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Art Subject: Bull
"Cloudy Vision" Contemporary Longhorn Framed Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Baltimore, MD
“Cloudy Vision” is a framed oil on canvas painting by Sherri Belassen, presenting a stylized longhorn against a vibrant blue sky, rendered with a mix of abstraction and texture. The ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Oil
19th Century English Folk Art portrait of a Bull in Maple frame
Located in Woodbury, CT
Anonymous (English School)
Prize Bull Portrait, mid-19th century
Oil on canvas, housed in a figured maple frame
This striking and endearing portrait of a prize bull stands as a test...
Category
1830s Folk Art Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Torero and Bull bullfighter bullfighting oil painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Title: Torero and Bull
Artist: José María Tuser Vázquez (1919-1986)
Technique: Oil on canvas mounted on board
Dimensions: 18.9 x 15 inches
Framing: Unframed
Art Movement: Costumbrismo, Figurative Expressionism
Theme: Bullfighting
Date of Creation: Second half of the 20th century
DESCRIPTION
The painting Torero and Bull depicts a classic bullfighting scene, where a matador, elegantly dressed in a golden and violet traje de luces, performs a pass with the cape while the bull, wounded with banderillas, bows toward the ground. The composition conveys dynamism and tension, emphasizing the drama of the moment with loose and expressive brushstrokes.
The background is rendered in warm, diffused tones, contrasting with the deep black of the bull and the vivid hues of the cape. The thick brushwork and vibrant oil application enhance the sense of movement and emotion in the scene, a distinctive feature of Tuser Vázquez’s bullfighting paintings.
ARTIST'S BIOGRAPHY
José María Tuser Vázquez (Barcelona, 1919 - 1986) was a Spanish painter specializing in bullfighting themes. He trained at the School of Arts and Crafts in Barcelona, where he developed a strong foundation in drawing and painting. From 1947 onwards, he dedicated his artistic production to tauromaquia, creating posters, illustrations, and paintings that captured the intensity of the bullfighting spectacle.
He was a regular contributor to the magazine El Ruedo and designed a series of postcards featuring traditional Spanish costumes for Editorial Artigas in the 1940s. His work has been auctioned numerous times and is highly valued by collectors of bullfighting art...
Category
1960s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Bullfighting Scene oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Title: Bullfighting Scene
Artist: José María Tuser Vázquez (1919-1986)
Technique: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 16.1 x 13 inches (unframed)
Date: c. 1950-1960
Condition: Good
Provenance:...
Category
1960s Expressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique oil painting on canvas, Landscape, Cows, Signed, Framed
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This is an antique original oil painting on canvas depicting a serene and tranquil scene - the cows gathered around a watering hole with some of them drinking or cooling off in the ...
Category
19th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Matador Bullfighter - Original Oil On Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Matador Bullfighter - Original Oil On Canvas
Original oil on canvas painting of a matador and bull by Baez. A bull is seen with his head down, while the matador is dressed in yellow...
Category
1960s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Torro Negro, Painting, Pop Art, Street Art, Black bull
By Jay-C
Located in München, BY
Edition 5
Portrait oof a black bull with Basquiat crown
JAY-C – the pseudonym of this innovative young artist known for his subversive use of familiar figures and symbols. Using a d...
Category
2010s Pop Art Animal Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Pigment, Archival Pigment
'Dark Horse' Dutch Contemporary Fresco Painting with a Horse
Located in Utrecht, NL
The pronounced technique is the first thing that strikes you when viewing the works of Jan Grotenbreg (1946). It is innovative and unique. The result of...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Unrivaled Fascination: White Cow's Energetic Presence on a Dark Surface.
Located in Zofingen, AG
The depiction of a young white cow on a black background using oil paints creates a unique and captivating painting. Its endlessly playful expression gives the artwork a special char...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Cotton Canvas
Joaquin Terruella bullfighting scene oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Frameless.
Joaquim Terruella Matilla (1891 - 1957)
Joaquim Terruella Matilla, nephew and disciple of Segundo Matilla.
Specialist in landscape painting and gender. Barcelona, Madri...
