Photorealist Animal Paintings
PHOTOREALISM
A direct challenge to Abstract Expressionism’s subjectivity and gestural vigor, Photorealism was informed by the Pop predilection for representational imagery, popular iconography and tools, like projectors and airbrushes, borrowed from the worlds of commercial art and design.
Whether gritty or gleaming, the subject matter favored by Photorealists is instantly, if vaguely, familiar. It’s the stuff of yellowing snapshots and fugitive memories. The bland and the garish alike flicker between crystal-clear reality and dreamy illusion, inviting the viewer to contemplate a single moment rather than igniting a story.
The virtues of the “photo” in Photorealist art — infused as they are with dazzling qualities that are easily blurred in reproduction — are as elusive as they are allusive. “Much Photorealist painting has the vacuity of proportion and intent of an idiot-savant, long on look and short on personal timbre,” John Arthur wrote (rather admiringly) in the catalogue essay for Realism/Photorealism, a 1980 exhibition at the Philbrook Museum of Art, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. At its best, Photorealism is a perpetually paused tug-of-war between the sacred and the profane, the general and the specific, the record and the object.
“Robert Bechtle invented Photorealism, in 1963,” says veteran art dealer Louis Meisel. “He took a picture of himself in the mirror with the car outside and then painted it. That was the first one.”
The meaning of the term, which began for Meisel as “a superficial way of defining and promoting a group of painters,” evolved with time, and the core group of Photorealists slowly expanded to include younger artists who traded Rolleiflexes for 60-megapixel cameras, using advanced digital technology to create paintings that transcend the detail of conventional photographs.
On 1stDibs, the collection of Photorealist art includes work by Richard Estes, Ralph Goings, Chuck Close, Audrey Flack, Charles Bell and others.
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Style: Photorealist
"Butterfly Nebula 6" by Patrick Nevins Oil painting of Blue Butterfly in Space
Located in Denver, CO
Patrick Nevins (Charleston, SC, US based) "Butterfly Nebula" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a brilliant blue butterfly with stars as a backdrop. The piece is fram...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Birds - Contemporary, Blue, 21st Century, Figurative Painting
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Birds, 2007
Acrylic on canvas (signed on reverse)
39.37 H x 6.69 W in.
100 H x 17 W cm
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
The Dangerous Backyard - Contemporary, Tiger, Kid, Orange, Green, Black, Panther
By Mihai Florea
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
The Dangerous Backyard, 2019
Oil on canvas
47 1/4 H x 55 1/8 W in.
120 H x 140 W cm
The artwork was part of the solo show ONIRIX.
ONIRIX is a project about how we remember and in...
Category
2010s Photorealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Independent, Contemporary art, Original oil Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Varvarov Anatoly Viktorovich
Title: Independent,
Sise: 39.5x59 inches, (100x150 cm)
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Hand painted, original, one of a ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"The White Witch Moth", Oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Lindsey Kustusch’s (US based) "The White Witch Moth" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a moth on a grey background.
Artist Statement:
I am an oil painter based ou...
Category
2010s Photorealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Ocean Reef" by Cees Penning, Original Oil on Board painting, 42 in. x 66 in.
Located in Dallas, TX
Step into a world where the ocean's vibrant life is captured with breathtaking precision in Cees Penning's photo-realistic painting. This oversized masterpiece immerses viewers in a ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Please Sir - Framed Original Photorealist Dog Oil Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stuart Dunkel has spent decades refining his hyper-realistic oil paintings. He paints realistic imagery based on real-world inspirations. His original artworks show that everyday obj...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Apricity", Oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Lindsey Kustusch’s (US based) "Apricity" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a Great blue Heron bird with fall colored leaves and designs in the background.
Artist S...
Category
2010s Photorealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
La Vie Est Belle. 2023, oil on canvas, 80x70 cm
Located in Riga, LV
La Vie Est Belle. 2023, oil on canvas, 80x70 cm
Works of Liene Liepina are full of life and joy because of photography-like, realistic details on the one hand, and intense and slight...
Category
2010s Photorealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Brown Longhorn
Located in Natchez, MS
This gorgeous brown longhorn appears as though it's stepping out of the darkness to meet you. Santibáñez Servat has created the perfect visual representation of an animal typical to...
