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The first decades of the 20th century were a period of artistic upheaval, with modern art movements including Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism questioning centuries of traditional views of what art should be. Using abstraction, experimental forms and interdisciplinary techniques, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and performance artists all pushed the boundaries of creative expression.

Major exhibitions, like the 1913 Armory Show in New York City — also known as the “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” in which works like the radically angular Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp caused a sensation — challenged the perspective of viewers and critics and heralded the arrival of modern art in the United States. But the movement’s revolutionary spirit took shape in the 19th century.

The Industrial Revolution, which ushered in new technology and cultural conditions across the world, transformed art from something mostly commissioned by the wealthy or the church to work that responded to personal experiences. The Impressionist style emerged in 1860s France with artists like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas quickly painting works that captured moments of light and urban life. Around the same time in England, the Pre-Raphaelites, like Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, borrowed from late medieval and early Renaissance art to imbue their art with symbolism and modern ideas of beauty.

Emerging from this disruption of the artistic status quo, modern art went further in rejecting conventions and embracing innovation. The bold legacy of leading modern artists Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and many others continues to inform visual culture today.

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Style: Modern
Butterflies 1974, oil on cardboard, 60x60 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Butterflies 1974, oil on cardboard, 60x60 cm Lidija Auza (1914. 24. 02 Vitebsk, Belarus – 1989. 13. 12 Riga, Latvia) Painter She studied at the Art Academy of Latvia (1936-1938...
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Late 20th Century Modern Animal Paintings

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Oil, Cardboard

English mid century oil painting Portrait of Miniature Black Poodle
Located in Woodbury, CT
English mid century oil painting Portrait of a Miniature Poodle Kate Gray was a British animal portrait painter during the last half of the 20th century. She also painted flower subj...
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1960s Modern Animal Paintings

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Oil, Board

Green ones. Oil on canvas, 76x101.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Sudnika Zita, Green ones. Oil on canvas, 76x101.5 The painting depicts a vibrant and lively scene of several colorful frogs in a lush, green environment. The background is filled wi...
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Early 2000s Modern Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Pointer Dogs - Oil on Canvas - 39x31 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Artwork sold with frame (50 x 58 x 4 cm)
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19th Century Modern Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The Swan Dance
Located in Stockholm, SE
The Swan Dance by Einar Forseth, (1892-1988), oil on canvas. A very colorful and decorative painting by one of Swedens most influential artists of his time. Forseth had many talents ...
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1950s Modern Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Wild Horses
Located in Atlanta, GA
A passion for horses, equestrian pursuits, and painting define Brooke Major's life and career. A native of Atlanta, GA, Brooke Major has been living and working as a professional art...
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2010s Modern Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Abracadada and Foal
Located in Atlanta, GA
A passion for horses, equestrian pursuits, and painting define Brooke Major's life and career. A native of Atlanta, GA, Brooke Major has been living and working as a professional art...
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2010s Modern Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

How To Capture This Feeling - Whimsical Figurative Watercolor Graphite Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Amanda Immurs, an artist hailing from Hamilton, Canada, creates enchanting watercolor artworks that bring whimsical scenes of children, animals, and flora to life. Immurs' art is gro...
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2010s Modern Animal Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor, Graphite

Modern Abstract Tropical Yellow Toned Landscape Painting of Three Horse Riders
Located in Houston, TX
Modern abstract tropical landscape painting by the iconic Houston based artist David Adickes. The work features a group of three figures riding horses through palm trees against a ye...
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1960s Modern Animal Paintings

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Oil

Fish by Willy Suter - Oil on cardboard 33x46 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on canvas mounted on cardboard
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1970s Modern Animal Paintings

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Oil

Arabian White Horse prancing in Landscape, huge original oil painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Arabian Horse in Landscape British School, late 20th century oil on canvas, framed canvas: 25.5 x 37 inches framed: 31 x 41 inches the painting is in overall very good and sound cond...
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20th Century Modern Animal Paintings

