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Item Ships From: Continental US
Lady McNeck lll
By Y.m.Lo
Located in East Hampton, NY
Giraffe dressed up like royalty
Hand Painted
edition of 20
NY Street Artist Y.M. Lo oil painting.
contemporary Street in NYC, Hong Kong
Comes ROLLED in a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
$360 Sale Price
40% Off
"Family Unit" Oil painting
By Louis Recchia
Located in Denver, CO
Louis Recchia's (US based) "Family Unit" is an oil painting that depicts a family of felines personified in interior setting with birds
Louis Recchia has been producing contemporary...
Category
2010s Impressionist Continental US - Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Schneiter's Willows #3
By Theodore Waddell
Located in Bozeman, MT
Waddell's paintings are a combination of rough marks, thick paint, transparent elegant strokes, and, on a few occasions a slow, hard line scratched into the canvas. You can feel the ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Encaustic, Oil
"I'll Follow You" Large Scale Realistic Horse Framed Acrylic on Canvas Painting
By Ray Hare
Located in Baltimore, MD
"I'll Follow You" is an acrylic painting on canvas by Ray Hare, depicting the face of a brown and white horse straight on. The artist's perfectly blended brus...
Category
2010s Realist Continental US - Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Paint
Hummingbird XV
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 Continental US - Animal Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Waiting on Brandy, original 24 x 28 figurative equestrian hunt landscape
Located in Spring Lake, NJ
The thrill of traversing the beautiful spring countryside rushes color to their cheeks, tightens their calves, lowers their heels and steadies their hands as they ready for the hunt. The horn is sounded, the hounds begin chase and the riders reassure their horse while urging them forward. The scent of the fox, the chase, the jumping across the creeks and over downed branches has come to an end for another equestrian hunt shared with the other highly regarded club members. They walk their horses for a while as the horses and hounds cool down and the riders are waiting on brandy to mellow out the day's excitement. With pristine riding gear intact they let their minds wander to both family and club hunts and events of times gone by. Artist Joseph Sundwall...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Continental US - Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
American Impressionist Portrait of a Fish swimming, possibly a carp or Bass
By Harry Sutton
Located in Woodbury, CT
Harry P Jr Sutton (1897 - 1984) was active/lived in Massachusetts. Harry Sutton is known for figures, interiors, and still life painting.
This is a uniq...
Category
1960s American Impressionist Continental US - Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"La Primavera, " Oil Painting
By Zoa Ace
Located in Denver, CO
Zoa Ace's (US based) "La Primavera" is an original, handmade oil painting.
About the Artist:
"My work is figurative and deals primarily with human relati...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Floral Breeze, Danny Galieote, Oil on Canvas, Floral and Bird, Americana Pop
By Danny Galieote
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
DANNY GALIEOTE
A Floral Breeze
Oil on Canvas
12 x12 inches
15 x15 inches, Framed
Danny Galieote has a propensity for capturing the quintessentials of Americana in works that blend ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Truth or Consequences
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Eric Holswade. "Truth or Consequences" is a contemporary painting, oil on canvas by artist Eric Holswade. The artwork is signed in the lower left, "Eric Jon Holswade".
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fiery Calf, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
"This is a calf from a herd I met in Pagosa Springs, Colorado," shares artist Heather Foster. "I wanted the bold underpainting to show through and give a dist...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Continental US - Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Hao Zhang Animal Original Oil Painting "Deer"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Deer
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 11.5 x 9 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition.
Note: This painting is unstret...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$800 Sale Price
20% Off
Electric Horseman - Crazy
By Rocky Hawkins
Located in Bozeman, MT
This is an unframed original painting on paper. Rocky Hawkins was born in 1950 in Seattle, Washington and grew up in small towns near the Cascades Mountains. His interest in the myst...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Continental US - Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Archival Paper
"DUCK HUNT" MERGANSERS, DUCK CALL, SHOTGUN DATED 1889 FRAME 43 X 35 NEWCOMB
By Edward Chalmers Leavitt
Located in San Antonio, TX
Edward Chalmers Leavitt
(1842 - 1904)
Rhode Island Artist
Image Size: 36 x 28
Frame Size: 42.5 x 34.5 Newcomb Macklin Frame.
