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Style: Surrealist
"Three Kings" (2023) By Cody Jimenez, Original Acrylic Painting
By Cody Jimenez
Located in Denver, CO
Cody Jimenez's "Three Kings" is an original, handmade acrylic painting that depicts a surreal portrait of three birds with piercing white eyes on a vibrant green background. About t...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Animal Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Panel

"Tight Rope" (2025) Oil Seascape Painting on Panel
Located in Denver, CO
Heather Neill's "Tight Rope" is an extravagant photorealistic oil painting, framed at 23 x 29 inches, and is ready to hang. Artist Autobiography: Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, 1958, my ...
Category

2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

The Slow Ride of Millie Tinker, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
An ostrich glides forward on colorful roller skates, balancing a gramophone, books, and an apple on its back. Headphones rest over its ears, and a carrot dang...

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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

High Noon at the Stardust Grogshop, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Around noon on a Friday, a tiny rider in a pink tutu balances atop a green dinosaur adorned with a yellow daisy. They navigate the ta...

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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Sacrifice - Surreal Painting of Golden Yellow Bird of Prey Hunting a Mouse
Located in Preston, GB
Sacrifice - Surreal Painting of Golden Yellow Bird of Prey Hunting a Mouse, by Contemporary British Artist Original, Oil on Canvas 30 x 30 inches Unframed The painting continue...
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Early 2000s Surrealist Animal Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil, Canvas

Animal Painting Surrealist Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ artist Circle of Life
Located in Norfolk, GB
Isabel Rock is a creator of contemporary fairy tales. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work is an explosion of strange occurrences while a surreal narrative take...
Category

2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings

Materials

Paint, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Pen

"Salvador Dalí"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
This pyezhazh I saw in a deserted place. It was dusty and strong wind. The wind stopped blowing and I saw this surrealism. The painting is framed in an antique frame. Size in a frame...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

"Dancing Bumblebees" (2023) by Sybiline, Oil Painting, Purple Iris with Bees
Located in Denver, CO
Sybiline's (CAN based) "Unum" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts brilliantly detailed purple iris blooms with several bees cavorting nearby. About the Artist: Sybi...
Category

2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Bixby s Compromise, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A white chicken with a quirky stack of objects on its head balances on a unicycle. The pile includes a coffee cup, a potted plant, an egg, a toy truck, books,...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Large Scale Surrealist Oil on Canvas, At the Watering Hole .
Located in Cotignac, FR
Large late 20th century oil on canvas of animals at the watering hole by British artist Derek Carruthers. Signed to the bottom right. A magical, highly colourful and energetic paint...
Category

Late 20th Century Surrealist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Humble Abode" by Patrick Maxcy, Acrylic Painting, Sea Turtle
Located in Denver, CO
Patrick Maxcy's "Humble Abode" is an original, handmade acrylic painting that depicts a sea turtle perched on coral carrying an elaborate tiny house on his back with a cloudy sky. T...
Category

2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Solace Fairy" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Matteo Di Ventra's (US based) "Solace Fairy" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a surreal nude figure with butterfly wings
Category

2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

“The Wild Boar”
Located in San Francisco, CA
If you’ve been a longtime college football follower of the SEC, or the Southeastern Conference, you may have heard of this 1964 game in Shreveport, Louisiana. On December 29, the University of Arkansas Razorbacks in crimson and white played the University of Mississippi’s Ole Miss Rebels in The Bluebonnet Bowl, and handily won the contest 82-48 by racking up 52 points in the first half. As imagined here by American Surrealist Jean Jones Jackson...
Category

1960s Surrealist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Changement (~47% OFF LIST PRICE, Oil Painting, Symbolist)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Stella Jae Changement 2024 Oil on Canvas Size: 26.06 x 31.04 inches (60 x 80cm) Signed by hand COA provided ---------- Tags: #StellaJRichey #VisualArtist ...
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2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Best Friends II (dog man s best friend vintage painting figurative earth tones)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In "Best Friends", the painter suggests the idea of a giant pet dog remaining reliable and comforting for the man, regardless of his giant-size. keywords; surrealism, animals, dog, ...
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2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Diva (chicken oil painting surrealist red sky lady in pink robe Farm animal)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
Rudolf Kosow’s Diva is a striking contemporary surrealist painting that stages a poetic and unsettling encounter between a young girl and a monumental Polish chicken—its iridescent p...
Category

