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Art Subject: Animal
Near the shop. 1987, pastel on cardboard, 67x79 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Near the shop. 1987, pastel on cardboard, 67x79 cm The artwork was published in the catalog - "Jānis Zemītis Glezniecība. Painting." Publisher: Al ...
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1980s Gothic Animal Paintings

Materials

Cardboard, Pastel

Investigation (bat fox bat oil painting surrealism figurative animal vintage)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In "Investigation I", banal, everyday things meet in this painting to create an unusual, strange, absurd and ironical situation derived by the disproportional scale size of things. keywords; surrealism, animals, bat, oil painting, earth tones, figurative painting, strangeness, contemporary surrealistic, unsettling, contemporary figurative painting, dreams, symbolic composition, giant bat...
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2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Antique Oil Painting, Dog Portrait, 19th Century, signed and dated.
Located in Berlin, DE
Decorative, antique oil painting, dog portrait, 19th century, signed and dated. Dimensions including frame.
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19th Century Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Running, István Szobota, Budapest 1911 – 1994 Sopron, Hungarian Painter
Located in Knokke, BE
Running Szobota István Budapest 1911 – 1994 Sopron Hungarian Painter Signature: Signed bottom left and dated '73 Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: ...
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20th Century Naturalistic Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Fantasy Animals - Acrylic Paint by C. Bissattini - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Fantasy Animals is an original contemporary artwork realized by Claudio Bissattini in 1980s. Mixed colored acrylic on canvas. Hand signed on the l...
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1980s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Animal Scene, oil on wood, signed lower left
Located in PARIS, FR
Louis Coignard, (September 4, 1812, Mayenne - November 20, 1880, Paris), French painter. He was the son of Élisabeth Sigoigne, youngest daughter of a large bourgeois family from Maye...
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Grey White Horse In a Loose Box, circa 1900 by Louis NADLER
Located in Blackwater, GB
Grey White Horse In a Loose Box, circa 1900 by Louis NADLER (19th Century British) 19th Century British portrait of a white / grey horse in a loose box, oil on panel. Excellent qua...
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19th Century Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

After the Rain Original Oil Painting with Hourse by Andrei Sitsko
Located in Zofingen, AG
“After the Rain” continues the paintings from the series “City Parks." Calm, balanced hues. Raindrops are scattered on the surface of the canvas like beads. Cobalt blue and its shade...
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2010s Art Deco Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Realist Leopard Portrait Wild Cat Painting from British Wildlife Tiger Artist
By Pip McGarry
Located in Preston, GB
Realist Leopard Portrait Wild Cat Painting from British Wildlife Tiger Artist. The vivid realism of the hairs & whiskers coupled with the intensity of the leopard's eyes make this pa...
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2010s Photorealist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Paint, Cotton Canvas

Leslie Peck, "Sunny Bunny", 10x10 Rabbit Portrait Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This piece, "Sunny Bunny", is a 10x10 oil painting on board by artist Leslie Peck featuring a beautiful rabbit sitting amongst lush green Grass. The rabbit faces away from the viewer...
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2010s Realist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Hummingbird Augury: Cobalt Blue Pastel Drawing on Handmade Paper w/ Gold Stars
Located in Hudson, NY
Hummingbird Augury (Circular Cobalt Blue Pastel Drawing of Golden Hummingbird and Stars on Indian Handmade Cotton Paper by Kahn & Selesnick) 11 inch diameter unframed pastel, conte c...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Crayon, Pastel, Handmade Paper, Graphite