Category
2010s Photorealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Anne Wolff, "And They're Off", Equine Racing Oil Painting on Canvas
By Anne Wolff
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This equine racing painting "And They're Off" by artist Anne Wolff is a 27x36 original oil painting on canvas. Depicted is a nose to nose line up of four race horses in colorful sil...
Category
2010s Photorealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hallo Papa - photorealistic animal painting
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Artist Ralf Vieweg paints with almost photorealistic precision, preferably with oil on canvas. "Hallo Papa" is an original painting, handsigned by the artist, created in 2001 and sho...
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Mickey Pin" Oil painting
By Nick Leibee
Located in Denver, CO
Nick Leibee's (US based) "Mickey Pin" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an enamel pin of Mickey Mouse, the beloved Disney character,...
Category
2010s Photorealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Agelada", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Ali Ghassan's "Agelada" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a orange cow with yellow ear tags licking its nose with green and blue graffiti ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"All Dogs, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Rachel Linnemeier's "All Dogs" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a purple Tamagotchi toy on a green background.
About the Artist:
Born in 1...
Category
2010s Photorealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
'An Object of Interest', Manhattan, Smithsonian, Hard-Edge Photo-Realist Oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'A. Besser' for Arne Charles Besser (American, 1935-2012) and painted circa 1995.
Born in Illinois, Arne Besser first attended art sch...
Category
1990s Photorealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"This Morning She Was Still Flying, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Please note: This painting will ship from the artists' studio in the Netherlands.
Yvonne Melchers' "This Morning She Was Still Flying" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a common pigeon or dove laying face down on a concrete sidewalk.
Artist Yvonne Melchers showcases her mastery of light and form in her sumptuously detailed paintings of subjects both intimate and universal. Whether painting a scene from her beloved North Sea Shore, the portrait of a strong but vulnerable young man dressed for the historical Siena Palio...
Category
2010s Photorealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Repose" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Emma Hirst (US based) "Repose" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a black and yellow butterfly perched on a white background peacefully.
...
Category
2010s Photorealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Mariposa Monarca / Monarch butterfly". Contemporary, Realism, animal, figurativ
Located in MADRID, ES
"Mariposa Moarca / Monarch butterfly". Contemporary, Realism, animal, figurative
Category
2010s Photorealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
'Promise of Spring' Contemporary Painting of a blue tit bird on a branch, yellow
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
'Promise of Spring' by Ben Waddams is a Contemporary Realist Wildlife oil painting of an English Blue Tit bird on a branch. With such incredible detail you almost expect the bird to ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Sugar Heist" Hyperrealistic Narrative Lemurs Acrylic on Canvas Framed Painting
Located in Baltimore, MD
"Sugar Heist" is a framed acrylic work on canvas by Ariel Vargassal, depicting a figure in a suit jumping alongside two lemurs holding iced sugar cookies. The hyperrealistic style in...
Category
2010s Photorealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Acrylic
"Tangled" Hyperrealistic Narrative Monkey Acrylic on Canvas Framed Painting
Located in Baltimore, MD
"Tangled" is a framed acrylic work on canvas by Ariel Vargassal, depicting a figure in a suit tangled in yarn while also holding aloft a spider monkey. The hyperrealistic style inclu...
Category
2010s Photorealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Acrylic
"Being" Oil Painting
By Mia Bergeron
Located in Denver, CO
Mia Bergeron's (US based) "Being" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a blue fish leaping from dark water as it swallows a lit candle.
Mia Bergeron's interest in art...
Category
2010s Photorealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
'Kingfisher' Photorealist painting of a small blue bird on a lock gate, vivid
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
'Kingfisher' by Ben Waddams is a Contemporary Realist Wildlife oil painting of a vivid blue kingfisher. With such incredible detail.
Ben Waddams is a British wildlife artist livin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Anne Wolff, "Down to the Wire" Colorful Horse Racing Triptych Oil Painting
By Anne Wolff
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This equine racing triptych, "Down to the Wire" by artist Anne Wolff is a 24x36 original oil painting on canvas. Depicted on three separate 24x12 canvases are frontal views of thoro...
Category
2010s Photorealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Anne Wolff, "Clubhouse Turn", Equine Racing Oil Painting on Canvas
By Anne Wolff
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This equine racing painting "Clubhouse Turn" by artist Anne Wolff is a 38x21 original oil painting on canvas. Depicted is a head view on of five race horses in colorful silks with th...