Medium: Oil
Dated 1889
"Duck Hunt" Mergansers
Edward Chalmers Leavitt (1842 - 1904)
Edward Chalmers Leavitt, artist, was born in Providence, Rhode Island, March 9, 1842, the son of Rev. Jonathan and Charlotte Esther (Stearns) Leavitt. His paternal ancestor was John Leavitt, who came to Massachusetts Bay in the first ship and settled in Hingham. On the maternal side, he is descended from John Alden and Priscilla Mullens, who came to Plymouth in the Mayflower.
Leavitt was educated in private schools in Providence, and at Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, New Hampshire. During the Civil
War in 1862 and 1863, he served in the navy on the U.S.S. Galena. In his profession of artist, Mr. Leavitt is especially noted as a painter of fruit, flowers and still life.
He exhibited in the National Academy for several years and has made many successful exhibitions in Providence and Boston. He was a member of the Boston and Providence art clubs, and the Providence Press Club. He was also a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. In politics his proclivities are mainly Republican. He has been twice married: first, May 19, 1877, to Ellen M. Fuller; and second, April 22, 1880, to Elizabeth S. Chace.
Submitted November 2004 by Edward Bentley, Art Collector and Researcher from Lansing, Michigan.
Source is the publication "Men of Progress: Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Leaders in Business and Professional Life from the State of Rhode Island." New England magazine. 1896.
Edward C. Leavitt, born in 1842, has been described as "Providence, Rhode Island's leading still-life painter" in the late 19th Century. (Zellman 324) His teacher, James Morgan Lewin, was a prominent still-life painter in Fall River, Massachusetts, a neighboring town.
Leavitt, a detailed, sharp-focused, realistic painter, was in love with texture and light, and was prolific and successful, painting a variety of still life subjects including flowers, fruit and even fish and dead game animals. His objects, including costly antiques and household decorative items, were often placed on ornamental, gleaming surfaces.
He was a frequent exhibitor at the National Academy of Design in the 1870s and 1890s. The artist, who died in 1904, moved from a position of success and popularity to being ignored for many years until the publication of William H. Gerdts and Russell Burke's American Still-Life Painting in 1971. It is uncertain whether this disastrous loss of respect took place because Leavitt's work declined in quality during the last decade of his life, or because he was a victim of the periodic shifts in taste and fashion that afflict the arts.
Sources:
Michael David Zellman, 300 Years of American Art
Peter Hastings Falk, Editor, Who Was Who in American Art
Biography from Roger King Fine Art
Edward Leavitt was one of the leading still life artists of nineteenth century New England. He lived and worked in Providence, and studied with James Morgan Lewin, a leading painter of the Fall River School, which, in the late 19th Century, was one of the most important centers of still life painting.
While Lewin branched out into other types of painting, Leavitt remained devoted to the art of the still life. His paintings are sharply focused, realistic, and carefully finished. Ornate objects such as urns, ewers, platters, cut glassware...
Category
1880s Realist Continental US - Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Pale Blue Pose" Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Pale Blue Pose
Date: 2024
Medium: Oil on Wood
Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8"
Framed Dimensions: 16" x 14"
Signature: Signed Verso
Edition: Unique
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Timeless Dreamer" Whimsical Oil Painting of Mouse
By Claudia Griesbach-Martucci
Located in Denver, CO
Claudia Griesbach- Martucci's "Timeless Dreamer" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a mouse perched atop a clock with a crescent moon in the background.
About the A...
Category
2010s Realist Continental US - Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Patrona de las Cabras
Located in Wenham, MA
Kate Ruiz is an American Artist living in Nicaragua. Leaving Los Angeles for central America in 2015 with her family, she now lives on a small farm they have carved out of the land. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art Continental US - Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Red Farmhouse in a Vineyard - Horse in Rocky Meadow on Reverse Acrylic on Board
Located in Soquel, CA
Red Farmhouse in a Vineyard - Horse in Rocky Meadow on Reverse Acrylic on Board (Two Sided)
Lush vineyard landscape by California Plein Aire artist Nick White (American, 1943-2009)....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Continental US - Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
Hunt Slonem Colorful Bunnies Oil Painting 'Chinensis The Mother'
By Hunt Slonem
Located in White Plains, NY
'Chinensis The Mother' by Hunt Slonem, 2021. Oil on canvas, 48 x 48 in. This painting features Slonem's signature bunnies outlined in black over swirling colors of silver, pink, orange, and blue.
This novel ‘bunnies’ painting is influenced by the hustle and bustle, 24 hour a day, irradiant lights of New...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Swans, Became Friends, Birds, Original oil Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Swans
Artist: Varvarov Anatoly Viktorovich
Title: Became Friends,
Sise: 53.x69 inches, (135x175 cm)
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Hand painted, original, one of a kind.
