Hunt Slonem Figurative Paintings
American, b. 1951
Hunt Slonem has mastered the art of repetition in his exuberant Neo-Expressionist paintings. Some of his favorite subjects are bunnies, butterflies and the tropical birds that live in the private aviary nestled within his 30,000-square-foot studio complex in Brooklyn, New York.
“I believe in repetition like a holy mantra or rosary,” Slonem told Introspective, referring to his artistic method. “I am slightly influenced by Pop art, like the repetition of soup cans, postage stamps and celebrities. It’s something I have been doing my whole life.”
Slonem’s depictions of birds — which are often rendered in thick, gestural brushstrokes and arranged in a loose grid — owe to a fascination with tropical avian life that he developed during a childhood spent in Hawaii and Nicaragua. Today, along with the aviary, his studio contains a personal garden, a collection of antiques and walls and walls of artworks.
“I am a collector of things. My primary focus is color and objects. I love to make them work in a space,” Slonem says. “Sometimes I define a space with color.”
Besides birds, Slonem has painted so many bunnies that they’ve become a signature. Limned in expressive, urgent strokes on flat, vibrantly colored backgrounds, these creatures fascinate through their subtle variations. “I have painted hundreds of rabbits, but each one is different,” the artist has explained. “Each has its own personality, and it just comes through me.”
The multitalented Slonem also sculpts, makes prints, creates installations and restores historic spaces. His work has achieved cult status among collectors and is represented in the permanent collections of such esteemed institutions as the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Slonem has even made an appearance on Real Housewives of New York.
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Artist: Hunt Slonem
Startled
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Denver, CO
Hunt Slonem's artistic trajectory has always been characterized by a deep exploration of spiritual themes. His use of repetition in form—particularly with his beloved bunnies—serves ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Hunt Slonem Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Blue Side
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Denver, CO
Hunt Slonem's artistic trajectory has always been characterized by a deep exploration of spiritual themes. His use of repetition in form—particularly with his beloved bunnies—serves ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Hunt Slonem Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Madam X
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Denver, CO
Hunt Slonem's artistic trajectory has always been characterized by a deep exploration of spiritual themes. His use of repetition in form—particularly with his beloved bunnies—serves ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Hunt Slonem Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
"Mrs. Kennedy" Neo-Expressionist Oil Painting in Blue Background on Wood Panel
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects of Mrs. Kennedy. The thick use of paint is greatly recognizable as he slathers on layer after layer of Cobalt blue oil...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Hunt Slonem Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Blue Double
By Hunt Slonem
Located in PARIS, FR
Original and unique artwork by Hunt Slonem.
Oil on wood
Painting is framed, as seen in the images. Framed dimension 14.5 x12 inches
Signed Verso, titled and dated.
Please note that ...
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2010s Post-Modern Hunt Slonem Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Love
By Hunt Slonem
Located in PARIS, FR
Original and unique artwork by Hunt Slonem.
Oil on wood
Painting is framed, as seen in the images. Framed dimension 14.5 x 12.5 inches
Signed Verso, titled and dated.
Please note th...
Category
2010s Post-Modern Hunt Slonem Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Hamburg
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Denver, CO
Hunt Slonem's artistic trajectory has always been characterized by a deep exploration of spiritual themes. His use of repetition in form—particularly with his beloved bunnies—serves ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Hunt Slonem Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
A Duck to Remember your House (inscribed and signed 3x by Slonem to Warhol muse)
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
Superb provenance: gifted by Hunt Slonem to Andy Warhol muse Monique Van Vooren
Hunt Slonem
A Duck to Remember Your House By (inscribed and signed three times to Andy Warhol's friend Monique Van Vooren), 1991-2011
Watercolor on Paper
Hand signed and dated recto, signed again verso; inscribed "Monique, a duck to remember your house by.Thank you for the birthday Love Hunt 2011"
Unique work
Frame included: held in the original artist's vintage wood frame
Measurements:
Framed:
12.5" x 10.5" x .5"
Unframed
9.75" x 8"
This work is hand signed three times by Hunt Slonem: once on the recto, once on the verso, and once following the written inscription. Provenance is impeccable as this cherished gift from Hunt Slonem was acquired from the estate of the actress and socialite Monique Van Vooren. The work was painted in 1991 (and dated 1991 on the recto), and was gifted by the artist to Monique in 2011, bearing a dated dedication verso. Monique Van Vooren (1927-2020) was a film and stage actress who enjoyed a long career with diverse roles ranging from the 1960s television series Batman to Andy Warhol’s Frankenstein...
