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Item Ships From: Continental US
"Snowy Owl" Delicate Paper and Watercolor Assemblage
By Nayan and Venus
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Snowy Owl" is an original piece by Nayan and Venus made from watercolor on layered hand-cut paper. This piece measuures 11.75”h x 9.5”w x 1"d framed, and is...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Animal Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Blue Coyote
Located in Bozeman, MT
In 1993, a window of opportunity opened as a result of several different situations that were occurring. I was participating in an Artist-in-Residence program in Yellowstone Nationa...
Category

2010s Continental US - Animal Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

The Calf, Chilean Artist, Livestock, Landscape, Emerging Artist 24 x 31 oil
Located in Houston, TX
The Calf is an oil painting by Chilean artist Viviana Ovando. At this time it can be rolled and shipped. Waiting to be picked up by framer. Viviana Ovando Cid Visual Artist and Painter. She studied Visual Arts at the University of Chile and specialized as a Painter at the Martín Soria Academy of Fine Arts. Awarded by the Chilean-Japanese Cultural Institute and the National Society of Fine Arts. Viviana has participated constantly in group and individual exhibitions nationwide, Thanks to her constant concern she handles different painting techniques, from those coined by the Classic Academy to digital techniques, participating in 2D and 3D animation projects, exploring new representation techniques. Who are your biggest influences? Are you inspired by the work of your colleagues or someone else in particular? Antonio López, Goya, Rembrandt, Velásquez, Sorolla, Caravaggio, Franz Marc, Muñoz Vera, Sergio Castillo...
Category

2010s Impressionist Continental US - Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Winter Landscape With Deer
By Clemens Freitag
Located in Sheffield, MA
Clemens Freitag German, 1882/83-1969 Winter Landscape With Deer Oil on canvas 35 by 50 in. W/frame 45 by 60 in. Signed lower right Landscape and...
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1920s Naturalistic Continental US - Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

"6.5 Koi 23" Bright Red & White Koi Swimming in Swirls of Blue Water with Green
By Linda Holt
Located in Wellesley, MA
"6.5 Koi 23" 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...
Category

2010s Expressionist Continental US - Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Dog Show - Mixed Media Animal Painting by Lesley - Contemporary Art
Located in Carmel, CA
Lesley Anne Spowart, an abstract artist hailing from Cape Cod, Massachusetts, is renowned for her transformative creations that blur the boundaries of mediums and styles. With a di...
Category

2010s Contemporary Continental US - Animal Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Board

Polo Players on Horseback, Kuppenheimer Advertisement
By Joseph Christian Leyendecker
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Left Styles for Men: The House of Kuppenheimer, Spring and Summer 1914, cover illustration. This piece was published as the cover illu...
Category

1910s Continental US - Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Mare and Foal', Equestrian Modernist Oil, Chouinard, LACMA, Metropolitan Museum
By Leon D'Usseau
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'Mare and Foal' by Leon D'Usseau, Jr. Equestrian Modernist Oil, Chouinard, LACMA, Metropolitan Museum ----- Signed lower right, 'Dusso' for Leon D'Usseau, Jr. (American, 1918-1991) ...
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1960s Modern Continental US - Animal Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Ink, Oil

Fun Fetch, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Jeff Fleming describes his painting style as kinetic impressionism. In this piece, a beagle triumphantly retrieves a stick thrown into the ocean. Jeff started the piece with a pencil sketch on the canvas, then with gloved hands, he applied oil paint using his fingers. Details were later added using brushes. Once these layers of paint dried, he moved the piece to his studio floor. "At this point, I whisked paint in random but authoritative strokes - a speckling technique which replicates water splashing."


About the Artist
Artist Jeff Fleming uses fingerpainting to create exuberant portraits of dogs. Growing up in Southern California, Jeff was first introduced to fingerpainting in kindergarten. He painted through high school and college and won several art awards, including Best of Show in a city wide student competition. After graduating with a degree in journalism and advertising, he went to work as an art director. For the next 40 years, he created print, radio and television ads for a number of top agencies. "After retiring in 2019, the clouds of stress and pressure cleared and allowed me to set my creative energy free," says Jeff. He began developing new techniques focused on the excitement and energy of painting. Today, he uses a variety of methods and tools, including fingerpainting wearing nitrile gloves, traditional paint brushes, bamboo shish kebab sticks, kite string, spraypaint and splattering. While working, Jeff always listens to music, including Broadway musicals, dance music and rhythmic Hawaiian tunes.


