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
Aiko
Located in New York, NY
oil on wood
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
"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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Resin, Paint, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Blue Diamond Dust Tuesday
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Cleveland, OH
Blue White Outline Bunnies with Blue Diamond Dust
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Triple Tusk w/Crown (Massive Stampede Collection)
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Massive Stampede collection
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Chinese Contemporary Art by Jia Yuan-Hua - Sightseeing No.7
By Jia Yuan-Hua
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas
In China, pandas are very well protected. While many old buildings have to face the reality of being demolished and replaced by new buildings. Historical old build...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
The Greatest Escape, Acrylic Painting on Canvas
By Amy Bernays
Located in Yardley, PA
This is a beautiful one-of-a kind large contemporary painting. Like a Lichtenstein for the digital age. The piece ships ready to hang and is signed by the artist on the bottom left...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Compassion
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic
Pangolino Valentino
By PJ Linden
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This patterned artwork titled "Pangolino Valentino" is an original artwork by PJ Linden made of acrylic and dimensional paint on canvas. This piece measures ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Paint, Acrylic, Canvas
Minnie Mouse: Chic and Sexy - original pop art painting - contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
Patrick Cornee presents a stylish and flirtatious take on Minnie Mouse in this captivating artwork. The beloved character is reimagined with a bold, modern edge, leaning playfully ag...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Ludditebot - Pink Lavender Yellow Surreal Animal Robot Fantasy Landscape 2017
By Peter Hamlin
Located in Kent, CT
Contemporary painting in acrylic on linen of surreal, futuristic landscape in shades of light pink, yellow and pale purple, inhabited by robots, animal hybrids, tiny figures, alien f...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
The moon vases & cat
Located in Oslo, NO
I love animals very much, but cats have a special place in my heart. Gentle, independent, always beautiful, for me they personify the mystery and gentle beauty of nature. Unfortunate...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel
Accordion Sky
Located in Bozeman, MT
Suzanne Kiggins is a self-taught artist who works primarily with acrylic and gouache on paper, wood panel, and canvas. She takes inspiration from every...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Gouache, Wood Panel
She Bites - Orange Cheetah Portrait Painting on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Columbus, Georgia-based artist Kellie Newsome specializes in dynamic and expressive animal portraits that radiate vitality and personality. Her unique style combines abstracted forms...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Color Pencil
Colorful Animal Painting: Adventures of the Chubby Fox
Located in New York, NY
New York City based artist, Alysha Marko is a figural and abstract painter from Central New Jersey. Growing up, Alysha moved around the US which allowed her social personality to but...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Madi
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Cleveland, OH
Black Outline Bunny, PINK
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Broken Silence
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Michael Knigin, American (1942 - 2011)
Title: Broken Silence
Year: 1990
Medium: Acrylic on canvas mounted on board, signed verso
Size: 60 in. x 36 in. (152.4 cm x 91.44 cm)
Category
1980s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
The Great Lounger - Animal Cats Painting By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
'The Great Lounger' meditates, awaiting his next move, PERHAPS SCRATCHING HIS BACK OR LICKING HIS PAW BUT one thing for sure HE is on the ready for action. Dont overlook his buddy.
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Japanese Contemporary Art by Teppei Ikehila - He Can Fly Someday
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Chinese Contemporary Art by Jia Yuan-Hua - Un-Known World No.6
By Jia Yuan-Hua
Located in Paris, IDF
Artwork sold framed
This painting use knife carving on oil material. Size with frame is about 58 x 58 cm, with plexiglass in front. Super Mario is a very typical computer game...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Leibniz Universe 13U - Contemporary and colorful underwater scene, Oil on canvas
Located in Dallas, TX
Gian Marco Capraro is fascinated by altered universes, dream states and idyllic states of being. Leibniz was a philosopher who wrote and deeply explored the “best of all possible wor...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Contemporary landscape oil painting cows grass field mountain scene
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Burning Mountain Cows" is an original oil painting on board by Heather Foster. The artist signed and dated the piece "HF 02" lower right. This painting depicts two cows in the foreg...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
TIGER Modern Animal Wall Art Sculpture For Hanging on Walls or Cieling
Located in Mexico City, MX
This work of art was done with 14,570 delicately placed pins upon hanging ropes. The concentration of pins is what makes the tiger appear. They are all firmly inserted with resin which makes them stay in place. On the back side the pins were all trimmed so they don´t overpass the cotton ropes.