Category
1920s Impressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
R. Watson (British painter) - 19th century landscape painting - Highland cattle
Located in Varmo, IT
R. Watson (British, late 19th century) - Herd of Highlanders grazing.
77 x 51 cm.
Old oil painting on canvas, unframed.
- Work signed and dated on the left: “R. Watson”.
Conditio...
Category
Late 19th Century Naturalistic Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
English Naive 19th Century - Cow in a stable interior
Located in London, GB
The English Naive school of the 19th century works are characterized by a simple, direct, and unschooled approach to painting. While not a formal “school” with organized membership, ...
Category
19th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cape Maneuver bullfighter oil painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Title: Cape Maneuver
Artist: José María Tuser Vázquez (Barcelona, 1919 – 1986)
Technique: Oil on canvas mounted on board
Dimensions: 19.7 x 23.6 in (50 x 60 cm)
Date: Circa 1980s
Signature: Signed "Tuser" in the lower left corner
Condition: Excellent; thick, vibrant brushwork and vivid colors well preserved.
📝 Description
This painting captures a dramatic moment in the bullfight — the classic verónica — as the matador gracefully halts the bull’s charge with a sweeping motion of the cape. The vivid contrast of magentas, blues, and golds intensifies the theatrical tension between man and beast. The composition is dynamic yet controlled, emphasizing the poise of the torero against the raw force of the bull.
The expressive brushstrokes and thick impasto enhance the sense of movement, while the abstracted background ensures focus remains on the central figures. The piece is a striking blend of figuration and emotional energy, characteristic of Tuser’s taurine works.
👤 About the Artist: José María Tuser Vázquez
José María Tuser Vázquez was a Spanish painter born in Barcelona in 1919. He studied at the Barcelona School of Arts and Crafts and began exhibiting in the 1940s. By 1947, he had fully devoted his career to bullfighting scenes, developing a distinctive figurative expressionist style with impressionist influences.
He collaborated with the magazine El Ruedo, creating numerous illustrations and covers, and designed collectible postcards for Editorial Artigas. His work became well-known in Spanish artistic circles and is now part of both private and institutional collections, including the Club Taurino of London.
His paintings have been auctioned internationally, reaching up to $3,000 depending on size and subject. His legacy is that of a painter who masterfully captured the emotion, tradition, and drama of the Spanish corrida.
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1970s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
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The Matador Bullfight on Horseback French Modernist Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Bullfight
Huguette Ginet-Lasnier (French 1927-2020)
inscribed verso
wooden frame
signed
oil painting on canvas
framed: 15 x 18.5 inches
canvas: 14.75 x 18 inches.
All the paintin...
Category
20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Frank Walters (British painter) - 19th-20th century landscape painting - Bulls
Located in Varmo, IT
Frank Walters (British, late 19th century) - Highland Cattle at the Lake.
51 x 76 cm without frame, 57 x 82 cm with frame.
Old oil painting on canvas, in a gilded wooden frame.
- ...
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Late 19th Century Naturalistic Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Gaze , Texas Cattle, Impressionism , Texas Ranches, Texas Artist, Framed
Located in Houston, TX
Gaze shows the famous Texas Longhorn on a Texas ranch. It has an Impressionistic Style as seen in many of Virginia Vaughan's Texas paintings. She is kno...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Harden Sidney Melville (1824-1894) - Mid 19th Century Oil, Hauling Timber
Located in Corsham, GB
This charming scene depicts two shire horse hauling timer across a shallow creek. A man guides the heavy set horses into the water, gently encouraging them with the reins. The artist captures charming details within the scene such as the small cottage in the distance and the way the water splashes...
Category
Mid-19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Looks Like Sun" Original Buffalo Art by Brian Keith Stephens, Western Landscape
Located in Denver, CO
"Looks Like Sun" is an evocative original painting by Brian Keith Stephens, capturing the rugged spirit of a western buffalo. This piece, using oil and wax on cotton, measures 32 x 4...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Cotton, Wax, Oil
Signed Victorian British Oil Painting Cattle in Tranquil Pastures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Tranquil Pastures
circle of Thomas Sidney Cooper (British 1803-1902)
signed oil painting on board, framed
framed: 10 x 14 inches
board: 8 x 12 inches
provenance: private collection,...