Words that describe this painting: beagle, dog, pet, impressionism, Iris Scott...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Continental US - Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

English late 20th century, field mouse in a landscape eating a nut.
Located in Woodbury, CT
Wonderful English late 20th century Field Mouse in a landscape. Signed and dated 1981 Chris Howells was born in 1947 and passed away in 2013. He studied Graphic Design at Stourbrid...
Category

1980s Modern Continental US - Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Birds are Emerging II
Located in Red Bank, NJ
Birds are Emerging II by Seth Ruggles Hiler
Category

20th Century Color-Field Continental US - Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mid Century Abstracted Watercolor "Jelly Fish in the Red Sea"
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful mid-century watercolor of abstracted jellyfish by Bobbi Merrill (American, 20th Century), 1964. Signed lower left corner. Title "Jelly fish in Red Sea" and dated "4/5/64" o...
Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Continental US - Animal Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

"Where do I go from here" Large oil and acrylic on canvas with metal grid 66x80"
By Ceravolo
Located in Southampton, NY
This large original painting by Ceravolo measures 66x80". it is painted with oil and acrylic on canvas with spray painted lettering and a rusted metal grid installed approx 1 inch i...
Category

2010s Contemporary Continental US - Animal Paintings

Materials

Metal

Robert Kenneth White "Island Goats" Oil on Canvas, 2018, Sunlit Rocky Grove
Located in Miami, FL
ROBERT KENNETH WHITE – "ISLAND GOATS" Oil on Canvas ⚜ Hand Signed Lower Right ⚜ Frameless Display A SUNLIT HERD IN A ROCKY GROVE This compelling 2018 composition by Robert Kenneth ...
Category

2010s Realist Continental US - Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Heartfelt Meeting
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

Wonder Woman
By Y.m.Lo
Located in East Hampton, NY
Faceless Wonder Woman Female POWER Oil Painting There are more super hero painting Comes ROLLED in a tube Needs framing NY Artist Y.M. Lo oil painting. ...
Category

2010s Outsider Art Continental US - Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Silent Waters, Psalms 33:22" (2025) Original Oil Landscape Painting, Moose
By Thomas Kegler
Located in Denver, CO
"Silent Waters, Psalms 33:22" (2025) by Thomas Kegler is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a serene landscape with a moose drinking from the quiet waters. About the a...
Category

2010s Impressionist Continental US - Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Cobalt Canary - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting, Multi-Colored Octopus, Framed
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then embellishes it with colored pencil to convey an extraordinary dimensionality. By printing it on Mulberry paper, which mimics the swirl of water, the artist achieves a beautiful aesthetic. The artwork is matted and framed in a white wooden frame measuring 18.25h x 24.25w x 1d inches. Jeff Conroy Cobalt Canary sumi ink and colored pencil on mulberry paper 12.50h x 18.25w in 31.75h x 46.35w cm JEC122 Gyotaku - A Japanese word translated from "gyo" meaning fish and "taku" meaning stone impression and is believed to get its inspiration from Chinese stone rubbings...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Animal Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Sumi Ink, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil

Monsoon India
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Hunt Slonem’s "Monsoon India" features two vivid blue parrots facing each other amid a swirl of bold, gestural brushstrokes. Slonem’s signature layering technique adds depth and te...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Cows Watering" - Framed 19th Century Antique Landscape Painting
Located in New Orleans, LA
If anyone would like to do the research on the painter “J. Ericson” who signed this wonderful late 19th-century painting of cows grazing in a swamp, you might find they were really n...
Category

19th Century Naturalistic Continental US - Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Hunt Slonem "Night Watch Hutch (Blue Diamond Dust)" Bunnies
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Night Watch Hutch (Blue Diamond Dust) Series: Bunnies Date: 2024 Medium: Oil & acryic with diamond dust on canvas Unframed Dimensions: 48" x 48" Sig...
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2010s Contemporary Continental US - Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Antique Western River Crossing Equestrian Landscape Oil Painting circa 1910
By Clarence Rowe
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
6012 River Crossing Equestrian painting, a 1910"s black and white oil on canvas , signed lower right by Clarence Rowe 1910. Age wear Unframed
Category