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1990s Pop Art Hunt Slonem Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Hunt Slonem "Abraham Lincoln Stripes" Neoexpressionist Framed Oil on Wood
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Baltimore, MD
"Abraham Lincoln Stripes" is a framed oil painting on wood by Hunt Slonem, depicting President Abraham Lincoln in black and white. This artist has another portrait of the iconic pres...
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2010s Neo-Expressionist Hunt Slonem Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint, Oil
Hunt Slonem, Under the sea rare unique 1980 oil on canvas painting signed Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
Rare 1980 Hunt Slonem painting. The artist has painted - literally - thousands and thousands of bunnies (and almost as many birds and butterflies), but you won't easily find the li...
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1980s Naturalistic Hunt Slonem Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Gold Flight
By Hunt Slonem
Located in PARIS, FR
Original and unique artwork by Hunt Slonem.
Oil on wood
Painting is framed, as seen in the images. Dimensions of the artwork with the frame: 45 x 39 cm
Signed Verso, titled and date...
Category
2010s Post-Modern Hunt Slonem Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood
2 Glisten
By Hunt Slonem
Located in PARIS, FR
Original and unique artwork by Hunt Slonem.
Oil and acrylic with diamond dust on wood
Dimensions of the artwork with the frame: 40.64 x 35.56 cm
Painting is framed, as seen in the i...
Category
2010s Post-Modern Hunt Slonem Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Mixed Media, Oil
Starry Night Blue Ascension
By Hunt Slonem
Located in PARIS, FR
Original and unique artwork by Hunt Slonem.
Oil on canvas, measuring 36 x 30 inches
Signed Verso
Bunnies by Hunt Slonem
When Hunt Slonem enters his studio each morning, he warms up...
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2010s Post-Modern Hunt Slonem Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Melissa
By Hunt Slonem
Located in PARIS, FR
Original and unique artwork by Hunt Slonem.
Painting is framed, as seen in the images.
Signed Verso
In oil & acrylic on wood.
Please note that Hunt Slonem paintings with frames ma...
Category
2010s Post-Modern Hunt Slonem Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood
Treat
By Hunt Slonem
Located in PARIS, FR
Original and unique artwork by Hunt Slonem.
Oil on wood
Painting is framed, as seen in the images. Dimensions of the artwork with the frame: 40,64 x 35,56 cm
Signed Verso
Please not...
Category
2010s Post-Modern Hunt Slonem Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood
Quantum Leap 4
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Denver, CO
This double-bunny painting is an excellent example of Hunt Slonem's art practice, set in a frame hand chosen by Hunt himself.
Hunt Slonem's artistic trajectory has always been chara...
Category
2010s Contemporary Hunt Slonem Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Bayou Teche Remembered
By Hunt Slonem
Located in PARIS, FR
Original and unique artwork by Hunt Slonem.
Oil on wood
Painting is framed, as seen in the images. Dimensions of the artwork with the frame: 56 x 66 cm
Signed Verso, Dated and Title...
Category
2010s Post-Modern Hunt Slonem Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Hummingbirds Lupin
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Denver, CO
This painting is phenomenal example of Hunt Slonem's floral arrangements placed in a antique frame chosen by Hunt himself.
Hunt Slonem's artistic trajectory has always been charact...
Category
2010s Contemporary Hunt Slonem Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Blue and Black Bunnies Oil Painting in Ornate Vintage Frame
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Greenwich, CT
Hunt Slonem - Symphony Winter Days
Original Framed Oil Painting. Signed on Verso.
Our Gallery works directly with Hunt Slonem.
This painting was acquired directly from the artist ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Hunt Slonem Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Double Night
By Hunt Slonem
Located in PARIS, FR
Original and unique artwork by Hunt Slonem.
Oil on wood
Painting is framed, as seen in the images. Dimensions of the artwork with the frame: 40,64 x 35,56 cm
Signed Verso
Please not...
Category
2010s Post-Modern Hunt Slonem Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood
Big Blue
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Denver, CO
This painting of a single bunny represents Hunt Slonem's most widely recognizeable motif, set within a beautiful antique frame hand picked by Hunt himself.
Hunt Slonem's artistic tr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Hunt Slonem Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Candy
By Hunt Slonem
Located in PARIS, FR
Original and unique artwork by Hunt Slonem.
Oil on wood
Painting is framed, as seen in the images. Framed dimension 14.5 x12 inches
Signed Verso, titled and dated.
Please note that ...
Category
2010s Post-Modern Hunt Slonem Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Me
By Hunt Slonem
Located in PARIS, FR
Original and unique artwork by Hunt Slonem.
Oil on wood
Painting is framed, as seen in the images. Dimensions of the artwork with the frame: 36.83 x 31.75 cm
Signed Verso
Please not...
