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Art Subject: Cow
Mountain landscape with sheep by a river
Located in Genève, GE
Monogrammed JS Work on canvas Gilded carved wooden frame 45 x 35 x 4.5 cm
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19th Century Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

The Travelling Herd, Early Victorian Landscape, Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Travelling Herd, Impressionist Landscape, Oil Painting, Signed English School, mid 19th century Oil painting on canvas, framed Framed size: 14.5 x 18.5 inches Majestic scenic oi...
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1850s Victorian Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Charming Victorian Signed Oil, Farmer Leading Cattle Rural Lane on Market Day
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: F. Brown, English 19th century, signed and dated 1880 and inscribed verso Title: 'Market Day', a farmer on horseback leading cattle through a rural lane to the market. Medium: oil on canvas, framed Framed: 19.5 x 25.5 inches Painting: 14 x 16 inches Provenance: private collection, East...
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19th Century Victorian Animal Paintings

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Oil

India Miniature Painting Cow Calf Natural Pigments Jaipur School Listed Artist
Located in Norfolk, GB
Paper Size: 38.8 x 49.7 cm Painted by Suresh Sharma, this is a 20th Century miniature painting from one of the leading contemporary miniature painting Ateliers in Jaipur, owned by M...
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Late 20th Century Other Art Style Animal Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor, Pigment

"UNTITLED" WINTER SNOW SCENE
Located in San Antonio, TX
Melvin Warren (1920 - 1995) Texas Artist Image Size: 29 x 40 Frame Size: 37 x 49 Medium: Oil Untitled Biography Melvin Warren (1920 - 1995) Melvin Charles Warren...
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20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil

French Impressionist Signed Oil Sheep Dog in Windswept Fields, framed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Sheep Dog French, mid 20th century signed oil painting on canvas, framed framed: 21 x 31 inches canvas: 20 x 30 inches provenance: private collection, France condition: overall...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil

Antique Scottish Watercolour, Figure Walking towards Crofters Cottage
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Frank Murray, Scottish late 19th century Title: A figure returning a crofters cottage besides a river or lake in the Highlands. Medium: watercolour painting, frame...
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19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings

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Watercolor

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

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

Early 19th Century French Oil Cattle being Driven through Old Village Street
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, early 19th century Title: Cattle being Driven through the town. Medium: oil painting on canvas, unframed Size: canvas: 21 x 25.5 inches Provenanc...
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Early 19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Landscape with Shepherds and Animals by Louis - Pierre Verwée ( 1807 – 1877 )
Located in Knokke, BE
Verwée Louis-Pierre Courtrai 1807 – 1877 Brussels Belgian Painter 'Landscape with Shepherds and Animals by the Water' Signature: signed lower right and dated 'L. P. Verwee 1851' Medium: oil on panel Dimensions: image size 43 x 52 cm, frame size 58 x 66 cm Biography: Louis-Pierre Verwee (also spelled Verwée) was born on March 19, 1807, in Kortrijk, Belgium, and died in Brussels in November 1877. He is widely regarded as the leading representative of the Romantic school in Belgian landscape painting, particularly known for his evocative winter scenes and rural landscapes with cattle. Verwee left school at an early age to pursue his passion for art. He enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kortrijk, where he studied under Jan Baptiste de Jonghe, a prominent landscape and animal painter. He later continued his artistic training with Eugène Verboeckhoven in Ghent, who would not only become his mentor but also a lifelong friend and collaborator. The two artists often worked side by side, and Verboeckhoven occasionally painted the figures and animals in Verwee’s landscapes, to such a degree that their early works are sometimes difficult to distinguish. Verwee followed Verboeckhoven to Brussels and established himself as a successful landscape and animal painter. His preferred subjects were winter and summer scenes, typically populated with figures and animals. His style, particularly in his early work, was closely aligned with that of Verboeckhoven. Over time, he became known for landscapes that reflected the romantic tradition, with compositions echoing the work of Andreas Schelfhout, Barend Cornelis Koekkoek, Frans Keelhoff, and Johann Bernard Klombeck. His depictions of forests and rivers often employed a dreamy, atmospheric quality that captured the mood and light of nature. In his later career, Verwee sought artistic innovation but found himself increasingly focused on variations of winter landscapes after 1837. These scenes, popularized by Koekkoek and Schelfhout, were characterized by low-hanging snow clouds, icy waterways, and a cool palette of light blue and metallic grey, creating a moody and intimate ambiance. Occasionally, other artists such as Florent Willems...
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Mid-19th Century Romantic Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Gust Front, realist landscape Americana oil painting, 2018
Located in New York, NY
Karl Hartman gives primacy to the sparsity of form in his Mid-Western prairie landscapes. Simple and earnest, saturated primary hues and decisive lines ad...
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2010s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Mark Making (2019) oil on panel, nature art, wildlife landscape, cave animals
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Mark Making (2019) oil on panel, nature art, wildlife landscape, cave animals, cave art, prehistoric art, earth tones "Mark Making" by Alexis Kandra is an or...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Foil