19th Century sporting oil painting of a Highland pony with dogs & game
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
George William Horlor British, (1820-1899) The Day’s Bag Oil on canvas, signed & dated 1895 Image size: 17.5 inches x 23.5 inches Size including frame: 28 inches x 34 inches A won...
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19th Century Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"The Uninvited Entertainer" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Claudia Griesbach- Martucci's "The Uninvited Entertainer" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a white swan and a mask wearing fox in t...
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2010s Realist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Mallard Ducks in Pond with Lily Pads, Horizontal Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Brightly colored and crisply detailed painting of a group of mallard ducks resting on stones on a calm lake, their dappled reflections beautifully rendered on the electric blue water...
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Late 20th Century Realist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Cavalry review of the 2nd Lancers regiment
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
Georges HYON (Paris 1840 – Saint Germain en Laye 1913) Cavalry review of the 2nd Lancers regiment Oil on canvas H. 115 cm; W. 146.5 cm Signed lower left A student of Portalis, Georg...
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1870s French School Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mrs. Goodshoe Takes a Holiday, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A slow-moving sea turtle swims with determination, balancing a cupcake on its head. It evokes feelings of solitude, peace, and joy. The artwork, painted over ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Baddie (coyote, man, wild animal, americana, surrealist painting, nature, field)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
This surrealistic painting on canvas titled "Baddie" by Rudolf Kosow is an enthralling visual narrative that masterfully weaves together three essential elements: man, animal, and na...
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2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

From the Deep Blue
Located in Indianapolis, IN
A beautiful trompe l'oeil painting.
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2010s Photorealist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

A Wolf
Located in New York, NY
Provenance: The Marchesi Strozzi, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence Sale, Christie’s, London, May 20, 1993, lot 315, as by Carl Borromaus Andreas Ruthart...
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17th Century Old Masters Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paper, Oil

Moon Butterflies by Guy Allen
Located in Coltishall, GB
A rabble of butterflies Guy Allen’s etchings inspired by the fauna of Norfolk have a remarkable level of detail. His etchings capture the character and spirit of his subjects. Sig...
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21st Century and Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Paper, Etching

Listen, Shell, oil painting on copper, Style of Realism, Florence, Sound of Sea
Located in Houston, TX
Listen is inspired by the moment you put your ear to a shell and hear the sound f the sea. If you are silent and close your eyes and believe, you may hear it. The Painting is experi...
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2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Copper

The Guardian
Located in THOMERY, FR
The Guardian is part of Linda Clerget’s Biostellaires series, a body of work exploring the intersection of the natural world and the cosmic. In this painting, a luminous lion stands ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Ink, Acrylic

The Calf, Chilean Artist, Livestock, Landscape, Emerging Artist 24 x 31 oil
Located in Houston, TX
The Calf is an oil painting by Chilean artist Viviana Ovando. At this time it can be rolled and shipped. Waiting to be picked up by framer. Viviana Ovando Cid Visual Artist and Painter. She studied Visual Arts at the University of Chile and specialized as a Painter at the Martín Soria Academy of Fine Arts. Awarded by the Chilean-Japanese Cultural Institute and the National Society of Fine Arts. Viviana has participated constantly in group and individual exhibitions nationwide, Thanks to her constant concern she handles different painting techniques, from those coined by the Classic Academy to digital techniques, participating in 2D and 3D animation projects, exploring new representation techniques. Who are your biggest influences? Are you inspired by the work of your colleagues or someone else in particular? Antonio López, Goya, Rembrandt, Velásquez, Sorolla, Caravaggio, Franz Marc, Muñoz Vera, Sergio Castillo...
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2010s Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Terrier Portrait - 19th Century Antique English Oil on Board Dog Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful late 19th century English oil on canvas portrait of a black and white terrier wearing a leather collar. Excellent quality and finely detailed head study of the well groo...
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Late 19th Century Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Pink Flamingos in Lakeland British Mid 20th Century Impressionist Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pink Flamingo's Frank Duffield (British, 1908-1982) original watercolor painting on thick artist paper, unframed size: 10.5 x 11.5 inches condition: overall very good, minor wear to the edges as is normal for an unframed work, minor staining from age/ light to the surface provenance: from a large private collection of this artists work in the UK The artist: Born in Warwick in 1901, Duffield came to Bristol at the age of 23 as an artist at the studio of Mardon Son and Hall. He worked as an illustrator producing designs for cigarette cards, remaining with the company for 37 years until his retirement. He was elected an Artist Member of the Bristol Savages in 1946. He was an extremely keen and regular attender not only in the studio but at all other Savage functions. He was noted for his friendly demeanour and seldom seen without a pipe in his mouth. He was a good pianist and would play popular tunes after the Wednesday evenings’ entertainment for members to join in singing and always with his pipe in his mouth. In 1965 he was commissioned by the Gloucester Regiment to paint a portrait of Brigadier Manley Angell James, VC, DSO, MBE, MC, a Bristol man who won his VC during the first World War. The painting is now in the Imperial War Museum. Frank was made a Life Member in 1973 and died in 1982. Frank Duffiled was a member of the artist group, known as "The Bristol Savages": Founded in 1894 by Ernest Ehlers, he invited his fellow Bristol based artists to spend a friendly evening in his studio to work and talk. At first, meetings were held in their private studios, then as their numbers grew, in rented premises. By 1904 this led to the official founding of the Bristol Savages and the holding ever since, of similar weekly meetings between October and May each year. In 1905 the first exhibition of paintings was held at the premises of George Nichols & Co., an auctioneer in Broad Street, Bristol. During the next 14 years exhibitions were held annually in Bristol and their first permanent home was Brandon Cottage which was made available to them through the good offices of fellow member James Fuller Eberle. When the Red Lodge...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