Category
19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pamplona by Christophe Dupety - bullfighting, colorful painting, contemporary
Located in Paris, FR
Pamplona is a unique oil on canvas painting by contemporary artist Christophe Dupety, dimensions are 100 × 100 cm (39.7 × 39.7 in).
The artwork is signed, sold unframed and comes with a certificate of authenticity.
With this series, the artist is addressing the subject of bullfight. But rather than depicting the confrontation...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Scottish Highland Cattle By The Loch, 19th Century by ALOIS STOFF (1846-1890)
Located in Blackwater, GB
Highland Cattle By The Loch, 19th Century
by ALOIS STOFF (1846-1890)
Large 19th Century Scottish Highland Loch landscape with cattle gathered near a Loch, oil on canvas by Alois St...
Category
19th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
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"Prairie Summer" (2024) By Lani Vlaanderen, Original Oil Animal Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Prairie Summer" by Lani Vlaanderen is an original handmade oil painting on stretched linen.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Fine 18th Century Italian Old Master Oil Painting Berghers with Animals Sunset
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Close of Day
Italian School, early 18th century
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 17 x 22.5 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very good and sound condition
Category
18th Century Old Masters Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Harvest Workers Loading Hay Cart in Summer Fields, 19th Century French Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Harvest
French School, 19th century
oil painting on canvas, framed
canvas: 16 x 21.5 inches
framed: 20 x 25.5 inches
condition: the painting is in very good and presentable cond...
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19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Portrait 430" Contemporary Dutch Oil Painting of a Dutch Calf, Cow
By Paul Jansen
Located in Utrecht, NL
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Cowboy and Longhorn
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original painting signed by the Artist on the lower right.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Painted Landscape with Shepherds and Herds 17th century
Located in Milan, IT
Oil on Canvas.
The large scene, set in a hilly countryside, with a village and ruins in the background on the left, is completely occupied by the compact group of the many living fi...
Category
17th Century Other Art Style Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Fume" Contemporary Cow Oil on Canvas Painting Framed
Located in Baltimore, MD
"Fume" is a framed oil painting on canvas by Carol O'Malia, depicting a cow with a graffiti blue background. This piece evokes a sense of whimsy as the detailed cow looks on into the...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Oil
Henry Dawson (1811-1878) - Framed Mid 19th Century Oil, Milkmaid with Two Cows
By Henry Dawson
Located in Corsham, GB
Henry Dawson (1811-1878), oil on canvas. Pastoral landscape with two cattle in the foreground and a milkmaid waiting ready with her pail. Signed to the lower left. Presented in a dis...
Category
Mid-19th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
19th Century landscape oil painting of Highland cattle & sheep near a loch
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Charles Jones
British, (1836-1892)
Highland Cattle & Sheep by a Loch
Oil on panel, signed with monogram & dated (18)75, further inscribed & dated verso
Image size: 9.25 inches x 13.5...
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19th Century Victorian Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
'Manolo Gonzalez' Plaza de Toros, Maestranza, Seville, Bullfighting, Matador
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'John Fulton' (American, 1933-1998) and painted circa 1995.
The original oil painting for the poster advertising the appearance of Manolo Gonzalez at the prestigious Maestranza bullring in Seville and showing famous bullfighter in an emerald suit of lights, holding his espada at the ready while deflecting the enraged bull with his red cape.
John Fulton was an American bullfighter and painter who settled in Seville. Born in Philadelphia, he received a scholarship to an art school in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, in the early 1950s. During this time, he studied both painting and bullfighting, killing his first calf there in 1953. In 1954, Fulton joined the U.S. Army and continued and continued painting and bullfighting on his downtime. After his release in 1956, he moved to Spain where he studied bullfighting under Juan Belmonte and performed as a novillero (novice) with some of Spain’s leading matadors. In July 1963, Fulton was sponsored by José María Montilla to take his 'alternativa' at the Plaza de toros...