An Eighteenth Century Pastoral Scene by Jan van Gool, 1719
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Jan van Gool (Dutch, 1685-1763/65) Pastoral Scene, 1719 Oil on panel, 15 x 21 3/4 inches FRAMED: 23 x 29 1/2 (Approx.) Signed and dated at lower left: "J V G...
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1710s Old Masters Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Axel Hansen (Dutch, 1896-1936) Country Farm Landscape w/ Cattle c.1920s
Located in San Francisco, CA
Axel Hansen (Dutch, 1896-1936) Country Farm Landscape w/ Cattle c.1920s Fine impressionist oil painting by Danish painter Axel Hansen. The painting shows...
Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Black Cow", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Ali Ghassan's "Black Cow" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a black and white cow with a yellow ear tag with a blue sky background. Abou...
Category

2010s Photorealist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Catte Watering from the Loch s Waters, signed oil
By Jameson Lainge
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Watering from the Loch's Waters Scottish School, late 19th/ early 20th century signed, "Jamieson Lainge" oil painting on canvas painting: 20 x 24 inches provenance: private collecti...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Dominic Parczuk, contemporary British artist, Landscape with cattle
Located in Harkstead, GB
A beautiful snapshot of the English countryside with cattle grazing under a dramatic sky. Presented in a most attractive hand made frame. Dominic Parczuk (born 1982) Pasturelands Si...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

"Medicine Hat" Oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Lani Vlaanderen's (US based) "Medicine Hat" is an oil painting that depicts a small group of wild horses grazing peacefully in golden sunlit meadow Bio/artist statement: Living in the mountains near Rocky Mountain National Park Lani is never lacking something inspiring to paint, be it a grand sunrise on Long's Peak or a small sparrow perched on a pine branch. All fill her with the desire to put paint to canvas. Her goal is not to replicate what she sees, but to express her emotional response from the source of inspiration visually in paint and convey it to the world. She wants to communicate the awe she feels when in the natural world and the joy she experiences from seeing even the seemingly most insignificant moment in time that will never come again. She strives to convey her belief that all things, all beings, all life and non-life, share equal significance and are essential to the whole. "I began my art quest by taking a few classes at Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, then enrolled in Kim English's class at the Art Student's Leaque of Denver. After four years with Kim and functioning as his class monitor, I had the opportunity to participate in a painting group with Richard Schmid in Loveland Colorado. I painted there with him for six years. I have taken workshops from such masters as David Leffel, Sherrie McGraw...
Category

2010s American Realist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Paradise Found, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A Highland cow stands in a grassy field with a dramatic sunset in the background. The animal dominates the foreground, its long hair and large horns clearly vis...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Arizona Dream No. 1
Located in Bozeman, MT
For the last 10 years Travis Walker has made landscape paintings about Jackson Hole, a place that never ceases to inspire him to pick up his brushes. He works on location, capturing ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Egon the Bull" Acrylic on Canvas
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Melinda has studied life and its movements, developing a remarkably keen artistic technique with her flowing expressionistic style. Growing up in the Midwest she was enamored with n...
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