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Oil

'Bird Abstraction' — Mid-Century Modernism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Stephen Harty, Untitled (Bird Abstraction), gouache, 1953. Signed and dated lower left. A fine, meticulously rendered, mid-century, modernist gouache painting, with fresh colors on 1...
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1950s Modern Animal Paintings

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Gouache

Les Trois Chevaux - Modernist Animal Oil Painting by Louis Anquetin
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on panel circa 1895 by French modernist painter Louis Anquetin. The piece depicts three white horses. Signature: Signed lower right Dimensions: Framed: 16.5"x20" Unframe...
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1890s Modern Animal Paintings

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Oil, Panel

English mid century oil painting Portrait of Miniature Black Poodle
Located in Woodbury, CT
English mid century oil painting Portrait of a Miniature Poodle Kate Gray was a British animal portrait painter during the last half of the 20th century. She also painted flower subj...
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1960s Modern Animal Paintings

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Oil, Board

La Table du Jardin Garden Table with a Black Cat oil painting by Michel Dureuil
Located in London, GB
To see more, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller." Michel Dureil (1929 - 2011) La Table du J...
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20th Century Modern Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The hen by William GOLIASCH - Ink on paper 41x56 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Numbered 18/20 Work on paper Red wooden frame with glass pane 44 x 59 x 1,5 cm
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Late 20th Century Modern Animal Paintings

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Ink

Doves by Franck Chabry - Gouache on paper 50x70 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper Frame in wood moldings and gilded plaster with glass pane 65 x 85 x 3 cm
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Mid-20th Century Modern Animal Paintings

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Gouache

CHINESE DRAGON - Painted on rice paper
Located in Napoli, IT
Painted on rice paper depicting a Chinese dragon, with metal frame. He shipped himself without glass
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1970s Modern Animal Paintings

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Paint, Rice Paper

New Sun VI
Located in Bozeman, MT
When I think of where McCauley fits into American art, as a contemporary painter, sculptor and naturalistic interpreter, I place him in the same philosophical tribe as Walton Ford, A...
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2010s Modern Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Wood Panel

If They Look Close Enough They'll Find Her - Figurative Watercolor Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Amanda Immurs, an artist hailing from Hamilton, Canada, creates enchanting watercolor artworks that bring whimsical scenes of children, animals, and flora to life. Immurs' art is gro...
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2010s Modern Animal Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor, Graphite

Modern British portrait of a Bassett Hound in oils
Located in Woodbury, CT
Wonderful late 20th century portrait of a Bassett Hound dog. Painted in England circa 1996 the artist was capable of painting the most amazing character in this portrait. Oils on...
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1990s Modern Animal Paintings

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Oil, Board

DREAMING, ready to hang, acrylic paint on canvas
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
READY TO HANG, Signature on the back A fantasy world to immerse yourself in. It is inspired by great masters of painting such as; Chagall, Miró, Picasso. Acrylic painting on canva...
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2010s Modern Animal Paintings

