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Art Subject: Animal
Au Sable Eagle - Photorealistic Portrait of a Female Bald Eagle, Framed
Located in Chicago, IL
Traditional portrait painting takes a twist when the subject is a majestic bald eagle. Artist Rick Pas delivers an extraordinarily realistic detailed portrait that almost feels tang...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Animal Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Panel

Hermit Crab on the Sand in Acrylic on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Hermit Crab on the Sand in Acrylic on Paper Vibrant "portrait" of a hermit crab by Federico Leon de la Vega (Mexican, 20th Century). Signed "Leon de la Vega" in the lower right co...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Zhenpeng Zhou Figurative Original Oil Painting "Horse Series 7"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Horse Series 7 Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 31 x 23 inches Frame: Framing options available! Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition. Year: 2000 Ci...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Orange Buttefly - Oil Painting by Elena Mardashova - 2020
Located in Roma, IT
Oil painting on canvas by Elena Mardashova, 100x40 cm. , realized in 2020. Excellent condition.
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Minding My Mind, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Robin Okun paints a sensitive and evocative modernist figure in subtle variations of warm blue. A contemplative woman in the nude, sitting with her leg...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

"Bantam Rooster w/Hen and Chick" by Matthieu Theeuwes van Ginneken (1811-1888)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
"Bantam Rooster w/Hen and Chick" Matthieu Theeuwes van Ginneken (1811-1888) Oil on canvas mounted on wood panel 11 x 9 1/2 (18 x 16 1/2 x 3 inches frame) inches Matthieu Theeuwes v...
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1860s Realist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Wood Panel

Japanese Contemporary Art by Teppei Ikehila - Fujiya Hotel
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas Teppei Ikehila is a Japanese artist born in 1978 who lives & works in Tokyo, Japan. He is graduated from Shimane University in 2001. Since 2000, he has held many private exhibitions at the Shimane Art Museum, Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery for project N, and H.P France...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Kiss the Sky
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

Dog at the sea, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Dog at the sea. Alla prima oil painting with few final tuches when dry. Beach Paintings always inspire thoughts of holidays, long walks, warm breezes and relaxation. beach and ocean ...
Category

2010s Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Black Butterfly, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
This painting is of a black swallowtail butterfly. The butterfly is painted larger than life to show all of the detail. It has a mystical quality as the butterfly seems to float above the garden with a few stars beginning to appear on a lavender sky.


About the Artist
Kira Yustak paints fantastical scenes that come from her childhood memories, dreams, and the natural world. Each piece feels like part of a larger narrative of an alternative reality, rendered in a style she describes as comic realism. She feels art must trigger something inside the viewer’s soul.Kira currently lives in New Jersey and finds inspiration in the work of Lowbrow, Folk, and Surrealist artists.


Words that describe this painting: butterfly, insect, garden, stars, wings, animals, representational, acrylic painting, purple


Black Butterfly...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

"Dapple Grey Horse" Large Painting
Located in San Antonio, TX
Eric Harrison (Born 1971 ) Texas Hill Country Artist Image Size: 34 x 48 Frame Size: 44 x 58 Medium: Acrylic "Dapple Grey Horse" Bio “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.” -Henry D. Thoreau Eric Harrison-born 1971 in San Antonio, Texas. In 1995 he married Kim Marie, and together they have two sons, Noah and Ethan. The Harrison’s reside in the hill country west of Blanco, Texas. Currently painting in a language resonant with other Texas artists such as Robert and Julian Onderdonk, Robert Wood, Porfirio Salinas, Dawson Dawson-Watson, and Robert Harrison; with an affinity toward the work of California painter William Wendt. Paul Cezanne and many of the post impressionists. Exhibitions and collections of his work include: The United States Embassy in Togo, Africa The University of Texas at San Antonio The Buckhorn Museum San Antonio Best of the Best Art Show Salado, Texas Texas Lanscape Show The Nave Museum, Victoria Texas The Harrisons, “A Family of Texas Painters” Charles Morin Fine Art...
Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Archie
Located in Dallas, TX
Vera Barnett is best known for creating elements of her composition—by sewing and painting plastic, building objects with cardboard and tape, and assembling found objects—then settin...
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

