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French Still Life with Fish,
Bouillabaisse, La Dourade
. Oil on Canvas.
Located in Cotignac, FR
A French oil on canvas study of a fish, a dorade, by French artist Marie Boucher. The painting is signed bottom right and signed titled and dated to the rear of the canvas.
A charmi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Collie Dog with Kittens Antique English Victorian Dog
Cat Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Collie Dog with Kittens
English artist, 19th century
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 22 x 30 inches
canvas: 16.5 x 23.5 inches
Provenance: private collection, England
Condition: The ...
Category
19th Century Victorian Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,754 Sale Price
36% Off
David B Bechtel (1895 - 1960) 19th Century Painting with Scenes of Children
Located in San Francisco, CA
David B Bechtel (1895 - 1960) 19th Century Painting with Scenes of Children Protecting Rabbits from the Family Dog
Oil on Canvas
16" x 20" unframed
25" x 29" framed
Category
19th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Majestic Blue Unicorn with a Golden Horn 20th Century Framed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Unicorn Portait
by Annie Faure (French 1940-2021)
signed lower corner
oil painting on canvas, framed
framed: 19.5 x 15.5 inches
canvas size: 14 x 11 inches
condition: overall very go...
Category
Late 20th Century French School Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
$932 Sale Price
20% Off
"Masks We Wear, Everybody Wants A Piece" – Painting, Surreal Cowboy with Emu
Located in Denver, CO
"Masks We Wear, Everybody Wants A Piece" is a 2024 acrylic and oil painting on canvas by 3rd Version (Ben Patterson), measuring 48 x 36 x 2.5 inches, with a framed size of 50 x 38 in...
Category
2010s American Realist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Panel
Large Antique English Dog Oil Painting with Kitten Signed
Dated 1927 framed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Touch it if you dare!"
English artist, signed and dated 1927
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 25 x 31 inches
canvas: 18 x 24 inches
provenance: private collection, England
condition: v...
Category
1920s English School Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$2,357 Sale Price
20% Off
Dahlia Web - Surreal Field of Dahlias with a Spider Web, OIl on Panel
By John Hrehov
Located in Chicago, IL
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1981 BFA-Painting, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH.
Solo
Category
2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
1960
s French Oil Painting Horse Racing Harness Carriage Driving with Jockeys
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Horse Race
French artist, circa 1960's
signed oil on canvas, framed
framed: 23 x 28.5 inches
canvas: 20 x 26 inches
provenance: private collection, Paris
condition: very good and...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$1,639 Sale Price
20% Off
Compass Flower on the Cimarron River, Surrealist Pastoral Painting With Flowers
Located in New York, NY
In Compass Flower on the Cimarron River, Karl Hartman draws directly from the landscapes of Oklahoma, where he lived for much of his life and developed a sustained, intimate relation...
Category
2010s American Realist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Grief Box, pink figurative painting with bird and butterflies, landscape
By Allison Green
Located in New York, NY
Like the 2015 String Theory series, the Dream Weavers takes its cue from the African Weaver Birds and their spectacular nest making skills. The Weaver Birds create various iconic for...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Awkward Silence by Gabrielle Pool Ink on Paper with Wooden Frame
By Gabrielle Pool
Located in Coltishall, GB
Gabrielle Pool’s inks on paper are simple and charming. Using an unforgiving medium she produces work that is delicately poised between reality and abstraction with an underlying hu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Wood
Gabrielle Pool The Hungry Hippo Ink on Paper with Wooden Frame
By Gabrielle Pool
Located in Coltishall, GB
A hungry, sprightly hippopotamus
Gabrielle Pool’s inks on paper are simple and charming. Using an unforgiving medium she produces work that is delicately poised between reality and...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Wood
19th Century American School - Gentleman with Groom, Horse and Hounds by a House
Located in London, GB
AMERICAN SCHOOL
(CIRCA 1840)
A Gentleman with Groom, Horse and Greyhounds outside a Country House
Oil on canvas
Framed
75 by 99 cm., 29 ½ by 39 in.
(frame size 87 by 113 cm., 34 ¼...
Category
Early 19th Century American Realist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Monkey with Wine Jug, Zacharias Noterman (Bel. Fr. 1824-1890)
By Zacharias Noterman
Located in SANTA FE, NM
his older brother Emmanuel Noterman, genre and animal painter active in Antwerp. Noterman continued
Category
Mid-19th Century Realist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
19th century English Victorian chickens in a barn scene with Rooster and Hens
Located in Woodbury, CT
subjects.