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Oil, Acrylic

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...
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20th Century Modern Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Wings 2021, Acrylic, Charcoal, Canvas by Modern Artist Shuvaprasanna "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Shuvaprasanna Bhattacharya - Wings 2021 - 60 x 30 inches (unframed size) Acrylic and Charcoal on Canvas , 2021 One of the most popular series of the Master Artist, The Golden Flute is the artists more romantic renedition of Art. The iconic figures of Krishna, Radha, and Ganesha that found lyrical expression in the Icons series are modern representations and sophisticated idealizations of the same images in the popular media. Krishna is a cosmic musician, and the tune he creates by playing his transcendental flute is embodied with cosmic energy. When Krishna is depicted as being between the age of 5 and 8, it is always with his flute. Therefore, during this period, he is aptly called Murlidhara (murali means “flute,” and dhara means “hold”), signifying the one who holds the flute. He is never without it, whether he is with his mother, on the grazing grounds with his herd of cows, among his cowherd companions or roaming around on the Jamuna banks. Gopis lose their selves in this tune. For them, music becomes the voice of love, which is too passionate and secretive. Style : The city of Kolkata has always figured prominently in his work. His themes come from his personal interactions with its urban milieu - its sickness and sordidness, its violence and vulnerability and all that compounds its existential agony. Shuvaprasanna has depicted varying moods of the city and its people, its places, and all its facets that make the city distinctive. He doesn't merely portray reality as 'matter of fact' and his presentation of reality often has dream-like elements in it. In terms of technique, Shuvaprasanna boasts a precise, finely executed style that yields an unmistakable visual intensity. He works comfortably in an assortment of media, including oil on canvas, charcoal, and mixed media. About the Artist and his work : Born : In Calcutta, 1947. Education : Graduated from Indian College of Art (R.B. University, Calcutta) in 1969. Exhibitions : Shuvaprasanna has had several gallery and museum exhibitions, including at the Tao Art Gallery and at the Chawla Art Gallery, Square One Mall. Several works by the artist have been sold at auction, including 'ABODE' sold at Waddington's 'Fine Prints & Photography Auction' in 2014. There have been many articles about Shuvaprasanna, including 'An exclusive edifice' written by Kunal Ray for The Hindu in 2014. Selected Solo Exhibitions : 2011 - Shuvaprasanna: Recent Works, CIMA, Centre of International Modern Art, India, Kolkata 2010 - Summer Show 2010, CIMA, Centre of International Modern Art, India, Kolkata 2007 - ‘Madhura: The Golden Flute’, organized by Indian Contemporary at Visual Arts Centre, Hong Kong 2006 - ‘The Divine Flute’, Aicon Gallery, USA 2002 - ‘Icons and Illusions’, Gallery ArtsIndia, New York 1998 - ‘An Appreciation of Ted Hughes’, Exhibition of Crow Paintings...
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2010s Modern Animal Paintings

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Mixed Media, Canvas, Charcoal, Acrylic

'Copper & Blue' - Horses in a landscape
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
William Robin Jennings (1927-2005) 'Copper & Blue' - Horses in a landscape Oil on canvas Signed lower right Canvas Size - 14 x 18 in Walter Robin Jennings was a distinguished Briti...
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20th Century Modern Animal Paintings

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Oil

"Bucolic Landscape" Sally Michel Avery, Female American Modernist Bright Pastel
By Sally Michel-Avery
Located in New York, NY
Sally Michel Avery (1902 - 2003) Bucolic Landscape with Cows, 1963 Oil on canvasboard 9 x 12 inches Signed and dated lower left Provenance: The art...
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1980s Modern Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Board

Antique American Expressionist Signed Original Sunset Horse Landscape Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage modernist expressionist sunset oil painting. Oil on canvas. Image size, 27.5L x 20H. Signed.
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1960s Modern Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Doves by Franck Chabry - Gouache on paper 50x70 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper Frame in wood moldings and gilded plaster with glass pane 65 x 85 x 3 cm
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Mid-20th Century Modern Animal Paintings

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Gouache

Contemporary British Acrylic Painting Northern Goshawk In The Snow
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Northern Gowshawk by Ben George Powell, British contemporary artist signed acrylic on board, unframed board: 12 x 16 inches provenance: private collection of this artists work, UK Th...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Animal Paintings

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Oil, Acrylic

Pointer Dogs - Oil on Canvas - 39x31 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Artwork sold with frame (50 x 58 x 4 cm)
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19th Century Modern Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Fish by Willy Suter - Oil on cardboard 33x46 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on canvas mounted on cardboard
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1970s Modern Animal Paintings

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Oil

Nahual (1/3)
Located in San Francisco, CA
Rocca Luis César Nahual, 2023, (1/3) Acrylic on canvas 24.40 x 24.40 in This original painting comes framed as shown in one of the images. Rocca Luis César (b. 1986, Guadalajara, M...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

20th century English portrait of two Labrador Retriever dogs Sadie & Sophie
Located in Woodbury, CT
20th-century English portrait of two Labrador Retriever dogs Sadie & Sophie Owning a painting of two English Labrador Retriever dogs by D.J. Holdswor...
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1980s Modern Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Board