1910s Continental US - Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Deep into Twilight
By Thomas Swanston
Located in Bozeman, MT
Thomas Swanston was born 1956 in Annapolis Md., Naval Hospital. He graduated from Hobart & William Smith Colleges 1978 with a Bachelor of Arts, with studi...
Category

2010s Contemporary Continental US - Animal Paintings

Materials

Gold, Silver

Bird
By Robert Petrick
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bird Just pure painting Series 2005 Acrylic on raw canvas 14X10 inches Signed, dated and titled on the reverse side Robert Petrick's artwork draws a link between the street culture...
Category

Early 2000s Abstract Continental US - Animal Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Brooke Major, "Trot", 12x36 Sculptural White Equine Horse Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
"Trot", 12x36 is an oil painting on canvas by the artist Brooke Major. Depicted in white is a line of trotting horses. The artist uses layers and layers of white oil paint to meticul...
Category

2010s Contemporary Continental US - Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

“Sleep Soundly, Child” Contemporary Abstract Realist Dog Painting Against Black
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary animal painting by Houston, TX artist Tra' Slaughter. The painting features a realistically rendered barking dog set against a black background. S...
Category

2010s Contemporary Continental US - Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Heat Wave
By Shanna D'Antonio
Located in East Hampton, NY
Crane in Flight Heat Wave oil on canvas 68 x 29 About the Artist: Shanna E. D'Antonio is a mixed-media artist living and working in Hammond, Louisiana. Born 1981 in Baton Rouge...
Category

2010s Naturalistic Continental US - Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Cotton Canvas

