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
Period: 21st Century and Contemporary
Siesta - Animal Cats Painting By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
'Siesta' is a cheerful and lively painting that captures the playful and curious nature of cats in a beautiful setting.
The bright and vibrant colors could make any room feel more e...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mardi Gras
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Mardi Gras
Series: Bunnies
Date: 2023
Medium: Oil & Acrylic w/ Diamond Dust on Wood
Unframed Dimensions: 15" x 14"
Framed Dimensions: 20" x 19"
Sig...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
Blooming Buddies - Cats Painting By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
'Blooming Buddies' 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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
2 Toucans / 2 Cats - Animals Landscape Jungle Painting By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
2 Toucans / 2 Cats - Animals Landscape Jungle Painting By Marc Zimmerman
This masterpiece is exhibited in the Zimmerman Gallery, Carmel CA.
Marc Zimmerman creates playful painting...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Above the Beach 9 - colourful, animal, indigenous, figurative, acrylic on canvas
By Rick Rivet
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Rick Rivet’s powerful series of contemporary paintings called Above the Beach is designed to address the environmental threats against the Arctic. Pollution, climate change, the oil ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Tom - Animal Cats Painting By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
'Tom' is a cheerful and lively painting that captures the playful and curious nature of cats in a beautiful setting.
The bright and vibrant colors of the flowers and cat could make ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"La muerte del cisne siamés" - figurative, animals, swan, hunting, pastels
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
Artist statement:
My work as a figurative painter examines my experience as a gay male living in Mexico today. My early paintings and drawings are explicitly
erotic in that they foc...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
The Great Lounger - Animal Cats Painting By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
'The Great Lounger' is a cheerful and lively painting that captures the playful and curious nature of cats in a beautiful setting.
The bright and vibrant colors of the flowers and c...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Walker Hound; Allegory
Located in New Orleans, LA
Stunning Dunlap work with many of the artist's signature motifs including the Walker hound, country home and barn in the distance, and signature sky and panoramic landscape. The arti...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Polymer
Stormy Weather
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Stormy Weather
Date: 2024
Medium: Oil on Panel
Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8"
Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5"
Signature: Signed Verso
Edition: Uniq...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Blue Run
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Blue Run
Series: Bunnies
Date: 2021
Medium: Oil on wood
Unframed Dimensions: 8.5" x 6.5"
Framed Dimensions: 10.5" x 8.5" x 1.5"
Signature: Signed
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Under Dog
By Craig Alan
Located in London, GB
hand embellished canvas
hand-signed and numbered by the artist
edition of 95
Craig Alan is a contemporary artist renowned for his innovative and captivating "Populus" series, where ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Cow Lover, Acrylic on Stripped Board, Red, Brown, Contemporary Artist "In Stock"
By Samir Sarkar
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Samir Sarkar - Untitled - 15 x 11 inches (unframed size)
Acrylic on Stripped Board.
Style : He says, “All my paintings have people wearing some headgear that has a face painted on...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
Orange Cat - Animal Painting By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
Orange Cat - Animal cat and still life painting , Oil Paint By Marc Zimmerman
This masterpiece is exhibited in the Zimmerman Gallery, Carmel CA.
Marc Zimmerman creates playful pai...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
2 Toucans 2 Cats - Animal Landscape Painting By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
2 Toucans 2 Cats - Animal Landscape Painting By Marc Zimmerman
This masterpiece is exhibited in the Zimmerman Gallery, Carmel CA.
Marc Zimmerman creates playful paintings, whether...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Double Trouble - Animal Cats Painting By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
'Double Trouble' is a cheerful and lively painting that captures the playful and curious nature of cats in a beautiful setting.
