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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
Tetons (2)
Located in Bozeman, MT
Piggott finds resonance and beauty in the familiar. His subjects, anchored in the stuff of the every day, are quietly captured in a moment of time. Each composition speaks to the art...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Cock Fighting" Facing Left
Located in Houston, TX
Illustrated roosters in the action of fighting. Part of a pair by the artist Lem Palmer. Framed in a wooden frame.
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20th Century Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Gouache

High Prairie Ponies
Located in Bozeman, MT
Charlie-Anne Hopkins (b. 1984) is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice engages with place, materiality, and ecological transformation. They hold an MFA in Sculpture from the Cra...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink

Beneath the Balsamroot
Located in Bozeman, MT
Charlie-Anne Hopkins (b. 1984) is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice engages with place, materiality, and ecological transformation. They hold an MFA in Sculpture from the Cra...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Paper, Ink

A Very Faithful Lodge...
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...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Dutch Oven
Located in Bozeman, MT
Electric Coffin is coded within art history and ideologies from archetypes of mysticism. We explore found truths from modernity and a personal historical perspective. A process-drive...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Glass, Epoxy Resin, Wood, Mixed Media

We are Legend
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Aga Baranska explores the profound connection between humans and animals in her art. Inspired by ‘THE STRENGTH’ tarot card, her work portrays precisely that; Inner strength, courage...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

"Fly Free", Colorful Contemporary Butterfly Mixed Media Painting on Canvas
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This abstract figurative painting, "Fly Free" by artist Gabrielle Benot is a 36x36 original mixed media painting on canvas. Depicted is a colorful abstract portrait of a butterfly w...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media

Sea Fan - Blue Meets Red - 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

Materials

Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil

Indonesian Contemporary Art by Kusbudiyanto - Grandpa’s House
Located in Paris, IDF
Mixed media with acrylic on canvas My wife's grandmother or parents are in a village where I gather with my extended family in Boyolali, Central Java. This is where my wife was born...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Mixed Media

Yoga Girl With Cat, Florence, Italy, 2021
Located in Hudson, NY
ABOUT Born in 1967, Piussi was raised in Florence where he studied at the Istituto d’arte, majoring in sculpture and painting and completing his artistic education at Milano’s Brera ...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Flat, painting inspired by Hawaii Fish, Red, black, Green, Oil, Ink on panel
Located in Riverdale, NY
Flat is Ink and Oil and Varnish on Wood Panel inspired by the Hawaii Flatfish. It is 20x20 filled with red, orange, black and green. Carol Bennett spends all of her time surrounded...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Ink, Oil, Wood Panel

Diálogos Atemporales
Located in BARCELONA, ES
This artwork features a composition centered on two fantastical creatures, the result of a fusion between a hairless Xoloitzcuintli and a hairless rabbit, both adorned with zebra-ins...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Peace Cadet - Large Scale Portrait of Woman in Space Suit Surrounded by Bunnies
Located in Chicago, IL
Flower Power with a modern twist. Artist Rose Freymuth Frazier plays presents "Peace Cadet" - a woman clad in a space suit, shooting a pistol that has flow...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Oil, Linen

Magestic Swordfish. Elegant Blue and Grey Painting Ideal for Beach Homes
Located in Mexico City, MX
The two artists and industrial designers, Ampi Arozarena and Elena De La Fuente describe form and color as their core of exploration. They admire the dual identity the two elements create in their works of art. They are driven by the optical and physical sensation materials become on their unique canvasses. This artwork´s unique and neutral colors make it easy to blend perfectly well in any surrounding. Be sure check out the other 23 outstanding ocean animal...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

Gabrielle Benot, "Royal Blue" Abstract Equine Portrait Mixed Media on Canvas
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This abstract equine painting, "Royal Blue" by artist Gabrielle Benot is a 36x36 original mixed media painting on canvas of a horse portrait in light pastel colors. The artists use ...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media

Brau - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Oil Painting, Canvas, Bull
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Born in Castellón, this multi-faceted artist studied graphic design, then worked as a ceramic designer whilst forming his interests in photography and painting. In 1997 Peris consoli...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Victorio
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 Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic

A Riders Shadow
Located in Bozeman, MT
Piggott finds resonance and beauty in the familiar. His subjects, anchored in the stuff of the every day, are quietly captured in a moment of time. Each composition speaks to the art...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Absoroka Sunrise
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...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Balls game" figurative painting on wood panel 80x80cm
Located in Saint Pol de Léon, Bretagne
"Balls game" figurative painting on wood panel 80x80cm Return of an exhibition in Beijing… An interpretation of the sensations felt…
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Marble, Sandstone

Indonesian Contemporary Art by Kusbudiyanto - Happy Day
Located in Paris, IDF
Kusbudiyanto is an Indonesian artist born in 1969 who lives & works in Jogjakarta, Indonesia. This painting tells the happiness of children travelin...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Japanese Contemporary Art by Teppei Ikehila - Modern Borrowed Scenery Commute
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