His oil painting "Be...
Category
2010s Impressionist Continental US - Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
She Felt Everything Directly and Deeply - Figurative Surrealist Oil Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Amanda Immurs, an artist hailing from Hamilton, Canada, creates enchanting oil and watercolor artworks that bring whimsical scenes of children, animals, and flora to life. Immurs' ar...
Category
2010s Modern Continental US - Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Scarlet Ibis, Red Chair" Contemporary Surrealist Painting, red bird on chair
By Thomas Broadbent
Located in New York, NY
A red ibis perches on a red armchair in this contemporary surrealist painting by New York artist, Thomas Broadbent. The long legs of this water bird complement the design of the cha...
Category
2010s Surrealist Continental US - Animal Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
"The Sumatran Tiger" - Original Oil Painting of an Endangered Big Cat
By Lindsey Kustusch
Located in Denver, CO
Lindsey Kustusch's "The Sumatran Tiger" is a stunning handmade original oil on wood panel artwork, with dimensions of 30 x 30 x 1.50 inches. Created in 2023, this piece stands as a p...
Category
2010s Realist Continental US - Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"Birds on Jungle" Contemporary Oil and Acrylic on Canvas Framed Painting
Located in Baltimore, MD
"Birds on Jungle" is a framed oil and acrylic work on canvas by Joshua Brown, depicting 13 birds on thin branches. The paint splattered background emulate...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic, Paint, Mixed Media
Hunt Slonem "Jackie O Yellow" Single Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Jackie O Yellow" Single Bunny
A black outlined rabbit on a yellow background in a vintage frame
Unframed: 8 x 6 inches
Framed: 11 x 9 inches
*Painting is framed - Pleas...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Continental US - Animal Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
"4 Koi 22" - Brightly Colored Koi Fish Underwater - red/orange/yellow/blue/green
By Linda Holt
Located in Wellesley, MA
"4 Koi 22" is a complex work of koi fish swimming underwater filled with light and brilliant color painted in a lush and fluid style bordering on abstraction. Fish are in shades o...
Category
2010s Expressionist Continental US - Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Running for the Barn" by L. A. Spowart - Vibrant Playful Animal Abstract Art
Located in Carmel, CA
Lesley Anne Spowart (American, born 1957)
"Running for the Barn" 2022
Acrylic Paint, Mixed Media, Board
The artist signed the bottom left and back of the painting.
"Running for the ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Animal Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Board
Antique Flemish Oil on Panel Francois Backvis Shepherd Sheep Flock Painting 1880
By François Backvis
Located in Portland, OR
A good antique oil on panel landscape painting by the Flemish artist, Francois Backvis (1857-1926).
The painting circa 1880 depicting the parable of the lost sheep from the gospels of Matthew & Luke. The painting shows a stormy landscape with the shepherd and his flock, the shepherd is holding the lost sheep under his arm in front of a large stone crucifix...
Category
Late 19th Century Flemish School Continental US - Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Cliffy Goes Fishing - Large Colorful Original Pop Art Animal Painting on Canvas
By Frankie Alfonso
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Cuban-American artist Frankie Alfonso creates interwoven paintings using lively colors and spontaneous, well balanced compositions. His work is best described as a style of automatic writing were he manipulates simple lines to make complex arrangements of balance and harmony. His style is a mix of cubism, cartoon animation, surrealism, graffiti and abstract expressionism.
This original very large graffiti inspired artwork is 41 inches tall by 60 inches wide. The sides of the artwork are painted as a continuation of the front and it does not require framing. This painting is signed by the artist on the front. Free local Los Angeles area delivery and free professional installation in the local Los Angeles area is included, including placement and hardware. Affordable Continental U.S. and worldwide shipping is available. A certificate of authenticity issued by the art gallery is included.
Alfonso began drawing at an early age. He first found inspiration in comic books and enjoyed drawing his favorite super heroes from an unconventional perspective. As a teenager he started to experiment with oils, acrylics and took his passion for art to the canvas. Even after painting for over 20 years, he still pushes the boundaries while experimenting with mixed medias, including oil, acrylic, gouache, and spray paint.
Alfonso attended art school in Tampa, Florida and travelled Europe for several years in search of inspiration and his own unique voice in art. Alfonso used his in depth studies of European Masters and was inspired by Picasso, Braque, Klee, Dali, Basquiat, De Kooning and Matisse. The joyful expressions of his artworks resonate with positive light and inspire creative thinking and innovation. His works are represented by Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles and have been exhibited in Florida and California. They have been collected throughout the United States and Europe.