Category
2010s Post-Modern Hunt Slonem Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
"Pale Blue Hutch" Bunnies Oil Painting in Ornate Vintage Frame
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Greenwich, CT
Hunt Slonem - Pale Blue Hutch
Original Framed Oil Painting. Signed on Verso.
Our Gallery works directly with Hunt Slonem.
This painting was acquired directly from the artist and h...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Hunt Slonem Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Blue and Silver Butterflies Oil Painting on Wood
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Greenwich, CT
Hunt Slonem - Silver Ascension Saturday
Original Framed Oil Painting. Signed on Verso.
Our Gallery works directly with Hunt Slonem.
This painting was acquired directly from the ar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Hunt Slonem Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Blue Run
By Hunt Slonem
Located in PARIS, FR
Original and unique artwork by Hunt Slonem.
Oil on canvas, measuring 76,2 x 91,4 cm
Signed Verso
Bunnies by Hunt Slonem
When Hunt Slonem enters his studio each morning, he warms up...
Category
2010s Post-Modern Hunt Slonem Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
4 Flight
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Denver, CO
This painting of butterflies captures the visual style of Hunt Slonem, complete with his signature scoring that appear in many of his paintings. It is also set in an antique fram han...
Category
2010s Contemporary Hunt Slonem Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Elm Court Fritillary
By Hunt Slonem
Located in PARIS, FR
Original and unique artwork by Hunt Slonem.
A Certificate of Authenticity will be accompanied with this piece.
Inspired by nature and his 60 pet birds, Hunt Slonem is renowned for h...
Category
2010s Post-Modern Hunt Slonem Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cotton Canvas
Hutch Major Color Field
By Hunt Slonem
Located in PARIS, FR
Original and unique artwork by Hunt Slonem.
About Hunt Slonem
Inspired by nature and his 60 pet birds, Hunt Slonem is renowned for his distinct neo-expressionist style. He is best ...
Category
2010s Post-Modern Hunt Slonem Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Light Blue and Silver Butterflies Oil Painting on Wood
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Greenwich, CT
Hunt Slonem - Blue Ascension Cleo
Original Framed Oil Painting. Signed on Verso.
Our Gallery works directly with Hunt Slonem.
This painting was acquired directly from the artist a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Hunt Slonem Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rainbow Bunnies with Diamond Dust Oil Painting on Canvas
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Greenwich, CT
Hunt Slonem - Glisten Galore
Original Framed Oil Painting. Signed on Verso.
Our Gallery works directly with Hunt Slonem.
This painting was acquired directly from the artist and ha...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Hunt Slonem Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Birds Eye
By Hunt Slonem
Located in PARIS, FR
Original and unique artwork by Hunt Slonem.
A masterful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects: Birds. This piece depicts gestural figures of Birds against a multicolor background.
Hunt Slonem traces his famous guardian details throughout the piece, with thick use of paint and elegant accents.
The black marks represent the "Eye of Hanuman" based on the Hindu Monkey God which is one of the most celebrated and worshipped figures in the Indian religion. Inspired by nature and a genuine love...
Category
2010s Post-Modern Hunt Slonem Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cotton Canvas
Hunt Slonem IO Moths, Unique, Signed painting created for literary publication
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
Hunt Slonem
IO Moths, 2009
Oil paint on canvas painting
Hand Signed, titled and dated on the back; also bears artists original label
Unique work
Provenance: Created by Hunt Slonem e...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Hunt Slonem Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
White Ascension (Through The Years)
By Hunt Slonem
Located in PARIS, FR
Original and unique artwork by Hunt Slonem.
Oil on canvas, measuring 48 x 36 inches
Signed Verso
Bunnies by Hunt Slonem
When Hunt Slonem enters his studio each morning, he warms up...
Category
2010s Post-Modern Hunt Slonem Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hutch Travel Plan
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Hunt Slonem’s Hutch Travel Plan (2024) is a commanding large-scale oil on canvas measuring 72 x 84 inches, featuring an expansive array of his iconic rabbit motifs. Each rabbit is re...
Category
2010s Contemporary Hunt Slonem Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hunt Slonem, Black and White Bunnies, Oil Painting 'White Diamond Dust'
By Hunt Slonem
Located in White Plains, NY
'White Diamond Dust' by Hunt Slonem, 2022. Oil and acrylic with diamond dust on canvas, 36 x 48 in. This painting features Slonem's signature bunnies outlined in black over a white, diamond dusted background.
Considered one of the great colorists of his time, Slonem’s neo-expressionist paintings feature an exuberant and bold, fauvist palette to emphasize his beloved menagerie of animals. Through the application of lavish, lush colors, Slonem’s painterly style continues to be fresh and innovative bordering on Pop Art aesthetics. Depicting his signature motifs of repeating whimsical animal imagery, the artist’s devotion to nature and its inhabitants are apparent.