English Impressionist early 20th century, cows drinking water in a landscape
By Albert Ernest Bottomley
Located in Woodbury, CT
Albert Ernest Bottomley was an English Impressionist and traditional painter of landscapes and animal scenes. Painter born in Leeds who studied art with the landscape artist William...
Category

1920s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

“Forest landscape with herd of cattle”
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Attributed to Friedrich Voltz (1817–1886) – Bucolic Cattle Scene Artist: Attributed to Friedrich Voltz Period: 19th Century Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: Framed: 35 x 40 cm Artw...
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19th Century Romantic Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"A Wet Windy Day", Joe Rader Roberts, 30x40, Original Oil on Canvas, Western Art
By Joe Rader Roberts
Located in Dallas, TX
Cowboys trying to run out of the storm on this cold rainy day of cattle herding on the ranch. A cowboy in a wagon being pulled by four brown and black horses is herding the longhorns...
Category

1970s Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Serengeti Zebras Dr. #1
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 Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Oil

"The Light Lingers" autumnal light shines on a white cow in the field
Located in Edgartown, MA
Cheri Christensen was born in Enumclaw Washington, a small rural town of horse, dairy and cattle ranches at the foot of Mt. Rainier. She attended the University of North Carolina at ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

19th century American cattle/cows and chickens in a stable with calves
Located in Woodbury, CT
Interesting and well-painted American turn of the 19th-century animal scene of an interior of a barn with cows, calves, and chickens The piece has a great deal of charm and is very ...
Category

1890s Victorian Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

British impressionist Springtime with blossom in the English countryside
Located in Harkstead, GB
A really appealing view of the English countryside in the springtime with rolling hills, cattle grazing in lush pasture and a windmill off in the distance. George Graham (1881-1949)...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board, Canvas

Highland Pastures
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Highland Pastures by Louis Bosworth Hurt British 1856-1929 Oil on canvas Canvas size: 24 x 36 inches Framed size: 36.25 x 48 inches Signed and dated lower right
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19th Century Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

19th Century Welsh landscape animal oil painting of cattle with figures
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Henry Brittan Willis British, (1810-1884) Midday Rest Oil on canvas, signed & dated (18)59 Image size: 18.5 inches x 31 inches Size including frame: 26.25 inches x 38.75 inches A b...
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19th Century Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Sunlight and Shadows, American Impressionist, Cattle, Cows, Landscape, Pastoral
Located in Wiscasset, ME
"Sunlight and Shadows" is a beautifully composed pastoral landscape with cattle by a stream. An American Impressionist, Voelcker utilized broken brushstrokes and a warm and cool colo...
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20th Century Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Leslie Peck, "French White", 30x40 Farm Country Cow Bull Oil Painting Landscape
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
"French White", is a 30x40 oil painting on canvas by artist Leslie Peck featuring a majestic white bull standing in a stately, regal pose. A dark background with a grass covered foreground provides drama and mystery. Peck's use of hand-mixed paint provides a silky, buttery finish. About the artist: Leslie Anne Peck is a native of Buffalo, New York. She moved to New York City to attend the Fashion Institute of Technology where she received her Bachelors Degree in Fine Art. In 1987 Leslie spent a year studying art in Italy at the Scuola di Lorenzo De Medici in Florence and subsequently apprenticed in Rome with renowned illustrator Alessandro Biffignandi. Leslie began a freelance career in romance book...
Category

2010s Realist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Charles March Gere - Tuscan Vintage - Early 20th Century Cotswold Group tempera
Located in London, GB
CHARLES MARCH GERE, RA, RWS (1884-1963) Tuscan Vintage Signed with monogram l.lr, signed again with monogram and dated 1912 on the overlap; signed and inscribed with title on the b...
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Early 20th Century Pre-Raphaelite Landscape Paintings