Exhibitions
2018 Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA
2016 Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA
2014 Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA
2014 Axiom Contemporary...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Continental US - Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"Where the Spots Come From" Original Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Andrada Trapnell's "Where The Spots Come From" is a captivating original artwork created in 2024. This piece measures 30 x 48 inches and is ready to hang. The painting depicts a maje...
Category
2010s Realist Continental US - Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
"Our Tracks Will be Concealed" Oil Painting
By Claudia Griesbach-Martucci
Located in Denver, CO
Our Tracks Will be Concealed
Category
2010s Surrealist Continental US - Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
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...
Category
2010s Modern Continental US - Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Moon
By Greg Decker
Located in Atlanta, GA
Greg's witty and charming oil painting on aluminum comes framed in a floater frame which adds 1.75 inches all the way around. "Greg Decker is a visionary painter. His work epitomize...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
$3,600
Hunt Slonem "Maximilian" Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Maximilian
Date: 2023
Medium: Oil on wood
Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8"
Framed Dimensions: 14" x 12"
Signature: Signed verso
Edition: Unique
Hunt...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
White Beauty Rustic Horse Oil Painting Canvas Equestrian Art 58X58" Horse Art
By Irena Orlov
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
Natural Rustic Horse Textured Oil Painting on Canvas, Equestrian Art 58 W X 58" H,
Unstretched (Rolled) Canvas.
Stretching is free upon Request.
Artist...
Category
2010s Modern Continental US - Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
$9,750 Sale Price
23% Off
Ray Simonini "Shirley" 16x16 Brown and White Cow Farm Oil Painting on Canvas
By Ray Simonini
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
"Shirley" is a 16x16 original oil painting by Vermont-based artist Ray Simonini featuring a brown and white cow portrait with an abstract yellow and blue background. The style is re...
Category
2010s Impressionist Continental US - Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Purple Rose of Cujo" Oil Painting
By Claudia Griesbach-Martucci
Located in Denver, CO
Pug with purple flowers
Category
2010s Realist Continental US - Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Green and Black Double Butterfly Original Oil painting in Vintage Gold Frame
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Greenwich, CT
Hunt Slonem - Lakeside
Original Framed Oil Painting. Signed on Verso.
Our Gallery works directly with Hunt Slonem.
This painting was acquired directly from the artist and has the ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Silver Ascension Majesty" Butterflies
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Silver Ascension Majesty
Date: 2022
Medium: Oil on wood
Unframed Dimensions: 25.5" x 19.5"
Framed Dimensions: 29.5" x 23.5"
Signature: Signed by Ar...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Bellbird (Diptych), 1988 - Pair
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Lexington, KY
This early Hunt Slonem pair is each signed and dated (verso). Sold as a pair, these pieces showcase Slonem's bright, vibrant style with his iconic tropical birds.
Unframed dimensio...
Category
1980s Contemporary Continental US - Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hunt Slonem "Lilac Spring" Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt
Title: Lilac Spring
Date: 2022
Medium: Oil on wood
Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8"
Framed Dimensions: 15.5" x 13.5"
Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso
Edi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
"MR. HANDSOME" TEXAS LONGHORN
Located in San Antonio, TX
Dane Ellsworth
Texas Artist
Image Size: 38 x 44
Frame Size: 39 x 45
Medium: Oil
"Mr. Handsome" Texas Longhorn
Biography
Dane Ellsworth
Dane Ellsworth enjoys all things Texan. Whether it's an old west character or a depression era car his painting backdrop is the Lone Star State. He has been wielding a crayon, pencil or brush as far back as he can remember. In his junior year, due to a long list of dubious events, Dane wound up on the verge of homelessness. Between a longsuffering landlord and a horse rancher who took him under his wing he was able to finish high school. Once he graduated, he moved to the ranch and started working with horses and developed a love for that majestic animal. It was about this time he met and became friends with Fred Olds...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Continental US - Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Remembering the Magic
By Michael Dickter
Located in Bozeman, MT
My interest is in creating a permanent record of the impermanence of our world. In considering the exquisiteness of a moment shared, of a new connection, a new thought, an old memory, I am often stuck by the duality of permanence and impermanence all around us.