Whimsical French Folk Art, Naive, Oil Painting Madeline Marie Christine Clavier
By Madeline Christine Clavier
Located in Surfside, FL
MADELINE CHRISTINE CLAVIER (1913-2015) Signature: Signed lower right & titled verso Medium: Oil on canvas Provenance: The collection of the artist's family Marie Christine Clavier was born in Saigon, Vietnam in 1913 to French parents and lived there for her formative years. She returned to France as a teenager and began to study painting. Her work quickly developed into whimsical paintings of poetry and songs – harmonized in a unique and distinct painting technique. Her work has an impasto feel and a folk art, outsider artist sensibility to it. Similar in style to Maik and other fantasy realists who use animals, flowers and foliage in their artworks. Marie Clavier painted ro herself rather than for profit as she was quite independently wealthy. She exhibited extensively in the United States in the 1970s especially across Connecticut and New York, showing at various galleries and cultural centres. She had numerous solo exhibitions in the 1970’s- notably at the Maison Francaise in New York and New York University. She showed at Galerie Bernheim Jeune in Paris. She won many awards for her work including Gold Medals and Palme D’Or medals. In 1988 the prestigious art publisher Leopard D’Or produced catalogue book on her life and work – by this point she had virtually given up painting. She died in 2015 aged 102. Bernheim-Jeune gallery is one of the oldest art galleries in Paris. Opened on Rue Laffitte in 1863 by Alexandre Bernheim (1839-1915), friend of Delacroix, Corot and Courbet, it changed location a few times before settling on Avenue Matignon. The gallery promoted realists, Barbizon school paintings and, in 1874, the first impressionist and later post-impressionist painters. It closed in 2019. In 1901, Alexandre Bernheim, with his sons, Josse (1870-1941), and Gaston (1870-1953), organized the first important exhibition of Vincent van Gogh paintings in Paris with the help of art critic Julien Leclercq. In 1906, Bernheim-Jeune frères started presenting works by Pierre Bonnard, Edouard Vuillard, Paul Cezanne, Henri-Edmond Cross, Kees van Dongen, Henri Matisse, Le Douanier Rousseau, Raoul Dufy, Maurice de Vlaminck, Amedeo Modigliani, Maurice Utrillo and Georges Dufrenoy. From 1906 to 1925, art critic Félix Fénéon was the director of the gallery and was instrumental in bringing in the art of Georges Seurat and Umberto Boccioni. In 1922, an exhibition brought together works by Alice Halicka, Auguste Herbin, Pierre Hodé, Moise Kisling, Marie Laurencin, Henri Lebasque, Fernand Leger and Henri Matisse. The gallery now exhibits painters and sculptors in the tradition of the École de Paris and artists such as Jean Carzou, Shelomo Selinger or Pollès. Her style is a recognizable, cheerful, whimsical and a happy creation. Naïve art is any form of visual art that is created by a person who lacks the formal education and training that a professional artist undergoes (in anatomy, art history, technique, perspective, ways of seeing). Unlike folk art, naïve art does not necessarily evince a distinct cultural context or tradition. Naïve art is recognized, and often imitated, for its childlike simplicity and frankness. Paintings of this kind typically have a flat rendering style with a rudimentary expression of perspective. One particularly influential painter of "naïve art" was Henri Rousseau (1844–1910), a French Post-Impressionist who was discovered by Pablo Picasso. Naïve art is often seen as outsider art that is by someone without formal (or little) training or degree. While this was true before the twentieth century, there are now academies for naïve art. Naïve art is now a fully recognized art genre, represented in art galleries worldwide. Museums devoted to naïve art now exist in Kecskemét, Hungary; Riga, Latvia; Jaen, Spain; Rio de Janeiro, Brasil; Vicq France and Paris. Another term related to (but not completely synonymous with) naïve art is folk art. There also exist the terms "naïvism" and "primitivism" which are usually applied to professional painters working in the style of naïve art (like Paul Gauguin, Mikhail Larionov, Paul Klee). At all events, naive art can be regarded as having occupied an "official" position in the annals of twentieth-century art since - at the very latest - the publication of the Der Blaue Reiter, an almanac in 1912. Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc, who brought out the almanac, presented 6 reproductions of paintings by le Douanier' Rousseau (Henri Rousseau), comparing them with other pictorial examples. However, most experts agree that the year that naive art was "discovered" was 1885, when the painter Paul Signac became aware of the talents of Henri Rousseau and set about organizing exhibitions of his work in a number of prestigious galleries. The Earth Group (Grupa Zemlja) were Croatian artists, architects and intellectuals active in Zagreb from 1929 to 1935. The group included the painters Krsto Hegedušić, Edo Kovačević, Omer Mujadžić, Kamilo Ružička, Ivan Tabaković, and Oton Postružnik, the sculptors Antun Augustinčić, Frano Kršinić, and the architect Drago Ibler. A term applied to Yugoslav (Croatian) naive painters working in or around the village of Hlebine, near the Hungarian border, from about 1930. Some of the best known naive artists are Dragan Gaži, Ivan Generalić, Josip Generalić, Krsto Hegedušić, Mijo Kovačić, Ivan Lacković-Croata, Franjo Mraz, Ivan Večenaj and Mirko Virius. Camille Bombois (1883–1970) Ferdinand Cheval, known as 'le facteur Cheval' (1836–1924) Henry Darger (1892–1973) L. S. Lowry (1887–1976) Grandma Moses, Anna Mary Robertson...
Category

20th Century Folk Art Continental US - Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mare and foals in pasture
By Robert Alexander
Located in Hillsborough, NC
This 20th century oil painting of mare and two foals is set in an idyllic landscape with mature old tree, stone well and cottage in the background; by Robert Alexander, signed and da...
Category

Early 20th Century Naturalistic Continental US - Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

