Animal Paintings
Early 2000s French School Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Abstract Impressionist Animal Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Paintings
Acrylic
2010s Photorealist Animal Paintings
Oil
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil, Panel
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Wood, Spray Paint
1980s Photorealist Animal Paintings
Watercolor
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Foil
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
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Acrylic
2010s Impressionist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Artist Comments
Emil Morhardt photographed this tern from the National Geographic Orion cruise ship off Tahiti in May 2019. These birds, he says, are large, beautiful, extrem...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Acrylic
2010s Pop Art Animal Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Other Art Style Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil, Panel, Wood Panel
2010s Animal Paintings
Mixed Media, Cardboard
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Vellum, Graphite
Artist Comments
I wanted to paint a pair of snakes that are intertwined like a puzzle. It is difficult to tell where one ends and one begins.
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.
Green Snakes...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil
2010s Conceptual Paintings
Chalk, Pastel, Archival Paper, Pencil, Color Pencil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paint...
Archival Paper, Watercolor, Graphite
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil, Panel
2010s American Realist Paintings
Chalk, Pastel, Archival Paper, Pencil, Color Pencil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil, Panel, Wood Panel
2010s Art Deco Paintings
Oil
1870s Realist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Impressionist Paintings
Oil
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
1990s Modern Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Mid-20th Century Animal Paintings
Gouache, Board
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paint...
Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper
2010s Realist Animal Paintings
Acrylic
21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil
2010s Animal Paintings
Oil, Wood Panel
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil, Panel
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Panel
2010s Folk Art Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Chalk, Pastel, Archival Paper, Pencil, Color Pencil
2010s Impressionist Paintings
Oil
20th Century Landscape Paintings
Oil
20th Century Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Paper, Watercolor
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
2010s Expressionist Paintings
Acrylic
2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Paintings
Oil
2010s Animal Paintings
Gold Leaf
1870s Realist Landscape Paintings
Oil
2010s Post-Modern Paintings
Oil
2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Egg Tempera, Board
2010s Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Mixed Media, Paper
2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Oil, Linen
1970s Post-Modern Animal Paintings
Mixed Media, Board
2010s Figurative Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Figurative 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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