Born in Kittery, Maine in 1951, Hunt Slonem graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Painting and Art History from Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. Slonem later attended the prestigious Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine, where he was exposed to influential artists from the New York area including Alex Katz, Alice Neel, Richard Estes, Jack Levine, Louise Nevelson and Al Held. This exposure played a pivotal role in Slonem’s artistic career, as it aided in his decision to move to New York in 1973.
Since 1977, Slonem has had over 250 solo exhibitions at prestigious galleries. Museums, both domestic and international, have collected his work, among them Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, the Whitney, the Miro Foundation, and the New Orleans Museum of Art.
His work has been exhibited globally, including in Madras, Quito, Venice, Gustavia, San...
Category
2010s Contemporary Hunt Slonem Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
Hunt Slonem, Blue & White Butterflies Oil painting, 'Blue Ascension August Moon'
By Hunt Slonem
Located in White Plains, NY
'Blue Ascension August Moon' by Hunt Slonem, 2022. Oil on canvas, 30 x 40 in. This painting features Slonem's signature butterflies outlined in black over a blue, cross hatched background.
Considered one of the great colorists of his time, Slonem’s neo-expressionist paintings feature an exuberant and bold, fauvist palette to emphasize his beloved menagerie of animals. Through the application of lavish, lush colors, Slonem’s painterly style continues to be fresh and innovative bordering on Pop Art aesthetics. Depicting his signature motifs of repeating whimsical animal imagery, the artist’s devotion to nature and its inhabitants are apparent.
Born in Kittery, Maine in 1951, Hunt Slonem graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Painting and Art History from Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. Slonem later attended the prestigious Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine, where he was exposed to influential artists from the New York area including Alex Katz, Alice Neel, Richard Estes, Jack Levine, Louise Nevelson and Al Held. This exposure played a pivotal role in Slonem’s artistic career, as it aided in his decision to move to New York in 1973.
Since 1977, Slonem has had over 250 solo exhibitions at prestigious galleries. Museums, both domestic and international, have collected his work, among them Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, the Whitney, the Miro Foundation, and the New Orleans Museum of Art.
His work has been exhibited globally, including in Madras, Quito, Venice, Gustavia, San Juan, Guatemala City, Paris, Amsterdam, Madrid, Stockholm, Oslo, Cologne, Tokyo, and Hong Kong. His work has been shown in thirty-one different museums including the Hunter Museum of American Art in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in 1981; the Museo Diocesano d'arte sacra...
Category
2010s Contemporary Hunt Slonem Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hunt Slonem, Multi-colored Bird Oil painting, 'Finches'
By Hunt Slonem
Located in White Plains, NY
'Finches' by Hunt Slonem, 2022. Oil on canvas, 48 x 48 in. This painting features Slonem's signature finches in white, red, blue, and green on a white background.
Considered one of the great colorists of his time, Slonem’s neo-expressionist paintings feature an exuberant and bold, fauvist palette to emphasize his beloved menagerie of animals. Through the application of lavish, lush colors, Slonem’s painterly style continues to be fresh and innovative bordering on Pop Art aesthetics. Depicting his signature motifs of repeating whimsical animal imagery, the artist’s devotion to nature and its inhabitants are apparent.
Born in Kittery, Maine in 1951, Hunt Slonem graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Painting and Art History from Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. Slonem later attended the prestigious Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine, where he was exposed to influential artists from the New York area including Alex Katz, Alice Neel, Richard Estes, Jack Levine, Louise Nevelson and Al Held. This exposure played a pivotal role in Slonem’s artistic career, as it aided in his decision to move to New York in 1973.
Since 1977, Slonem has had over 250 solo exhibitions at prestigious galleries. Museums, both domestic and international, have collected his work, among them Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, the Whitney, the Miro Foundation, and the New Orleans Museum of Art.
His work has been exhibited globally, including in Madras, Quito, Venice, Gustavia, San Juan, Guatemala City, Paris, Amsterdam, Madrid, Stockholm, Oslo, Cologne, Tokyo, and Hong Kong. His work has been shown in thirty-one different museums including the Hunter Museum of American Art in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in 1981; the Museo Diocesano d'arte sacra Sant'Apollonia in Venice, Italy, in 1986; the Albany Museum of Art in Albany, Georgia, in 2007; the Istanbul Museum of Modern Art in Istanbul, Turkey, in 2007; Museo de Arte de El Salvador in San Salvador...
Category
2010s Contemporary Hunt Slonem Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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