Animal Paintings
2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Oil, Canvas
2010s Realist Animal Paintings
Oil, Panel
20th Century Modern Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Acrylic, Board
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Paintings
Wood, Paper, Ink
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil, Panel
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil, Panel
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Animal Paintings
Cotton, Oil
1910s Impressionist Animal Paintings
Oil, Panel
2010s Expressionist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
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
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Metal
Mid-18th Century Naturalistic Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Gouache
21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Animal Paintings
Linen, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil, Panel
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Acrylic, Canvas
Artist Comments
Artist Alana Clumeck exhibits a view of a western landscape with horses roaming quietly as they feed on the grass. Magpies fly overhead, frolicking and flappi...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Oil
2010s American Realist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s American Realist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s American Realist Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
20th Century Still-life Paintings
Oil
Mid-20th Century Modern Animal Paintings
Watercolor, Gouache
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Oil
2010s Other Art Style Figurative Paintings
Oil, Canvas
Late 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Oil
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Oil
Artist Comments
Artist Alana Clumeck presents an image of an elk surrounded by two cockatoos and a kaleidoscope of butterflies. "I was struck by the sheer volume of parrots f...
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 American Modern Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Wood Panel
20th Century French School Still-life Paintings
Oil
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Oil, Panel, Wood Panel
2010s Realist Animal Paintings
Masonite, Oil, Acrylic
2010s Animal Paintings
Cotton Canvas, Wax, Oil
1990s Post-Impressionist Animal Paintings
Oil
1920s Art Deco Paintings
Gouache, Parchment Paper
19th Century Victorian Animal Paintings
Oil
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Linen, Oil, Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Foil
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Other Art Style Animal Paintings
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
1960s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Cotton Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Oil, Canvas
1940s Modern Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Abstract Impressionist Animal Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Animal Paintings
Oil, Wood Panel
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
2010s Expressionist Paintings
Oil
2010s Impressionist Paintings
Oil
Horse Paintings, Giraffe Paintings, Dog Paintings and Other Animal Paintings on 1stDibs
Shopping for animal paintings?
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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