My work engages the natural world through this lens. Images of birds...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Animal Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Panel, Graphite
NY Black Capped Chickadee
Located in Red Bank, NJ
NY Black Capped Chickadee by Cheryl Gross
Category
20th Century Contemporary Continental US - Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Coffee, India Ink, Acrylic, Ballpoint Pen
Power
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
The artwork size is 24"x18" and artist signed it lower right.
Emil Kazaz's drawing in ink on paper depicts a compelling scene where a man is depicted with intricate detail, showcas...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Continental US - Animal Paintings
Materials
Ink
$4,800
"Interior of a Stable" William Hart, Hudson River School Antique, Boy and Horse
By William Hart
Located in New York, NY
William M. Hart (1823 - 1894)
Interior of a Stable
Oil on canvas
17 x 12 inches
Provenance
William Macbeth Gallery, New York
Mrs. Mabel Brady Garvan Collection
Christie's New York, Sporting Art, November 28, 1995, Lot 116
Ann Carter Stonesifer, Maryland
Estate of above
Brunk Auctions, Asheville, North Carolina, January 27 2018, Lot 777
Exhibited
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Life in America, April 24 - October 29, 1939, no. 123, illustrated.
New York, Macbeth Gallery, 1892: Sixtieth Anniversary Exhibition, April 1952, p. 5, no. 18.
Literature
Turner Reuter Jr, Animal and Sporting Artists in America, Middleburg, Virginia, 2008, p. 306.
Gary Stiles, William Hart: Catalogue Raisonné and Artistic Biography, no. 1126, illustrated.
It should be noted that the Francis Patrick Garvan and Mrs. Mabel Brady Garvan collection, of which this painting was a part of, was one of the foremost American Art collections and now makes up a large part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Yale University Art Gallery collections.
Born in 1823 in Paisley, Scotland, William Hart emigrated with his parents to the United States at the age of nine and settled in Albany, New York. It was here that Hart first began his artistic training when he was placed under the tutelage of Messrs, Eaton & Gilbert, the prestigious coach-makers from Troy, New York. During this time, Hart learned how to decorate coach panels, covering them with either landscapes or figurative compositions. At the age of seventeen, he was eagerly contemplating an artist’s profession. Consequently, he left the mechanical trade of coach-making and began expanding his artistic pursuits to more refined endeavors.
Hart followed coach-making with decorating window shades and later developed an interest in portraiture. Around 1840, he established his first formal studio in his father’s woodshed in Troy. There, he created many likenesses of individuals, affording him a nominal income. Once, he remarked that he felt prouder over his first fee of five dollars for painting a head then for the larger sums he would command later in his career. Nevertheless, his wages from portraits during this early period proved insufficient. Thus, he expanded into landscape painting, allowing him to barter his works or sell them for modest prices.
In 1842, Hart moved to Michigan in an attempt to further his success; portraiture remained his primary means of support. Unfortunately, his experiences in the West were disappointing. Hart spent three years living a rough existence until he finally returned to Albany in 1845. Upon his return, he fully devoted himself to the art of landscape painting. Despite his failing health, he worked diligently to perfect his skill until 1849 when he traveled abroad to his native land of Scotland. This trip was made possible through the generosity of his patron and advisor, Dr. Ormsby of Albany. For three years, he studied in the open-air, creating brilliant sketches of the Scottish Highlands and the surrounding British Isles.
Returning to Albany once more in 1852, Hart enjoyed improved health and was reinvigorated with purpose. The following year, he moved to New York and opened a studio, promoting himself as a specialist in landscape painting. Hart became a regular contributor to the National Academy of Design. His works received a great deal of attention from artists and connoisseurs alike, all of whom praised him for his fresh, self-taught style. In 1855, he was designated as an associate of the National Academy of Design; three years later he was elected to Academician. In 1865, he was unanimously chosen to be the first president of the Brooklyn Academy of Design. It was during his tenure there that he delivered his famous lecture The Field and Easel, which emphasized the distinguishing principles of landscape art in America. Hart argued that landscape painters should express the “look of the place” being depicted.Critics during the 1870s noted his sensitive balance between capturing a strict “real” interpretation of nature and that of a more “ideal” sentimental tone. For instance, in 1869, Putnam Magazine noted that Hart brought back “exquisite studies” of the surrounding Tappan...
Category
19th Century Hudson River School Continental US - Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$60,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Encounters II
By Robert McCauley
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...