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1990s Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th Century landscape animal oil painting of Highland Cattle on a moor
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Louis Bosworth Hurt
British, (1856-1929)
Crossing the Moorland
Oil on canvas, signed & inscribed with title in pencil on the stretcher
Image size: 23.5 inches x 39.25 inches
Size in...
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19th Century Victorian Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French School Raging Bull VI ♛ 1938 NSWE Oil Impressionist th century AUC
Located in Zofingen, AG
Raging Bull 6 ♛
This artwork is already collector by using old commercial ads from 1938.
Powerful bull running. Dripping creates movement.
Technique: oil, acrylic, and ink on o...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Ink, Oil, Acrylic
Highland Cattle
Located in Hillsborough, NC
Massive size, this six-foot long oil painting makes an impression! Professionally preserved, this masterful work looks as contemporary and detailed as the day it was completed in 18...
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1870s Naturalistic Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ray Simonini, "Dante" 24x24 Long Horn Bull Oil Painting on Canvas
By Ray Simonini
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This painting by artist Ray Simonini titled "Dante" is a 24x24 oil painting on canvas featuring a portrait of a long horned bull standing facing forward. Soft light from an afternoon sun glows...
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2010s Impressionist Animal Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
Childhood
Located in Zofingen, AG
This painting will come to you stretched on a wooden stretcher and completely ready to be placed in the interior.
ABOUT THE ARTWORK
"In 'Childhood' from my 'Madeleine' series, I exp...
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2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
plowing with oxen oil on board painting Spain
By Juan Soler
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Oil measures 30x30 cm.
Frame measures 52x52 cm.
He was born in 1951. Under the direction of the teacher Pedro Bermejo, he began his artistic career, quickly standing out and observing in his works an unusual mastery of drawing.
A highly mature painter who has known how to stop time in all his works. His themes are preferably costumbrist, although in his work it is usual to see 18th century themes, with horse carriages, hats, umbrellas and still lifes.
Observing his work reminds us, due to the theme, of Maestro Palmero...
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21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Animal Paintings
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With Few Egrets, Texas Cattle, Impressionism Texas Ranches, Texas Artist, No Egrets
Located in Houston, TX
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With Few Egrets shows the cattle on a Texas ranch. This was painted from a plein aire painting done on a ranch in South Texas near the Mexican border. It has an Impressionistic Style as seen in many of Virginia Vaughan's Texas paintings. She is know for her animal, Texas missions and Gulf Coast paintings...
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2010s American Impressionist Animal Paintings
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Benavente Solis bullfight original expressionist acrylic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
bullfight original expressionist acrylic painting. Framed
During its first exhibition in Paris, the French press catalogs it like "The Catalan Sorolla".
Honorary Member of the MECOA...
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1990s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
19th Century Scottish landscape oil painting of Highland cattle at Loch Linnhe
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Charles Jones
British, (1836-1892)
Highland Cattle by Loch Linnhe
Oil on canvas, signed with monogram & dated (18)87, inscribed verso
Image size: 23.25 inc...
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19th Century Victorian Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Slow Speed" Original Bull Painting by Brian Keith Stephens, Textural Art
Located in Denver, CO
"Slow Speed" is an original painting by Brian Keith Stephens, beautifully composed on cotton using oil and wax. This artwork measures 40 x 54 inches and is presented unframed, ready ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Animal Paintings
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Cotton, Wax, Oil
19th Century landscape oil painting of cattle & sheep in the Highlands
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Charles Jones
British, (1836-1892)
Cattle & Sheep in the Scottish Highlands
Oil on panel, signed with monogram & dated (18)75, further inscribed verso
Image size: 19.75 inches x 15.75 inches
Size including frame: 26.75 inches x 22.75 inches
A dramatic Scottish landscape painting of Highland Cattle and Sheep by Charles ‘Sheep’ Jones...
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19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Escuela holandesa (XIX-XX) - Óleo sobre tabla - Paisaje con ganado
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Firmado por el artista en la parte inferior (desconozco el artista)
El estado de conservación es aceptable
Se presenta enmarcada la obra
Medidas obra: 19 cm altura x 40 cm ancho.
...