This painting is a delightful example of Victorian genre art, reflecting the period's
Category
1890s Victorian Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
The Gift - Still Life with Ruby Throated Hummingbird and Perfume Bottle, Gold
By Felipe Alfaro
Located in Chicago, IL
***This artwork is currently on exhibit at the Instituto Cervantes, Chicago until September 2025. If purchased this artwork will be available to ship after September 1, 2025. Contact...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
19th Century landscape genre oil painting of ploughmen with horses
a dog
By George Cole
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
was a self-taught artist who initially began painting portraits and animals and for a time worked for
Category
19th Century Victorian Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Original French Anatomical Pencil Study of a Horse Being Fitted with a Bridle
By Robert Ladou
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Original French Anatomical Pencil Study of a Horse Being Fitted with a Bridle
Artist: Robert Ladou (French, 1929-2014)
Medium: Pencil and Watercolor on Paper
Size: 18.75 (Heig...
Category
20th Century Academic Animal Paintings
Materials
Pencil, Watercolor
Mid 19th Century Interior of Stable with Horses, Dogs, and Stable Hand
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful mid 19th Century painting of a stable's interior with two horses, stable hand, two spaniels, a rooster and ducks from a follower of John Frederick Herring, Sr. (British, 17...
Category
19th Century English School Animal Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil, Linen
BEACH HOUSE - Hyperrealism / Portrait of crab with conch shell on the beach
By Will Wilson
Located in New York, NY
, Baltimore, MD, and the New York Academy of Art, New York, NY. He began exhibiting with the John Pence
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
The Raven - Girl In Red Dress with Exposed Breast, Holding Bird, Oil on Canvas
Located in Chicago, IL
. Louis Community College
2014 City as Muse (art prize), Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts (UICA
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Corner of Your Lovesong" by Shelli Langdale, Oil Painting of Horse with Girl
By Shelli Langdale
Located in Denver, CO
NASA to front-end web development and design. Shelli settled on her first love, art, in 2014 and has
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Oil painting“hunting scene with dogs and horse” circle of Alfred De Dreux 19th
By Alfred de Dreux
Located in Gavere, BE
, restored and cleaned in good condition.
Very nice painting for hunting scene art collectors!
Additional
Category
1850s French School Animal Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
"Cold Saddle Sunset" Snowy Western Scene with Horses Barn Windmill Country Farm
Located in Austin, TX
By Barbara Garvin
Three horses hitched to a post outside of a saloon on a snowy evening waiting patiently for their cowboy owners. The setting sun turns the sky yellow and the snow b...
Category
20th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Southern Landscape with Cows, circle of Both, Dutch 17th Century Old Master
By Jan Dirksz Both
Located in Greven, DE
Circle of Andries Both, Southern Landscape with Cows. Both moved to Italy ( Rome and Venice) where is work was influenced by the warm Italian light.
Decorative Painting
Category
17th Century Baroque Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas
$3,325 Sale Price
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Dark Mane - Photorealistic Painting of a Safari with a Lion and Land Rover
By Rick Pas
Located in Chicago, IL
A lion strolls in front of a Range Rover in this photorealistic painting entitled "Dark Mane" by Rick Pas. Though small in scale this painting delivers great impact. Every detail i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Panel
"In Our Nature", Dog in Landscape with Tennis Balls Oil Painting
By Katherine Fraser
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Paradigm Gallery + Studio and Market Art + Design Bridgehampton, NY in July 2018. Fraser continues to
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Nine Lives IX" White Cat Leaping in the Air With Red Tinsel
By Katherine Fraser
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Nine Lives IX" is an original artwork by Katherine Fraser and is made of oil on canvas. This piece measures approximately 23.5" x 27.5" and is shipped in the pictu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Shepherd with Sheep, Cows and a Goat in a Landscape by Jan Frans Soolmaker
Located in Stockholm, SE
shepherd guiding a group of cattle across a shallow stream, with the animals taking center stage in the
Category
17th Century Old Masters Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$4,275 Sale Price
20% Off
English Mid Century Oil The Horse Show Jumping Event Gymkhana with Judges
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
English School, mid 20th century
The Showjumper
oil on canvas board, unframed
16 x 20 inches
private collection, France
condition: The painting is in overall sound condition though ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
$2,193 Sale Price
20% Off
Early Victorian Oil Painting Cow Milking On A Riverbank with Church Beyond
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/School: 19th Century English School
Title: Milking on a riverbank with church beyond
Medium: oil on canvas, framed
Size: 19 x 23 inches, plus elaborate gilt swept frame.
...
