Skip to main content

People Animal Paintings

to
431
674
506
512
409
583
Overall Width
to
Overall Height
to
57
287
630
1,710
16
12
18
24
16
38
53
50
44
60
36
811
247
138
129
78
78
52
39
37
16
13
12
11
1
1,197
1,124
346
2,798
2,684
1,466
1,252
1,228
749
689
620
493
493
492
455
395
392
346
324
290
274
226
224
2,495
1,696
1,255
1,217
694
115
38
23
23
22
1,097
331
1,399
1,034
Art Subject: People
Large Jack Balas Contemporary Modernist Horse Enamel & Oil Painting Western Art
Located in Surfside, FL
Jack Balas Grid Study, Appaloosa Oil and Enamel on Board Inscribed verso, dated 1997-99 and hand signed l.l. Sight: 24 x 48 in. (61 x 121.9 cm.), Frame: 26 x 50 x 2 in. (65.4 x 127 ...
Category

1990s American Realist Animal Paintings

Materials

Enamel

Serenade, Acrylic on Canvas Painting by Gerard Tunney
Located in Deddington, GB
Serenade By Gerard Tunney [2021] Gerard Tunney Serenade Original Surrealist Painting Acrylic Paint on Canvas Canvas Size: H 30cm x W 40cm x D 2cm Serenade is an original animal painting by Gerard Tunney. A dog busks on the street, 'singing for its supper'. The painting uses allegory to describe the problems that a stray experiences in its struggle to survive. in front is the collection plate and a small...
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

The Fountain of Youth
Located in Washington, DC
One of a kind painting by Noche Crist (1909-2004). Noche Crist was an American artist born in Romania. Acrylic painting is made with plaster on wood, which gives the painting a wonderful texture and depth. Painting is signed and titled on reverse "The Fountain of Youth...
Category

1990s Outsider Art Nude Paintings

Materials

Plaster, Wood, Acrylic

Little Girls and Their New Friends Genre Scene 19th century Oil Painting on Wood
Located in Stockholm, SE
Very touching scene with two little girls. Two sisters are thrilled to meet their new pets that their parents have bought. The sincerity and immediacy of children's feelings depicted...
Category

Late 19th Century Realist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Perseus
Located in New York, NY
oil on masonite panel
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Cheltenham Races, Horse Racing Art, Animal Art, Paintings of the Races
Located in Deddington, GB
Cheltenham Races is an original painting by Garth Bayley Based on the Cheltenham races. Horses, Horseracing, sport, The 60 x 90 cm is the image size with extra for framing. The paint...
Category

2010s Expressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Archival Paper

Hunt Slonem "Hoot 7" Owl
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Hoot 7 Date: 2023 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5" Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso Edition: ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Oil

Blue Dog "Original - Almost Primary Dog, Tiffany" Signed Oil on Canvas
Located in Mount Laurel, NJ
This Blue Dog work consists of a mostly pink with yellow background. There are 2 blue leafless trees and a single portrait sized face of a white and black dog (Tiffany). The dog ha...
Category

1990s Pop Art Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"The Holy Family" Post-Impressionist Pastoral & Figures Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
A charming oil painting depicting a classical religious scene of the Holy Family journey done in a highly impressionistic manner with unique colors and expressions with the use of br...
Category

20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Wonder Woman
Located in East Hampton, NY
Faceless Wonder Woman Female POWER Oil Painting There are more super hero painting Comes ROLLED in a tube Needs framing NY Artist Y.M. Lo oil painting. ...
Category

2010s Outsider Art Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Derby/Early Morning Run-Trainers and Owners
Located in New York, NY
Gigi Mills' work is born out of her desire to simplify and reduce each moment to its essence; she achieves this by omitting mundane details from life that can often obscure genuine e...
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Crayon, Ink, Oil, Archival Paper

"Confetti of Life" Original Oil Painting, Two Blue Birds with Patterned Leaves
Located in Denver, CO
Andrada Trapnell's "Confetti of Life" is a captivating original artwork created in 2024. This piece measures 20 x 16 inches and is ready to hang. The painting depicts a blue harmony ...
Category