"HEREFORD TIME" CATTLE AND COWBOYS
Located in San Antonio, TX
Edward Lee Reichert (1919-2011) Texas Artist Image Size: 21 x 33 Frame Size: 24.75 x 36.75 Medium: Oil "Hereford Time" Biography Edward Lee Reichert (1919-2011) Edward Reichert, architect, designer and artist, is a native Texan who has combined regional, national and international study and practice of the visual art and architecture since 1936. He is a versatile artist and designer, skilled in creating quality landscapes, portraits, architectural, western, religious and varied work in all media. After 36 years of architectural practice based in Houston in which he was involved in the design of more than 400 regional and international projects, he now devotes full time to painting. Best known of his art works are his designs of stained and faceted art glass which include 100 panels designed for the First United Methodist Church of Houston. In 1983, he wrote and jointly published with the Church, Windows Sharing God’s Caring, an art book with photographs by his wife Elizabeth, illustrating and describing these panels and the historic sanctuary windows. While attending The University of Texas in Austin he served as art editor of the university publication Architecture, Engineering and Industry (1938-41). After receiving his Bachelor of Architecture Degree and the Alpha Rho Chi Architectural Medal in 1941, he was awarded scholarships for continued studies a M.I.T., Harvard, and Yale. As a Naval Reserve Officer during World II, he authored and illustrated Naval Intelligence publications. He became a Registered Architect in Texas in 1947, AIA member since 1951 and NCARB certified since 1974. He has worked and studied in England, Europe and Canada. Invitational study and travel with Master Painter, Lajos Markos...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Continental US - Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

"BRAVO CREEK" TEXAS HILL COUNTRY CATTLE
Located in San Antonio, TX
Chuck Mauldin Born 1949 Fredericksburg Artist Size: 24 x 30 Frame: 34 x 40 Medium: Oil "Bravo Creek" A native of Texas, Chuck Mauldin has been painting in oil since the age of twelve. His interest in watercolor and pencil drawing grew during his years spent in Louisiana. With his move back to Texas, he has renewed his focus on oil painting, using this medium in a realistic yet painterly style. Striving to quickly capture color and mood with a direct "alla prima" technique is one of his main objectives in painting outdoors on-location. Cows, cowboys and Native Americans often enrich the landscape in his studio work, while anything can inspire his plein air paintings. Workshops with Charles Sovek...
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20th Century American Impressionist Continental US - Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Deconstructed
By Robert McCauley
Located in Bozeman, MT
This whimsically tall painting is a portrait of a black bear. There is a golden blue sky with clouds behind the bear's head. "Deconstructed" is hand written on the light gold frame. The painting is done in oils, and the frame is included with the painting. Biography Robert McCauley was born and raised in Mt. Vernon, Washington. He graduated from Western Washington University in 1969, and received his Master of Fine Arts Degree from Washington State University in 1972. Throughout his career, McCauley has earned many prestigious awards including a Fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts in 1982 and the Illinois Arts Council in 1999. McCauley also enjoyed a long and distinguished career as professor and Chairman of the Art Department at Rockford College in Illinois. Robert McCauley has created a mode of realism that is haunting and full of ambiguity. His distinctive animals manage to seem literal and symbolic at the same time, the viewer is suspended between these realms. Wild Life "We are losing our relationship with Nature. I aspire to re-tether some of the connections." -Robert McCauley Robert McCauley is an important 21st century American artist, and history will remember him as such. But in order to understand why, we first must consider where he is from and how he got here. A little less than a decade ago, McCauley was featured at a major exhibition in Chicago and he was quoted as saying then, "I think you spend all your life trying to find the right form for the content you have within you." Urban, Midwestern visitors who viewed the show were enthralled. Make no mistake about the source of McCauley's inner content: He is a product of America's greatest forest-the mighty aboriginal stands of fir, spruce, cedar and redwoods growing in the Pacific Northwest. Those skyscraping canopies once reservoired a breathtaking array of ecological richness and diversity, from streams choked with spawning salmon to massive grizzliesl wapiti and deer haunting the understories, raptors screeching through the misty, arboreal heavens, and the loom of an ever-present ocean. As the totem poles and amulets of native peoples attest, the life forces of nature there are planted indelibly into the human psyche. Robert McCauley's too. 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, Alexis Rockman, Annie Coe...
Category

2010s Contemporary Continental US - Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Transmigration
By Allison Green
Located in New York, NY
“Transmigration” by Allison Green is a large-scale oil painting inspired by butterfly migration. Depicting a cluster of translucent butterflies set against the center of a deep blue background, this work is part of Green’s “Celestial Navigation...
Category

2010s Contemporary Continental US - Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"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

Out Running the Waves
By Emil Morhardt
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
When I walk along Santa Barbara beaches in winter, Marbled Godwits are the most common bird, often seen in herds, as in thi...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Continental US - Animal Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Victorian Butterfly Watercolor
Located in New York, NY
Original watercolor from a Victorian album by an unknown artist. English, circa 1860.
Category

