Skip to main content

Paul Jansen Animal Paintings

Dutch, b. 1960

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 curious animal really reaches out of the frame, as if the viewer stands face-to-face with the cow. It gives the paintings extra liveliness — the calf really looks at you, as if he wants to make contact and step out of his frame. The beautiful eyes and the soft whiskers make the cow extra touchable.

Jansen started his artistic career as a photographer. The influence of photography is surely traceable in his realistic portraits with unique compositions and extreme framing. For what has already been a number of years, the cow is an important subject in the work of Jansen. The animal’s unpretentious sense of being and its quirky, sometimes absurd shapes fascinate the artist. Unlike the function of cattle animals in past decennia painting, Jansen does not frame the cow as embellishment of landscape. He frames a single animal in all of its uniqueness and detail, often even with no room for landscape.

The backgrounds of the portraits radiate serenity and peace in their almost abstract flatness. The background contrasts with the liveliness of the animal, painted in great detail. Jansen creates an intriguing play of color and form and of abstractness and realism, to let the nature of the cow be fully appreciated.

Find original Paul Jansen animal paintings and other art on 1stDibs.

(Biography provided by De KunstSalon)

to
17
16
12
3
2
3
5
8
1
Overall Height
to
Overall Width
to
17
17
15
14
5
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
17
19
723
73
73
46
17
17
16
3
Artist: Paul Jansen
"Portrait 77" Contemporary Dutch Oil Painting of a Brown 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 curious animal really reach...
Category

2010s Contemporary Paul Jansen Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

"Black Cow" Contemporary Dutch Oil Painting of a Black Cow on a Green Background
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 curious animal really reach...
Category

2010s Contemporary Paul Jansen Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

"Portrait 430" 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 Paul Jansen Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

"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 Paul Jansen Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

"Calf" 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 Paul Jansen Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

"Little Owl" Contemporary Dutch Oil Painting of an Owl inspired by Fabritius
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 Paul Jansen Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

"Goat" Contemporary Dutch Oil Painting of a White Goat
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 Paul Jansen Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

"Brown Calf" Contemporary Dutch Oil Painting of a Brown 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 curious animal really reach...
Category

2010s Contemporary Paul Jansen Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Curious Calf- 21st Century Dutch Contemporary Portrait Painting of a Calf
By Paul Jansen
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
A painting by Paul Jansen Curious Calf 42 x 61 cm with frame (included) 56 x 77 cm Oil on wood panel The Dutch artist Paul Jansen prefers to paint cow portraits. Jansen looks for co...
Category

2010s Contemporary Paul Jansen Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

"Portrait 410" Contemporary Dutch Oil Painting of a 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 curious animal really reach...
Category

2010s Contemporary Paul Jansen Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Curious - 21st Century Dutch Contemporary Portrait Painting of a Cow
By Paul Jansen
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
A painting by Paul Jansen Curious 39 x 50 cm with frame (included) 50 x 63 cm Oil on wood panel The Dutch artist Paul Jansen prefers to paint cow portraits. Jansen looks for cows, ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Paul Jansen Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Hi There! -21st Century Contemporary portrait Oil Painting of a Cow
By Paul Jansen
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
A painting by Paul Jansen The Dutch artist Paul Jansen prefers to paint cow portraits. Jansen looks for cows, examines all types in all possible places. For him, a cow is an interes...
Category

2010s Contemporary Paul Jansen Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

"Portrait 418" Contemporary Dutch Oil Painting of a Black & White 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 curious animal really reach...
Category

2010s Contemporary Paul Jansen Animal Paintings

Materials

Panel, Oil

"Calf Portrait" Contemporary Dutch Oil Painting of a Black and White Cow
By Paul Jansen
Located in Utrecht, NL
The oil paintings of the contemporary Dutch artist Paul Jansen induce the viewer to look beyond the standard picture within the frame. It feels as if the c...
Category

2010s Contemporary Paul Jansen Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

"Calf Portrait 80" Contemporary Dutch Oil Painting of a Black and White 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 curious animal really reach...
Category