2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Just Outside" by Patrick Maxcy, Acrylic Painting, Blue Fish
Located in Denver, CO
Patrick Maxcy's "Just Outside" is an original, handmade acrylic painting that depicts an oversized blue fish next to a tiny house perched on a rock. About the Artist: Nature, anima...
Category

2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Abstraction (rhinoceros, rhino)-mystical, esoteric, futuristic art
By Airo
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
The style of the artist Airo is called "retrofuturism" or "Russian cosmism." This is a popular and growing trend among artists and collectors around the world. He connects the past with the future in the present. The artist uses various types of techniques to create his own special expression. Sergei Airo was born in 1960 in the city of Novorossiysk (Krasnodar region) in the artist's family. In 1991, Sergei showed interest in the so-called "primitivism". His attention is drawn to the works and images of mythical life. After that the artist was concentrated on the study of medieval masters. Mainly exploring the religious direction and influence of Flemish medieval artists. In 1996, Sergei Airo presents a series of works at the Airspace Design exhibition in Air France. He is a permanent member of the Union of Artists, the Association of New Artists and the Society of Fine Arts, on the personal recommendation of Zurab Tsereteli...
Category

2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Love Birds, Sally-Ann Johns, Contemporary Animal Art, Original Drawings, Bright
Located in Deddington, GB
Sally-Ann Johns Love Birds Original Animal Drawing Oil Pastel on Dutch Metal Framed Size: H 31cm x W 31cm x D 10cm Sold Framed in a Deep White Circular Frame Please note that in situ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Animal Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

"Urban Zoo" Oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Louis Recchia's (US based) "Urban Zoo" is an oil painting that depicts a lama, giraffes, and a whale in a surreal urban environment Louis Recchia has been producing contemporary ar...
Category

2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Yoni (Hummingbird, Portrait, Storytelling, Oil Painting)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Joseph Broghammer Yoni (Hummingbird, Portrait, Storytelling, Oil Painting) Oil on Canvas Year: 2023 Size: 40x30in Signed by hand COA provided Ref.: 924802-1890 *on stretcher frame -...
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2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Point To Where It Hurts (Hummingbird, Portrait, Storytelling, Oil Painting)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Joseph Broghammer Point To Where It Hurts (Hummingbird, Portrait, Storytelling, Oil Painting) Oil on Canvas Year: 2023 Size: 66x72in Signed by hand COA provided Ref.: 924802-1898 *o...
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2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Wee One 9 (Hummingbird, Portrait, Storytelling, Oil Painting)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Joseph Broghammer Wee One 9 (Hummingbird, Portrait, Storytelling, Oil Painting) Oil on Canvas Year: 2023 Size: 14x11in Framed: 15x12x1in Signed by hand COA provided Ref.: 924802-1903...
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2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Yijian Wang Contemporary Original Oil On Canvas "Let Me Enjoy It 2"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Let Me Enjoy It 2 Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 21 x 13 inches Frame: Framing options available! Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition. Note: This painting is unstretched Year: 2015 Artist: Yijian Wang...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Our Tracks Will be Concealed" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Our Tracks Will be Concealed
Category

2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Signed Surreal Southwest Modernist Desert Cactus Original Vintage Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist surreal landscape oil painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1940. Signed. Unframed. Image size, 28"L x 20"H.
Category

1950s Surrealist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Their Song Welcomed the Night, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Sara Scribner's (US based) "Their Song Welcomed the Night" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a realistic portrait of a feminine form in ...
Category

2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

10 of Pentacles, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
The artwork portrays the Ten of Pentacles card, symbolizing success, financial satisfaction, and the completion of a wealth cycle. White bison figures, repres...

