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
Chinese Contemporary Art by Jia Yuan-Hua - Dream Builder
By Jia Yuan-Hua
Located in Paris, IDF
Taihu stone plays a very important role in traditional Chinese architecture, especially courtyard design. With the progress of the times, traditional buildings are gradually replaced by modern buildings. The only remaining historical monuments...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
$1,840 Sale Price
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It would like to fly Philippe Jacq 21st Century Contemporary art painting comics
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic paint on canvas
Hand-signed lower right by the artist
Part of the current exhibition "On the way to the origins", Philippe Jacq's solo show at Claire Corcia Gallery, Paris
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
All Together
Located in Pasadena, CA
Florence Cadène’s artwork is like natural history, a sensitive memory in the heart of animal nations, a possible communion between the eyes of humans and all dimensions of life.
Flo...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,500 Sale Price
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A Nap Under the Willow
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...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Eternal Journey, Yu Yu riding on the goldfish holding a lantern for exploration
Located in Kuala Lumpur, MY
Born in 1982 in Kuantan, Malaysia, Yap Chun-Yu emerges as a contemporary artist distinguished by numerous accolades garnered from diverse calligraphy and art competitions.
Chun-Yu's ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
'Fun", Comic Animals Modern Pop Art Painting, Cow & Bird Tree, In Stock
By Wang ZhiWu
Located in Kuala Lumpur, MY
Lei Lei 雷磊
1982 China
Lei Lei’s sculptures appeal the artist‘s strong personality. He creates a beauty of silence with a pure sculpture language. Buddha figures in caves inspired ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$6,000 Sale Price
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Springtime and Love is in the Air
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...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
The charge
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
Portrait of an elephant
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Panther" Figurative Animal Oil painting 39" x 39" inch by Alina Shimova
Located in Culver City, CA
"Panther" Figurative Animal Oil painting 39" x 39" inch by Alina Shimova
PURE SOUL series
Shimova cares about the conservation of the fauna. She draws public attention to the probl...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Polarity
Located in New York, NY
Ieri Pnoi
Polarity, 2021
Acrylic on canvas
70 x 50 cm
The artwork is currently on view as part of Prosperity Prophecy at the Mykonos Municipal Gallery in Greece.
Dimitra Natskouli...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
$1,500
French Contemporary Animal Painting by Christine Pultz - Light Source
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
Oil, Canvas
$2,944 Sale Price
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French Contemporary Animal Painting by Christine Pultz - Wandering in Woods
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil pastel on paper
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
Oil Pastel, Paper
$3,520 Sale Price
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Brian Leo 'Hang in There'
By Brian Leo
Located in New York, NY
Brian Leo
Hang in There
2020
Acrylic on stretched canvas
36 x 24 inches
Brian Leo was born in New Jersey in 1976, and is currently living in New York Ci...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Indonesian Contemporary Art by Kusbudiyanto - Beauty Kids
By Kusbudiyanto
Located in Paris, IDF
On holidays, as usual, the little girls in our village gather in the field in the middle of the village to play and joke around with their pets. They play happily and spend their fre...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
$1,440 Sale Price
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Muddy Fox, Oil on canvas, figurative pop art portrait with yellow background
Located in Dallas, TX
"Muddy Fox" is a fun and beautiful oil painting by Michele Mikesell. Her animal-human figure has a flawless and beautiful face combined with abstract elements and her signature prist...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Study in Pink and Grey - contemporary Flamenco pigeons birds acrylic painting
Located in London, GB
All Christopher's work starts out with drawing, usually directly onto a primed canvas or board. He makes stencils of elements to be repeated or uses a digital projector to play with ...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Cow, abstracted cow soft blue, white
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Bold abstract animal work, simple shapes, blue tones, by NYC based designer/artist Fredda Tone
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Brian Leo 'Brown and Yellow 3'
By Brian Leo
Located in New York, NY
Brown and Yellow 3
2022
Acrylic on canvas
24 x 26.5 inches
Brian Leo’s prolific practice locates itself somewhere between Grunge Surrealism, Post Pai...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Brian Leo 'Brown and Yellow 2'
By Brian Leo
Located in New York, NY
Brown and Yellow 2
2022
Acrylic on canvas
24 x 26.5 inches
Brian Leo’s prolific practice locates itself somewhere between Grunge Surrealism, Post Pai...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Late Fall", Contemporary, Bird, Autumn, Vine, Sky, Yellow, Green, Oil Painting
Located in Natick, MA
Anne Sargent Walker's "Late Fall" is an oil painting in soft yellows and greens depicting a jewel like hummingbird perched on a hanging vine. The shape of the painting and compositio...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
True Love
Located in New York, NY
True Love
2023
Acrylic on canvas
30 x 24 inches
Skasi’s work arises from the belief that we inhabit the final romantic era before humanity's inevitable expansion into space. She for...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Beluga In Mind - Oil Painting Red White Blue Brown Yellow Green Orange
Located in Sofia, BG
"Beluga in Mind" is a painting by the French artist Maestro Danielle Le Bricquir.