'Double Trouble' adds a touch of whimsy and color to ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
“You're looking good just like a snake in the grass” Contemporary Fox Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful dark humor painting by Memphis-based contemporary artist Alex Paulus. The work features naturalistically depicted fox head on the end of a worm...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Oil
Silver Ascension New Moon II
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Silver Ascension New Moon II
Date: 2023
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Unframed Dimensions: 30" x 30"
Signature: Signed Verso
Edition: Unique
Provenance: Hu...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Missing Landscape
Located in Denver, CO
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
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
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
Ezinda
Located in Dallas, TX
"I often paint ugly cats, in a realistic depiction, with 10% surreal elements thrown in the mix. I am inspired by the feel of 1970s sci-fi illustrations. The paintings are a necessit...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Cardboard
Portrait in green with beings of light
Located in Bogotá, Bogotá
Oil painting on canvas, measuring approximately 14.5 inches by 14.5 inches. It features a human silhouette with green textures and two fantastical animals, against a background of gr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
The Indian's Prayer - Fantastic Realism
Located in Bogotá, Bogotá
The prayer of the Indian. - Animal figurative magic. A moment to remember when we were connected to the magical and invisible, when animals were gods. Painting 23" x 20" inch by Ion ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cotton Canvas
I'm Going to Calm the Hell Down
By C. Dimitri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Energetic, joyous brushstrokes in this painterly abstraction with birds. Bright colors, dominant whites, blues, with touches of orange and red.
Multi-layered oil paint and painted...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Wood Panel
"To The Moon" Oil Painting
By Jess Wathen
Located in Denver, CO
Jess Wathen's "Toxic" is an original, handmade acrylic painting that depicts a florescent green moth.
I'm relatively late to the painting practice with my experience mostly in grap...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Audrey 4
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts a gestural figure of a black bunny on a pastel pink background with thick use of paint. I...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Cuddling Cats - Animal Oil Painting By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
"Cuddling Cats" is a beautiful painting that captures the heartwarming image of two feline companions snuggled up together. The painting portrays the intimate moment with stunning de...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Molucans Sumantran
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Molucans Sumantran
Date: 2024
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Unframed Dimensions: 32" x 42"
Framed Dimensions: 38" x 48"
Signature: Signed Verso
Edition: Un...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
King Cake
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects, Bunnies. This piece depicts a gestural figure of a black bunny on a white background with thick use of paint. It is h...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Heartfelt Meeting
Located in Atlanta, GA
Gwen Wong's work is both painterly and allegorical, caught somewhere in the middle between the representational painter and the narrator. "I am inspired by the idea of a childhood re...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Arizona Dream No. 1
Located in Denver, CO
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
Maya
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Maya
Date: 2023
Medium: Oil on Panel
Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8"
Framed Dimensions: 16" x 14"
Signature: Signed Verso
Edition: Unique
Provenance:...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
4 Bunny's
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: 4 Bunny's
Date: 2024
Medium: Oil on Panel
Unframed Dimensions: 21" x 17"
Framed Dimensions: 29" x 25"
Signature: Signed Verso
Edition: Unique
Prove...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sunflowers And Horses - Animal Painting - Oil On Canvas By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
Horses graze in a colorfl array of exotic foliage with oversized snflowers, creating a fantasy sirreal scene.
Sunflowers And Horses - Animal Painting - Oil on Canvas By Marc Zimmerm...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Joyful
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Joyful
Date: 2024
Medium: Oil on Panel
Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8"
Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5"
Signature: Signed Verso
Edition: Unique
Prove...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pink Doe and Stag, Two Deer, Pink, Blue Water, Mountains, Lake, Pine Trees
By KK Kozik
Located in Kent, CT
Two deer, a doe and a stag with antlers stand knee-deep in water pink at the surface and gray blue in the depths. Dark green pine trees line the water's edge in the background, while...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Elephant and Lions, Animal Paradise Jungle Painting Surrealist Art Gustavo Novoa
Located in Surfside, FL
Original Painting Elephant, lion, leopard zebras and rhinoceros flowers in a lush tropical jungle setting. Titled "Elephant's Memory".
