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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
Portrait of leopard
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
Portrait of a tiger
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Acrylic

ATTACK, Oil on Canvas
Located in Montreux, CH
Karen Shahverdyan „Attack“, 110 X 130cm, oil on canvas
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Ostrich on Brown
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...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

"Domestic Forager" large scale contemporary surrealist watercolor of anteater
Located in New York, NY
40"x60" watercolor on paper, signed on reverse by the artist. In this contemporary surrealist painting, an anteater is foraging through cast off items from domestic life. The anima...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Watercolor, Archival Paper

Sin titulo
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A mixed media on paper, this painting by Latin American artist Carlos Luna, depicts an abstracted and stylized horse running again a blue filagreed background with a man and woman lo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Mixed Media, Paper

Graceful Magpie Bevallige Ekster Oil Painting on Panel Bird Nature In Stock
Located in Utrecht, NL
Graceful Magpie Bevallige Ekster Oil Painting on Panel Bird Nature In Stock Walter Elst Born in Antwerp, Belgium - 1955 After finishing his study Medicine at the University of Bruss...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Gold Frenchie on White
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...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

"Tigre III" art toy, smiling jaguar, pop art, mexican art, mask, nature
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

"Diablito 1" art toy, red devil, pop art, Mexican, mask, contemporary, 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

Brian Leo 'Hang in There'
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...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

WALLPAPER, FRAME, DOG - Realism / Humor / Pitbull
Located in New York, NY
Original Oil painting by Edward A. Butler. Edward A. Butler (b. 1948, Philadelphia, PA) completed his BFA at the Philadelphia College of Art. A passionate painter from a young age, ...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Linen, Oil

"Fragmentación" art toy, tiger, pop art, Mexican, contemporary, sculpture, 4 pzs
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

Pantalone - Acrylic Painting, 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

Vitale - Acrylic Painting, 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

"Tigre de pared II" art toy, tiger, 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

The Reader
Located in New York, NY
Signed on reverse, 22"x30" available unframed. Thomas Broadbent has shown extensively throughout the U.S. as well as internationally. Broadbent’s work won the Pulse Prize for best s...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Watercolor, Archival Paper

Best Friend Series
Located in Kuala Lumpur, MY
Wang Zhi Wu is well-known by personifying animals in paintings. Wang’s animals have cartoon-liked shapes and they create adorable and lovely images...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Mixed Media, Canvas

Sea Floor
Located in Greenwich, CT
American, b. 1986 Adam Umbach was born in Chicago, and currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. After being inspired from an early age by the modern masters collection at th...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Lord of the jungle
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
Portrait of a tiger
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Oil

Mini Me 4961
Located in Napa, CA
Surrounded by artistic inspiration from a very early age, Kate Salenfriend learned most of her technical skills from her great-grandfather, Stewart Robertson, the registered Californ...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Gold Leaf

The measurement of space - Onisco, Painting, Oil on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
An original piece from the series "The measurement of space", oil and pencil on paper, 54 x 42 cm, 2014. I am a terrible chess player, because every time I play, I get distracted...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Oil

Why Am I Here
Located in New York, NY
Why Am I Here 2023 Acrylic on canvas 24 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...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Acrylic

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...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Acrylic