Category
19th Century Victorian Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Oil on canvas “hunting scene with dogs” circle of Alfred De Dreux 19th century
By Alfred de Dreux
Located in Gavere, BE
, restored and cleaned in good condition.
Very nice painting for hunting scene art collectors!
Additional
Category
1850s French School Animal Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Traditional Rural English Signed Oil Cow with Baby Calf Chickens
Farmer
Dog
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The New Arrival
Colin Impey (20th Century), British
signed oil on canvas, unframed
dated 2018
canvas: 16 x 20.5
the painting is in overall very good and sound condition
Category
2010s Victorian Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
$932 Sale Price
20% Off
1950
s English Oil Travelers outside Gypsy Caravans with Horses in Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
English School, circa 1950's
The Travellers Caravan
oil on board, unframed
17 x 20 inches
private collection, England
The painting is in overall very good and sound condition - ther...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique oil painting on panel, interior scene with a cat, Belgium, 19th century
Located in DEVENTER, NL
Franciscus Melzer (1808-1865)
Interior painting with a cat that gives out a scratch
Signed lowerright corner F. Melzer
Oil on mahogany wooden panel
Dimensions excl. frame: 35.5 x 4...
Category
19th Century Flemish School Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Laid to Rest - Still Life with Dead Bird and Golden Plate, Oil on Panel, Framed
By Tina Figarelli
Located in Chicago, IL
questions the work of art presents. This oil painting is framed in a black carved wooden frame with silver
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
David Shrigley, To Hell With Zoos: Signed Print, Contemporary Art, Pop Art
By David Shrigley
Located in Hamburg, DE
David Shrigley (English, b. 1968)
To Hell With Zoos, 2021
Medium: 8 colour screenprint with a varnish overlay, on Somerset Satin Tub sized 410 gsm
Dimensions: 75 x 56 cm
Edition of 1...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Prints
Materials
Screen
Mid 20th Century French Portrait Young Lady with Alsatian Dog oil on canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Favourite Pet, portrait of young lady with Alsatian dog.
French Schoo, signed indistinctly, dated 1940
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 23 x 29 inches
canvas: 20 x 17 inches
proven...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,261 Sale Price
20% Off
Fine Victorian Oil Painting Young Girl with Pet Dog Circular Original 19th cent.
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Her Favourite Pet
Young Lady wearing a straw hat and white dress with blue ribbons with her pet dog.
Circle of Arthur John Elsley, British 19th Century
oil on board, framed
framed: ...
Category
19th Century Victorian Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
$2,407 Sale Price
20% Off
Signed English Oil Painting Children Feeding Horse With Terrier Dog Lovely image
By Martin Spencer Coleman
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Martin Spencer Coleman, British b. 1952, signed.
Title: Young Companions.
Medium: oil painting on canvas, unframed.
Size: painting: 20 x 16 inches
Provenance: p...
Category
20th Century Victorian Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th Century Dutch School Oil Landscape with Bull and two Cows in Meadow
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Cows & Bull In Landscape
Dutch School, 19th century
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 13 x 11 inches
painting: 10 x 8 inches
provenance: private UK collection.
The painting is in good a...
Category
19th Century Victorian Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th century English Antique horse racing scene in a landscape with Jockey up
By John Frederick Herring Sr.
Located in Woodbury, CT
19th century English Antique Horse racing scene in a landscape with Jockey up.
Wonderful and very well painted English Horse Racing scene. Similar in style to the work of John Fred...
Category
1840s Victorian Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$4,517 Sale Price
35% Off
The English Fox Hunt Oil Painting Huntsman Red Jackets on Horseback with Hounds
By Philip Rideout
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Superb oil painting by the very popular English sporting artist, Philip Rideout (circa 1850-1920).
signed oil on paper mounted in a frame
dated 1890's
framed: 14 x 17 inches
paper:...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid 20th Century French Oil Bull Fighter Matador with Bull Yellow
Red Colors
By Huguette Ginet-Lasnier
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Bull Fight
Huguette Ginet-Lasnier (French 1927-2020), signed lower front
oil painting on canvas
16 x 13 inches.
All the paintings we have for sale by this artist have come from t...
Category
20th Century Modern Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Man with Cow, Folk Art Woodcut Print by Andre Derain
By André Derain
Located in Long Island City, NY
Andre Derain, French (1880 - 1954) - Man with Cow, Medium: Woodblock on laid paper, Image Size: 2.75 x 3.75 inches, Size: 3.75 x 5 in. (9.53 x 12.7 cm), Description: From the collect...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Animal Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Rosebushes - textural blue, orange and white oil painting with birds on a wire
By Lisa Lala
Located in New York, NY
Lisa Lala is well known for her palette knife oil paintings of Birds on a Wire. She explores the larger, intangible questions of our existence simply depicting birds quietly resting ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Graphite
Oil Painting by John Dearman 1852, Landscape, Farm with Cows and Horse, Pony.