Materials

Egg Tempera

Pastoral Landscape titled "Cows Resting"
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
James McDougal Hart (1828-1901) was a prominent American landscape painter and a key figure in the Hudson River School. His landscapes are characterized by their serene and idyllic q...
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Late 18th Century Hudson River School Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Gathering at Clear Creek
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original Oil Painting signed by the Artist in the lower right corner.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Missouri No. 3
Located in Columbia, MO
Joel D. Sager (b. 1980) is a contemporary American painter of landscapes, still-life and portraiture. Often drawing on such standard subject matter with economy and singularity— a so...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Pasture with Cows
By Rémy Cogghe
Located in Atlanta, GA
Born in Mouscron in the Belgian province of Hainaut, Cogghe attended the Academy of Roubaix where he studied under Constantin Mils. In 1876, Cogghe was admitted to the École Nation...
Category

Early 1900s Academic Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Gangireddu, Acrylic on Canvas, Blue, White Red by Contemporary Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Mohammad Osman - Gangireddu (Sacred Bulls) Acrylic on Canvas, 48 x 48 inches, 2020 Born in 1972 Originally from a village in Mahabubnagar district ,I draw inspiration heavily from village life.. I have completed my bachelors of fine arts from JNAFAU Hyderabad.My first solo show happened with gallery g in 2010.later after that I had many solo and group exhibitions. Recently I have been painting various versions of a bull that is traditionally decorated during sankranthi. I am touched with Indian culture and tradition and since past many years I have been working on this bull series and its also symbolic image of "SANKRANTI" festival. My childhood my village are the reasons for this gangireddu. I lived in a village for twenty five years and am strongly connected to my village and my roots there.And I have chosen Gangireddu because I found it very interesting with beautiful traditional elements in it. I feel it's nothing less than a beautiful composition of art. EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS: B. F. A ., (Painting) J.N.T.U , College of Fine Arts ,HYDERABAD. SOLO SHOWS: 2010 - Gallery – G , Bangalore. ( Kole Basava - Kala Basava ) 2009 - “RENAISSANCE GALLERY”, Bangalore. 2019 - Gallery - G , Bangalore. GROUP SHOWS . 2019 - Gallerie. Nvya. New Delhi... 2019 - TIGER.. TAO art gallery mumbai…(travelled show) 2019 - TIGER.. the state art gallery, Hyderabad. 2019 - state art gallery Hyderabad, 2017- KARA art show, club botanica. 2017 - Studio 3 art gallery , Mumbai( singapur art fair} 2017- Studio 3 art gallery , Mumbai (Dubai art fair) 2017- A project for private collection, ( huge size painting), Hyderabad 2017- Beyond the contours, Mon art gallery, Kolkatta 2016- Samara art gallery, Ahmedabad 2016- Art for cause, hotel AVASA hyderabad 2016- Studio 3 art gallery , Mumbai 2016- Madhyam, Bangalore 2016- Mahua art gallery. Bangalore 2016- Catharsis art gallery ,Ahmedabad 2016- gallery G , Bangalore 2016- Mahua art gallery Bangalore.. 2016- Madhyam, Bangalore 2015- Gallery NVYA, (flight of expressions) 2015- Gallery NVYA, (oorjha) 2014- show of gallery collection, gallery space,Hyderabad 2014- Concern india foundation ( Hyderabad ) 2014- Concern india foundation ( Ludhiana ) 2014- Gallery space, Hyderabad( art for cause ) 2014- Gallery NVYA, (Zen movments) 2014- Hotel HYATT, Ahmedabad by kalakrithi art gallery 2013- Gallery NVYA, (The winter tale) 2013- Gallery NVYA, (Amalgam prathama collection) 2013- Gallery NVYA, ( 9 th anniversary show) 2013- Gallery NVYA, (Varsha-sharad) 2013- Gallery NVYA, (Basanthagreeshma collection, IGIA) 2013- NVYA Art Gallery , New Delhi ( Within Reach-IV.) 2013- Taj falaknuma palace, Hyderabad (an art saturday by kalakrithi art gallery) 2013- NVYA art gallery, New delhi, (Completely Contemporary) 2013 - NVYA Art Gallery , New Delhi .( The timeless journey of indian contemperory art) 2013 - NVYA Art Gallery , New Delhi . ( Hemanta-Shishir) 2013 - Kalakriti Art Gallery , Hyderabad.( Flavours of hyderabad) 2013 - Time And Space Gallery ,Bangalore 2013- Gallery NVYA, (The timeless journey of indian contemperory art) 2013- Galley NVYA (Comletecontemperory )new delhi 2012- Gallery NVYA, (Hemantha- shishira, IGIA) 2012 - Nvya Art Gallery, New Delhi . ( Within reach lll) 2011 - Forum Art Gallery ,Chennai .( Deccan musings ) 2011 - Time And Space Gallery ,Bangalore 2011- Kalakriti Art Gallery , Hyderabad. ( po10tial - 2 ) 2010 – Biddle & Webb , Birmingham ,U.K. 2010- Galley NVYA (Comletecontemperory )new delhi 2010- gallery G bangalore. 2010 - Time And Space Art Gallery ,Bangalore. 2009 - Goup show of artists from HYDERABAD at Windsor Manner, BANGALORE. 2008 - USA (San Francisco), a Group show with Indian Contemporaries. 2008- Artist from India...
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"BRAHMAS" TEXAS CATTLE
Located in San Antonio, TX
Chuck Mauldin Born 1949 Fredericksburg Artist Size: 20 x 30 Frame: 27 x 37 Medium: Oil "Brahmas" A native of Texas, Chuck Mauldin has been painting in oi...
Category