Contemporary British Acrylic Painting Stag In The Snow
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Stag In Snow by Ben George Powell, British contemporary artist signed acrylic on canvas, unframed canvas: 12 x 16 inches provenance: private collection of this artists work, UK The ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Animal Paintings

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Oil, Acrylic

Contemporary British Acrylic Painting Snow Leopards in Arctic Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
snow leopards by Ben George Powell, British contemporary artist signed acrylic on canvas, unframed canvas: 20 x 28 inches provenance: private collection of this artists work, UK The ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Animal Paintings

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Oil, Acrylic

Untitled 3
Located in Bozeman, MT
When I think of where McCauley fits into American art, as a contemporary painter, sculptor and naturalistic interpreter, I place him in the same philosophical tribe as Walton Ford, A...
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2010s Modern Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Wood Panel

Original British Signed Oil Painting Jack Russell Terrier and Companion Dog
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Good Friends" British artist, late 20th century signed oil on canvas, framed framed: 17.5 x 17.5 inches canvas: 15 x 16 inches provenance: private collection, UK condition: very go...
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Late 20th Century Modern Animal Paintings

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Oil

Horse Head, Ink on Paper, Black Color by Indian Artist Sunil Das "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sunil Das - Horse Head Ink on Paper 10 x 8 inches, 2011 ( delivered unframed ) Sunil Das (1939-2015) was a Master Modern Indian Artist from Bengal. Extremely successful right from h...
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2010s Modern Animal Paintings

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Paper, Ink

Sea Turtles Swimming in Blue Sea Large Contemporary British Painting on Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
''Sea Turtles" oil on canvas, unframed painting: 27 x 35.5 inches the painting is in overall very good and sound condition
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2010s Modern Animal Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Emerge 6
Located in Atlanta, GA
Carl Linstrum's "Other Side," "Fade," and "Emerge" series of paintings speak to disappearing ecosystems in a time of increasing climate crises, while celebrating the sheer beauty of ...
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2010s Modern Animal Paintings

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Paper, Oil, Acrylic

'Circle of Marine Life', Aquatic, Psychedelic Fish Monster, Yellow Submarine
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Baba' and dated 1977. A large and colorful Pop Art derived perspective on the aquatic circle of life.
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1970s Modern Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic, Masonite, Gouache

'Burmese Dancers', Large Modernist Oil, Myanmar, Rangoon, SFMA, SFAI, PFA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Aung Aung Taik' (Burmese, born 1948) and dated 1981. Exhibited: San Francisco Cultural Center, 1981. A major work by this celebrate...
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1980s Modern Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Figures Riding Horses, Oil Painting by Joyce Roybal
Located in Long Island City, NY
Figures Riding Horses Joyce Roybal, (1955) Oil on canvas, signed lower right Size: 30 x 40 in. (76.2 x 101.6 cm) Frame Size: 35.5 x 45.5 inches
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1980s Modern Animal Paintings

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Oil

Vintage American Modernist Dog Portrait Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist dog portrait. Finely painted. Measuring 24 by 30 inches.
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1980s Modern Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Automne d'or by André Brasilier
Located in New Orleans, LA
André Brasilier French I b. 1929 Automne d'or Signed “André Brasilier” (lower right) Oil on canvas In Automne d'or, celebrated French artist André Brasilier exquisitely conveys th...
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20th Century Modern Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Huge 20th Century British Naive Welsh Oil Painting Village Life in Winter Snow
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Winter in the Village by Ben George Powell, British contemporary artist signed oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 32 x 40 inches provenance: private collection of this artists work, UK ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Ocelote (1/3)
Located in San Francisco, CA
Rocca Luis César Ocelote, 2023, (1/3) Acrylic on canvas 24.40 x 24.40 in This original painting comes framed as shown in one of the images. Rocca Luis César (b. 1986, Guadalajara, ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Peacock Blue Green Painting, Mixed Media Textured on Canvas 60 H X 40" W
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
Peacock Blue Green Painting, Mixed Media Textured on Canvas 60 H X 40" W inches, Mixed Media: Digital, Watercolor, Acrylic, Gel Medium One-of-a-kind 2017 in Los Angeles SPECIFICATI...
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2010s Modern Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Digital