This piece is extremely flexible while installing for it can be either hung from above and delicately separate two places or hung on walls with three screws that will hold the copper tube. It decorates places in a beautiful way for the colors are very neutral.
Design Art Interior Spaces Gallery Unique Yarn Sculpture on Wall...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Copper
Skunk (Symbolist Animal Painting of Skunk in a Night Landscape)
By Carl Grauer
Located in Hudson, NY
Skunk (Halo Lighting Surrounding a Wandering Skunk in a Field)
Painted by Hudson Valley based artist, Carl Grauer, in 2022
oil on canvas
Signed verso
Excellent condition
NATURAL TH...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
French Contemporary Animal Painting by Christine Pultz - The Baby Tiger
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas
Christine Pultz is a French animal painter born in 1953 who lives & works in Pontault-Combault, France. Through her passion for pain...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Owl
Located in Bozeman, MT
This is an owl's portrait. The owl is sitting in the right hand side of composition. Behind the owl is a textured white and green background. This is a mixed media painting on claybo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
She Growls - Blue Tiger Portrait Painting on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Columbus, Georgia-based artist Kellie Newsome specializes in dynamic and expressive animal portraits that radiate vitality and personality. Her unique style combines abstracted forms...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Color Pencil
"Cat and G" oil, acrylic, spray paint & Metallic Paint on canvas, 2020, 24x34"
By Ceravolo
Located in Southampton, NY
This original oil and acrylic painting on canvas is in Ceravolo's world famous Urban Pop style, which has captivated Ceravolo collectors like, SIR ELTON JOHN, ROD STEWART, HUGH M. HE...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Japanese Contemporary Art by Teppei Ikehila - Untitled
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Japanese Contemporary Art by Teppei Ikehila - Find a Tree Hotel 1
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Lighting The Way" by Gigi Chen, Acrylic Painting of Whimsical Birds
By Gigi Chen
Located in Denver, CO
Gigi Chen's "Lighting the Way" is an original, handmade acrylic painting that depicts several birds with a small house strewn with a light string.
Gigi Chen’s work creates an aesth...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Nocturnal Melody 20 by Zhang Hongyu - animal painting, running horses
By Zhang Hongyu
Located in Paris, FR
Nocturnal Melody 20 is a unique painting by contemporary artist Hongyu Zhang. The painting is made with Indian Ink, pastel and acrylic; etching on cardboard mounted on stretcher, dim...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Ink, Acrylic, Cardboard, Etching
Chicken Scratch, Michele Mikesell, Oil on wood, abstract figurative painting
Located in Dallas, TX
MICHELE MIKESELL
b. 1973, Alabama, USA
In 2002, Michele Mikesell earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts with a minor in graphic design from Texas Women's University in Denton, TX. Mikesel...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Violet Ascension Weaver
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Cleveland, OH
Black Outline / White Butterflies, Metallic Gold, Light Pink Scored
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rainbow Bunnies with Diamond Dust Oil Painting on Canvas
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Greenwich, CT
Hunt Slonem - Glisten Galore
Original Framed Oil Painting. Signed on Verso.
Our Gallery works directly with Hunt Slonem.
This painting was acquired directly from the artist and ha...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Indonesian Contemporary Art by Kusbudiyanto - Satu Sisi
By Kusbudiyanto
Located in Paris, IDF
Kusbudiyanto is an Indonesian artist born in 1969 who lives & works in Jogjakarta, Indonesia.
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Indonesian Contemporary Art by Kusbudiyanto - Solidarity
By Kusbudiyanto
Located in Paris, IDF
Kusbudiyanto is an Indonesian artist born in 1969 who lives & works in Jogjakarta, Indonesia.
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Fox Loves in the Redwoods
By John Defeo
Located in Bozeman, MT
Johnny Defeo’s work belongs to the concept of souvenir, attempting to capture the experiences he has in the natural world, where he feels free and most at home. His paintings and rug...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Panel
The Ideal Place
Located in London, GB
Image dimensions: 41cm x 61cm
Framed dimensions: 62.4cm x 82
Signed lower right.
With a central focus on the group of horses grazing near majestic mountains, Webb captures the beau...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Canticle 3
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Cleveland, OH
Multicolor Butterflies, Blue Scored
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pretzel Cats - Animal Painting By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
'Pretzel Cats' is a cheerful and lively painting that captures the playful and curious nature of cats in a beautiful floral setting.