Materials

Canvas, Oil

A. Dr. #16
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 ...
Category

1980s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic

Springtime Babes
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...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Paris Blue Bird
Located in Wien, 9
Xenia Ostrovskaya was born on August 7, 1989 in Leningrad, Soviet Union. She lives and works in Vienna. The artist explores ideas of heritage and belonging in her work, juxtaposing t...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

Beach Lovers - Clay Wall Art Starfish Sculpture
Located in Mexico City, MX
The two artists and industrial designers, Ampi Arozarena and Elena De La Fuente describe form and color as their core of exploration. They admire the dual identity the two elements c...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Clay, Gesso, Acrylic

A Promise to Tread More Lightly - contemporary birds nature acrylic painting
Located in London, GB
Christopher Rainham has always been inspired by the natural world and more specifically an experience of the natural world. He is inspired by the way flora and fauna are woven into ...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Acrylic

A Nap Under the Willow
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...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

White Starfish Sculpture for Ocean Lovers. Wall Art
Located in Mexico City, MX
The two artists and industrial designers, Ampi Arozarena and Elena De La Fuente describe form and color as their core of exploration. They admire the dual identity the two elements c...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Ceramic, Clay, Acrylic

The Mystic
Located in Bozeman, MT
Matt Flint is a painter from the mountain town of Lander, Wyoming. He grew up surrounded by woods, animals, and family. As a boy, He spent endless days creating art and exploring the fields and woods around him. Now he spends time with his family, painting, and exploring the rugged Wind River...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Mixed Media, Panel

The Duet -Original Oil Surreal Painting of Man with Tree Growing Out of His Head
Located in Chicago, IL
The Mythical tree of life extrudes from the body of a Christian tortured by the thought that pagan religions, represented by the double-headed snake may hold some truth. The tree is playing Brahms's Lullaby in an attempt to calm the subject's troubled mind during his epiphany - discovering the other religion is his. Christopher A. Klein The Duet oil on panel 13.50h x 11.50w in 34.29h x 29.21w cm CK0001 Christopher A. Klein b. 1954, Washington DC Christopher Klein...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Meaning & Nothingness #9
Located in Bozeman, MT
This is a painting and collage on a circular panel. "By placing figures into fantastical landscapes, I allow the viewer a glimpse into what might be reality, or not. This practice a...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

House Paint, Panel, Archival Paper

Remembering the Magic
Located in Bozeman, MT
My interest is in creating a permanent record of the impermanence of our world. In considering the exquisiteness of a moment shared, of a new connection, a new thought, an old memory, I am often stuck by the duality of permanence and impermanence all around us. My work engages the natural world through this lens. Images of birds...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Mixed Media, Oil, Panel, Graphite

Boy With A Stick And Dog, Florence, Italy, 2018
Located in Hudson, NY
ABOUT Born in 1967, Piussi was raised in Florence where he studied at the Istituto d’arte, majoring in sculpture and painting and completing his artistic education at Milano’s Brera Art Academy. He lives in Florence, pursuing painting, bas-reliefs in terracotta and in bronze, and bronze sculpture. Piussi presents an ideal, almost childlike world which can be found below everyday events, a step outside the flow of time, yet still a part of contemporary life, with a nod to Alex Katz and David Hockney. The drama, or lack thereof, is played out in simplified, almost abstract spaces. Pure in intent, Piussi’s oeuvre are inspired by the Early Renaissance. Snapshot images of a world reduced to its essence, the apparently comic-book style has echoes of Giotto, Paolo Uccello, of medieval illuminations. Rather than mimicking the appearance of nature, Piussi reaches for its essence, without distracting details. Women stand on the shore of quintessentially peaceful seas, self-contained, at ease, unwitting replicas of classical goddesses - a proud diver echoes Neptune holding a trident. “Queen Kong...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Dippin' Dotopus - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting of a Multi-Colored 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

Materials

Watercolor, Sumi Ink, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil

"Chapulin" (FRAMED) Painting 14.5" x 20" inch by Antonio Pelayo
Located in Culver City, CA
"Chapulin" (FRAMED) Painting 14.5" x 20" inch by Antonio Pelayo Medium: Pencil on Paper, Acrylic Ink & Paint on Animation Acetate Size: 12" x 17" inch Size framed: 14.5" x 20" inch...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Pencil

"El Toro" (FRAMED) Painting 14.5" x 20" inch by Antonio Pelayo
Located in Culver City, CA
"El Toro" (FRAMED) Painting 14.5" x 20" inch by Antonio Pelayo Medium: Pencil on Paper, Acrylic Ink & Paint on Animation Acetate Size: 12" x 17" inch Size framed: 14.5" x 20" inch ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Pencil