2010s Realist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

Equestrian Painting. Horse Oil Painting on Unprimed Belgian Canvas 200 x 180 cm
Located in ALP, ES
This large figurative oil painting is a reinterpretation of a painting by Francisco de Goya, Retrato ecuestre de Fernando VII, 1808. A unique oil painting on the finest quality Belgi...
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Linen, Oil

Balaam’s Ass
Located in Brecon, Powys
Derived from a biblical tale Balaam’s Ass is such a figurative work. Summers has taken the humble donkey from the biblical story and elevated it to a position of power in this contem...
Category

20th Century Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Orientalist cavalry scene Decamps Gabriel - oil on canvas - initials DC
Located in PARIS, FR
Conditions : Excellent overall Condition. Great Master of Orientalism: Decamps revealed Orientalism at the 1831 Salon, establishing himself as an essential reference. The 1831 Salon...
Category

19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Hunt Slonem "Silver Part 2" Bunny
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Silver Part 2 Date: 2025 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5" Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso Ed...
Category

2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Oil

American Impressionist Portrait of a Fish swimming, possibly a carp or Bass
By Harry Sutton
Located in Woodbury, CT
Harry P Jr Sutton (1897 - 1984) was active/lived in Massachusetts. Harry Sutton is known for figures, interiors, and still life painting. This is a uniq...
Category

1960s American Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

The Boxer. Humorous nature encounter seaside w lobster, soft muted colors
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil on cradled board. Signed and dated on back. Part of an ongoing series of man vs beast by the artist
Category

2010s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Shepherd and his Flock, original 19thC oil on canvas, Belgian realist genre
Located in Naples, Florida
This is an original and unique oil on canvas painting by the Belgian 19th century artist Julien Jos, who was active from 1890 -1910. He specialised in rustic genre scenes featuri...
Category

1890s Realist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Trip Park, "Happy Horses", 30x30 Abstract Colorful Horse Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This Painting, "Happy Horses", is a 30x30 oil painting on canvas by artist Trip Park. Featured in the painting is a repeating and overlapping pattern of a rider and horse in various ...
Category

2010s Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Place De La Concorde, Paris' Antique oil painting on canvas
Located in St. Albans, GB
Louis Icart (1880-1950) Canvas Size: 18 x 22" (46 x 55cm) Outside Frame Size: 26 x 30" (65 x 76cm) Signed and titled on the reverse. When Louis Icart returned to Paris after his s...
Category

Early 20th Century Art Deco Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Magic dream 80X80
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this oil painting, I've delved into the tender connection between nature and childhood. The way the child and the majestic animal share a moment of silent conversation amidst the ...
Category

2010s Expressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Strength"-Spray Paint on Wood
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Jeremy Novy’s unique brand of street art is ripe with thoughtful social examinations. Novy has combated a homophobic lack of representation with a celebration of gay iconography, bri...
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Wood, Spray Paint

Unrivaled Fascination: White Cow's Energetic Presence on a Dark Surface.
Located in Zofingen, AG
The depiction of a young white cow on a black background using oil paints creates a unique and captivating painting. Its endlessly playful expression gives the artwork a special char...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas, Cotton Canvas

Cactus Queen
Located in Park City, UT
Brad Overton creates large scale paintings of toy figurines; he brings these objects to life by placing them in unique and fantastical settings. "I have...
Category

2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

Protectress (pug, lady archer, bow, arrow, neutrals, surrealism, oil painting)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
IN PROTECTRESS, a massive pug, its head resting heavily on the ground, gazes outward with a sorrowful, almost pleading expression. The warm tones of its fur—soft beiges and browns—co...
Category

2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait Of Man With Bracco Dog by Giuseppe Penuti dated 1868 Unframed
By Giuseppe Penuti
Located in Milano, IT
Giuseppe Penuti Portrait Of Man With Bracco 1868 oil painting on canvas depicting a gentleman in elegant dark clothes embellished with jewelry, brooches, and watches. The man is port...
Category

19th Century Italian School Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Large Original Oil Painting Abstract Expressionist Horse
Located in Soquel, CA
Stunning large scale abstract expressionist horse's head/eye, circa 1990. Unsigned. Unframed. Size: 60"H x 60"W x 1.5.
Category