2010s Contemporary Paul Jansen Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Curious Calf- 21st Century Contemporary Animal Portrait by Paul Jansen
By Paul Jansen
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Painter Paul Jansen (1960) started his artistic career as a photographer, and a certain influence of photography can still be seen in his paintings today. ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Paul Jansen Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Portrait 432" 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 curious animal really reach...
Category

2010s Contemporary Paul Jansen Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Related Items
Eyes of Shivers - Cinema Inspired Oil Painting w/ Couple Embracing and a Dog
Located in Chicago, IL
In Shivers, a disease is spread through the throat, resulting in a zombie-like infection. In this painting, coupled with an image from The Eyes of Laura Mars, is a reference to ideological possession and the use of compelled speech. It is a concern towards those who display totalitarian traits in their quest for justice, too caught up in their own righteousness to really consider the damage they are doing. The do in the background stands above the lifeless body of a woman, it is dogma and its dismantlement of womanhood. Inspired by the films Shivers, 1975 The Eyes of Laura Mars, 1978 Georgia Hinaris Eyes of Shivers oil on panel 16h x 24w in 40.64h x 60.96w cm GHS003 Horror films are the most profound and visceral of films, garnering the most extreme responses: vehement hatred and cultish admiration. Horror elicits a controlled neurosis while exposing the rejected weaknesses and brutalities of humanity. I embrace the power of cinema and its ability to alter perception, as it is media that is a reflection of our primordial desires. I’m fascinated by concepts involving the limits of human perception, the ambiguity of morality in relation to nature, the paradoxical nature of reality, and the human struggle to reckon with uncertainty. Humans bear the burden of being as we are, all caught in a flux of unbelievable cognitive abilities and animalistic instincts. Every painting is in its own universe and I cater to it. Nothing is precious. Chaos is embraced. Georgia Hinaris, b. 1993, Chicago, Illinois Education 2019 MFA Painting, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY 2015 BFA Painting, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY Exhibitions 2020 Summer Exhibition, Flowers Gallery, New York, NY Summer Juried Exhibition, Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY 2019 Di Donna Gallery, New York, NY AXA Art Prize, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA, Richard Gray...
Category

2010s Contemporary Paul Jansen Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Silver Amazone
By Jos de Wit
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Dutch artist Jos de Wit creates both sculptures and paintings. He does not shy away from any subject in his work. Often small gems full of special finds sho...
Category

2010s Contemporary Paul Jansen Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Silver Amazone
Silver Amazone
Free Shipping
H 27.56 in W 19.69 in D 1.97 in
Warm in the Sun
Located in Atlanta, GA
Gwen Wong's work is both painterly and allegorical, caught somewhere in the middle between the representational painter and the narrator. "I am inspired by the idea of a childhood re...
Category

2010s Contemporary Paul Jansen Animal Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

Belle- 21st Century Contemporary Dutch Portraitpainting of a Cat
By Adriana van Zoest
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Adriana van Zoest Belle 21 x 30 cm Framed in a black wooden frame: 32 x 42 cm Oil paint on wood panel Dutch artist, painter, Adriana van Zoest, lives and works in Warmenhuizen, in t...
Category

2010s Contemporary Paul Jansen Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Raven Squad- 21st Century Dutch Contemporary Painting
By Jos de Wit
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Jos de Wit is a versatile artist. His realistic way of painting is a result of good looking. He finds subjects everywhere, often an idea starts to live with him so that it does not ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Paul Jansen Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

"Raven nr. 56" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Thorgrimur Einarsson's "Raven nr. 56" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a raven flying through the air. About the Artist: Thorgrimur is an Icelandic artist...
Category

2010s Contemporary Paul Jansen Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Traces and Light
Located in Atlanta, GA
Gwen Wong's work is both painterly and allegorical, caught somewhere in the middle between the representational painter and the narrator. "I am inspired by the idea of a childhood re...
Category

2010s Contemporary Paul Jansen Animal Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

A Place in the Sky
Located in Atlanta, GA
Gwen Wong's work is both painterly and allegorical, caught somewhere in the middle between the representational painter and the narrator. "I am inspired by the idea of a childhood re...
Category

2010s Contemporary Paul Jansen Animal Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

