Animal Art

Artist: Cornelius Nozeman (Dutch, 1720-1786) Title: "Ardea, Nycticorax (Black-crowned Night Heron)" (Plate 78) Portfolio: Nederlandsche Vogelen (Dutch Bird...

Walter Gaudnek (Czech, 1931-2022), "Fighting Bull", Oil on Canvas, 1970, signed and dated lower right, titled verso, unframed. 57.75" H x 49" W x 1" D. Provenance: From a Scarsdale...

This art - work is part of the project DIFFICULT RELATIONSHIPS. The paint is made in the author's technique of painting by Vasili Zianko based acrylic painting on canvas using a var...

Original oil painting signed by the Artist on the lower right corner.

Arctic Canaries Nunavut, Canada, 2005. Edition of 10: 31” x 46.5” $9,500 (78.7 x 118.1 cm) Edition of 10 - $9,500 Beluga whales are best known for their whistles, clicks and squeal...

He grew up with a menagerie of animals including a number of rabbits, which often emerge in his paintings. He began drawing at the early age of three and was inspired by various cartoons and books. Some standout books that still find their way into his art are Watership Down...

Tunnicliffe, Charles. THE WATER TROUGH. Etching, not dated (circa 1930s/40s). Edition of 75, signed in pencil and numbered 9/75. 5 7/8 x 5 7/8 inches, framed to 15 x 13 1/2. In excel...

George Edwards: ""A History of Uncommon Birds"", 1749-1761. A prominent English naturalist and ornithologist, George Edwards (1694 -1773) is best known for his work, ""A Natural His...

Araquém Alcântara Jaguar, Brazil, 2018 70 x 105 cm 27.5 x 41 inches Edition of 10 100 x 150cm 40 x 60 inches Edition of 10 120 x 180 cm 47 x 71 inches Edition of 10 Archival Pigm...

Los Angeles-based photographer Tyler Shields seeks “beauty in chaos,” capturing both young models and celebrities such as Lindsay Lohan and Mischa Barton. His polished editorial imag...

This piece is a Maryland Blue Crab that has been cooked and ready to hang on your wall. This piece will make a great addition to your home or business where you gather with friends ...

Letter L is an Etching hand watercolored realized by Luigi Vanvitelli in 18th century. The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title: “...

Gregory Block's "Shell 8" is an oil on board created in 2019 depicting an illuminated shell floating in a black background. About the artist: Gregory was born in Kansas City, Mis...

George Henry Laporte (1799–1873) Horse and Foal in a Landscape with a Country House Signed and dated 1844, lower centre Oil on canvas Presented in its original period giltwood frame ...

Charming set of four oil painting on board depicting chickens and roosters of the French city of Rennes. Presented in wood frames and signed ...

Giuseppe Palumbo’s whimsical, anthropomorphic sculptures delve into the human psyche through irony, wit, and humor. By applying classical techniques to his contemporary subjects, Pal...

oil on canvas 160X180cm "locust" By Soso Kumsiashvili :: Painting :: Contemporary :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to...

"Sammlung Verschiedenr Auslandischer und Selener Vogel", Nuremberg 1770-1773. Edited by Johann Michael Seligmann (1749 -1776): engravings with original hand-colouring after the drawi...

Heaviside Sheep is an original etching by Will Taylor. It explores animal images and mathematics, including the works of Oliver Heaviside. Each impression is marked on the reverse wi...

Set of 2 Prints (Regular and Variant) Each numbered from an edition of 300. Screenprint on thick cream Speckletone paper. Signed and Numbered by Shepa...

Lithograph measures 38 x 26 inches. Good/Fair, slight creasing at bottom of lithograph.

George Edwards: ""A History of Uncommon Birds"", 1749-1761. A prominent English naturalist and ornithologist, George Edwards (1694 -1773) is best known for his work, ""A Natural His...

Artist: Michael Knigin, American (1942 - 2011) Title: Sign of Power Year: 1990 Medium: Acrylic and enamel on canvas, signed and dated in pencil Size: 75...

This is a small yet impressive oil painting that imitates a pink wall with a snail on it. It's a part of the Series, yet each painting is unique. The snail left a glistening trail of...