"Tigre atacando I" art toy, tiger, pop art, Mexican, contemporary, 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 tumultuous gatherings marked by disorder, commotion, and sometimes even quarrels. In the colonial past, mitote was a celebration commemorating the establishment of the New Spain kingdom, blending local pride with imperial solemnity. However, throughout both ancient times and the present day, mitotes serve as rituals embedded in the culture and religiosity of various indigenous groups in Mexico, such as the Nahua, Cora, Tepehuan, and Huichol. Adorned in rich attire, gathered around a fire amidst the sounds of musical instruments, and under the intoxicating influence of alcoholic beverages, mitotes serve as occasions to invoke sacred beings—whether protective deities of nature or Christian saints associated with agriculture—to pray for bountiful harvests. Mitotes encompass and have always embodied rites, myths, and life. In homage to the artist’s name, this exhibition is presented as a mitote: a celebration displaying the intimate mythologies of its creator through various artistic expressions such as sculpture, artwork, and video. Cosmic Duality is a concept wherein Mr. Mitote delves into memories of his childhood from a contemporary perspective. His mother introduced him at a young age to the traditions and customs of her native Maltrata, Veracruz, a town steeped in the memory of a noble past wherein it fought for its autonomy. Every year on January 1st, to invoke prosperity, the dance of the huehues (meaning “old people” or “elders” in Nahuatl) is performed. According to oral and local traditions, these characters embody foes in a mocked and vanquished manner, dancing beneath the lash of a tiger or devil. Their costumes feature pre-Columbian symbols merged with elements evoking nature, alongside nods to contemporary entertainment culture. Through the observation and interpretation of nature, numerous ancestral cultures created dual cosmologies. Far from viewing opposites, they conceived of dual complementary systems such as chaos-order, cold-heat, humidity-drought, feminine-masculine, and life-death, among others, to uphold cosmic order. Placed within the context of Mexico City, Mr. Mitote reimagines these enduring principles from ancient religious practices alongside contemporary languages. He does so through vibrant entities that blend tradition and innovation, memory and fantasy, past and present, ancestral ceremonies, and urban rituals. Each artwork serves as a reminder that across all latitudes and human territories, culture thrives, tradition evolves continuously, the past is revitalized, and the present shapes the path forward into the future. The body has served as the quintessential conduit bridging two dual dimensions: the human and the divine, the earthly and the celestial, the microcosm and the macrocosm. In several of his artworks, Mr. Mitote invokes propitiatory dances, and ritual practices, aimed at attracting abundant rain and fostering good harvests, many of which entail risking the physical well-being and even the lives of participants. The tiger hunt...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Resin, Paint, Spray Paint, Acrylic

Deer Family in a Field of Yellow, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
This is an original painting of a family of Roe Deer, living in the Mendip Hills. I tried to capture their timid but playful nature. It is painted on deep profile canvas, with the...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Acrylic

"Red Panda with Sketchbook" Contemporary Surrealist Watercolor on Paper
Located in New York, NY
22"x30" watercolor on paper, signed on reverse. In this contemporary surrealist painting, a red panda is depicted holding a sketchbook in its mouth with lea...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Watercolor, Archival Paper

Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
Includes a Certificate of Authenticity
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1990s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Lithograph

All Your Answers Questioned
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

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Mixed Media, Oil, Panel, Graphite

"Shore House" watercolor on paper, 30"x22", signed on reverse
Located in New York, NY
30"x22 watercolor on paper, signed on the reverse by the artist. This watercolor painting by Thomas Broadbent is composed of stacked books to create a "birdhouse" from an architecture of printed matter and rubber bands. The title "Shore House...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Watercolor, Archival Paper

Gentle Waters
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...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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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...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Acrylic

Chinese Contemporary Art by Jia Yuan-Hua - Meditation No.2
Located in Paris, IDF
A person's life is full of excitement, anger, sadness, joy, separation, and convergence. Some people win, some lose, some are famous, some are unknown, some gain fame and fortune, some are full of pride, some are depressed and unhappy. Only by letting go of obsessions can we live happily and easily. If you want, close your eyes and sit quietly for a few hours, you will find another true self, understand what you really need, why you live, and how to live more meaningfully. Jia Yuan-Yua is a Chinese artist born in 1980 who lives and works in Beijing, China. Jia works mainly with oil and acrylic in his painting. His contemporary artworks focus on social issues such as the protection of historical buildings, the inheritance of traditional culture, the conflict between tradition and contemporary times, education reform and the sustainable development of the natural ecological environment. There are two main forms of expression in his works. One is a common realistic technique known for paintings. The other is to use an oil painting knife...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Condor
Located in Bozeman, MT
Reed borrows visual fragments from predominantly seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Northern European art, citing the artists of these works like a dutiful scholar. She copies and r...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Paper, Oil