Located in Berlin, DE
Oil painting by John Dearman 1852, farm with cows and horse.
Signed and dated lower left.
Unframed. Age-related condition.
Painting has been professionally restored.
Category
19th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$8,551 Sale Price
20% Off
SIGNED 1950
S ENGLISH DOG OIL PAINTING - THE PEKINGESE WITH BALL IN LANDSCAPE
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: David Vivian, British 20th century, signed lower left
Title: The Pekingese Dog
Medium: oil painting on board, framed
Size: painting: 14 x 17.5 inches, frame includ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Eternal Flame III - Koi Carp - Print on Museum Glass with Gold and Silver leaf
Located in London, GB
"The bottomless depths of a private koi pond in a Sussex garden. Dancing light, rhythmic flow and a coloured whirl of so many flashing fins, all help to convey the dark mystery of a ...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Gold, Silver, Gold Leaf
$2,193 Sale Price
20% Off
Got You - textural blue, grey, beige and white oil painting with birds on a wire
By Lisa Lala
Located in New York, NY
Lisa Lala is well known for her palette knife oil paintings of Birds on a Wire. She explores the larger, intangible questions of our existence simply depicting birds quietly resting ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Graphite
Christmas English Oil Painting Two Deer in Winter Snow with Holly, signed 1960
s
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
English School, circa 1960's
signed lower left corner
Christmas in the Woods
oil on board, unframed
17 x 20 inches
provenance: private collection, England
condition: The painting is...
Category
Mid-20th Century Victorian Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Shepherd with Sheep, Cows and a Goat in a Landscape by Jan Frans Soolmaker
Located in Stockholm, SE
Jan Frans Soolmaker (Flanders 1635‑1685)
Shepherd with Sheep, Cows and a Goat in a Landscape
oil on relined canvas
canvas size 56 x 53 cm
frame included
Compare with the signed pa...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$5,790 Sale Price
25% Off
La Table du Jardin Garden Table with a Black Cat oil painting by Michel Dureuil
Located in London, GB
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Michel Dureil (1929 - 2011)
La Table du Jardin / Garden Table with a Black Cat...
Category
20th Century Modern Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
17th Century Oil Painting Still Life: Turtles
Fish with a Ship in Stormy Seas
Located in London, GB
A Still Life of Turtles, An Eel, Pike, Lobsters and other Fish on the Shore, A Ship in the Stormy Seas Beyond
Signed and dated lower left 1640
Inscribed with inventory number lower r...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
$24,675 Sale Price
20% Off
Red Dog (limited edition print with gold foil) by famous Street Art Pop Artists
By Faile
Located in New York, NY
, entitled “A life”. As they studied in an art and design school, they learnt the many techniques related to
Category
2010s Street Art Animal Prints
Materials
Gold Leaf
Vintage Israeli Bezalel School Drawing Surrealist Boy with Animals Kibbutz Life
By Moshe Avni
Located in Surfside, FL
Bezalel Art School in Jerusalem, supported by a Betzalel School Scholarship.
He studied with and was
Category
1960s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen
Blue Dog "Dancing with the Crawfish"
By George Rodrigue
Located in Mount Laurel, NJ
in a forest-style background. The dog and the chef have soulful yellow eyes. This pop art animal
Category
1990s Pop Art Animal Prints
Materials
Screen
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- 1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022Rosa Bonheur painted animals because she had a deep love for them. The French artist also produced realistic sculptures depicting various animals. Animals were a part of her daily life, as she had many pets, including lions, sheep, horses and gazelles. You'll find a range of Rosa Bonheur art on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 27, 2024The most famous animal sculptor of all time is arguably Antoine-Louis Barye. The French artist was acclaimed not only for his skill but also as the founder of what became known as the French Animalier School. Barye's specialty was wild game such as lions, tigers and elephants, but he also created equestrian groups and mythological figures, typically in bronze. In order to realistically depict animal anatomy, he spent much time at the Jardin des Plantes menagerie in Paris. Explore a variety of Antoine-Louis Barye sculptures on 1stDibs.