The bright and vibrant colors of the flowers and...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"11:17" Contemporary Surrealist Watercolor with raven, clock, tumbler of whiskey
Located in New York, NY
This watercolor painting depicts a profile of a large raven perched on a shelf, with a glass tumbler of whiskey with ice cubes and a small branch as a garnish. A large clock hangs o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Philosopher. 2018. Oil on canvas, 60x50 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Philosopher. 2018. Oil on canvas, 60x50 cm
Dagnia Cherevichnik (1974)
Born in 1974 in Riga.
Professional education:
1986-1993 – J. Rozentals Riga Art Secondary School;
1995 - 2001- ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
With Her Pups (after Oudry)
By Shelley Reed
Located in Bozeman, MT
This Reed piece is of a mother dog and her pups. It is painted in the influence of the European artist Oudry. This painting is oil on paper, and is monochromatic black.
Reed's prima...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Archival Paper
"Egon the Bull" Acrylic on Canvas
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Melinda has studied life and its movements, developing a remarkably keen artistic technique with her flowing expressionistic style. Growing up in the Midwest she was enamored with n...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Japanese Contemporary Art by Teppei Ikehila - Fujiya Hotel 2
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Plushie IX" - Quilled Mixed Media of Bear Embracing Figure, 2025
Located in Denver, CO
Ayobola Kekere-Ekun’s "Plushie IX" (2025) is a striking mixed-media artwork crafted from meticulously layered paper strips, fabric, and acrylic on canvas. Measuring 23.62 x 23.62 x 1...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Brilliant Stars
Located in Deddington, GB
This piece explores movement and was very much inspired by the painting 'Dynamism of a dog on a leash' by Balla 1912. The canvas is stained pine wood.
ARTIST BIOGRAPHY:
Adam Bartlet...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Enamel
Yellow Finch - contemporary, figurative, bird, clay and pigment on jute
By Peter Hoffer
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary figurative mixed media composition of a bird is by Peter Hoffer.
A masterful Canadian artist, Peter Hoffer’s realistic, exquisitely detailed artwork has been exhib...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Clay, Jute, Pigment
'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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Plaster, Mixed Media
LOVE (titanic)
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this vibrant painting, I've poured my soul into depicting the poignant moment of feline love, embracing the essence of warmth and affection. Merging acrylic and oil, I've drawn fr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Acrylic
Monsoon Memory
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Monsoon Memory
Date: 2019
Medium: Oil on canvas
Unframed Dimensions: 36" x 30"
Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso
Edition: Unique
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
A crocodile under the volutes Hélène Duclos Contemporary art painting blue
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paint on canvas
Unique work
Hand-signed by the artist
The red necklace of the naked Queens
“My artistic research has expanded over the years, crossing paths already traveled a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Timeless: Blooms in Crystal
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Timeless: Blooms in Crystal" is a beautiful rendering of April blooms and antique bottles collected by the artist. In this mesmerizing watercolor painting, the artist masterfully ca...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Archival Ink, Rag Paper
Tengu-Zaru
Located in New Orleans, LA
AKIHIKO SUGIURA (b. 1979) is a Japanese painter from Hyogo, Japan whose artistic style mixes purely physical non-representational art with a base of traditional representational pain...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A sudden embrace
By Jenny Day
Located in New Orleans, LA
Retreating from the stress and chaos of the last year, I created another landscape; populated by an army of friendly creatures. Here the burdens of coronavirus, climate change, and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Color Pencil
Equestrian Painting. Horse Oil Painting on Unprimed Belgian Canvas 200 x 180 cm
Located in ALP, ES
This large figurative oil painting is a reinterpretation of a painting by Francisco de Goya, Retrato ecuestre de Fernando VII, 1808. A unique oil painting on the finest quality Belgi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Oil
5 of Spades
Located in Bozeman, MT
This is a painting of an abstracted and re-imagined playing card with birds and textures writing. This card in particular is the 5 of spades. The painting is mixed media on clayboard...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Freediver with Lemon Shark
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Like almost all of us, I grew up fearing sharks and hoping never to meet one. We still see it everywhere, the image of the blood-thirsty man eater, stalking us in the shadows. The ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil, Wood Panel
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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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