20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

French Contemporary Art by Caroline de Piedoue - Les Trois Vaches
Located in Paris, IDF
Caroline de Piedoue is a French artist born in 1954 who lives & works in Berchères-sur-Vesgre, Eure-et-Loire, France. Her theme of her paintings is largely urban but also beach scene...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Entryway to Paradise Valley
Located in Bozeman, MT
Johnny Defeo’s work belongs to the concept of souvenir, attempting to capture the experiences he has in the natural world, where he feels free and most at home. His paintings and rug...
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2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Vintage French Oil Painting Two Cows In Golden Field
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Leon Hatot (French 1883-1953) Title: Impressionist oil painting Medium: signed oil painting on thick paper, stuck on board unframed. Size: painting: 12 x 20 inche...
Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Very Large Antique Scottish Victorian Oil Painting Cattle Highland Pathway
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'When Heaven descends in Showers" Cattle in a Dramatic Scottish Highland Landscape original painting by Henry Hadfield Cubley (1858-1934) British signed oil on canvas, framed dated 1...
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1880s Victorian Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Large Antique Scottish Highlands Landscape Oil Painting Cattle Misty Loch Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Cattle in an Atmospheric Scottish Highlands Landscape by Henry Hadfield Cubley (1858-1934) British signed oil on canvas, framed inscribed verso (the artists address) framed: 31.5 x 4...
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Early 1900s Victorian Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Antique Oil Scottish Highlands Oil Painting Cattle in Sunset Loch Warm Mountains
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Close of Day by F. E. Jamieson (British 1895-1950) signed (with one of the artists pseudonyms) oil on canvas, framed framed: 21 x 26 inches canvas: 16 x 24 inches provenance: pri...
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Early 20th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Double Trouble , oil painting, Texas Livestock, Cattle Landscape, Hill Country
Located in Houston, TX
Double Trouble ,an oil painting shows the simple interaction of the animals in their environment. Double Trouble by Cheri Christensen portrays the way the light dances across the fo...
Category

2010s Abstract Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

"FLOWERS ON HER DINNER TABLE" TEXAS HILL COUNTRY CATTLE
Located in San Antonio, TX
Chuck Mauldin Born 1949 Fredericksburg Artist Size: 22 x 28 Frame: 31 x 37 Medium: Oil "Flowers On Her Dinner Table" Texas Hill Country View details A nati...
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20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Dairyland" oil painting of two black and white cows in a field
Located in Edgartown, MA
David Konigsberg was born in Warren PA and lives and works in Brooklyn NY. His rural and urban experience play out in a love for both landscape and conceptual narrative, genres he of...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