"Harbinger, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Che Leviathan (US based) "Harbinger" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts an Appaloosa horse's white face and Black and White speckled coat...
Category

2010s Realist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Raspberry tea oil/canvas, 40x50 cm, 2024
Located in Riga, LV
Igor Maikov (1966) Education: 1981 - 1984 The Art Academy of Latvia 1973 - 1983 Salaspils Primary and Secondary School Exhibitions: 1994 - Group Exhibition «Rol-Art», Latvia ...
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2010s Realist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

A portrait of a black and white spaniel dog in a sumptuous interior
Located in Bath, Somerset
A black and white spaniel standing on a yellow silk damask covered day-bed in a sumptuous interior. Provenance: With Arthur Ackermann & Son Ltd., London. Anonymous sale; Christie's, South Kensington, 15 May 2007, lot 284 Private collection, London Samuel John Carter...
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1870s English School Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait Of A Brown & White Setter, 18th Century
By Sawrey Gilpin
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of A Brown & White Setter, 18th Century attributed to Sawrey GILPIN (1733-1807) Large 18th Century portrait of a Brown & White Setter in a landscape, oil on canvas. Excel...
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18th Century Animal Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Zhao Wang Surrealist Original Oil Painting "Running"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Running Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 8 x 8 inches Frame: Framing options available! Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition. Note: This painting is unstretched Year: 2000 Circa Artist: Zhao Wang...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait Of A Maltese Terrier, 19th Century circle of George EARL (1824-1908)
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait Of A Maltese Terrier, 19th Century circle of George EARL (1824-1908) Large 19th Century portrait of a Maltese Terrier dog on a red cushion, oil on canvas. Excellent qualit...
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19th Century Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Lion
Located in Paris, FR
MONTBARD (Active XIX-XXth c.) "The Lion" Oil on canvas Painting: 78 x 62 cm Framed: 93 x 78 cm
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1880s Academic Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Sporting painting of a detailed close up of English Pointer pointing at a bird
Located in Charleston, US
This elegant sporting painting "Catch The Scent" by Beth de Loiselle is a detailed close up of an English Pointer pointing at a bird while on the hunt....
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2010s Realist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Pondering Realist, Light/ Shadow Oil Painting 20"x16" Landscape Cattle
Located in Houston, TX
Pondering Realist, Light/ Shadow Oil Painting 20"x16" Landscape Cattle . The eighth painting shows how the painting will be after a professional photo by 2/14.. The next is the f...
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2010s American Realist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Surrealist Large Painting Royal College Art LGBTQ+ Female Blue Birds Paradise
Located in Norfolk, GB
Isabel Rock is a creator of contemporary fairy tales. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work is an explosion of strange occurrences while a surreal narrative takes the audience on a journey into the imagination. In October 2023 Isabel won the Evelyn Williams Drawing Award at the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize. Known as the UK’s most prestigious annual open exhibition for drawing; part of the prize is a solo show at Hastings Contemporary, scheduled for 2024. Whilst Isabel always has a tale to tell for each of her images, you may or may not choose to go on the journey with her or you may indeed have a different story, one of your own that