Introducing "Together" by Sybiline, an unframed but ready-to-hang original handmade oil painting. This captivating artwork features two Meerkats on a rock, set against the backdrop o...

Bee from the top Paper, mixed media, 30x21 cm Juris Utāns (1959-2022) was a Latvian painter. Worked in the field of critical realism, socially active and political art. Juris Utan...

Dodo by Artist Mychael Barratt is a limited edition print. The scene depicts a Dodo. The use of material provides the bird with softer features. This makes the work more elegant. Or...

Lisa Bostwick has had pieces exhibited at the Legion of Honor, Napa Valley Museum, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art and the de Young Museum. Her North Am...

This Blue Dog work consists of a single dog sitting in the middle of a pure white background. The dog has soulful yellow eyes. This pop art animal original silkscreen print on paper is hand signed by the artist. Artist: George Rodrigue Title: Blue Dog “La Petite Femme...

Koma-inu “lion dogs”, symbolic guardians at temples or shrines. Cypress burl wood (hinoki) According to ancient Chinese philosophy, the animal with its mouth open embodies the mascu...

Horn Dog is a lithograph on paper, 9.5 x 9" image size, initialed 'BD' lower right and numbered lower left. From the edition of 395, numbered 84/275 (there were also 100 Roman and 20...

Portrait of a Yorkshire Terrier Dog English, late 19th century oil on board, framed framed: 7 x 6 inches board: 5.75 x 4.5 inches Provenance: private collection, UK Condition: very ...

Inspired cast brass seahorse sculpture in a charming stylized form having a custom acid washed finish.

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An ostrich with a gargantuan head watches over a tiny nest of quail eggs resting on a thimble atop a wooden stool. Its wide-eyed, serious expression contrasts w...

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The painting captures a nostalgic feel characteristic of 19th-century landscape art. The depiction of the cows and river creates a timeless, dreamlike quality. ...

Original bronze sculpture by artist James Moore. Functional bell. Edition 10/30.