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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

"To the Place I Dream Of" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
To the Place I Dream Of
Category

2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Release Jealousy (Hummingbird, Portrait, Storytelling, Oil Painting)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Joseph Broghammer Release Jealousy (Hummingbird, Portrait, Storytelling, Oil Painting) Oil on Canvas Year: 2022 Size: 44x34in Signed by hand COA provided Ref.: 924802-1892 *on stret...
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2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

My Problems Hump (Hummingbird, Portrait, Storytelling, Oil Painting)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Joseph Broghammer My Problems Hump (Hummingbird, Portrait, Storytelling, Oil Painting) Oil on Canvas Year: 2022 Size: 40x30in Signed by hand COA provided Ref.: 924802-1891 *on stret...
Category

2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pigging Out at the Diner, Surreal Anthropomorphic Pig Satirical Illustration
Located in Soquel, CA
A satirical, surreal depiction of a pig at a lunch counter by an unknown artist (20th Century). This scene, full of symbols and satire, portrays the anth...
Category

Late 20th Century Surrealist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Illustration Board

Liberation, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A woman character is shown floating near an open window, where a giant bluebird is waiting as a spirit animal guide. The bird serves as a reminder to not give...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Aries, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Rhonda Libbey's "Aries" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a white Ram with a orange floral wreath and a golden halo standing among yello...
Category

2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

The Ecstasy of Colonel Picklebottom, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Diane Flick presents a glimpse into someone else's image of utopia. "Colonel Picklebottom's otherworldly dream persists only to exist," says Diane. In ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

REBEL (black pug carlin cowboys lasso vintage americana surrealist oil painting)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
A colossal black pug, its head resting heavily on the ground, gazes outward with an expression both sorrowful and unyielding. Its vast, glossy eyes shimmer w...
Category

2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Borrowed Time" Acrylic Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Patrick Maxcy's "Borrowed Time" is an original, handmade acrylic painting that depicts an antelope with blue ribbons and butterflies swirling around its ...
Category

2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Rough Seas" Acrylic Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Patrick Maxcy's "Rough Seas" is an original, handmade acrylic painting that depicts a larger than life hummingbird perched on a landlocked boat. About the...
Category

2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Seven of Pentacles, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
As part of artist Rachel Srinivasan's Rodeo Tarot series, this interpretation of the Seven of Pentacles tarot card uses green to embody the themes of growth, ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Guardian (taurus bull oil painting clouds surrealist lady in pink robe animal)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In Guardian, Rudolf Kosow creates a poignant and dreamlike vision of protection, strength, and vulnerability. A colossal bull dominates the canvas, rendered with majestic precision, ...
Category

2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Lurking in the Waters, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
The artwork reflects on the abundance of wildlife in Florida and the constant struggle humans face in controlling nature. Dominating the scene, a giant egret hovers over houses while alligators lurk in the water, signifying the untamable wildness of the environment.


About the Artist
Artist Kat Silver paints surrealist compositions with a whimsical and satirical approach. She draws inspiration from the imagery of her dreams and the symbolisms present in her surroundings. The image of the rabbit has become an important character and signature in Kat's work. For her, they represent power and taking control of one's life. Through her art, she invites the viewer to question the mundanity of daily existence and embrace the magic within them. "I believe human beings have a lot we can learn from nature," says Kat. "If we watch and listen to the earth and all its creatures, we can learn to fully enjoy our lives instead of being caught up in materialism, drama, and stress." Kat started to paint when she was seven years old, with her uncle as her teacher. She received her BA in Painting at Nazareth College in 2001 and succeedingly studied at Drexel University in Philadelphia, where she mastered Art Therapy. Kat works in her home studio on a small desk strewn with supplies—surrounded by walls adorned with artwork that inspires her. Beyond her studio, Kat feeds her soul in nature, exploring wooded parks, forests, oceans, and streams. She often goes to antique shops to spark her creativity.


Words that describe this painting: Florida, wildlife, swamp, surreal, surrealism...

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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Voyager, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A surreal portrait of a jaguar overlaid with a glowing peony. "She moves unapologetically through space, through water, through the land," says artist Miranda...

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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Afternoon Delight" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Sybiline's (CAN based) "Afternoon Delight" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a Sphynx cat eyeing a pink teacup with milk and plate with a w...
Category

2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"Paper City, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Alla Bartoshchuk's "Paper City" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a blue hued female figure in the company of ghostly greyhounds with an orange sun appearing alongsi...
Category

2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Isolation III, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Guigen Zha paints red lotus flowers under the shining sun. Square blocks of gradient color fill the fragmented scene. He pain...