jumps off the page at you, that that you decide to follow. Artwork Details: Paradise Island, 148x111.5cm, ink, acrylic paint and mixed media on paper, 2013 Artwork Provenance: from the Artist Studio photo credits, Isabel working, black and white shots, James Brown In Isabel's own words: Paradise island It truly was paradise on paradise island. No plastic bottles touched these shores, no human hand had exploited the rich minerals and resources of the land, no complicated administrative tasks affected the residents. The birdmen who lived there were united in one common purpose, and that was to wait for The Egg. They waited day and night in a fever of excitement, hours and days and sometimes weeks went past and they did not grow weary, this only increased their anticipation. They stretched their arms to the sky and called for The Egg to bless them by falling. Deep in the hearts of the birdmen was a thing never spoken of and rarely even aknowledged to themselves, a common secret, that when The Egg actually fell it was not as good as the anticipation of it. *Please note we are happy to ship this work rolled in an art tube. Whilst the work is on heavy duty art paper and mixed media, the artist is happy that the painting will be fine rolled in a tube. This is a more cost effective and environmentally sound method of shipping. Shipping via this method is free. About Isabel Rock and her work: Taking inspiration from Japanese woodblock prints and Indian miniature painting Rock has developed a unique collage technique that combines bold structures with large-scale woodblock prints and intricate detailing. The subject is a grand mixture of humour, drama, hidden morals, fanciful characters, modern culture, mythical beings and fantastical situations. Rock creates a world that pulls you in and demands your attention. Quality of line is paramount, the drawings are created using a dipping pen and acrylic ink. An essential tool is a squirrel’s hair brush that gives incredible fine lines and was purchased on her travels in India. Born in Hammersmith, London in 1981, Rock knew her destiny was to be an artist. Studying Fine Art Printmaking at The University of Brighton and graduating with First Class Honours in 2004 she went on to do a Masters Degree at The Royal College of Art in London, continuing her studies in printmaking and drawing, graduating in 2008. Her first solo show at Bearspace Gallery in Deptford, London in April 2009 sold out and was the beginning of a career that continues to rise. Rock participated in the first ever India Art Fair represented by Art 1821...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paint, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Pen

"Sparkling Violetear", Rainbow color realist bird painting, oil and gold leaf
Located in Dallas, TX
"Sparkling Violetear" is a stunning painting depicting a vibrant kaleidoscope color bird perched on a tree branch. Half the canvas is gold and the other white, a beautiful & contempo...
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2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

Portrait of a King Charles Spaniel, 18th Century CIRLCE OF George STUBBS
By George Stubbs
Located in Blackwater, GB
Portrait of a King Charles Spaniel, 18th Century CIRLCE OF George STUBBS (1724-1806) Large 18th Century English School portrait of a King Charles Spaniel, oil on canvas. Excellent ...
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19th Century Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Aurum 17 - contemporary, birds, flowers, gold, geometric, hummingbird
Located in London, GB
The collaboration between Keng Wai Lee and Marco Araldi is based on the contrast between the techniques used. Marco uses ink pen and gold...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Ink, Acrylic

Encounter - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting of an Koi Pond on Mulberry Paper
Located in Chicago, IL
In Japan, they are known as Nishikigoi, or living jewels. These brilliantly colored varieties of the Amur carp have been selectively bred by family owned fisheries for generations. W...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil

Breakfast With Bird Contemporary Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
This still life plays with the juxtaposition of exterior and interior space, between still and kinetic life. Oil on canvas
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Who are cats
Located in Zofingen, AG
The work "Who ar cats" is an original painting. The artwork is painted with oil paints on canvas 60x60 cm. The work is ready to hang. The artwork is signed, dated and titled. Origin...
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2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Serengeti Zebras Dr. #1
Located in Bozeman, MT
Waddell's paintings are a combination of rough marks, thick paint, transparent elegant strokes, and, on a few occasions a slow, hard line scratched into the canvas. You can feel the ...
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2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Oil

Mid 20th Century Oil - Cob in a Landscape
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming naive study of a cob with white socks and a stripe in a grassy landscape. Unsigned. presented in a wooden frame. On board.
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20th Century Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Family of Chickens, signed French Modernist Oil Painting, Beautiful colors
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: signed Guy Benard, French contemporary Title: 'Basse Coure' Medium: oil on canvas, unframed and inscribed verso Canvas: 18.5 x 21.5 inc...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Summer Charolias Dr. #1
Located in Bozeman, MT
Waddell's paintings are a combination of rough marks, thick paint, transparent elegant strokes, and, on a few occasions a slow, hard line scratched into the canvas. You can feel the ...
Category

1990s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic

19th Century landscape oil painting of sheep on a clifftop near Herne Bay, Kent
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
William Sidney Cooper British, (1854-1927) Near Herne Bay, Kent Oil on canvas, signed & dated 1923, inscribed in pencil on stretcher Image size: 19.5 inches x 29.5 inches Size inclu...
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Early 20th Century Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Quirky Quack" Fluffy duckling waddling to the foreground
Located in Edgartown, MA
“I am inspired by the simple everyday interaction of the animals in their environment: the way the light dances across the form, the harmony of color relationships and the shapes of ...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

“The Bird”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original acrylic paint on canvas of a large bird at rest by the Russian/American artist, Nahum Tschacbasov. Signed lower right and dated 1980. Artist inventory label upper right on ...
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Cow and Chickens in Stable /// Thomas Sidney Cooper British Farm Animal Painting
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Thomas Sidney Cooper (English, 1803-1902) Title: "Cow and Chickens in Stable" *Signed and dated by Cooper lower left Year: 1871 Medium: Original Oil Painting on Wood Panel Fr...
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1870s Victorian Animal Paintings

Materials

Paint, Oil, Panel, Wood Panel, Board, Wood

"Noah's Ark", Monkeys in Trees w. Crocodiles, Richard DeTreville 1924 San Mateo
By Richard DeTreville
Located in Soquel, CA
"Noah's Ark", Monkeys in Trees w. Crocodiles, Richard DeTreville 1924 San Mateo A lively, large-scale vertical painting of Macaques monkeys in the trees abo...
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1920s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Linen

Maternal Instinct, Painted in 1992
Located in London, GB
Image dimensions: 38cm x 61cm Framed dimensions: 52.5cm x 75.5cm Signed lower right. A wonderful, original oil painting by prolific wildlife artist David Shepherd. David Shepherd...
Category

20th Century Realist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Rosemary on Deep Blue and Flowers, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
During chilly weather, Rosemary often sits by a warm radiator in artist Jessica JH Roller's studio, observing falling leaves and busy squirrels outside. The room boasts a cluster of houseplants in various containers, alongside Jessica's nearby easel. One Wednesday morning, Jessica found inspiration from both Rosemary and a specific ceramic pot.


About the Artist
Artist Jessica JH Roller paints whimsical and playful compositions of animals and people, marked by bold colors and primitivist linework. She distills a scene into a few simple shapes, using color to create contrast and vibrancy, often choosing palettes that reflect pop culture. "My adopted kittens, Tony and Larry, opened my eyes and unleashed the artist inside me," shares Jessica. "After, I started to notice birds, trees, color, everything." Jessica brings to life her dynamic creations in the comfort of her studio in her century-old home. She enjoys listening to music and audiobooks while painting with her 18-year-old acrylic-covered easel. When not painting, Jessica cherishes time with her family and five cats, teaches yoga, and enjoys cycling along the river.


Words that describe this painting: cat, folk...