The present print is one of several examples produced for Nathaniel Currier by his longtime collaborator Frances F. "Fanny" Palmer. Harry T. Peters wrote of her: "There is no more interesting and appealing character among the group of artists who worked for Currier & Ives than Fanny Palmer. In an age when women, well-bred women in particular, did not generally work for a living Fanny Palmer for years did exacting, full-time work in order to support a large and dependent family ... Her work ... had great charm, homeliness, and a conscientious attention to detail." One of a series of four prints showing American country life in different seasons, the image presents the viewer with a picturesque view of a successful American farm. In the foreground, a gentleman rides a horse with a young boy before a respectable Italianate country house. Two women and a young girl pick flowers in the garden and several farm workers attend to their duties. Beyond are other homes and a city on the coast. 16.63 x 23.75 inches, artwork 28.13 x 33.38 inches, frame Entitled bottom center "American Country Life - May Morning" Signed in the stone, lower left "F.F. Palmer, Del." Signed in the stone, lower right "Lith. by N. Currier" Copyrighted lower center "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1855 by N. Currier in the Clerk's office of the Southern District of N.Y." Inscribed bottom center "New York, Published by N. Currier 152 Nassau Street" Framed to conservation standards using silk-lined 100 percent rag matting and Museum Glass with a gold gilded liner, all housed in a stained wood moulding. Nathaniel Currier was a tall introspective man with a melancholy nature. He could captivate people with his piercing stare or charm them with his sparkling blue eyes. Nathaniel was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts on March 27th, 1813, the second of four children. His parents, Nathaniel and Hannah Currier, were distant cousins who lived a humble yet spartan life. When Nathaniel was eight years old, tragedy struck. Nathaniel’s father unexpectedly passed away leaving Nathaniel and his eleven-year-old brother Lorenzo to provide for the family. In addition to their mother, Nathaniel and Lorenzo had to care for six-year-old sister Elizabeth and two-year-old brother Charles. Nathaniel worked a series of odd jobs to support the family, and at fifteen, he started what would become a life-long career when he apprenticed in the Boston lithography shop of William and John Pendleton. A Bavarian gentleman named Alois Senefelder invented lithography just 30 years prior to young Nat Currier’s apprenticeship. While under the employ of the brothers Pendleton, Nat was taught the art of lithography by the firm’s chief printer, a French national named Dubois, who brought the lithography trade to America. Lithography involves grinding a piece of limestone flat and smooth then drawing in mirror image on the stone with a special grease pencil. After the image is completed, the stone is etched with a solution of aqua fortis leaving the greased areas in slight relief. Water is then used to wet the stone and greased-ink is rolled onto the raised areas. Since grease and water do not mix, the greased-ink is repelled by the moisture on the stone and clings to the original grease pencil lines. The stone is then placed in a press and used as a printing block to impart black on white images to paper. In 1833, now twenty-years old and an accomplished lithographer, Nat Currier left Boston and moved to Philadelphia to do contract work for M.E.D. Brown, a noted engraver and printer. With the promise of good money, Currier hired on to help Brown prepare lithographic stones of scientific images for the American Journal of Sciences and Arts. When Nat completed the contract work in 1834, he traveled to New York City to work once again for his mentor John Pendleton, who was now operating his own shop located at 137 Broadway. Soon after the reunion, Pendleton expressed an interest in returning to Boston and offered to sell his print shop to Currier. Young Nat did not have the financial resources to buy the shop, but being the resourceful type he found another local printer by the name of Stodart. Together they bought Pendleton’s business. The firm ‘Currier & Stodart’ specialized in "job" printing. They produced many different types of printed items, most notably music manuscripts for local publishers. By 1835, Stodart was frustrated that the business was not making enough money and he ended the partnership, taking his investment with him. With little more than some lithographic stones, and a talent for his trade, twenty-two year old Nat Currier set up shop in a temporary office at 1 Wall Street in New York City. He named his new enterprise ‘N. Currier, Lithographer’ Nathaniel continued as a job printer and duplicated everything from music sheets to architectural plans. He experimented with portraits, disaster scenes and memorial prints, and any thing that he could sell to the public from tables in front of his shop. During 1835 he produced a disaster print Ruins of the Planter's Hotel, New Orleans, which fell at two O’clock on the Morning of the 15th of May 1835, burying 50 persons, 40 of whom Escaped with their Lives. The public had a thirst for newsworthy events, and newspapers of the day did not include pictures. By producing this print, Nat gave the public a new way to “see” the news. The print sold reasonably well, an important fact that was not lost on Currier. Nat met and married Eliza Farnsworth in 1840. He also produced a print that same year titled Awful Conflagration of the Steamboat Lexington in Long Island Sound on Monday Evening, January 18, 1840, by which melancholy occurrence over One Hundred Persons Perished. This print sold out very quickly, and Currier was approached by an enterprising publication who contracted him to print a single sheet addition of their paper, the New York Sun. This single page paper is presumed to be the first illustrated newspaper ever published. The success of the Lexington print launched his career nationally and put him in a position to finally lift his family up. In 1841, Nat and Eliza