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Late 19th Century Old Masters Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Let's ride" Contemporary Colorful Western Black Cowboy Bull Riding Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary colorful Western inspired painting by Houston based artist Kevin Gilmore. The work features a Black male figure riding a bull set against a red, green, yellow, and blue ...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Ray Simonini "Sampson" 16x16 Brown Texas Longhorn Cow Oil Painting on Canvas
By Ray Simonini
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
"Sampson" is an original oil painting by Vermont-based artist Ray Simonini featuring a Texas Longhorn cow portrait with an abstract green and blue background. This breed of cow is kn...
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2010s Impressionist Animal Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
Large Scale Surrealist Oil on Canvas, 'Noah's Ark and the Animals'.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Very large scale late 20th century oil on canvas of Noah's Ark and the Animals by British artist Derek Carruthers. Signed to the bottom right.
A magical, highly colourful and energe...
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Plowing Ahead", Robert Hagan, 101x58, Oil, Western, Impressionism, Buffalo
Located in Dallas, TX
"PLowing Ahead" by Robert Hagan is an original oil on canvas and measures 101x58 in. In this large western original painting by Australian artist...
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2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Steer
By Roger Desmare
Located in Houston, TX
Mid-century gouache painting of long horned steer in warm tones of browns and greens by French artist Roger Desmare, 1952. Signed lower left.
Original artwork on paper displayed o...
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1950s Animal Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Plow Field at Dawn in Mountain Landscape 18th Century Antique Large Oil Painting
Located in Stockholm, SE
The painting captures a serene moment on the foothill plateau, just as the day is beginning to wake up. The mountains are still wrapped in a soft blanket of morning fog, giving the s...
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Late 18th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Oil
''Bull'' Dutch Contemporary Fresco Painting with a Bull
Located in Utrecht, NL
The pronounced technique is the first thing that strikes you when viewing the works of Jan Grotenbreg (1946). It is innovative and unique. The result of...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Portrait 431" Contemporary Dutch Oil Painting of a Dutch Calf, Cow
By Paul Jansen
Located in Utrecht, NL
The oil paintings of the contemporary Dutch artist Paul Jansen invites the viewer to look beyond the standard picture within the frame. It feels as if the ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Holy Cow . original painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
This painting is inspired by my visit to India, where the cow is revered as a sacred animal. I am drawn to creating bright and colorful artwork that captures the beauty of everyday...
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2010s Realist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Enchanting Cow Muzzle in Approach. Funny oil painting with farm animal
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Welcome to the world of my art! I present to you a unique painting titled "Enchanting Cow Muzzle in Approach," a Funny oil painting with a farm animal that brings the canvas to life...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Animal Paintings
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19th Century Scottish landscape oil painting of Highland cattle at Glen Goil
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
William Watson Jnr
British, (1847-1921)
Up Glen Goil, West Highlands
Oil on canvas, signed & dated 1892, further inscribed verso
Image size: 23.5 inches x 35.5 inches
Size including frame: 36.25 inches x 48.25 inches
This highly atmospheric and well executed painting by William Watson Jnr depicts Highland Cattle watering at Glen Goil. Glen Goil is a valley area of Argyll and Bute in the West Highlands. It is situated at the junction of Hell’s Glen and Gleann Mor and has the river Goil flowing through. Located around 2 miles from Lochgoilhead, it is well known as an area of outstanding natural beauty. Watson made several trips to the Highlands and produced a number of paintings of the locality, many of which included highland cattle such as this fine example. Another painting by him of Glen Goil is held by the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool.
William Watson was born in Islington in 1847, the son of the London miniature painter William John Watson (1810-1871) and his wife Caroline (née Butcher). His brothers Charles Watson (1837-1900) and Robert Watson (1855-1921) were also artists. His father seems to have travelled around and after spending time in Brighton, the family moved to Bransford Road in Worcester during the early part of the 1860’s.
As well as being taught by his father, Watson received his early training in the studio of Sir Francis Grant PRA (1803-1878). He later became a pupil of Sir Edwin Henry Landseer RA (1802-1873) and Rosa Bonheur (1822–1899). Both Landseer and Bonheur had a great influence on his work and he began specialising in scenes of cattle and sheep. By 1866 he had become a full time artist and began exhibiting at the Royal Society of British Artists.