Peacock I, Blue Green Painting, Mixed Media Textured on Canvas 60 H X 40" W
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
Peacock I Blue Green Painting, Mixed Media Textured on Canvas 60 H X 40" W inches, Mixed Media: Digital, Watercolor, Acrylic, Gel Medium One-of-a-kind 2017 in Los Angeles SPECIFICA...
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2010s Modern Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Digital

Riders, Oil Painting by Joyce Roybal
Located in Long Island City, NY
Riders Joyce Roybal, (1955) Oil on Canvas, signed lower right Size: 19.75 x 24 in. (50.17 x 60.96 cm) Frame Size: 26 x 29.75 inches
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1980s Modern Animal Paintings

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Oil

Polo Players
Located in Atlanta, GA
A passion for horses, equestrian pursuits, and painting define Brooke Major's life and career. A native of Atlanta, GA, Brooke Major has been living and working as a professional art...
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2010s Modern Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Four Square Birds" Modern Teal Toned Cubist Inspired Abstract of Birds
Located in Houston, TX
Modern abstract painting of birds by the iconic Houston based artist David Adickes. The work features a grid of four different Cubist-inspired abstractions of birds set against a tea...
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2010s Modern Animal Paintings

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Mixed Media, Acrylic

Antique American Modernist Carved Mixed Media Fish Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Rare and well executed modernist wall plaque by Richard Kuehne. Paint on gesso plaque. Signed. Silver leaf incorporated frame as photographed.
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1940s Modern Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The French Rooster
Located in London, GB
'The French Rooster', gouache on art paper, by Raymond Debiève (circa 1960s). A Mid-Century modern depiction of the French coq, or rooster. The origin o...
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1960s Modern Animal Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

Mid Century Modern Cubist Geometric Abstract Oil Painting - The Henkeeper
Located in Bristol, GB
THE HENKEEPER Size: 76.5 x 61.5 cm (including frame) Oil on canvas A striking mid-century modernist painting depicting a woman tending to a group of chickens, rendered in a bold, ab...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Horse, Ink on Paper by Indian Modern Artist Sunil Das "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sunil Das - Bull Ink on Paper 11 x 15 inches, 2011 ( Framed & Delivered ) Sunil Das (1939-2015) was a Master Modern Indian Artist from Bengal. Extremely successful right from his co...
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2010s Modern Animal Paintings

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Paper, Ink

Emerge 4
Located in Atlanta, GA
Carl Linstrum's "Other Side," "Fade," and "Emerge" series of paintings speak to disappearing ecosystems in a time of increasing climate crises, while celebrating the sheer beauty of ...
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2010s Modern Animal Paintings

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Paper, Oil, Acrylic

Untitled - Equestrian
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Felix Angel – Colombian/American (1949- ) Title: Untitled - Equestrian Year: 1985 Medium: acrylic on canvas Size: 44 x 56 inches Signature: Signed...
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1980s Modern Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Antique American School Fall Cat Still Life Framed Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage modernist still life with a cat. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed.
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1940s Modern Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Untitled, Charcoal on Paper by Modern Artist Suhas Roy "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Suhas Roy - Untitled Charcoal on Paper 9 x 12 inches, 2011 ( Framed & Delivered ) In this 2011 charcoal on paper titled Crow, Suhas captures the stark, enigmatic presence of the bir...
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2010s Modern Animal Paintings

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Paper, Charcoal

Young Broodmares
Located in Atlanta, GA
A passion for horses, equestrian pursuits, and painting define Brooke Major's life and career. A native of Atlanta, GA, Brooke Major has been living and working as a professional art...
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2010s Modern Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Pigeon at Sunrise" Animal Acrylic Painting on Yellow Background by Ian McCaine
Located in Pasadena, CA
In this squared composition, Ian McCaine transports us into a suspended moment, where the soft light of a sunrise barely reveals the contours of the world. Against a background domin...
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Late 20th Century Modern Animal Paintings

