Animal Paintings
1980s Naturalistic Animal Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
Artist Emil Morhardt depicts a family of aquatic birds he saw in a northern Iceland lake. "The mother bird saw me and swam across to proudly show off her chick," says Emil. With near-photographic detail, the subjects stand out vividly against a clean white background.
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
Late 20th Century Impressionist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Acrylic, Wood
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Wire
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Realist Animal Paintings
Oil, Board
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Linen, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Acrylic, Wood Panel
2010s Expressionist Interior Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
2010s Realist Animal Paintings
Oil, Wood Panel
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Paintings
Paper, Ink, Wood
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Animal Paintings
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Animal Paintings
Oil, Board
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Latex, Acrylic, Graphite
21st Century and Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Realist Animal Paintings
Oil, Wood Panel
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
2010s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Animal Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
Artist Jessica JH Roller spent time in South Florida Beach, where numerous species of crabs roam on the shore, lagoon, and bike trail. Jessica depicted them i...
21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Animal Paintings
Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Oil, Panel
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Animal Paintings
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Watercolor, Gouache
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Animal Paintings
Acrylic
Early 20th Century Impressionist Animal Paintings
Oil
Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil
Early 2000s Pop Art Animal Paintings
Acrylic, Digital
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Canvas, Wood, Oil
Artist Comments
Although I live in Texas, I am well acquainted with the gorgeous mussels harvested along the Eastern Seaboard in the US and Canada. The exquisite deep purple ...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Oil
20th Century Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Oil
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Paper, Ink
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Oil, Panel
2010s Photorealist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Oil, Canvas
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1950s Impressionist Animal Paintings
Oil
Early 2000s American Realist Animal Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Late 19th Century Interior Paintings
Oil
Mid-19th Century Landscape Paintings
Oil
Early 2000s Realist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Artist Comments
Artist Jessica JH Roller paints a primitivist portrait of her cat, Rachel. With her sleek black fur and striking yellow eyes, the feline's electric personalit...
21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Animal Paintings
Acrylic
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Gouache
20th Century Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Oil
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil, Masonite, Wood Panel
2010s Art Nouveau Animal Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Art Nouveau Interior Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
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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