had their first child, a son they named Edward West Currier. That same year Nat hired his twenty-one year old brother Charles and taught him the lithography trade, he also hired his artistically inclined brother Lorenzo to travel out west and make sketches of the new frontier as material for future prints. Charles worked for the firm on and off over the years, and invented a new type of lithographic crayon which he patented and named the Crayola. Lorenzo continued selling sketches to Nat for the next few years. In 1843, Nat and Eliza had a daughter, Eliza West Currier, but tragedy struck in early 1847 when their young daughter died from a prolonged illness. Nat and Eliza were grief stricken, and Eliza, driven by despair, gave up on life and passed away just four months after her daughter’s death. The subject of Nat Currier’s artwork changed following the death of his wife and daughter, and he produced many memorial prints and sentimental prints during the late 1840s. The memorial prints generally depicted grief stricken families posed by gravestones (the stones were left blank so the purchasers could fill in the names of the dearly departed). The sentimental prints usually depicted idealized portraits of women and children, titled with popular Christian names of the day. Late in 1847, Nat Currier married Lura Ormsbee, a friend of the family. Lura was a self-sufficient woman, and she immediately set out to help Nat raise six-year-old Edward and get their house in order. In 1849, Lura delivered a son, Walter Black Currier, but fate dealt them a blow when young Walter died one year later. While Nat and Lura were grieving the loss of their new son, word came from San Francisco that Nat’s brother Lorenzo had also passed away from a brief illness. Nat sank deeper into his natural quiet melancholy. Friends stopped by to console the couple, and Lura began to set an extra place at their table for these unexpected guests. She continued this tradition throughout their lives. In 1852, Charles introduced a friend, James Merritt Ives, to Nat and suggested he hire him as a bookkeeper. Jim Ives was a native New Yorker born in 1824 and raised on the grounds of Bellevue Hospital where his father was employed as superintendent. Jim was a self-trained artist and professional bookkeeper. He was also a plump and jovial man, presenting the exact opposite image of his new boss. Jim Ives met Charles Currier through Caroline Clark, the object of Jim’s affection. Caroline’s sister Elizabeth was married to Charles, and Caroline was a close friend of the Currier family. Jim eventually proposed marriage to Caroline and solicited an introduction to Nat Currier, through Charles, in hopes of securing a more stable income to support his future wife. Ives quickly set out to improve and modernize his new employer’s bookkeeping methods. He reorganized the firm’s sizable inventory, and used his artistic skills to streamline the firm’s production methods. By 1857, Nathaniel had become so dependent on Jims’ skills and initiative that he offered him a full partnership in the firm and appointed him general manager. The two men chose the name ‘Currier & Ives’ for the new partnership, and became close friends. Currier & Ives produced their prints in a building at 33 Spruce Street where they occupied the third, fourth and fifth floors. The third floor was devoted to the hand operated printing presses that were built by Nat's cousin, Cyrus Currier, at his shop Cyrus Currier & Sons in Newark, NJ. The fourth floor found the artists, lithographers and the stone grinders at work. The fifth floor housed the coloring department, and was one of the earliest production lines in the country. The colorists were generally immigrant girls, mostly German, who came to America with some formal artistic training. Each colorist was responsible for adding a single color to a print. As a colorist finished applying their color, the print was passed down the line to the next colorist to add their color. The colorists worked from a master print displayed above their table, which showed where the proper colors were to be placed. At the end of the table was a touch up artist who checked the prints for quality, touching-in areas that may have been missed as it passed down the line. During the Civil War, demand for prints became so great that coloring stencils were developed to speed up production. Although most Currier & Ives prints were colored in house, some were sent out to contract artists. The rate Currier & Ives paid these artists for coloring work was one dollar per one hundred small folios (a penny a print) and one dollar per one dozen large folios. Currier & Ives also offered uncolored prints to dealers, with instructions (included on the price list) on how to 'prepare the prints for coloring.' In addition, schools could order uncolored prints from the firm’s catalogue to use in their painting classes. Nathaniel Currier and James Merritt Ives attracted a wide circle of friends during their years in business. Some of their more famous acquaintances included Horace Greeley, Phineas T. Barnum, and the outspoken abolitionists Rev. Henry Ward, and John Greenleaf Whittier (the latter being a cousin of Mr. Currier). Nat Currier and Jim Ives described their business as "Publishers of Cheap and Popular Pictures" and produced many categories of prints. These included Disaster Scenes, Sentimental Images, Sports, Humor, Hunting Scenes, Politics, Religion, City and Rural Scenes, Trains, Ships, Fire Fighters, Famous Race Horses, Historical Portraits, and just about any other topic that satisfied the general public's taste. In all, the firm produced in excess of 7500 different titles, totaling over one million prints produced from 1835 to 1907. Nat Currier retired in 1880, and signed over his share of the firm to his son Edward. Nat died eight years later at his summer home 'Lion’s Gate' in Amesbury, Massachusetts. Jim Ives remained active in the firm until his death in 1895, when his share of the firm passed to his eldest son, Chauncey. In 1902, faced will failing health from the ravages of Tuberculosis, Edward Currier sold his share of the firm to Chauncey Ives...

