Animal Paintings
2010s American Realist Animal Paintings
Paper, Gouache
18th Century Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Watercolor
Early 18th Century Old Masters Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, India Ink, Gouache
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Animal Paintings
Pastel
2010s American Realist Animal Paintings
Oil
19th Century Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1970s Realist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1950s Other Art Style Animal Paintings
Oil
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
19th Century Realist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1960s Realist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Abstract Expressionist Interior Paintings
Cotton Canvas, Oil
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1870s Art Nouveau Animal Paintings
Enamel
1920s Naturalistic Landscape Paintings
Oil
20th Century Portrait Paintings
Oil, Board
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Archival Ink, Gouache, Archival Paper, Pencil
19th Century Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil
2010s Impressionist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Charcoal, Oil
2010s Other Art Style Paintings
Acrylic
1890s Flemish School Animal Paintings
Gold Leaf
2010s Abstract Expressionist Animal Paintings
Mylar, Gouache, Graphite
2010s Abstract Expressionist Animal Paintings
Mylar, Graphite, Gouache
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Animal Paintings
Paper, Oil
19th Century American Realist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1930s French School Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Watercolor, Graphite
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel
2010s Expressionist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Animal Paintings
Ink
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Oil
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Acrylic, Fabric, Thread
2010s Abstract Impressionist Animal Paintings
Oil
2010s American Realist Animal Paintings
Oil, Panel
Early 20th Century Portrait Paintings
Oil, Board
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Watercolor, Archival Paper
2010s Surrealist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel
19th Century Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Early 1900s Realist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Board
21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings
Ink, Tar, Wood
Late 19th Century Impressionist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
2010s Paintings
Acrylic, Wood Panel
2010s Impressionist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
19th Century Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
19th Century Interior Paintings
Oil, Board
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Mid-18th Century Naturalistic Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Gouache
Artist Comments
Artist Emil Morhardt paints a swooping hawk he observed circling the sky and then landing on a tall nearby tree. The bird inspects the many gopher holes nearby. Emil captures it just as it launches a successful attack—painting the plumage with fine detailed brushwork and intense colors against a pure white background. The piece embodies the essence of this powerful raptor.
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-20th Century Folk Art Animal Paintings
Acrylic
Late 20th Century Impressionist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art Animal Paintings
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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