Category
2010s Photorealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Ancient Breeds" Oil Painting 48" x 60" inch by Casey Baugh
By Casey Baugh
Located in Culver City, CA
"Ancient Breeds" Oil Painting 48" x 60" inch by Casey Baugh
Medium: oil on linen
Signed by the artist on the front.
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Baugh's work can be described as narrative ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Fish, colorful, oil painting, super realistic
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil paint on canvas
Doug Newton’s hyper-real paintings observe reality, explore translucency, reflections and luminosity, and dazzle the viewer with all the ways light can transform...
Category
2010s Photorealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Admiral Pinscher
By Y.m.Lo
Located in East Hampton, NY
A Doberman Pinscher dressed like an Admiral
Satire in Art
Original Paintings in series of 10 (inquire where it is in the edition)
Comes rolled in a tube ready to be framed
Y.m.Lo. ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Rush Hour" Large 38x50" Super Realism painting of vintage Tin Toys PLUS toys
Located in Southampton, NY
This large Super realism painting by New York artist Cesar Santander Is one of his masterpieces. It is titled "Rush Hour," and measures 38 x50".
Painted in 2001, it is signed, titled, and dated on the verso and is acrylic on canvas and wood panel.
Making this listing very Special, we have also included in this offering, all of the tin toys that inspired this painting and they are in a clear box with mirrors on the 2 sides, the back and the bottom of the lucite box
and can be displayed along side the painting just how the toys are featured in the painting. You can see an image of that mirrored box in this listing.
Santander first sets up the layout of these vintage tin toys...
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
'Leap of Faith' Photorealist wildlife painting of a Puffin on vibrant blue water
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
'Leap of Faith' by Ben Waddams is a Contemporary Realist Wildlife oil painting. With such incredible detail!
Ben Waddams is a British wildlife artist living and working in Shropshire. Originally from Buckinghamshire, South East England, Ben has lived in the States for many years on several different occasions and traveled in search of exotic wildlife...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Becoming" Oil Painting
By Mia Bergeron
Located in Denver, CO
Mia Bergeron's (US based) "Becoming" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a blue fish leaping from dark water as a lit candle appears in its mouth.
Mia Bergeron's int...
Category
2010s Photorealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Photorealist Eagle Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Stunning Photorealist painting of an eagle on a branch against a blue sky. Grey painted wooden frame. The work is signed by the artist Rena Fennessy who ...
Category
1980s Photorealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Good Morning" Longhorn Painting
Located in Austin, TX
This photorealistic painting by Gaylon Dingler is part of his western series and depicts a longhorn with a butterfly. The background is painted black, c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Anne Wolff, "California Chrome", Equine Racing Portrait Oil on Canvas
By Anne Wolff
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This equine racing portrait "California Chrome" by artist Anne Wolff is a 24x24 original oil painting on canvas. Depicted is a profile view of the famous thoroughbred race horse California Chrome in a green and purple silk mask...
Category
2010s Photorealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Ranas / Frogs". Contemporary, Realism, animal, figurative, hyperrealist
Located in MADRID, ES
"Ranas / Frogs". Contemporary, Realism, animal, figurative, hyperrealism, photorealim
Category
2010s Photorealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Eupholus Shoenherri, Contemporary Art Photorealist Oil Painting by Matthew Bober
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Eupholus Shoenherri
2019
Oil and metal leaf. on panel
5" x 7"unframed
8.25" x 8.25" framed
Eupholus Shoenherri is a species of beetles from New Guinea. Many of the artist's works a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Metal
72
Located in Natchez, MS
Servat creates a juxtaposition between the modern world with the helmet numbered 72 and the timeless natural world with the red birds. The helmet floats in space above a pedestal whi...
Category
2010s Photorealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
KING V
By Nemo Jantzen
Located in Singapore, SG
Nails and thread on wood in plexiglass. One-of-a-kind original artwork.
In his latest body of work, the Dutch artist Nemo Jantzen is combining skills obtained in earlier years of hi...
Category
2010s Photorealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Thread
Photorealist animal paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Photorealist 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, yellow, purple and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Stuart Dunkel, Ian Hornak, Rick Pas, and Anne Wolff. 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 Photorealist animal paintings, so small editions measuring 5 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 $360 and tops out at $88,000, while the average work sells for $4,950.
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