Through her art, she has a very sharp and unique style of brigh...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Metamorphosis
Located in New York, NY
Ieri Pnoi
Metamorphosis, 2018
Acrylic on canvas
120 x 60 cm
The artwork is currently on view as part of Prosperity Prophecy at the Mykonos Municipal Gallery in Greece.
Dimitra Nat...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Chalet at Sweetgrass Ranch
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
Canvas, Acrylic
The eye of the phragmitia Nicolas Kennett Contemporary painting bird nature sun
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paint on wood panel
(White kite)
Unique work
Hand-signed by the artist on the back
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Hommage Jan Stobbaerts Inspired Oil Painting on Panel Pig Animal In Stock
By Walter Elst
Located in Utrecht, NL
Hommage Jan Stobbaerts Inspired Oil Painting on Panel Pig Animal In Stock
Walter Elst Born in Antwerp, Belgium - 1955 After finishing his study Medicine at the University of Brusse...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
The Cool Bear
Located in Bozeman, MT
For the last 10 years Travis Walker has made landscape paintings about Jackson Hole, a place that never ceases to inspire him to pick up his brushes. He works on location, capturing ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Guns, God and Country" 2022 Cowboy Contemporary Pop Oil on canvas 60x48
Located in Southampton, NY
We are please to announce that we are now representing the Pop Art cowboy and cowgirl paintings of artist Matt Straub. We at the gallery have been followin...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Couple Series, Comic Animals Modern Pop Art, Dog & Cow wedding riding horse
By Wang ZhiWu
Located in Kuala Lumpur, MY
WANG ZHI WU 王志武
1984 China
Wang Zhi Wu is well-known by personifying animals in his paintings. Animals in Wang’s paintings have cartoon-liked shapes. Their images mix with differe...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$5,600 Sale Price
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War of demons and mystics Mohammad Ariyaei Contemporary Iranian art painting
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic painting on canvas
Hand-signed lower left
Unique work
THE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS OF MOHAMMAD ARIYAEI
" Gentleness and oriental wisdom follow the supercharged bubbling to w...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Wild Horse, abstract, figurative oil on linen, rich bold colors
Located in Dallas, TX
Toni Franović was born in Zagreb on April 15th, 1964. He is a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb, where he studied under professor Vasilije Jordan. In 1992/93 he joined t...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cotton Canvas
$2,213 Sale Price
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Paul
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 act...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic
The mole hour Nicolas Kennett Contemporary painting insect animal art nature
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paint on wood panel
Unique work
Hand-signed on the back by the artist
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
French Contemporary Animal Painting by Christine Pultz - Concerto di Fenicotteri
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 por...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Who Who
By Mike Piggott
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
Panda: Harmony
By K.K.
Located in East Hampton, NY
5 Layered Stencil : Red, Yellow, Green
Political Panda Bear hold a HARMONY sign
Showing other Bears in Series
Unique pieces
This is on 90lb Paper color: Natural
New York Artist; K...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint
Portrait of leopard
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
Portrait of a tiger
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Indonesian Contemporary Art by Kusbudiyanto - Happy Days
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
Acrylic, Canvas
$1,920 Sale Price
20% Off
Joe
Located in Bozeman, MT
"Nature is my muse. Animals are losing their habitat and they are, at the very least, confronted by or threatened by all of our discards. Though the birds in my paintings are not vic...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
True Love
Located in New York, NY
True Love
2023
Acrylic on canvas
30 x 24 inches
Skasi’s work arises from the belief that we inhabit the final romantic era before humanity's inevitable expansion into space. She for...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Burning
Located in Bozeman, MT
For the last 10 years Travis Walker has made landscape paintings about Jackson Hole, a place that never ceases to inspire him to pick up his brushes. He works on location, capturing ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Autumn
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 act...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Three Ostrich on Light Green Brush
Located in Napa, CA
Josh Brown has had a lifetime interest in creating art, most notably through his depiction of animals. He swiftly captures the mood of his subjects and brings the personality of each...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Small Scale Abstracted Figurative -- Big Fish, Little Fish Coral Reef
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant figurative of abstracted fish in coral reef by John Stenvall (American, 1907- 1998), circa 1990. Signed left edge. Presented in gilt-toned frame ...