Perhaps to take advantage of the inspiring scenery, Watson moved to Birkenhead, Cheshire where in 1871 he met and married Eleanor Davies who was from Caernarvonshire. Four of their children Sidney Watson (1881-1931), Caroline Ellen Watson (1871-1947), William Robert Charles Watson (1873-1928) and Walter James Watson...
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19th Century Victorian Animal Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
Oil Snow Landscape titled "Gathering Wood for Winter, New Haven, CT"
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
George Henry Durrie's painting "Gathering Wood for Winter, New Haven, CT" captures the essence of 19th-century rural America with its picturesque depiction of a serene winter landsca...
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Mid-19th Century Hudson River School Landscape Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
Cattle in Pastoral Landscape by Stream Victorian English Oil Painting Gilt Frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Cattle by Stream
English artist, late 19th century
inscribed on label verso
oil on board, framed
framed: 14 x 17 inches
board: 9.5 x 13 inches
provenance: private collection, England...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Animal Paintings
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Large Scale Early 20th Century Bucolic Mt. Hood Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous landscape with two cows drinking water in a pond with Mt. Hood in background by listed artist William M. Lemos (American, 1861-1942). Signed "W.M. Lemos" lower right. Presented in vintage gilt-toned frame that shows wear (included as-is). Condition: Good: previously owned and used, with little or no signs of wear and is in good condition. No structural issues. Image size: 29"H x 49"W.
Born in New York, Professor Lemos moved to San Francisco in 1887 where he established a studio at 106 Geary Street. He later moved to Santa Cruz in 1896, where he settled, painting murals for many local businessmen and the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk.
As a boy Lemos earned money by wandering the streets and painting on request. Arriving in San Francisco in 1887, he established a studio at 106 Geary. With his wife Mabel, he worked in Los Angeles for a few years in the 1890s. After settling in Santa Cruz in 1896, he painted murals for many local businessmen. When the original Beach Casino was built there at the Boardwalk in 1904, Lemos was the first concessionaire and worked there for nearly 40 years. On his platform in the Casino, Lemos did paintings of redwoods, still lifes, forest fires, beach scenes, and marines. Many of his oils were done on redwood slabs which were popular with the tourists; in the early days these paintings sold for one dollar and up depending on the size of the work. After his vision failed and he was unable to paint, his last years were mostly spent fishing off the Municipal Pier with a friend who baited his hook for him because he could no longer see. In the March 27, 1941 Santa Cruz Sentinel News Lemos reminisced, "Them were the days when the Boardwalk was only twelve feet long and when business got slow I picked up my shotgun and went across the street and shot ducks where the Casa del Rey Hotel now stands." Exhibited: Calif. State Fair, 1885; Mechanics' Inst. (SF), 1889. In: Santa Cruz City Museum; Wawona Hotel (Yosemite).
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
His mother was Julia Lemos, a Chicago artist famous for her depiction of the Chicago fire, “Two of Julia’s children became successful artists. Her eldest son, William, was a naïve still life, landscape, and mural painter. As a young boy in New York, he would wander the streets, earning money for the family, by ‘painting on request.’ At age 26, William moved to San Francisco, California. He opened an art studio and kept it running until he moved to Santa Cruz with his wife, Mabel, in 1896. During this period, he worked as a fresco artist painting ‘murals for many local businessmen.’
Exhibited California State Fair, Sacramento, 32nd annual, per Sacramento Daily Union, September 9, 1885. and article goes on to say “William Lemos and wife, Sacramento – Art school exhibits in which are shown such a variety of designs in decorative art, flower painting, and ornamentation, that one must give time to the examination.”
Exhibited Mechanics Institute, San Francisco, 1889.
“Lemos and his wife were in Fresno California 1890...
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Early 20th Century Hudson River School Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Cows to pasture by John W. Morris
Located in Milan, IT
John W. Morris (United Kingdom, 1865-1924)
Cows to pasture
Oil on canvas, 91 x 69 cm
John William Morris is a British artist best known for his landscape paintings and animal scen...
Category
19th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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