Hand signed recto and signed, titled and dated ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
New Lawn
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: New Lawn
Date: 2024
Medium: Oil on Panel
Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8"
Framed Dimensions: 13" x 11"
Signature: Signed Verso
Edition: Unique
Provena...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Circus Rider
By Greg Decker
Located in Atlanta, GA
Greg's witty and charming oil painting on aluminum comes framed in a floater frame which adds 1.75 inches all the way around. "Greg Decker is a visionary painter. His work epitomize...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Horse in Spring, Sunset
By Greg Decker
Located in Atlanta, GA
Greg's witty and charming oil painting on aluminum comes framed in a floater frame which adds 1.75 inches all the way around. "Greg Decker is a visionary painter. His work epitomize...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Metal
Hacerle el Amor a la Vida and El regalo de la persistencia Watercolor Diptych
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Set of Two by Tahuanty Jacanamijoy
(Hacerle el Amor a la Vida and El regalo de la persistencia)
Watercolor on paper
Overall Image size: 35 cm H x 54 cm W
Individual size: 35 cm H x...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Leopards of Mumbai, Leopard, Animal, Trees, Gray, Gold Nature Inspired Painting
By Francine Fox
Located in Kent, CT
Three spotted leopards in dynamic, powerful poses are dramatic and meticulously painted, layered beneath an intricately detailed map of Mumbai, India in bright shimmering gold. In th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Mica
Red Moon Rising - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting of an Octopus
By Jeff Conroy
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil
Picnic
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Picnic
Date: 2024
Medium: Oil on Panel
Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8"
Framed Dimensions: 15" x 13"
Signature: Signed Verso
Edition: Unique
Provenanc...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Berry Cobbler - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting of an Octopus
By Jeff Conroy
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil
Hold Many
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Hold Many
Date: 2024
Medium: Oil on Panel
Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8"
Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5"
Signature: Signed Verso
Edition: Unique
Pr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Grass Keet
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Grass Keet
Date: 2024
Medium: Oil on Panel
Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8"
Framed Dimensions: 16" x 14"
Signature: Signed Verso
Edition: Unique
Prove...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
El León Despierto - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Painting, Oil, Canvas
By Corvengi
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Oil on canvas
“Everything that surrounds me affects me. Memories, politics, nature, people, a dry leaf on the ground, music and books.”
Corvengi’s works explore his version of a l...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Andrew
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Andrew
Date: 2024
Medium: Oil on Panel
Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8"
Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5"
Signature: Signed Verso
Edition: Unique
Prove...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rosalie
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Rosalie
Date: 2023
Medium: Oil on Panel
Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8"
Framed Dimensions: 16" x 14"
Signature: Signed Verso
Edition: Unique
Provenan...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Green Monsoon
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Green Monsoon
Date: 2024
Medium: Oil on Panel
Unframed Dimensions: 29" x 21"
Framed Dimensions: 31.5" x 23.5"
Signature: Signed Verso
Edition: Uniq...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled Owls
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Untitled Owls
Date: 2024
Medium: Oil on Panel
Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8"
Framed Dimensions: 15" x 13"
Signature: Signed Verso
Edition: Unique
Pr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mellow Yellow
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Mellow Yellow
Date: 2024
Medium: Oil on Panel
Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8"
Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5"
Signature: Signed Verso
Edition: Uniqu...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Yellow Grind
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Yellow Grind
Date: 2024
Medium: Oil on Panel
Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8"
Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5"
Signature: Signed Verso
Edition: Unique...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Arent I Pretty - Animal Painting - Oil On Canvas By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
A beautiful rooster is very proud of himself. Simple bold and beautiful.
Arent I Pretty - Animal Painting - Oil On Canvas By Marc Zimmerman
Marc Zimmerman creates playful painting...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Flash Dance
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Flash Dance
Date: 2023
Medium: Oil on Panel
Unframed Dimensions: 8.5" x 18.5"
Framed Dimensions: 12.5" x 22.5"
Signature: Signed Verso
Edition: Uni...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Jungle with Toucan - Animal Painting - Contemporary Art By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
Gray Jungle with a few colored highlights gives this tropical jungle a contemporary feel. The toucan gives a personal touch and a color accent to the subdude painting.
Jungle with T...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Yanmin Zhang Impressionist Original Oil On Canvas "Basset Hound"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Basset Hound
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 23 x 19 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition.
Year: 2000 Circ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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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