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21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Animal Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Large Contemporary Equestrian Oil Painting. Horse Painting 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

The Think Piece, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Stacked like rocks on the shore, artist Diane Flick plays with scale, color, texture, and joyful imagery—creating a quirky, awkward, and jovial childlike ba...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Wishful
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 Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

"Féith", Oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Lindsey Kustusch’s (US based) "Féith" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a Great blue Heron bird perched on a fountains with red floral designs in the background. A...
Category

2010s Photorealist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Study of the Head of a Moorhen
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Watercolour on paper Paper size: 4 x 5 inches Framed size: 19 x 19.75 inches PROVENANCE A gift from Joseph Mallord William Turner to Miss Amelia Hawksworth (later Mrs Hotham), niece of Walter Fawkes. The watercolour descended through the ownership of Amelia Hawksworth, daughter of Francis Fawkes ( Walter Fawkes's brother) who was the main compiler of the Ornithological Collection (Miss Hawksworth owned five other bird studies by Turner). Private collection, London LITERATURE: For similar works by J M W Turner see Anne Lyles, The Tate catalogue for the exhibition 'Turner and Natural History, The Farnley Project', 1988. The present watercolour was drawn circa 1815-1820 for Walter Fawkes of Farnley Hall, for his Ornithological Collection Volume IV. Between 1808 and 1824, Turner visited Farnley Hall in Yorkshire to stay with the Fawkes family. Turner felt at home at Farnley - the Fawkes daughters reminded him of his own. He helped illustrate a five volume ornithological scrap book for the Fawkes children, making watercolour studies of the birds for the children to stick in opposite the pages on which feathers from similar birds were attached. His bird portraits were most effective, most "life-like", when in fact the bird was dead ! His watercolours of a live robin and goldfinch have a more hesitant touch. At this time Turner enjoyed the patronage first of Edward Lascelles, the heir to Harewood, and after 1808, of the radical landlord Walter Fawkes of Farnley Hall, near Otley. He became a close friend of the Fawkes family with whom he stayed for most summers until 1824. The last owner of Old Farnley Hall was Francis Fawkes, a rich widower with no direct heirs. When Francis Fawkes died in 1786 he left the house to Walter Beaumont Hawksworth of Hawksworth Hall, on condition that Hawksworth adopt the Fawkes name by Royal Licence. Walter Fawkes brought in architect John Carr of York to make extensions to the house, but he died before the work was completed, and Farnley Hall was passed on to his son, also called Walter who also took the Fawkes name and was known as Walter Ramsden Fawkes. It was this Walter who was a great friend of J M W Turner. Anne Lyles has confirmed the attribution and writes: "Everything fits in relation to the style of the watercolour and most especially the provenance - in the Turner and Natural History exhibition catalogue of 1988 we know that Amelia Hawksworth (Mrs Hotham) owned three studies of birds' heads by J M W Turner (previously with the Maas Gallery, and numbers 36, 37 and 61 in that catalogue) as well as two studies of dead game by the artist (catalogue numbers 59 and 63, the latter untraced in 1988). Interestingly, catalogue numbers 36 and 37 (the Merganser and the Smew) seem also originally to have been intended for Volume IV of the Ornithological Collection - it is likely that the "Study of the Head of a Moorhen...
Category

19th Century Animal Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

The Mudders, original 15x30 contemporary equestrian landscape
Located in Spring Lake, NJ
And the race is on! The mudders are running full throttle through the mud drenched race track in hopes of achieving glory! The jockeys are mounted--perched-- with heels down, lifted off of the horses backs and they seek to gain advantage. This contemporary equestrian landscape is packed with excitement and elegance, painted by professional portrait artist Joseph Sundwall of New York. Sundwall grew up in Chicago where his artistic talents were recognized early on. He studied his trade at the Kansas City Art Institute, the famed Art Students League and National Academy of Design in NYC followed by added training in London at the St. Oswald Studios. He developed an exceptional ability to create figurative compositions as well as portraiture to significant acclaim having refined his techniques with famed portrait artist Everett Raymond Kinstler...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

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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