The Duet -Original Oil Surreal Painting of Man with Tree Growing Out of His Head
By Christopher Klein
Located in Chicago, IL
Christopher A. Klein b. 1954, Washington DC Christopher Klein spent 26 years at National Geographic Magazine. His career at National Geographic br...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paul Jansen Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

"Arctic Fox" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Thorgrimur Einarsson's "Arctic Fox" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a white fox in an arctic tundra landscape. About the Artist: Thorgrimur is an Icelandic artist...
Category

2010s Contemporary Paul Jansen Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Blauwe Reiger Blue Heron Oil Painting on Panel Bird Animal 2023 In Stock
By Walter Elst
Located in Utrecht, NL
Blauwe Reiger Blue Heron Oil Painting on Panel Bird Animal In Stock Walter Elst Born in Antwerp, Belgium - 1955 After finishing his study Medicine at the University of Brussels Walt...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paul Jansen Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Place We Meet
Located in Atlanta, GA
Gwen Wong's work is both painterly and allegorical, caught somewhere in the middle between the representational painter and the narrator. "I am inspired by the idea of a childhood re...
Category

2010s Contemporary Paul Jansen Animal Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

Previously Available Items
"Brown Calf" 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 curious animal really reach...
Category

2010s Contemporary Paul Jansen Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

"Brown Calf"Contemporary Dutch Oil Painting of a Brown 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 curious animal really reach...
Category

2010s Contemporary Paul Jansen Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

"Brown Calf"Contemporary Dutch Oil Painting of a Brown 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 curious animal really reach...
Category

2010s Contemporary Paul Jansen Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Sparrow - 21st Century Dutch Contemporary Bird Painting of a Sparrow
By Paul Jansen
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
A painting by Paul Jansen Coal Tit 36 x 24 cm with frame (included) 43 x 31 cm Oil on wood panel The Dutch artist Paul Jansen prefers to paint animal portrai...
Category

2010s Contemporary Paul Jansen Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Coal Tit - 21st Century Dutch Contemporary Bird Painting of a Tit
By Paul Jansen
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
A painting by Paul Jansen Coal Tit 36 x 24 cm with frame (included) 43 x 31 cm Oil on wood panel The Dutch artist Paul Jansen prefers to paint animal portrai...
Category

2010s Contemporary Paul Jansen Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Portrait of a Cow- 21st Century Dutch Contemporary Portrait Painting of a Cow
By Paul Jansen
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
A painting by Paul Jansen portrait of a cow 46 x 61 cm with frame (included) 56 x 70 cm Oil on wood panel The Dutch artist Paul Jansen prefers to paint cow portraits. Jansen looks f...
Category

2010s Contemporary Paul Jansen Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

"Little Black Calf" Contemporary Dutch Oil Painting of a Calf, Cow Portrait
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 curious animal really reach...
Category

2010s Contemporary Paul Jansen Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

"Portrait 407" Contemporary Dutch Oil Painting of a Calf, Cow Portrait
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 curious animal really reach...
Category

2010s Contemporary Paul Jansen Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

"Little Black Calf" Contemporary Dutch Oil Painting of a Calf, Cow Portrait
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 curious animal really reach...
Category

2010s Contemporary Paul Jansen Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

"Calf Portrait 403" Contemporary Dutch Oil Painting of a Calf, Cow Portrait
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 curious animal really reach...
Category

2010s Contemporary Paul Jansen Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

"Portrait 402" Contemporary Dutch Oil Painting of a Calf, Cow Portrait
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 curious animal really reach...
Category

2010s Contemporary Paul Jansen Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

"Portrait 398" Contemporary Dutch Oil Painting of a Calf, Cow Portrait
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 curious animal really reach...
Category

2010s Contemporary Paul Jansen Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Paul Jansen animal paintings for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Paul Jansen animal paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. You can also browse by medium to find art by Paul Jansen in oil paint, paint, panel and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 21st century and contemporary and is mostly associated with the contemporary style. Not every interior allows for large Paul Jansen animal paintings, so small editions measuring 15 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Amir Kerr, Thomas Broadbent, and Brian Leo. Paul Jansen animal paintings prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $3,100 and tops out at $7,200, while the average work can sell for $6,219.

Recently Viewed

View All