Rose Freymuth-Frazier Cave Dreams oil on linen 22h x 50w in 55.88h x 127w cm RFF062 Employing the techniques of the past in the service of contemporary exploration, I seek to add a ...

George Edwards: ""A History of Uncommon Birds"", 1749-1761. A prominent English naturalist and ornithologist, George Edwards (1694 -1773) is best known for his work, ""A Natural His...

Raju Sarkar - Owl Watercolour on Paper, 9 x 9 inches, 2020 (Shipment in a roll form) Raju Sarkar is a resident of Kolkata. He completed his BVA (painting)...

Those of us of a certain age can't forget the color palette of the 70's - avocado green, burnt orange, and brown - lots of brown! Here, artist Jeff Conroy takes those fond memories of his childhood and brings them to life in this small octopus Gyotaku ink print. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then embellishes it with colored pencil to convey an extraordinary dimensionality. By printing it on hand-made Mulberry paper, in this case a paper that mimics the movement of water in subtle shades of brown, the artist achieves a beautiful aesthetic. The artwork is matted and framed in a simple white wooden frame measuring 18.25h x 24.25w x 1d inches. Jeff Conroy 70s Kitchen...

Sven Berlin (British, 1911 - 1999) Running Hare Black and brown ink on paper 15.3/4 x 22 in. (40 x 55.8 cm.)

Nakajima Kahô (1866-1939) Sparrows Ink on paper Signed: Kahô sha and dated: Taishô, Year of the Sheep, early spring Japan. Kyoto, early spring 1919 Maruyama School painting 31.8...

Venado Nahual This Mexican Deer was made with Copal wood, wood carving technique gouges, machete and sandpaper, decorated with natural dyes and acrylic paintings with Zapotec symbol...

Original Wyland watercolor made in 1993 . One of the artists better pieces in my opinion. Measures 39x29. In good condition

Bee from the side Paper, mixed media, 21x30 cm Juris Utāns (1959-2022) was a Latvian painter. Worked in the field of critical realism, socially active and political art. Juris Uta...

William Huggins (1820 - 1884) A lion and a lioness in a landscape Oil on panel  Signed and dated, lower right: 'Huggins 1847' With gallery and exhibition labels, verso Provenance: ...

Johnny Defeo’s work belongs to the concept of souvenir, attempting to capture the experiences he has in the natural world, where he feels free and most at home. His paintings and rug...

A unique hand-colored proof aside from the regular signed and numbered edition. The print has the publisher's ink stamp and hand-written authenticity on the verso. Artist: Rober...

Publisher GKM. Edition of 50 ex. Free shipment worldwide. Acquired directly from the artist. Temporality and eternity are two concepts that increasingly compete in my work.
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"Galactic Noticing No. 5" is a large-scale work on paper using graphite, charcoal and ink. This artwork is unframed. In her latest series titled "Galactic Noticing," Heather Lancast...

Le Duel, Artist signed and titled on reverse. Born on March 21, 1906, in Moscow, she arrived as an emigrant to Paris at the age of 15, bearing in her young experience, the weight of ...

Srinivas Pulagam - Empire - 28 x 40 inches ( without framing ) Watercolour & Gouache on Paper Inclusive of shipment in roll form. Academic Background : B.F.A (painting)Andhra unive...

Sven Berlin '(British, 1911 - 1999) Strutting cock Ink on paper 14.1/8 x 10.3/4 in. (36 x 27.3 cm.) Sven Berlin, born in Sydenham, London on 14th Septembe...

Tony Hochstetler's "Boa" (2014) is an original handmade bronze sculpture that perfectly captures the detail of a boa constrictor snake.

This Blue Dog work consists of a red dog head atop of a blue dog on a solid black background. The dogs have soulful yellow eyes. This pop art animal original silkscreen print on pape...

Ross Stefan (1934-1999) Arizona / Wisconsin Artist Image Size: 24 x 30 Frame Size: 32 x 40 Medium: Oil Signed Lower Right on canvas "Don Antonio's Gate" Bougainvillea Jose Antonio ...

George Edwards: ""A History of Uncommon Birds"", 1749-1761. A prominent English naturalist and ornithologist, George Edwards (1694 -1773) is best known for his work, ""A Natural His...

This unique miniature painting is framed at 4 inches by 4 inches, and is wired and ready for hanging. About the Artist: Bryanna Marie draws her inspiration from the everyday beauty ...

"Nature is a celebration of the mystery, promise, and complexity of life.  That is what I seek to capture in my work.  I am interested in the experience of light and shadow, color an...