White Palm - Contemporary Minimalist Still Life Painting of Shell in Grey + Pink
Located in Kingsclere, GB
David Pearce is a British painter. After travelling widely throughout the 1980s, Pearce returned to settle and work near Padstow in Cornwall. As a self-taught artist, he sought insp...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Portrait of a Shepherd dog, oil painting on canvas early 20th c.
Located in Gavere, BE
Portrait of a Shepherd dog, oil painting on canvas early 20th c. Extra info about the painting : Title: Portrait of a Shepherd dog Materials : oil on canvas Signature: bottom le...
Category

1920s Other Art Style Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Robert Charles Watson (British, 1857-1923) Highlands Cattle Landscape
By Charles Watson
Located in San Francisco, CA
Robert Charles Watson (British, 1857-1923) Beautifully executed highlands landscape w/cattle Oil on canvas mounted on Masonite Signed and dated lower right; 1900 Painting: 7 3/4"...
Category

Early 1900s Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

The Goldfinch - Oil Painting by Enotrio Pugliese - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The goldfinch is an modern artwork realized by the artist Enotrio in the half of 20th Century. Mixed colored oil on masonite Hand signed on the lower m...
Category

Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Red Koi 1 "-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 celebrat...
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Wood, Spray Paint

Long Wild Cat Acrylic on Canvas Painting by Lucie Sheridan, 2022
Located in Deddington, GB
Long Wild Cat by Lucie Sheridan [2022] Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look Lucie Sheridan is an illustrator and print maker, her works are available with Wychwood Art. She creates her work within her studio at Centrespace located in central Bristol, England, which is a long standing co...
Category

2010s Abstract Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Stag Materializing, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Stag Materializing is an oil painting of a red deer stag painted in a semi abstract style and in vibrant rainbow colours. It is 40x40x1.5 inches. The painting is multilayered and mul...
Category

2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Oil

Rainy Days are for fries
Located in Boston, MA
As we navigating our daily lives, we must face thoughts, anxieties, joys and emotions from all three of these tenses, and often at the same time. Seemingly opposite emotions -- lust...
Category

2010s Animal Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Wax, Oil

Hoopoe bird
Located in Zofingen, AG
In painting this hoopoe, I poured my fascination for nature's intricate designs into every stroke of oil paint. With a blend of realism and expressionism, I sought to capture not jus...
Category

2010s Expressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

Songbird in Snowy Landscape, Winter Bird, Danish?, J Brady, signed and dated
Located in Greven, DE
Danish Painter School J Beney? J. Brady? signed and dated lower left 1868 Songbird in a snowy underground
Category

19th Century Naturalistic Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Maggie
Located in Santa Fe, NM
My paintings are glimpses into my perception of life along the coast of Maine and the high desert of Taos, N.M. Using rich color and employing the dramatic light of the coast and...
Category

2010s Animal Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

Detailed sporting landscape of a black Labrador Retriever dog, rifle and geese
Located in Charleston, US
Beth de Loiselle's "A Good Days Catch" a beautifully detailed sporting landscape of a black Labrador Retriever dog, geese and rifle. The Labrador Retriever is American's most popular...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Leslie Peck, "On the Hunt", Fox Hunting Landscape Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
"On the Hunt", is a 24x36 oil painting on board by artist Leslie Peck featuring a fox hunt scene of horses and hound dogs crossing a stream, following the ...
Category

2010s Realist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Knock on Wood. The orange bird.
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
"Knock on Wood". oil on canvas board. Painting size is 11.25 x7 inches. Signed lower right. Certificate of authenticity is available.
Category

2010s Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Contemporary Minimalist Naïve Animal Oil Painting - Old English Longhorn
Located in Bristol, GB
OLD ENGLISH LONGHORN Size: 30.5 x 30.5 cm (including frame) Oil on panel A small and engaging animal composition , painted in a naïve style in oil onto panel, by British artist Mat...
Category

2010s Modern Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Horse Sketch #2, Painting, Oil on Wood Panel
Located in Yardley, PA
original oil on panel paint in contemporary impressionism style :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Oil

Blue Night Crab. Beautiful and Elegant Ocean Watercolor Art Work
Located in Mexico City, MX
The two artists and industrial designers, Ampi Arozarena and Elena De La Fuente describe form and color as their core of exploration. They admire the dual identity the two elements create in their works of art. They are driven by the optical and physical sensation materials become on their unique canvasses. This artwork´s unique and neutral colors make it easy to blend perfectly well in any surrounding. Be sure to look for the other 23 outstanding ocean animal paintings...
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