Category
1990s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Acrylic
Broadtail Hummingbird in Cream with Red and Purple Shapes
By Greg Ragland
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original acrylic painting by artist Greg Ragland. Gallery wrapped canvas.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Japanese Contemporary Art by Teppei Ikehila - Find a Tree 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
Oil, Canvas
$536 Sale Price
20% Off
Fiber wall hanging: 'The Masks We Wear Series, Teddy'
By Gin Stone
Located in New York, NY
Environmental Advocacy
"I will inhale smoke and exhale butterflies"
This quote, gleaned from a dream, encapsulates my need to take man’s pollution of this world and transform it into...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Thread, Mixed Media
Indonesian Contemporary Art by Kusbudiyanto - Happy Day
By Kusbudiyanto
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
$2,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Tony Tony
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
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Chinese Contemporary Art by Jia Yuan-Hua - Dragon Boat
By Jia Yuan-Hua
Located in Paris, IDF
Sold framed: 76 x 65 x 5,5 cm. This artwork is really really exquisite because of 52 pandas. Sold framed: 75 x 65 x 5.5 cm. Under the influence of the social and educational system, the children today focus only on the test scores, and obsessed with electronic products, do not like sports, lazy like pandas, sometimes even eat and do not want to move. The background is Chinese landscape. I hope children can enjoy the great rivers and mountains and feel the profound traditional culture and art while exercising. This painting use knife...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Small Heron Cluster
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...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel, Graphite, Mixed Media
Three Light Green Ostrich on White Splash
Located in Napa, CA
Josh Brown has had a lifetime interest in creating art, most notably through his depiction of animals. He swiftly captures the mood of his subjects and brings the personality of each...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Female and Male Costas
By Greg Ragland
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original acrylic painting by artist Greg Ragland. Gallery wrapped canvas.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Mortal Eternity
Located in New York, NY
Ieri Pnoi
Mortal Eternity, 2022
Mixed media on canvas
70 x 50 cm
The artwork is currently on view as part of Prosperity Prophecy at the Mykonos Municipal Gallery in Greece.
Dimitr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Chinese Contemporary Art by Jia Yuan-Hua - Challenge
By Jia Yuan-Hua
Located in Paris, IDF
Dimensions without frame: 40 x 70 x 4 cm
To capture the prey, every continuous acceleration of the cheetah will result in a sharp rise in body temperature. It is a challenge for it....
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$4,960 Sale Price
21% Off
Mystic Spiral
Located in Columbia, MO
Metra Mitchell holds a BFA in Painting and minor in Art History from Western Kentucky University and an MFA in Painting from Fontbonne University. She has taught studio and art histo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Arvid
Located in Columbia, MO
John Selburg was born and raised in Peoria, Illinois. He holds a BFA in Drawing, Sculpture, and Graphic Design from Bradley University (2006), and an MFA from the University of Misso...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Watercolor, Ink
Le Louvre, Paris - contemporary landscape colourful mixed media painting
By Ellie Hesse
Located in London, GB
Entirely self-taught, Ellie is mainly known for her vibrantly coloured townscapes, though in recent years, she has gone on to develop her art to include more figurative work, focusin...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Cub in Pool
Located in Bozeman, MT
For the last 10 years Travis Walker has made landscape paintings about Jackson Hole, a place that never ceases to inspire him to pick up his brushes. He works on location, capturing ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Indonesian Contemporary Art by Kusbudiyanto - Trip to the Zoo
By Kusbudiyanto
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 traveling to the zoo. Happiness can be se...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
$2,400 Sale Price
20% Off
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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