L embarquement de boeufs - Impressionist Oil, Cattle by Jean Francois Raffaelli
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Wonderful signed oil on panel cattle and figures in landscape by French impressionist painter Jean-Francois Raffaelli. The work depicts oxen being loaded onto ships in Honfleur, France en route to England. Signature: Signed lower right Dimensions: Framed: 18"x16" Unframed: 9"x8" Provenance: Exhibition Jean Francois Raffaélli held at Galerie Simonson, 19 Rue Caumartin Paris - October 1929 (number 44) Jean-François Raffaëlli's father was a failed Italian businessman and Raffaëlli himself was, among other things, a church chorister, actor and theatre singer. He then studied under Gérôme at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He travelled to Italy, Spain and Algeria and on his return to France settled in Asnières. In 1876, on a trip to Brittany, he first saw the potential of realist subject matter, if treated seriously. He became involved in meetings of artists at the Café Guerbois, where the Impressionist painters used to gather. As a result, Degas, contrary to the advice of the group, introduced Raffaëlli to the Impressionist exhibitions - according to one uncertain source as early as the very first exhibition, at the home of Nadar, and certainly to those of 1880 and 1881. In 1904, Raffaëlli founded the Society for Original Colour Engraving. He first exhibited at the Salon de Paris in 1870 and continued to exhibit there until he joined the Salon des Artistes Français in 1881, where he earned a commendation in 1885, was made Chevalier of the Légion d'Honneur in 1889 and in the same year was awarded a gold medal at the Exposition Universelle. In 1906 he was made Officier of the Légion d'Honneur. He was also a member of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts. In 1884, a private exhibition of his work cemented his reputation. He contributed to several newspapers such as The Black Cat (Le Chat Noir) in 1885 and The French Mail (Le Courrier Français) in 1886 and 1887. He published a collection entitled Parisian Characters, which captured his favourite themes of the street, the neighbourhood and local people going about their lives. In 1880 he participated, with Forain, on the illustration of Joris Karl Huysmans' Parisian Sketches (Croquis Parisiens). He also illustrated Huysman's Works. As well as working as an illustrator, he also made etchings and coloured dry-points. His early attempts at painting were genre scenes, but once he was settled in Asnières he started to paint picturesque views of Parisian suburbs. From 1879 onwards, his subject matter drew on the lives of local people. These popular themes, which he treated with humanity and a social conscience, brought him to the attention of the social realist writers of the time such as Émile Zola. In addition to his realist style, Raffaëlli's dark palette, which ran contrary to the Impressionist aesthethic, helped to explain the opposition of those painters to his participation in their exhibitions. More concerned with drawing than colour, he used black and white for most of his paintings. Towards the end of his life, he lightened his palette, but without adopting any other principles of the Impressionist technique. After painting several portraits, including Edmond de Goncourt and Georges Clémenceau, he returned to genre painting, particularly scenes of bourgeois life. Later in his career, he painted mainly Breton-inspired sailors and views of Venice. His views of the Paris slums and the fortifications, sites which have almost completely disappeared, went some way towards establishing a genre in themselves and perpetuated the memory of the area: The Slums, Rag-and-Bone Man, Vagabond, Sandpit, In St-Denis, Area of Fortifications. His realistic and witty portrayal of typical Parisian townscapes accounts for his enduring appeal. Born in Paris, he was of Tuscan descent through his paternal grandparents. He showed an interest in music and theatre before becoming a painter in 1870. One of his landscape paintings was accepted for exhibition at the Salon in that same year. In October 1871 he began three months of study under Jean-Léon Gérôme at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris; he had no other formal training. Raffaëlli produced primarily costume pictures until 1876, when he began to depict the people of his time—particularly peasants, workers, and ragpickers seen in the suburbs of Paris—in a realistic style. His new work was championed by influential critics such as J.-K. Huysmans, as well as by Edgar Degas. The ragpicker became for Raffaëlli a symbol of the alienation of the individual in modern society. Art historian Barbara S. Fields has written of Raffaëlli's interest in the positivist philosophy of Hippolyte-Adolphe Taine, which led him to articulate a theory of realism that he christened caractérisme. He hoped to set himself apart from those unthinking, so-called realist artists whose art provided the viewer with only a literal depiction of nature. His careful observation of man in his milieu paralleled the anti-aesthetic, anti-romantic approach of the literary Naturalists, such as Zola and Huysmans. Degas invited Raffaëlli to participate in the Impressionist exhibitions of 1880 and 1881, an action that bitterly divided the group; not only was Raffaëlli not an Impressionist, but he threatened to dominate the 1880 exhibition with his outsized display of 37 works. Monet, resentful of Degas's insistence on expanding the Impressionist exhibitions by including several realists, chose not to exhibit, complaining, "The little chapel has become a commonplace school which opens its doors to the first dauber to come along."An example of Raffaëlli's work from this period is Les buveurs d'absinthe (1881, in the California Palace of Legion of Honor Art Museum in San Francisco). Originally titled Les déclassés, the painting was widely praised at the 1881 exhibit. After winning the Légion d'honneur in 1889, Raffaëlli shifted his attention from the suburbs of Paris to city itself, and the street scenes that resulted were well received by the public and the critics. He made a number of sculptures, but these are known today only through photographs.[2] His work was also part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1912 Summer Olympics. In the later years of his life, he concentrated on color printmaking. Raffaëlli died in Paris on February 11, 1924 Museum and Gallery Holdings: Béziers: Peasants Going to Town Bordeaux: Bohemians at a Café Boston: Notre-Dame; Return from the Market Brussels: Chevet of Notre-Dame; pastel Bucharest (Muz. National de Arta al României): Market at Antibes; Pied-à-terre Copenhagen: Fishermen on the Beach Douai: Return from the Market; Blacksmiths Liège: Absinthe Drinker...
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1880s Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