1990s Abstract Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Hunt Slonem "Silver Slide" Bunny
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Silver Slide Date: 2024 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 14" x 12" Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso Edition...
Category

2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Oil

Huntsman and Hounds in an Open Landscape, Alfred Grenfell Haigh, signed
By Alfred Grenfell Haigh
Located in London, GB
Signed hunting scene by Alfred Grenfell Haig (1870–1963). Haig's masterful oil on canvas brings to life the exhilarating spirit of a hunting scene, with a huntsman leading a pack of ...
Category

1930s Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Desert Dream" Figurative Painting 13" x 20.5" inch by Ahmed Saber
Located in Culver City, CA
"Desert Dream" Figurative Painting 13" x 20.5" inch by Ahmed Saber Medium: acrylic, ink & colored pencil on paper AHMED SABER - BIO Ahmed Saber is an Egyptian artist based in Luxor...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Symbolist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Color Pencil

Sunset Glow
Located in Atlanta, GA
This painting is in excellent condition and has only been shown in a gallery setting. Please note that given the characteristics of the silver and gold leafing the work will photogr...
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

19th Century landscape genre oil painting of ploughmen with horses & a dog
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
George Cole British, (1810-1883) Waiting for a Treat Oil on canvas, signed & dated 1857 Image size: 19.5 inches x 29.5 inches Size including frame: 26.25 inches x 36.25 inches A cha...
Category

19th Century Victorian Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Cats sleeping by female British artist Margaret Dora Mendelssohn Benecke
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Margaret Dora Mendlessohn Benecke (1876 – 1962) Catnaps Oil on canvas, circa 1950s 26.7/8 x 33 in. (68.4 x 83.8 cm.) Provenance: ex-property of Harold Mockford Born in London Beneck...
Category

20th Century Modern Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Hunt Slonem "Peach Georgia" Bunny
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Peach Georgia Date: 2025 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5" Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso Ed...
Category

2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Oil

Early 20th century English Fox Hounds, Huntsmen &, horse and cart in landscape
Located in Woodbury, CT
Early 20th-century English oil painting with the subject taken from one of Robert Bloomfield's poems, The Farmers Boy. "E'en Sober Dobbin lifts his clumsy heel, and kicks, disdainful of the dirty wheel Edward Algernon Stuart Douglas...
Category

Early 1900s Victorian Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Alpaca
Located in Brooklyn, NY
TWELVE CHAIRS GALLERY “Alpaca” (2024) by Zura is a striking acrylic on canvas measuring 66 x 42 inches (168 x 107 cm). Continuing his exploration of the interplay between human and a...
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Phantasm
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Oil Painting / Text / Pastel Colors / Figurative Art / Outsider Art / Pop Art / Surrealism From Macauley Norman's solo exhibition, CRYPTIC CLUTTER, "Phantasm" is a figurative, pop surrealist painting made with oil, acrylic and graphite on canvas. The piece features beautifully rendered koi fish beside a rendering of the globe into a single, flat plane, beneath the impasto text reading "Phantasm" across the top of the painting. Across the bottom third of the painting's image is a green landscape with a glue sky, behind what appears to be a metal fence...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic, Graphite

Girl in a Red Coat, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
"This lovely and graceful girl wearing her new red coat greets her smallest cat," says artist Jessica JH Roller. She holds her wide-eyed pet against her chest as if showing the viewer. The cat stares out with open curiosity. A delightful portrait using bold hues and painterly strokes.


About the Artist
A few months after Jessica JH Roller and her husband were married, they adopted two young Siamese cats from a shelter -- Tony and Larry. Jessica quickly fell deeply in love with the kittens and says the cats changed her. "They opened my eyes - I started to notice birds, trees, water, color, everything. It was as if the artist inside had been unleashed.” Jessica uses bold colors and primitive linework to create whimsical, expressive portraits. She intends to capture real or imagined moments that are both common and extraordinary.