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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

One Blossom One World. Peony Deer III, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Guigen Zha paints a giant blooming peony in lush shades of pink. As the national flower of China, they represent prosperity and nobility. A silhouette of a deer stands in the foreground, silent and majestic. The animal is a symbol of peace and happiness in Chinese culture. Together, they express sources of noble associations and interpretations. Guigen explores the sublime parallels between humans, animals, and nature.


About the Artist


Words that describe this painting: healing, peony, deer, animal, belief, landscape, floral, poetic, oilpaint, flower, surrealism, animals, nature, surrealism, oil painting, pink


One Blossom One World...

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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Admirer (surrealist oil painting sea lion red sky lady animal rose)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In Admirer, Kosow constructs a scene of surreal tenderness and quiet strangeness, merging Americana-inflected nostalgia with a dreamlike, symbolic composition. At the forefront, a ma...
Category

2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Rival (surrealist oil painting bull red sky man brown animal)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In Rival, Rudolf Kosow conjures a surreal confrontation where human and beast are caught in an ambiguous dance of dominance, awe, and connection. A shirtless man, eyes locked and arm...
Category

2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Forgotten Idols X, by Katarina Dordevic, Acrylic on Canvas Painting
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This 39.37" x 27.55" Acrylic on Canvas Painting by Katarina Dordevic examines the possibilities of presenting an idea with the limited use of visual elements and figuration in the v...
Category

Early 2000s Surrealist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Nine of Swords, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Rachel Srinivasan presents a surreal portrayal of the nine of swords tarot card. A majestic and mysterious white bison remains strong as a falling blad...

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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Magnetic (rooster oil painting clouds surrealist lady in pink robe Farm animal)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In Magnetic, Rudolf Kosow presents a surreal, quietly unsettling encounter between a barefoot woman in a pastel gown and a towering, hyperrealistic rooster. The bird’s exaggerated sc...
Category

2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Five of Swords, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Rachel Srinivasan manifests a representation of a tarot card. She paints a robust white bison in the center of five silver swords, standing on a pentagram in ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Surrealist Large Purple Figurative Dreamscape with Horse, A Walk During Eclipse
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Walk During the Eclipse is a large-scale original surrealist oil painting by Feros, rich with symbolism, narrative depth, and cinematic color. Rendered in vibrant purples, soft pin...
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2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Spray Paint

Untitled (Valley of the Dolls)
Located in Columbia, MO
Dave Pavelonis Untitled (Valley of the Dolls) Acrylic on canvas 60.5 x 50.75
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Animal Painting Surrealist Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ artist Circle Life Orange
Located in Norfolk, GB
Isabel Rock is a creator of contemporary fairy tales. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work is an explosion of strange occurrences while a surreal narrative takes the audience on a journey into the imagination. Hugely inspired by Paula Rego, Isabel Rock is part of a formidable group of women artists (Leonora Carrington and Eileen Agar amongst others) working with Surrealism. In October 2023 Isabel won the Evelyn Williams...
Category

2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings

Materials

Paint, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Pen

Phenomenon (surrealism oil painting rooster chicken head farm animal red)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
Absurd scenery in the middle of nowhere: head of a chicken, seemingly alive ... and an elderly man ... do they belong together, are they probably old...
Category

2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique American School Surreal Monkey Portrait Rare Framed Large Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist interior scene with two monkeys. Oil on canvas. No signature found. Framed. Image size, 39H x 26L.
Category

1930s Surrealist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Salvador Dali"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
I saw this landscape in a deserted place in winter. It was snowing and strong wind. The wind stopped blowing and I saw this surrealism. The picture is framed in a wooden frame. Size ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

Surreal Figurative Painting, "Elegance and Power" 2024
Located in San Diego, CA
This is an original Oil on Canvas figurative painting by Charlene Mosley. A cirtificate of authenticity will follow delivery. It is framed as pictured. Charlene Mosley’s current wor...
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2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Kraken"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
One of my best works in this series is "Art from Money." This painting has a philosophical meaning: it reflects the philosophy of human impact on the planet. This prophetic painting ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Animal Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil

Surrealist animal paintings for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Surrealist animal paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add animal paintings created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, green, orange, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Nathan Neven, Rudolf Kosow, Linda Ridd Herzog, and Isabel Rock. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Oil Paint and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Surrealist animal paintings, so small editions measuring 2.76 inches across are also available. Prices for animal paintings made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $190 and tops out at $50,000, while the average work sells for $2,313.

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