Ray Simonini "Shucked" 8x10 Oyster Shell Impressionist Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This painting by artist Ray Simonini titled "Shucked" is a 8x10 nautical oil painting on canvas featuring a close-up of an oyster shell against a calm soft grey and cool vibrant blue...
Category

2010s Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Dalmatian, large contemporary minimal portrait of a dog in black ink on paper
Located in Charleston, US
This stunning large ink painting of a Dalmatian dog, is a contemporary minimal portrait in black ink on Fabriano 300gsm paper. Ian Mason's portrai...
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21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Animal Paintings

Materials

Ink, Acrylic

Twin Calves, San Rafael looking to Mt. Tamalpais -Turn of the Century Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Twin Calves, San Rafael looking to Mt. Tamalpais -Turn of the Century Landscape by Gordon Harrower Coutts Charming and significant turn of the century landscape painting of two calv...
Category

Late 19th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Running Wild Horse Head & Mane Flowing in the Wind Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Wild Mane by William Joseph Verdult (Dutch, 1939-2016) signed oil painting on canvas, framed framed: 19 x 23 inches canvas: 16 x 20 inches condition: very good provenance: private co...
Category

Late 20th Century Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Striking large white horse on black background photoreal portrait 30 x 40
Located in Charleston, US
"Ghost" is a photoreal portrait of a white horse in his dark barn in the South of France. The equine painting stuns the viewer with the drama o...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Big Mack Attack - Striped Bass Eating a Mackerel, Watercolor on Mulberry Paper
Located in Chicago, IL
A large striped bass is about to devour two small mackerel in Jeff Conroy's watercolor entitled "Big Mack Attack". The fish are painted with the preci...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Sweet Nectar, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A single hummingbird hovers gracefully beside vivid red blooms, captured in a quiet moment of stillness and beauty. The soft beige arch draws the eye inward, of...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Early 20th century English portrait oil of a Falcon hunting bird in a landscape.
Located in Woodbury, CT
Early 20th century English portrait oil of a Falcon hunting bird in a landscape. George Anderson Short was an English painter of Animal, Hunting...
Category

1920s Victorian Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

The Fox and the Lion
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist Artist Statement "I drew and painted a series of Aesop's Fables that featured foxes. This was one of my favorites." —Wil...
Category

2010s Realist Animal Paintings

Materials

Ink, Watercolor, Board

"Driving Lines" (2019) By Lindsey Bittner Graham, Original Oil Animal Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Driving Lines" (2019) by Lindsey Bittner Graham is an original handmade oil painting that depicts a horse drawn carriage in a cityscape. This Painting measures at 22.75 x 24.75 inch...
Category

2010s Realist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Deconstructed
Located in Bozeman, MT
This whimsically tall painting is a portrait of a black bear. There is a golden blue sky with clouds behind the bear's head. "Deconstructed" is hand written on the light gold frame. The painting is done in oils, and the frame is included with the painting. Biography Robert McCauley was born and raised in Mt. Vernon, Washington. He graduated from Western Washington University in 1969, and received his Master of Fine Arts Degree from Washington State University in 1972. Throughout his career, McCauley has earned many prestigious awards including a Fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts in 1982 and the Illinois Arts Council in 1999. McCauley also enjoyed a long and distinguished career as professor and Chairman of the Art Department at Rockford College in Illinois. Robert McCauley has created a mode of realism that is haunting and full of ambiguity. His distinctive animals manage to seem literal and symbolic at the same time, the viewer is suspended between these realms. Wild Life "We are losing our relationship with Nature. I aspire to re-tether some of the connections." -Robert McCauley Robert McCauley is an important 21st century American artist, and history will remember him as such. But in order to understand why, we first must consider where he is from and how he got here. A little less than a decade ago, McCauley was featured at a major exhibition in Chicago and he was quoted as saying then, "I think you spend all your life trying to find the right form for the content you have within you." Urban, Midwestern visitors who viewed the show were enthralled. Make no mistake about the source of McCauley's inner content: He is a product of America's greatest forest-the mighty aboriginal stands of fir, spruce, cedar and redwoods growing in the Pacific Northwest. Those skyscraping canopies once reservoired a breathtaking array of ecological richness and diversity, from streams choked with spawning salmon to massive grizzliesl wapiti and deer haunting the understories, raptors screeching through the misty, arboreal heavens, and the loom of an ever-present ocean. As the totem poles and amulets of native peoples attest, the life forces of nature there are planted indelibly into the human psyche. Robert McCauley's too. When I think of where McCauley fits into American art, as a contemporary painter, sculptor and naturalistic interpreter, I place him in the same philosophical tribe as Walton Ford, Alexis Rockman, Annie Coe...
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Gardens of Delight 33 - Figurative acrylic painting Animals Bright colours Birds
Located in Warsaw, PL
Magdalena Nałęcz (b. 1970) She graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow in 1995. She received numerous scholarships and prizes: in 1997 the scholarship of the city of Cracow...
Category