Category
2010s American Modern Continental US - Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Wood Panel
Antique American Modernist New England Farm Scene Pig Portrait Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist farm landscape with a pig painting by Lawrence Butcher, Jr. (Born 1936). Watercolor and gouache on paper. Framed. Signed. Image size, 10 by 12 inc...
Category
1970s Modern Continental US - Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
$487 Sale Price
25% Off
Watcher
Located in Columbia, MO
John Selburg was born and raised in Peoria, Illinois. He holds a BFA in Drawing, Sculpture, and Graphic Design from Bradley University (2006), and an MFA from the University of Misso...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Animal Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper, Charcoal
Flair (2024), neo-folk style doves in vibrant pink with star & decorative border
By Rebecca Johnson
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Flair (2024) by Rebecca Johnson
Flashe, dry pigment, acrylic, pastel and watercolor on 14x11" canvas, custom Kona-stained wood frame. Neo-folk style doves and star with decorative b...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Pastel, Acrylic, Vinyl, Watercolor, Pigment
Installation, Oil Painting
By Michael Wedge
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Part of artist Michael Wedge's series explores the contrast between urban and rural environments. This surrealist painting depicts the installation of some digital technology in an unlikely place in nature. A woman prepares to climb up the ladder while another approaches with an open laptop and an extension wire at hand. They are busy in the middle of an open field with a fox wandering between them and deers grazing in the distance.
About the Artist
Michael Wedge works in a variety of mediums: sculpture, painting, mixed media and more. He oftentimes starts with a mental image and creates digital collages, which become the basis for his paintings. A lot of his work references themes from his personal life, such as the experience of living in a city versus in the countryside. If his art seems mysterious, it;s because he enjoys making complex works. "I am attracted to images or moments that seem to have something subtle or hidden under the surface," he explains. When he;s not making art, he teaches it at an elementary school.
Words that describe this painting: surrealism...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Continental US - Animal Paintings
Materials
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 Continental US - Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Day-dogs fighting (flowers), made in grey, red, orange, black and white color
By Pavel Polanski
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
One Day in Paradise. Day-dogs fighting (flowers), made in grey, red, orange, black and white color
Photographically accurate realism and conceptualism, peacefully coexisting on the c...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$10,150 Sale Price
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"Nearly Camouflaged Cow IV" Contemporary Acrylic on Canvas Framed Painting
Located in Baltimore, MD
"Nearly Camouflaged Cow IV" is a framed acrylic painting on canvas by Joshua Brown, depicting a closeup of a cow with a prominently pink nose. This playful work features careful brus...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Oil, Acrylic
Large Original Oil Painting Abstract Expressionist Horse
Located in Soquel, CA
Stunning large scale abstract expressionist horse's head/eye, circa 1990. Unsigned. Unframed. Size: 60"H x 60"W x 1.5.
Category
1990s Abstract Impressionist Continental US - Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
"REHE IM MORGENLICHT" DEER IN MORNING LIGHT ERIC HARRISON FRAMED 36 X 30
By Eric Harrison
Located in San Antonio, TX
Eric Harrison
(Born 1971)
Texas Hill Country Artist
Image Size: 30 x 24
Frame Size: 36 x 30
Medium: Oil
2021
"Rehe im Morgenlicht" Deer in Morning Light
Bio & Artist Statement Eric H...
Category
2010s Impressionist Continental US - Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Driving Lines" (2019) By Lindsey Bittner Graham, Original Oil Animal Painting
By Lindsey Bittner Graham
Located in Denver, CO
"Driving Lines" (2019) by Lindsey Bittner Graham is an original handmade oil painting that depicts a horse drawn carriage in a cityscape. This Painting measures at 22.75 x 24.75 inch...
Category
2010s Realist Continental US - Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Band Practice, Original Painting
By Andrea Doss
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Andrea Doss presents a whimsical fantasy piece of woodland animals playing musical instruments. The pale crescent moon gives a silvery glow as the raccoon, frog, and squirrel serenade at night. "Band practice was on every Tuesday and was usually a chaotic affair," says Andrea. "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Continental US - Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Woods
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Bozeman, MT
This is an original painting made with oil and acrylic with diamond dust on wood, framed.
Inspired by nature and his 60 pet birds, Hunt Slonem is renowned for his distinct neo expre...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Continental US - Animal Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil, Acrylic
$7,500
Swallowtail, Oil Painting
By Karen Barton
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
With its signature yellow wings edged in black and touched with hints of coral and sky blue, a swallowtail butterfly appears suspended mid-air. Its symmetry a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Continental US - Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
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