Words that describe this painting: girl, folk art...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Animal Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

George Goodwin Kilburne, oil landscape horse/equine hunting scene 19th century
Located in York, GB
George Goodwin Kilburne landscape horse/equine hunting scene 19th century oil painting A fine painting by the renowned artist George Goodwin Kilburne .oil on panel, framed the size ...
Category

1890s English School Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Monumental Singerie 18th Century Whimsical Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Monumental Singerie (monkeys imitating human behavior) 18th century whimsical painting in the style of Christopher Huet In good antique condition w...
Category

18th Century Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Abstract Expressionist Collage in Acrylic on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract Expressionist Collage in Acrylic on Paper Bright, saturated abstract painting with collage by California-based artist Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20th C). Bold red,...
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Hare coursing outside a country house with hounds Oil British 18th Century
Located in London, GB
Thomas Burford (British, c. 1710-1779) Hare coursing outside a country house Oil on canvas Property of a gentleman From the collection of Peter Roe Dimensions: (Frame) 12.5 in. (H)...
Category

18th Century English School Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Acrylic Paint, Oil Stick on Canvas: "Accessory Included"
Located in New York, NY
In 2018, I became a painter. An artist.  I am a product of the '70s and I spent my life in the fine state of New Jersey—the most wonderful state of them all.  As a result of stuff th...
Category

2010s Outsider Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil Crayon, Acrylic

Pair of English Impressionist Horse and Buggy scenes with drivers
Located in Woodbury, CT
When Johnny left school, there were many interests which ran alongside his career at the time in the City of London as an Aviation Insurance Broker at Lloyds – writing music, playing with a band, tinkering with Vintage cars, marketing various inventions and making painting trips when possible – it wasn’t long before the Arts beckoned and at twenty six he won a place at the Fine Arts Academy in Florence where he moved in 1972. A year later, moving near Lake Trasimeno, he continued his studies at the Fine Arts Academy in Perugia. Again on the move, he travelled to Pietrasanta near Carrara with some sculptors and stayed on this coast for nearly a year before moving eventually to Grimaldi, just inside Italy – a small medieval village about three hundred yards from the Italian /French frontier close to Monte Carlo. Here he began a series of backstage paintings – at the Opera and Orchestra rehearsals, fashion shows, at the Circus, Jazz and Cabaret – exhibiting regularly along the coast in Monaco, Nice, Cannes and Antibes. In 1984, circumstances changed and it was necessary to return to England – where a chance invitation to the races triggered a whole new series ‘At the Races’ which in time produced a wider series entitled ‘The British Sporting Year’ of Polo, The Henley Regatta, Derby Day, Wimbledon, Bowls, Cricket, Golf – even Jousting at Hever Castle...
Category

1990s Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Antique Super Detailed Social Realist St Thomas Tropical Chicken Fight Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
A vivid and densely populated cockfighting scene painted in 1950 and signed Allatteini L., lower right, with the inscription St. Thomas 50. This large-scale oil captures the spectacl...
Category

1950s Modern Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

A groom leading a bay hunter in a landscape
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
James Lynwood Palmer (1868-1941) A groom leading a bay hunter in a landscape signed and dated 'Lynwood Palmer/ 1903' (lower left) Oil on canvas Painting size 20 x 24 in Framed size 2...
Category

20th Century Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Large Portrait of Girl Caring For Pet Spaniel. 1904
Located in Hillsborough, NC
One of Rosell's most popular subjects, he is known for his little girl and animal figures. In this good-sized painting, the little girl figure is particularly charming, as she is nu...
Category

Early 1900s Romantic Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Friends, Portrait with Zebras, Original Elegant Painting Pink Colors on Paper
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Friends" original acrylic painting on paper 70x52 cm. The artwork is unframed. The artwork is signed, dated and titled. Original artwork has signed certificate of Authenticity.
Category

2010s Pop Art Animal Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

"Basset" Abstracted Dog Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This abstracted painting of a Basset Hound dog features a loose, energetic style and vibrant colors. The artist layers wide brush strokes and thin, swirling lines to create the dog's full form with his head in profile, looking toward the right side of the canvas. It features a yellow and white color-blocked background. The painting is made with acrylic paint on gallery wrapped canvas. It has painted sides and is signed by the artist in the lower right-hand corner of the painting. It is wired and ready to hang. Russell Miyaki is a contemporary artist and creative director in New York City. His studio is at Metro Art Studios in Bridgeport, CT, which is a renovated historic 1800s corset...
Category

