Animal Paintings
2010s Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Panel
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Linen, Oil
19th Century Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Animal Paintings
Oil
2010s Realist Paintings
Oil, Panel
21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art Animal Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Impressionist Animal Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
Artist Mary Pratt paints two blue birds delicately perched on opposite branches. As they engage in their dance, their tail feathers serendipitously meet, crea...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil
2010s Abstract Animal Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
1860s Animal Paintings
Oil, Wood Panel
Early 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Oil
2010s Abstract Expressionist Interior Paintings
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Late 20th Century Impressionist Animal Paintings
Oil
Early 20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Panel
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Animal Paintings
Metal
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Canvas, Paint, Oil, Acrylic
Early 20th Century Realist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Realist Animal Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
A pair of little woodpeckers perch on opposite sides of a branch, busy probing the small holes they've made for fresh tree sap. The intricate features of their plumage and the textured bark create a striking contrast against the stark white background. Rendered in vibrant colors and fine detail, artist Emil Morhardt brings this charming scene to life.
About the Artist
Emil Morhardt is an acrylic painter from Santa Barbara, California who expresses his passion for birds through realistic acrylic paintings. He paints at home in a studio room that has large windows and a north-facing view of the mountains. He observes the animals from this window, watching roadrunners, foxes, bobcats, deer, and coyote run by. Surrounded by this wildlife, Emil paints bird portraits reminiscent of those by artist John James Audubon. He bases his paintings off hundreds of photographs he takes of birds in the wild and at wildlife recovery centers. Emil captures the freedom and inquisitiveness that birds display...
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Animal Paintings
Acrylic
Mid-17th Century Old Masters Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Mid-20th Century Animal Paintings
Gouache, Board
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Animal Paintings
Ink, Acrylic
2010s American Realist Animal Paintings
Oil, Panel
Early 2000s Modern Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Charcoal, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Late 19th Century Naturalistic Landscape Paintings
Oil, Panel
Late 20th Century Animal Paintings
Paint
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Linen, Oil
2010s Realist Paintings
Oil
1860s Victorian Figurative Paintings
Oil, Board
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Wood Panel
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Metal
2010s Romantic Figurative Paintings
Clay, Jute, Pigment
1890s Realist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Realist Animal Paintings
Oil, Board
1990s Realist Still-life Paintings
Paper, Watercolor
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
2010s Realist Animal Paintings
Oil
18th Century Landscape Paintings
Oil
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Canvas, Paint, Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Gold
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil, Panel
Early 20th Century Animal Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Acrylic, Panel
1990s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Acrylic, Wood Panel
2010s Impressionist Animal Paintings
Oil, Panel
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Linen, Oil
2010s Impressionist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Acrylic, Wood Panel
2010s Impressionist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1890s Animal Paintings
Gold Leaf
1890s English School Animal Paintings
Oil, Canvas
Early 19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Horse Paintings, Giraffe Paintings, Dog Paintings and Other Animal Paintings on 1stDibs
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Animal paintings depict the beauty and power of nature in an elegant way that can complement any room. Interacting with animals has long captured the imagination and has been interpreted in diverse artistic media.
Some of the oldest works of art have included animals, such as a cave painting found in Indonesia dating back more than 45,500 years that shows a wild pig in red ocher pigment. Animals have continued to appear in every era and style of art, from realism to Pop art and everything in between.
Some paintings portray animals in their natural habitat, highlighting the majesty of wild creatures roaming the plains, forests and jungles. These paintings often feature deer, tigers, wild mustangs, giraffes and other wildlife. Others focus on domestic animals such as dogs — pay a visit to the Museum of the Dog if you don’t believe us — as well as cats and how they interact with the world and their owners.
Picking the right animal painting for a room — as well as knowing how to arrange your new wall art — can take time. But, in the end, it will tastefully reflect your interests and passions. While an expansive landscape painting helps open up a small space, hanging a horse painting in a den shows a love for equine culture and can invite interesting conversation.
There is animal art to fit every collection on 1stDibs. Explore a wide selection of animal paintings and animal prints in a range of styles to match any home or office.
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