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Acrylic

Cenzontle (1/3)
Located in San Francisco, CA
Rocca Luis César Cenzontle, 2023, (1/3) Acrylic on canvas 24.40 x 24.40 in This original painting comes framed as shown in one of the images. Rocca Luis César (b. 1986, Guadalajara...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Elephant Painting done on Unique Book Canvass
Located in Mexico City, MX
Beautiful elephant water color painting on unique book canvass. The two artists and industrial designers made the canvass with extinct and unused encyclopedia books in order to give ...
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2010s Modern Animal Paintings

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Charcoal, Watercolor

Large Vintage American Modernist Abstract Dove Portrait Signed Framed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Measuring 48 by 48 inches overall and 40 by 40 painting alone. In excellent original condition. Hands...
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1960s Modern Animal Paintings

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Oil, Board

English mid century oil painting Portrait of Saluki dog
Located in Woodbury, CT
Wonderful English mid century portrait of a Saluki dog. Kate Gray was a British animal portrait painter during the last half of the 20th century. She also painted flower subjects. ...
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1960s Modern Animal Paintings

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Oil, Board

Antique 19th Century Italian Oil Painting Man riding Pony Horse in Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Stubborn Mule Italian School, 19th century oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 9.75 x 14 inches provenance: private collection condition: very good and sound condition, a little scru...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Animal Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Hawk Bird Of Prey Framed Original Mid 20th Century Powerful Watercolor Painting
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Dame Elisabeth Frink. English ( b.1930 - d.1993 ). Hawk, 1969. Watercolor. Signed & Dated Lower Right. Image size 25.4 inches x 19.5 inches ( 64.5cm x 49.5cm ). Frame size 34.4 inches x 28.1 inches ( 87.5cm x 71.5cm ). Available for sale; this original painting is by Dame Elisabeth Frink and is dated 1969. The painting is presented and supplied in a glazed frame and mount dating from June 1997. This vintage watercolor is in very good condition, commensurate with its age. The watercolor is signed and dated lower right. Previously with Beaux Arts, London and Bath in 1999. Dame Elisabeth Frink was one of Britain’s most important post-war sculptors, an accomplished draughtsman, illustrator and teacher. She was part of the post-war school of expressionist British sculptors dubbed the Geometry of Fear, and enjoyed a highly acclaimed career that was commercially successful, broke boundaries and contributed greatly to bringing wonderful sculpture to public places. She was born on 14 November 1930 in Thurlow, the daughter of a cavalry officer, and brought up in rural Suffolk near to an active airbase. She was brought up a Catholic and educated at the Convent of the Holy Family, Exmouth. She then studied at the Guildford School of Art from 1947-1949 under Willi Soukop and Henry Moore’s assistant, Bernard Meadows, and then at the Chelsea School in London 1949-1953. She taught at Chelsea School of Art 1951-61, St. Martin’s School of Art 1954-62 and was a visiting instructor at the Royal College of Art 1965-1967, after which she lived in France until 1973. Frink first came to the attention of the public in 1951 at an exhibition at the Beaux Arts Gallery, London. In 1952 she represented Britain at the Venice Biennale, being described by Herbert Read as “the most vital, the most brilliant and the most promising of the whole Biennale”. The same year the Tate bought its first work by her, and she began to enjoy commercial success. Thereafter she exhibited regularly and was for 27 years associated with Waddington’s, London. The subjects which Frink was most concerned with were man, dog and horses, with and without riders. Interestingly she seldom sculpted the female form, drawing on archetypes of masculine strength, struggle and aggression. Her work has the recurring themes of the vulnerable and the predatory, in the spirit of an authentic post-war artist. It has been said that she was more concerned with representing mankind that portraits of individuals. The appeal of her work lies in its directness, provoking a frank statement of feeling. The anatomy is often exaggerated or incorrect; the impact growing more out of her interest in the spirit of the subject. Her animals and birds may be drawn from nature but verge on the abstract, conveying raw emotion and character rather than a realistic depiction. Her unique style is characterised by a rough treatment