2010s Other Art Style Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Wild Boars in Winter Forest, István Szobota, Budapest 1911 – 1994 Sopron
Located in Knokke, BE
Wild Boars in Winter Forest Szobota István Budapest 1911 – 1994 Sopron Hungarian Painter Signature: Signed bottom left and dated 1973 Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: Image size 6...
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20th Century Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Cows in a Landscape"
Located in Southampton, NY
Oil on board painting of cows in a landscape by the American artist, James Fairman. Signed lower right. In good condition; overall fram...
Category

1870s Academic Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Portrait of a Pekingese dog, oil painting on canvas by A. Schrotter 20th c.
Located in Gavere, BE
Portrait of a Pekingese dog, oil painting on canvas by A. Schrotter 20th c. History of the Pekingese do breed : The Pekingese (also known as the Lion Dog, Peking Lion Dog, Pelchie Dog, or Peke) is an ancient breed of toy dog, originating in China. They are called Lion Dogs due to their resemblance to Chinese guardian lions (the Shih Tzu is also known as a Lion Dog in Chinese).The breed was favored by royalty of the Chinese Imperial court as both a lap dog...
Category

1920s Other Art Style Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Paw Prince III (Full Body), 2021
Located in Greenwich, CT
Paw Prince III is an acrylic on canvas painting by Robert Deyber, signed 'DEYBER' lower right and framed in a contemporary, black wood moulding.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Leaping Marlin
Located in Edgartown, MA
This striking oil painting, "Leaping Marlin" c. 1937, by renowned marine artist William Goadby Lawrence, captures the power and elegance of its subject. Signed and dated “W Goadby La...
Category

Early 20th Century Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Tortoise
Located in New York, NY
Signed, titled, and dated, verso Acrylic on canvas Contact gallery for price. This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Pointer, contemporary minimal dog portrait black and white acrylic on canvas
Located in Charleston, US
German Shorthair Pointer, contemporary minimal dog portrait black and white acrylic on canvas. England's Ian Mason's portraits of dogs are v...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Animal Paintings

Materials

Ink, Acrylic

Encounters II
Located in Bozeman, MT
When I think of where McCauley fits into American art, as a contemporary painter, sculptor and naturalistic interpreter, I place him in the same philosophical tribe as Walton Ford, A...
Category

2010s American Modern Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Wood Panel

Horse II, Pastel on Sand Paper, by Sunil Das "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sunil Das - Old Horse 11 x 9 inches (unframed size) 18 x 16 ( Expected framed size) Pastel on Sand Paper Circa, 1958 ( Delivered framed ) A very old unique and rare work by the M...
Category

1650s Modern Animal Paintings

Materials

Paper, Pastel

17th Century Oil Painting of a Dog at Play
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Absolutely charming, original, circa 1650, Italian, oil on canvas painting of a puppy at play with a crimson ball.  Canvas size: 14.75 in. high x 18.25 in. wide.
Category

Mid-17th Century Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Dynamic sporting outdoor landscape of Springer Spaniels flushing Quail, framed
Located in Charleston, US
This dynamic sporting landscape in earth tones with Springer Spaniels flushing quail, "Close Flush 2", by Beth Carlson is an example of her action paintings. Beth Carlson's detaile...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Hunting dogs and a deer, British oil painting Richard ANSDELL 19Th c
Located in Gavere, BE
Hunting dogs and a deer, British oil painting Richard ANSDELL 19Th c Description Title: End of the run Materials: oil on canvas Signature: not signed Provenance: private collection...
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1780s Other Art Style Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Scarlet Ibis, Red Chair" Contemporary Surrealist Painting, red bird on chair
Located in New York, NY
A red ibis perches on a red armchair in this contemporary surrealist painting by New York artist, Thomas Broadbent. The long legs of this water bird complement the design of the cha...
Category