"Dont Belong Here" (FRAMED) Painting 18" x 24" inch by Antonio Pelayo
Located in Culver City, CA
"Dont Belong Here" (FRAMED) Painting 18" x 24" inch by Antonio Pelayo Medium: Pencil on Paper, Acrylic Ink & Paint on Animation Acetate Size: 18" x 24" inch Size framed: 20" x 26" ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Pencil

The Lodge at Hear Six Ranch
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...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Commanding Curve - Equestrian Watercolor
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Commanding Curve" is a captivating watercolor painting on rag paper that beautifully portrays the freedom horse riding allows. The artwork depicts a woman with short brown hair grac...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Watercolor, Rag Paper

Chalet at Sweetgrass Ranch
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...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Endangered: Western Crowned Pigeon from New Guinea.
Located in Burlingame, CA
The original painting by Adrienne Sherman in oil on panel with a lacquer-like luster. depicting the endangered Western Crowned Pigeon from New Guinea, is 8 x 8 inches and is professi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel, Wood Panel

Chinese Contemporary Art by Jia Yuan-Hua - On the Cloud
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas board, Framed 40 x 50 x 5 cm Pandas are regarded as national treasures in China, and there are only about 1000 in the world, which live in China.They are very well protected.With the progress of society and technology, uncounted historical sites were destroyed and few left. The tower we see in the artwork is based on the Xizhimen Gate. The city gate was demolished in 1969 and replaced by a viaduct. In fact, there were many many different types of old gates around Old Beijing, but 99% has vanished. They need special protection as we protect pandas. The tower use knife...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The king's dwarf Moreno Pincas Contemporary art oil painting portrait animal
Located in Paris, FR
Moreno PINCAS depicts life. Noisy, agitated. With a critical and tender eye, he sketches existence as if it were a play and each time tells us a new story made up of meetings and liv...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Beach Party" framed Contemporary Surrealist painting, mountain lion, seagull
Located in New York, NY
36"x76" artwork size (52"x99" framed size) watercolor on paper, depicting a mountain lion standing atop two beach chairs, one woven with green and the other woven with rainbow colors, in yellow, blue, red and green. A seagull perches atop a blue playmate cooler, and a colorful volleyball sits along the side. In this beach party, poolside theme, a cocktail with an umbrella, beer bottles and guacamole and chips complete the composition with an open magazine and a life ring buoy...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

Nocturne 7
Located in Bozeman, MT
Formalism collides with a punk rock, folk art sensibility in his pop culture mash-ups that explore the liminal space between the natural and built environment. The animal kingdom acts as our proxy. His paintings are noticeably devoid of the human figure, replaced by a colorful bestiary cavorting in landscapes that echo speculative fiction...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic

4 Play Hutch
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: 4 Play Hutch Date: 2021 Medium: Oil on Wood Unframed Dimensions: 24" x 20" Framed Dimensions: 27" x 23" Signature: Signed Edition: Unique
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Meaning & Nothingness #8
Located in Bozeman, MT
This is a painting and collage on a circular panel. "By placing figures into fantastical landscapes, I allow the viewer a glimpse into what might be reality, or not. This practice a...
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

House Paint, Panel, Archival Paper

Springtime and Love is in the Air
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...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Turkmen Contemporary Art by Amir Kerr - Inevitable Triangle
Located in Paris, IDF
Signed on reverse Born in Turkmenistan, in the sunny city of Ashkhabad. From his youth was into artistic activities, currently the earlier works are kept in the family archives. In ...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Vals Zebra Dr. #2
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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1990s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Encaustic, Oil

Luna
Located in New Orleans, LA
Octavia Art Gallery is pleased to present Marsh Keepers, a solo exhibition of environmental embroidery by Amélie Guthrie in celebration of the natural w...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Thread

New Horizons - Bird Painting, Wildlife, Nature, Garden, Botanical, Animal
Located in London, GB
Mike Ellis is a prize winning, UK based artist who has exhibited across south and central England. He graduated in 2002 with a First Class Honours degree in Illustration, where his l...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Tasmania, Aquatic, 2009
Located in Hudson, NY
ABOUT Matt Kinney was born in Georgetown, Massachusetts. He attended Pratt Institute and The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, graduating in 1998. After graduation, Kinney began in...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Cat, Beacon, NY, 2020
Located in Hudson, NY
ABOUT Matt Kinney was born in Georgetown, Massachusetts. He attended Pratt Institute and The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, graduating in 1998. After graduation, Kinney began in...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Sumi Ink

French Contemporary Animal Painting by Christine Pultz - Pin & Pan No.3
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...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

French Contemporary Animal Painting by Christine Pultz - Source de Lumière
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas Christine Pultz is a French animal painter born in 1953 who lives & works in Pontault-Combault, France. Through her passion for painting animals, especially feline portraits, Christine Pultz feels that her focus on each hair, each claw, each reflection in the eyes of the animals she paints shows her desire to make them immortal. She adds: « I know that today, polar bears, tigers, lynxes, and snow panthers…but also Beluga whales...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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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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