of the surface which embeds each piece with vitality and her personal impression. In her later work even the distinction between human and bird figures becomes blurred. Commentators have noted that the often rugged, brutal and contorted surfaces of her work reflect the destruction and terror of the six-year world-wide conflict that she witnessed as a child. Frink was an active supporter of Amnesty International. In the 1960s and early 1970s Frink produced a notable series of falling figures and winged men. Later, living in France during the Algerian war, she began making heads, blinded by goggles which had a threatening facelessness. Frink produced many notable public commissions, including Wild Boar for Harlow New Town, Blind Beggar and Dog for Bethnal Green, Noble Horse and Rider for Piccadilly, London, a lectern for Coventry Cathedral, Shepherd for Paternoster Square beside St. Paul’s Cathedral and a Walking Madonna for Salisbury Cathedral. In the early 1980s she produced a set of three larger than life figures The Dorset Martyrs which stand on the edge of the old walled town of Dorchester on the site of the old gallows, as a memorial to those who had been executed there ‘for conscience sake’. Frink’s Canterbury Tales was a collection of 19 etchings drawn directly on to copper plates and etched by her. The ‘book’ was issued in three limited editions. Her illustrations have been praised as “amongst the most successful illustrations of the century, encompassing the mood of the text in concise delineations and disarmingly ribald humour”. She illustrated other books with colored lithographs or drawings. Frink was on the Board of Trustees, British Museum from 1976, and was a member of the Royal Fine Art Commission 1976-81. CBR (1969), DBE ((1982), Associate of the Royal Academy (1971), Royal Academy (1977). She was made a Companion of Honour in 1992. She died on 18 April 1993, but not before completing her last commission, a monumental but unusual figure of Christ for the front of the Anglican Cathedral in Liverpool, unveiled a week before her death. For several decades Frink exhibited widely in the UK and abroad. In her later years she lived and worked in Dorset where her home and garden became an arena for her work. In 1985 she had a retrospective at the Royal Academy. She died on 18 April 1993, but not before completing her last commission, a monumental but unusual figure of Christ for the front of the Anglican Cathedral in Liverpool, unveiled a week before her death. There was a memorial show at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Bretton Hall in 1994. Today Frink is venerated as one of the great twentieth century British sculptors. Her unique work is represented in the Tate Gallery and major public and private collections world-wide. © Big Sky Fine Art This original watercolor on paper painting of a hawk by Dame Elizabeth Frink...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Animal Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Cowboy Hunting Pronghorn Deer ("American Antelope") in Watercolor and Gouache
Located in Soquel, CA
Cowboy Hunting Pronghorn Deer ("American Antelope") in Watercolor and Gouache Detailed western scene by H. Rich (American, 20th Century). A cowboy is on a ridge, with two horses, ha...
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1960s Modern Animal Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

La ronde des cavaliers by André Brasilier
Located in New Orleans, LA
André Brasilier b. 1929 French La ronde des cavaliers Signed "André Brasilier" (lower right) Oil on canvas "I always try to give the quintessence of a subject, to say a great dea...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

English Dog Oil Painting Boxer Dog beside Open Fireplace in Home Signed Original
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Hazel Morgan, British 20th century Boxer dog by fire signed oil painting on canvas, framed framed: 20 x 24 inches canvas: 16 x 24 inches provenance: priva...
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Late 20th Century Modern Animal Paintings

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Oil

Contemporary British Acrylic Painting Mountain Hares
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Mountain Hares by Ben George Powell, British contemporary artist signed and inscribed verso acrylic on board, unframed board: 12 x 16 inches provenance: private collection of this ar...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Animal Paintings

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Acrylic

Horse "Grace and Power"
Located in Zofingen, AG
This painting embodies the dynamics and natural grace of a horse, symbolizing the strength, freedom and pristine beauty of the animal world. The animal's gaze attracts attention - it...
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2010s Modern Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

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