 16.5" Signature: Signed Verso Edition: Unique Hunt...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Oil

"The Queen" by Frida Willis - Contemporary Figurative with Snake in Cool Tones
Located in Carmel, CA
Frida Willis (Swedish, born 1971) "The Queen" 2021 Oil paint, Canvas, Stretcher bars The artist signed the back of the painting. In 'The Queen,' Frida Wi...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Purple Nurple - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting of a Purple-Colored Octopus
Located in Chicago, IL
A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Tako 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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Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil

"Diablito de pared III" art toy, red, pop art, Mexican, contempo, sculpture
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
A piece from the exhibition "Cosmic Duality" by artist Mr. Mitote. Mitote is a term we use today to describe a lively, noisy, and excessive gathering. It’s also used to depict tumul...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Resin, Paint, Spray Paint, Acrylic

Isolation II, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A beautiful lotus pond flourishes on artist Guigen Zha's contemporary piece. Reinterpreting Chen Hongshu's Lotus and Mandarin Ducks ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Oil

Spirit Guide
Located in New York, NY
“Spirit Guide” by Allison Green is a large-scale oil painting inspired by butterfly migration. Depicting a cluster of amber colored butterflies set against the center of a deep red background, this work is part of Green’s “Celestial Navigation...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Oil

Hunt Slonem "Midnight" Bunny
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Midnight Date: 2024 Medium: Oil on Panel Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 16" x 14" Signature: Signed Verso Edition: Unique Provena...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Oil

Untitled (Cats & Dogs No. 6)
Located in Columbia, MO
JERRY BERNECHE Untitled (Cats & Dogs No. 6) Colored pencil, gouache, and pastel on paper 30 x 22 inches
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Pastel, Gouache, Color Pencil

Hunt Slonem "Lilliana" Bunny
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Lilliana Date: 2023 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 16" x 14" Signature: Signed verso Edition: Unique Hunt S...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Oil

'Blackburian Warbler' - bird - black and white - Audubon
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Blackburian Warbler" is a black and white artwork made from asphalt on cement and plaster mounted on wood panel. Atlanta-based artist, Tim Hunter’s work stems from his love of nature and concern for the environment. In 2003 he began working primarily with images of birds as an expression of his spiritual connection with nature. After reading an article about the declining bird populations in Georgia, he turned his focus to environmental issues. An avid bird watcher, Tim also experienced the heavily wooded area he grew up in, slowly reduced to shopping malls and subdivisions. He uses asphalt and cement to create his works which refer to the loss of habitat due to human expansion, which is one of the main causes of declining bird populations. His silhouettes are taken from Audubon’s series “Birds of America” which references a period in the past when the bird populations in America were more abundant. Tim received a BFA in printmaking from California College of Arts, Oakland, CA and an MFA in painting from Georgia State...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Plaster, Mixed Media

Thirsty Season . Series "Vibrations of the Earth"
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Thirsty Season" is an emotional canvas that conveys both ecological anxiety and a deep sense of hope. The central image of fish swimming through blazing red waters symbolizes life s...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

The Raven - Girl In Red Dress with Exposed Breast, Holding Bird, Oil on Canvas
Located in Chicago, IL
The raven is often thought of as a connection between the spiritual and physical world. In this painting, a wise young girl holds a raven in her hands up to her eye as if searching for some great meaning. A clock and a burning candle in the foreground suggests a symbolic connection between the two. The peaceful mountain landscape...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Hunt Slonem "Red Peace" Bunny
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Red Peace Date: 2023 Medium: Oil on Wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 15" x 13" Signature: Signed Verso Edition: Unique Provena...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Oil

Living Fossils, oil painting & acrylic on panel, figurative, sea animals
Located in Jersey City, NJ
"Living Fossils" by Alexis Kandra is an original oil painting with black metal foil measuring 36" H x 48" W x 1.75" D. Set on a rich black background with a silver grid this piece features the long thought extinct but recently found prehistoric coelacanth and a Chinese white dolphin. figurative, sea...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Oil, Panel, Wood Panel

"Extraordinary Movement 3"- Vibrant, Colorful Coy Mixed Media Painting
Located in Brooklyn, NY
CAM’s work can be seen as a moving meditation on the very nature of transformation and the notable significance of challenge as a rite of passage to sacred change. Concerned with how we ultimately face the difficulties of life, his work offers visual cues that remind us of the fortitude of our humanity and inherent capacity to face, navigate and ultimately transcend all limitations. CAM’s art combines his early fascination with stained glass and the energy of the urban landscape with symbols of freedom, strength, resilience and well-being. Using animal totems...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Japanese Contemporary Art by Teppei Ikehila - Modern Borrowed Scenery DAISO
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas Teppei Ikehila is a Japanese artist born in 1978 who lives & works in Tokyo, Japan. He is graduated from Shimane University in 2001. Since 2000, he has held many private exhibitions at the Shimane Art Museum, Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery for project N, and H.P France...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Catbird - Dead Bird Still Life, Original Oil Painting on Panel
Located in Chicago, IL
Depictions of dead birds have a long and rich history in Western Art having been used as a subject matter by artists from Albrecht Durer to Pablo Picasso. The Golden Age of Dutch Painting brought an iconic rise to still-life painting. Much like decadent, ripe fruit and extravagant, sumptuous floral arrangements, these taxadermied birds were transformed into stunning examinations of color, light and texture. Here, artist Tina Figarelli...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Untitled #14, Original Raw Graffiti Painting, Acrylic & Spray Paint on Paper
Located in Chicago, IL
This untitled work by Jesús Villalpando (aka Feng) is colorful in its composition with it's thickly applied paint and rapid brushstrokes. The work is effortless, if not completely i...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Spray Paint, Acrylic, Archival Paper

Goggles Down, Original Blue Painting of Horse Riders
Located in Deddington, GB
Goggles Down. A wonderful depiction of horses on the gallop by local animal artist Sophie Harden. Using white oil to pick out where the light hits the subject, Sophie uses small brus...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Contemporary animal paintings for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Contemporary 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, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Hunt Slonem, Jeff Conroy, Arozarena De La Fuente, and John Defeo. 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 Contemporary animal paintings, so small editions measuring 1 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 $98 and tops out at $437,000, while the average work sells for $3,497.

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