2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

19th Century Dutch School Oil Landscape with Bull and two Cows in Meadow
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Cows & Bull In Landscape Dutch School, 19th century oil on canvas, framed framed: 13 x 11 inches painting: 10 x 8 inches provenance: private UK collection. The painting is in good a...
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19th Century Victorian Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

A Tompe l'oeil still life of hanging birds
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
English School, c. 1800 Still life of hanging birds Oil on panel Panel size - 8 x 6 in Framed size - 12 1/2 x 10 1/2 in This trompe-l'œil still life is a striking example of illusio...
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19th Century Old Masters Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Livestock Landscape
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
Eugène Joseph Verboeckhoven, a luminary of 19th-century Belgian art, wielded his brush with unparalleled mastery, capturing the timeless allure of pastoral landscapes and noble anim...
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Mid-19th Century Hudson River School Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Oil Painting Rat "Unicorn #3"
Located in Washington, DC
Photorealist oil painting by Manon Cleary (1942-2011). Painting is signed on reverse Manon Cleary and titled Unicorn #3. Manon Cleary had a remarkable ability to draw and paint with photographic fidelity, but she was also known as a charismatic teacher at the University of the District of Columbia and as a free spirit whose exuberant life may have been her most enduring work of art. Since the 1970s, Ms. Cleary had been at the center of a group of artists in Adams Morgan. She exhibited her meticulous artwork throughout the city and around the world, but she also became known for her striking presence, her colorful love life and the rats she kept as pets. As an artist, Ms. Cleary borrowed classical techniques from her deep study of Renaissance masters to create paintings and drawings memorable for their frank realism and sometimes disturbing themes. In addition to her many nude self-portraits, Ms. Cleary made erotically charged paintings of flowers. She took inspiration from a painful personal history in a series of works depicting the terror of rape and, in later years, of not being able to breathe without mechanical assistance. Critics considered her a leading figurative artist of the photo-realist school, in which painters render their subjects with camera-like precision. In fact, Ms. Cleary occasionally won awards for photography when adjudicators didn’t realize her works were free-hand creations. She was “widely acknowledged to be among the best, if not the best, of the city’s figurative painters,” Washington Post critic Michael O’Sullivan wrote in 2006. “There is a tension between the cool, clinical detachment of photography and painting’s warm idealization of form.” Ms. Cleary exhibited her art in galleries and museums from Moscow to Paris to Hickory, N.C., but Washington was her home for the past 42 years. In 1974, she settled in the decrepit Beverly Court apartments on Columbia Road NW, where a coterie of artists soon grew up around her. She painted her walls purple, and her fourth-floor apartment — even with the pet rats — became something of a bohemian salon. “She was a star,” painter Judy Jashinsky told the Washington City Paper in 2004. “She was stunning, beautiful; long, brownish–black hair; real thin; wore . . . little sundresses and sandals. She was just very cool, and there was always a crowd around her.” Ms. Cleary had a long list of male admirers, including several whose confrontational attempts at “performance art” led to their arrests. She had a brief marriage in 1981 to a Danish artist known as Tommy — “just Tommy,” Ms. Cleary said — whom she divorced in less than a year. As a kind of graphic homage to her various lovers, Ms. Cleary made a series of intimately revealing portraits that were featured years later on the HBO program “Real Sex.” She met her second husband after a gallery opening in Baltimore. By way of introduction, Kijek, a dancer, stripped naked at a crowded party, walked up to Ms. Cleary and said, “Wouldn’t you like me to pose for you?” They were married in 2001. In spite of her unconventional life, Ms. Cleary was more than a mere provocateur. After a day of teaching at UDC, she would return to her studio, with its windows painted over to block out sunlight, and work late into the night, with a bottle of Dr Pepper at her side. She took nude photographs of herself from every angle, then painstakingly created lifelike images that seemed alive with the warmth of human flesh. After studying in Rome in her youth, she developed what she called “an obsession” with Caravaggio, an iconoclastic painter who lived from 1573 to 1610. She often copied paintings at the National Gallery of Art and, in her own work, blended Renaissance styles with a distinctly modern sensibility. Manon Catherine Cleary was born Nov. 14, 1942, in St. Louis. Her father was a doctor, and her identical twin sister, Shirley...
Category

1990s Photorealist Animal Paintings

Materials

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.

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