2010s Abstract Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Mid-19th-Century English School, Rural Scene With Family, Cattle & Cottage
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This endlessly charming mid-19th-century English oil painting depicts a rural scene with a family, cattle, pond, and cottage. A mother and child pause to observe a drover, perhaps f...
Category

1830s Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Scruffy" Abstracted Dog Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This abstracted painting of a dog by Russell Miyaki features a loose, energetic style and vibrant, colorful palette. The artist layers wide brush strokes and thin lines to create the dog's form from the shoulders up in warm tones and contrasting pink and blue accents and a bright yellow background. The painting is made with acrylic paint on gallery wrapped canvas. It has painted sides and is signed by the artist in the lower right-hand corner of the painting. It is wired and ready to hang. Russell Miyaki is a contemporary artist and creative director in New York City. His studio is at Metro Art Studios in Bridgeport, CT, which is a renovated historic 1800s corset...
Category

2010s Abstract Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

“Abstract Figures”
Located in Southampton, NY
Here for your consideration is a vibrant and richly painted original work of a series of abstract figures by the well known American artist, Neith Nevelson. Signed lower right. Condi...
Category

Early 2000s Post-Modern Animal Paintings

Materials

Board, Acrylic

A Fine and Charming 19th Century Oil Canvas "Children Walking the Baby Goat"
Located in LA, CA
Henry Joseph Campotosto (Belgium, 1833-1910) A Very Fine Oil on Canvas "Walking the Baby Goat", depicting two young dutch girls by the grassy shore of a river bank, one standing holding a wicker basket and a leash to a resting baby goat, the youngest sitting next to her on a pile of branches tucking her pants, a pair of ducks and ducklings swimming by the tree lined river; within a later giltwood carved frame. Signed (l/r): Campotosto Henry. Circa: Brussels, 1870. Note: The artist is also known as Henri Campotosto Henry or Henri Campotosto was born in Brussels in 1833. He studied in Brussels at the Royal Academy des Beaux-Arts and painted some artworks with Eugène Verboeckhoven (Belgium, 1798-1881). He received a 1st Class Medal at the Academy of Brussels and an honorable mention at the Paris Exhibition of 1860. In 1871 he moved to London with his family and remained there for life. He exhibited his work at the Royal Academy Exhibition until 1874 and at the Suffolk Street Gallery from 1878. In 1880 he took part in the Berlin Academy Exhibition. His daughter Octavia also became a painter, visited Italy, and showed her paintings at the Royal Academy from 1871 to 1874. Henri Campotosto died in London in 1910. High Sales: Christie's New York - Property from an American Collection, "The Bird's Nest" - Lot 247 on October 22, 2008, Sold for $37,500 Bonhams London - 19th Century European, Victorian and British Impressionist Art on 28 September 2016 - Lot 33 "Gathering flowers" Sold for £25,000 ($33,750 USD) Museums: The British Museum - Print of two girls and a lamb and print of two girls by a river bank Literature • E. Benezit Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs, et Graveurs by Librairie Gründ - 1976 Edition - Volume 2, Page 488. • Maurice W...
Category

19th Century Academic Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

HANDS UP
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Acrylic on canvas Shipped rolled in a tube
Category

2010s Post-Modern Animal Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

Daytime Watering Hole at Well in French Village 19th Century Oil Painting
Located in Stockholm, SE
This beautiful painting depicts a crowded scene of a watering hole at a well in the midst of a sunny, hot day, located on the street of a provincial village supposedly located somewh...
Category

Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

"Interior of a Stable" William Hart, Hudson River School Antique, Boy and Horse
Located in New York, NY
William M. Hart (1823 - 1894) Interior of a Stable Oil on canvas 17 x 12 inches Provenance William Macbeth Gallery, New York Mrs. Mabel Brady Garvan Collection Christie's New York, Sporting Art, November 28, 1995, Lot 116 Ann Carter Stonesifer, Maryland Estate of above Brunk Auctions, Asheville, North Carolina, January 27 2018, Lot 777 Exhibited New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Life in America, April 24 - October 29, 1939, no. 123, illustrated. New York, Macbeth Gallery, 1892: Sixtieth Anniversary Exhibition, April 1952, p. 5, no. 18. Literature Turner Reuter Jr, Animal and Sporting Artists in America, Middleburg, Virginia, 2008, p. 306. Gary Stiles, William Hart: Catalogue Raisonné and Artistic Biography, no. 1126, illustrated. It should be noted that the Francis Patrick Garvan and Mrs. Mabel Brady Garvan collection, of which this painting was a part of, was one of the foremost American Art collections and now makes up a large part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Yale University Art Gallery collections. Born in 1823 in Paisley, Scotland, William Hart emigrated with his parents to the United States at the age of nine and settled in Albany, New York. It was here that Hart first began his artistic training when he was placed under the tutelage of Messrs, Eaton & Gilbert, the prestigious coach-makers from Troy, New York. During this time, Hart learned how to decorate coach panels, covering them with either landscapes or figurative compositions. At the age of seventeen, he was eagerly contemplating an artist’s profession. Consequently, he left the mechanical trade of coach-making and began expanding his artistic pursuits to more refined endeavors. Hart followed coach-making with decorating window shades and later developed an interest in portraiture. Around 1840, he established his first formal studio in his father’s woodshed in Troy. There, he created many likenesses of individuals, affording him a nominal income. Once, he remarked that he felt prouder over his first fee of five dollars for painting a head then for the larger sums he would command later in his career. Nevertheless, his wages from portraits during this early period proved insufficient. Thus, he expanded into landscape painting, allowing him to barter his works or sell them for modest prices. In 1842, Hart moved to Michigan in an attempt to further his success; portraiture remained his primary means of support. Unfortunately, his experiences in the West were disappointing. Hart spent three years living a rough existence until he finally returned to Albany in 1845. Upon his return, he fully devoted himself to the art of landscape painting. Despite his failing health, he worked diligently to perfect his skill until 1849 when he traveled abroad to his native land of Scotland. This trip was made possible through the generosity of his patron and advisor, Dr. Ormsby of Albany. For three years, he studied in the open-air, creating brilliant sketches of the Scottish Highlands and the surrounding British Isles. Returning to Albany once more in 1852, Hart enjoyed improved health and was reinvigorated with purpose. The following year, he moved to New York and opened a studio, promoting himself as a specialist in landscape painting. Hart became a regular contributor to the National Academy of Design. His works received a great deal of attention from artists and connoisseurs alike, all of whom praised him for his fresh, self-taught style. In 1855, he was designated as an associate of the National Academy of Design; three years later he was elected to Academician. In 1865, he was unanimously chosen to be the first president of the Brooklyn Academy of Design. It was during his tenure there that he delivered his famous lecture The Field and Easel, which emphasized the distinguishing principles of landscape art in America. Hart argued that landscape painters should express the “look of the place” being depicted.Critics during the 1870s noted his sensitive balance between capturing a strict “real” interpretation of nature and that of a more “ideal” sentimental tone. For instance, in 1869, Putnam Magazine noted that Hart brought back “exquisite studies” of the surrounding Tappan...
Category

19th Century Hudson River School Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Flamingo Portrait of Lady of the Everglades
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
"Lady of the Everglades" by Frederick Stuart Church is a captivating portrait that combines the grace of a poised lady with the exotic beauty of flamingos, set against the lush backd...
Category

Early 20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"The Gift" Woman in Pink Dress Holding Grey Kitten
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "The Gift" is an original artwork by Katherine Fraser and is made of oil on canvas. This piece measures approximately 56”h x 58”w and is shipped in the pictured woo...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Hunt Slonem "Siddhas and Butterflies Play of Consciousness"
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Siddhas and Butterflies Play of Consciousness" Multicolor Faces and Butterflies Pink, yellow, blue and white butterflies and Siddha faces on a gold scored background Unf...
Category

Early 2000s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Recently Viewed

View All