"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 Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

19th Century landscape animal oil painting of cattle sheep by a river
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Thomas Sidney Cooper British, (1803-1902) Canterbury Meadows Oil on canvas, signed & dated ‘T. Sidney Cooper RA/1894 Image size: 14.75 inches x 24.75 i...
Category

19th Century Victorian Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"JAYWALKER" TEXAS LONGHORN CATTLE
Located in San Antonio, TX
Chuck Mauldin Born 1949 Fredericksburg Artist Size: 16 x 20 Frame: 23 x 27 Medium: Oil "Jaywalker" 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...
Category

20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Important Meeting, Acrylic on canvas, Brown by Contemporary Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Jiban Biswas - Important Meeting - 36 x 78 inches (unframed size) Acrylic on Canvas Style : According to him, “ The Mud colour are changing its shade, T...
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"BACA" Figurative Painting 30" x 24" inch by Isaac Pelayo
Located in Culver City, CA
"BACA" Figurative Painting 30" x 24" inch by Isaac Pelayo Medium: oil, oil pastel, and aerosol on wood ABOUT THE ARTIST: Isaac Pelayo is a head on crash collision between The Ren...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil, Spray Paint, Oil Pastel

Grazing on the Common Rachael Dalzell Acrylic on Canvas with Tray Frame
Located in Coltishall, GB
Highland cattle grazing on Coltishall Common on a cold misty morning Rachael’s paintings are large, colourful and expressive. Her free and lively use of paint through various techn...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Profile of a Bull
Located in Denver, CO
Robin Hextrum's "Profile of a Bull" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a black bull in profile with blue and gray Rococo patterns in the background.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Solo Brown Swiss
Located in Greenwich, CT
Peter Poskas III painting of a Brown Swiss Cow in a rural landscape
Category

2010s Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Koza
Located in Denver, CO
Koza, 2019
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Panel

Mark Verna, "Sunny Cows", 8.5x14.5, Summer Holstein Barn Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This piece, "Sunny Cows", is an 8.5x14.5 summer field landscape oil painting on board by artist Mark Verna. Featured is a bright and sunny green field with black and white holstein cows grazing, and a red barn in the background. Light flowers bloom in the foreground of the field. About the artist: As a Rochester Institute of Technology Alumni (College of Imaging Arts & Sciences, Graphic Design / Painting Bachelor of Fine Arts 1972) Mark has always been an artist at heart. Mark's Adirondack art...
Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

"Vaca", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Ali Ghassan's "Vaca" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a black and white cow with yellow and blue graffiti in the background. About the ...
Category

2010s Photorealist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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