Late 19th Century Victorian Continental US - Animal Paintings

Materials

Paper

Dongxing Huang Animal Original Oil On Canvas "Intimacy"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Intimacy Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 28 x 28 inches Frame: Framing options available! Condition: The painting appears to be in fair condition. Year: 2000 Circa Artist...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Continental US - Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Ducks in a Pond by Alexander Koester
Located in New Orleans, LA
Alexander Koester 1864-1932 German Ducks in a Pond Signed "A. Koester" (lower right) Oil on canvas Alexander Koester is one of the great animal painters of art history, and this ...
Category

20th Century Post-Impressionist Continental US - Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"#1569" acrylic painting of a black and white zebra standing in a cardboard box
By Santiago Garcia
Located in Edgartown, MA
The work of Santiago Garcia explores the wondrous, colorful and always intriguing world between figuration and abstraction. Through contextualization of reality, the Uruguayan artist...
Category

2010s Continental US - Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Early 20th century English portrait oil of a Falcon hunting bird in a landscape.
Located in Woodbury, CT
Early 20th century English portrait oil of a Falcon hunting bird in a landscape. George Anderson Short was an English painter of Animal, Hunting...
Category

1920s Victorian Continental US - Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

American Robin
By Alexis Kandra
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Oil Painting / Contemporary Academic Realism / Figurative Art / Animals / Earth Tones
Category

2010s Contemporary Continental US - Animal Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil, Wood Panel

Early 20th century Horse with Feedbag
Located in San Francisco, CA
Charming late 19th or early 20th century oil on board. This little gem has great detail of a horse with a feedbag in a landscape. It is signed or initialed but I cannot make it out. ...
Category

Late 19th Century American Realist Continental US - Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Anniversary
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

1990s Contemporary Continental US - Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Encaustic, Oil

Rising - Surreal Landscape with Row of Trees and Owl, Oil on Panel
By John Hrehov
Located in Chicago, IL
The pristine, symmetrical and orderly landscape brings an unnatural stillness to John Hrehov's painting entitled "Rising". The owl is central to the sparse landscape peeking out of it's home in the tree. Straight lines and geometric patterns are used to compose a glossy concept of reality. The painting is framed in a simple dark gray wooden frame measuring 25.25 x 29.25 inches. John Hrehov Rising oil on panel 24h x 28w in 60.96h x 71.12w cm JHR012 John Hrehov Education 1985 MFA-Painting, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1981 BFA-Painting, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH. Solo Exhibitions 2017 John Hrehov, Paintings and Drawings. Tom Thomas Gallery, Indiana University East, Richmond, IN. 2012 Shades from White to Black, New Drawings. Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY. 2011 John Hrehov: Charcoal. Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne. 2009 John Hrehov: A Survey 1999-2009 Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY. Paintings and Drawings. Seerveld Gallery, Trinity Christian College, Palos Heights, IL. 2004 John Hrehov: Drawings and Paintings. Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY. 2002 Paintings. Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY. 2001 Charcoal. Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne. John Hrehov, Paintings and Drawings. Wood Street Gallery, Chicago, IL. 2000 The Picture Proper. Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY. Fearful Symmetry. Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN. Allegories in Contemporary Life. Yvonne Rapp Gallery, Louisville, KY. 1999 Paintings and Working Drawings. Adams Hall Gallery, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL. 1998 John Hrehov. Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY. John Hrehov: Paintings and Drawings. Wood Street Gallery, Chicago, IL. 1997 Object Lesson, Paintings, and Drawings by John Hrehov. Yvonne Rapp Gallery, Louisville, KY. 1995 John Hrehov. Trinity Art Gallery, Trinity Christian College, Palos Heights, IL. 1993 John Hrehov: Selected Works 1980-1992 Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne. Group Exhibitions 2019 2019 Alumni Exhibition. Reinberger Gallery at The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH. Out Of The Closet. Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY. 1026 West Berry Street: The Fort Wayne Art School. Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN. 2018 Artlink Regional Exhibition. Artlink Contemporary Art Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN. 2017 Sola Grace-Faith-Scripture: An Exhibition of Sacred Visual Art. Good Shepherd Institute at Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, IN. Norman Bradley...
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2010s Surrealist Continental US - Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Hunt Slonem "Green Peace" Bunny
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Green Peace Date: 2024 Medium: Oil on wood Unframed Dimensions: 10" x 8" Framed Dimensions: 14.5" x 12.5" Signature: Signed verso Edition: Unique ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Continental US - Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Hunt Slonem "Totem Hutch Holiday" Bunnies
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Slonem, Hunt Title: Totem Hutch Holiday Date: 2023 Medium: Oil on canvas Unframed Dimensions: 50" x 70" Framed Dimensions: Signature: Signed by Artist on Verso Editio...
Category