Great Dino Joanna Flatau Contemporary art woman animal painting red humour joy
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic paint on canvas Unique work Hand-signed lower right by the artist Joanna Flatau was born in Varsaw, Poland. She graduated from Varsaw History of Arts University and from th...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Japanese Contemporary Art by Teppei Ikehila - Light Blue Garden
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Corner
Located in New York, NY
ink and watercolor on paper, 26"x 30" This painting is from as series of ink and watercolor paintings that depict ad-hoc structures, similar to tree houses or forts. The ...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Watercolor

Chinese Contemporary Art by Jia Yuan-Hua - Sightseeing No.8
Located in Paris, IDF
Artwork sold framed: 76 x 76 x 5,5 cm. The Great Wall of China is well known in the world. Tens of millions of tourists from all over the world...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Chinese Contemporary Art by Jia Yuan-Hua - Sightseeing No.4
Located in Paris, IDF
Paris Eiffel Tower is well known in the world. Therefore, tens of millions of tourists from all over the world come to visit it every year. As a carrier of history and culture, many ...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Blue bird Joanna Flatau Contemporary art portrait painting colour blue animal
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic paint on canvas Unique work Hand-signed lower right by the artist Joanna Flatau was born in Varsaw, Poland. She graduated from Varsaw History of Arts University and from th...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

A Maker, Comic Animal modern pop art painting on Cow Flying Car wings, In Stock
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

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Canvas, Oil

Turkmen Contemporary Art by Amir Kerr - Wrong Teleport
Located in Paris, IDF
With the seemingly pleasant surroundings, do not allow yourself to be “fed” with the pretense of human-like personalities. Be there where there is more sincerity and less compromises...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Turkmen Contemporary Art by Amir Kerr - Blooming Ambitions
Located in Paris, IDF
Great impulses that grew into ambition. They require attention and time, they are eager for the light! Otherwise, the chorus of your own voices, the creative call, they just won't ca...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Tides. Beautiful Piece Ideal for Collage Mounting on Elegant 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 paintings...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor

Baja California Currents. Elegant Piece 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 paintings of this series done with the same technique. They are ideal for collage format placement on walls. Mexican Contemporary Art. Watercolor...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor

Pacific Jellyfish Dance. Outstanding Artwork 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 paintings of this series done with the same technique. They are ideal for...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor

Ocean Creatures. Beautifully Detailed Watercolor Artwork 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 paintings...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor

Pacific Manta Dance
Located in Mexico City, MX
This beautiful art work represents the well known Giant Manta cleaning stations in Mexico’s Pacific Revillagigedo Islands. The two artists and industrial designers, Ampi Arozarena ...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor

Korean Contemporary Art - Fantasy Jeju Island-Chun-Ja Self-Portrait
Located in Paris, IDF
Artwork framed - white & wooden frame Shin Seung-Hun is a South-Korean artist born in 1979 who lives & works in Jeju Island, Korea. He is considered b...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Matagalpa
Located in Cleveland, OH
Multicolor Butterflies, White Scored
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Oil

Split Tusk
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Part of the "Massive Stampede" collection.
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media

Stag
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...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Buck
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...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Beautiful handmade animal sketches
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

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Ink

Fiber Wall Hanging: 'The Masks We Wear Series, Owl'
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...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Thread, Mixed Media

Metamorphosis. Beautiful watercolor painting on book canvass
Located in Mexico City, MX
This beautiful water color painting is done on a recycled book canvass. It’s color palette is like that of a garden filled with succulent plants. The mixture of blues, greens and pur...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Varnish, Watercolor

Shadows
Located in Bozeman, MT
Allison McIntyre (b. 1999 West Virginia) pulls from animal imagery and digital aesthetics to respond to contemporary human-animal relations, wrestling...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Acrylic, Wood Panel

Fenced
Located in Bozeman, MT
Allison McIntyre (b. 1999 West Virginia) pulls from animal imagery and digital aesthetics to respond to contemporary human-animal relations, wrestling...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Acrylic, Wood Panel

Bright Nights
Located in Bozeman, MT
Allison McIntyre (b. 1999 West Virginia) pulls from animal imagery and digital aesthetics to respond to contemporary human-animal relations, wrestling...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

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Acrylic, Wood Panel

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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