2010s Contemporary Continental US - Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Western Tanager
Located in Bozeman, MT
In 1993, a window of opportunity opened as a result of several different situations that were occurring. I was participating in an Artist-in-Residence program in Yellowstone Nationa...
Category

2010s Continental US - Animal Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

"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

Sideways Flamingo
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: fnnch, Title: Sideways Flamingo Date: 2024 Medium: Aerosol on canvas Unframed Dimensions: 30" x 48" Signature: Signed Edition: Unique Born in St. Louis MO in 1986, f...
Category

2010s Contemporary Continental US - Animal Paintings

Materials

Spray Paint, Canvas

Drongo
By Dina Brodsky
Located in New York, NY
This exquisite miniature painting by Dina Brodsky captures the striking presence of a Drongo bird, rendered in gouache and watercolor on authentic calf parchment. Known for her metic...
Category

2010s Realist Continental US - Animal Paintings

Materials

Paper, Parchment Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

Barnyard Buddies
By Paul E. Harney Jr.
Located in Missouri, MO
20 x 24 (canvas size) 25.5 x 29.5 (w/ frame) Signed and Dated Lower Left Paul Harney (1850-1915) Born in New Orleans on October 21, 1850, he was a landscape, portrait and still-li...
Category

1910s American Impressionist Continental US - Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique American Impressionist Cody, Wyoming Horse Ranch Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American regionalist modern landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1940. Signed. Displayed in a period modern frame. Image, 30"L x 25"H.
Category

1940s Impressionist Continental US - Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique American School Modernist Seascape Framed Hamptons Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on canvas. Framed. Image size, 18H x 24L. No signature found. Very nicely painted.
Category

1940s Modern Continental US - Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Bovine Beauties Realist, Light/ Shadow Oil Painting 20"x16" Landscape
By Luke Autrey
Located in Houston, TX
Bovine Beauties Realist, Light/ Shadow Oil Painting 20"x16" Landscape . The second image shows how the painting will look. I am waiting for professional photos by 2/14. Bovine B...
Category

2010s American Realist Continental US - Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Leslie Peck, "On the Hunt", Fox Hunting Landscape Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
"On the Hunt", is a 24x36 oil painting on board by artist Leslie Peck featuring a fox hunt scene of horses and hound dogs crossing a stream, following the ...
Category

2010s Realist Continental US - Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Blue Horse
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

Mixed Media, Archival Paper

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...
Category

2010s Modern Continental US - Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Hunt Slonem "Siddhas and Butterflies Play of Consciousness"
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Siddhas and Butterflies Play of Consciousness" Multicolor Faces and Butterflies Pink, yellow, blue and white butterflies and Siddha faces on a gold scored background Unf...
Category

Early 2000s Neo-Expressionist Continental US - Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Cat & Bird_America Martin_Oil/Acrylic/Canvas_Animal Portrait
By America Martin
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin "Cat & Bird" Oil & Acrylic on Canvas 24 x 24 in. ; 25.5 x 25.5 in Framed ______________ Exploring the identity of both her namesake and country, LA-based America Mart...
Category

2010s Contemporary Continental US - Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

"Black Miracle", Contemporary, Bird, Hand, Green, Acrylic, Oil Painting, 2017
By Anne Sargent Walker
Located in Franklin, MA
Sargent Walker's "Black Miracle" is a 12 x 12 inch acrylic and oil painting on wood panel. A small black and red bird sits atop a branch facing a human hand drawn in graphite against...
Category

2010s Contemporary Continental US - Animal Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Oil, Wood Panel

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