- What type of art is KAWS’s art?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertFebruary 13, 2024Many people consider KAWS’s art type to be Pop art. The style first emerged in the 1950s. In stark contrast to traditional artistic practice, Pop art’s practitioners drew on imagery from popular culture, using things like comic books, advertising, product packaging and other commercial media to create original paintings, prints and sculptures that celebrated ordinary life in the most literal way. In his work, KAWS similarly appropriates pop phenomena like Mickey Mouse, the Smurfs, the Simpsons and SpongeBob SquarePants. Shop a selection of KAWS art on 1stDibs.
- Is mandala art folk art?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 22, 2024Yes, mandala art is folk art. The definition of folk art is art that reflects the sociocultural characteristics and values of a particular group of people. Mandala art fits this definition due to its association with the Hindu and Buddhist faiths. On 1stDibs, explore a selection of folk art from some of the world's top sellers.
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Fine art is a category of art comprising works with purely aesthetic purpose, as opposed to applied art, which serves a practical function.
- What kind of art is Western art?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Western art can reference art made in the American West, typically at the end of the 19th century. It can also reference any type of art that comes from the “west,” meaning a region that shares a European tradition, including the United States and Canada. On 1stDibs, find a variety of original artwork from top artists.
- 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 21, 2024In contemporary art, conceptual art is a movement that began in the 1960s. Artists producing conceptual art assign more importance to the idea behind the art than to the piece itself. An example is Joseph Kosuth’s One and Three Chairs, a piece consisting of a real chair, a photograph of a chair and the dictionary definition of the word chair. When the work was displayed, Kosuth included instructions for any chair to be photographed and then displayed beside its image. In this way, the chair itself is not the artwork. Rather, the art comes from examining the way the object, image and words provide competing and complementary definitions of what a chair is. Find a large selection of fine art on 1stDibs.
- Where do art collectors buy art?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertMay 30, 2024Art collectors buy their art from a few places. They may attend auctions to bid on works or attend gallery exhibitions to purchase pieces. Some arrange to buy art through dealers, while others shop on trusted online platforms to find paintings, prints, sculptures and other works. Explore a diverse assortment of art on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019
Fine art denotes work of aesthetic value but no functional purpose, whereas decorative art is both visually appealing and functional.
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The term contemporary is applied to art by 21st-century artists; modern art refers to works created from the1880s and through the 1960s.
- 1stDibs ExpertAugust 15, 2019
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- 1stDibs ExpertApril 26, 2024The style of Keith Haring's art is Pop art. This style emerged in the 1950s, when artists first began drawing on popular culture when producing original paintings, prints and sculptures. Haring found his inspiration in cartoons, adapting the style for his paintings, prints and murals that addressed the universal themes of death, love and sex, as well as contemporary issues, like the crack cocaine and AIDS epidemics. Find a range of Keith Haring art on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertOctober 7, 2024The difference between an art dealer and an art broker is who owns the artwork involved in the transactions they facilitate. Art dealers often own the works directly. They purchase them from artists, other art dealers or individual owners and then sell them to buyers. An art broker is someone who connects potential art buyers with sellers without owning the art themselves. On 1stDibs, find a large selection of fine art from some of the world's best galleries and dealers.
- What are sculptures in art?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022In art, sculptures are three-dimensional works of art made by hand or with various tools and machinery. Bronze, marble, plaster, wood and stone are among the most traditional materials for sculptures. However, artists may also incorporate found objects, paper, fabric and other items into their work. On 1stDibs, find a wide variety of sculptures.
- What are the functions of art?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertMay 30, 2024There are a few potential functions of art, and the specific function of a particular piece depends on its subject matter and medium. In some cases, art tells a story from history, everyday life, mythology or religion. Other times, its purpose is to inspire people to think about or feel something about the message that it conveys. For some artists, the function of art is to express religious devotion or to memorialize the image of someone who is notable. Art also enhances the visual appeal of the spaces where it is displayed. On 1stDibs, shop a wide variety of fine art.
- What are the methods of art?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 26, 2024Methods of art are ways that artists produce their works. You will typically see methods of art referred to as forms of art. Some methods or forms of art include painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture and photography. Shop a large selection of fine art from some of the world's top galleries and dealers on 1stDibs.
- What is figuration in art?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019
Figurative art depicts subjects from the real world, often human figures.
- What is a woodcut in art?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertFebruary 22, 2021A woodcut is a process where tools are used to carve a design into a wooden surface. Woodcut is the oldest form of printmaking wherein the wooden carving can be reused to print the same image repeatedly.
- What is prison art?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Prison art is art made by inmates in prison, often as part of a program to develop skills and reintegrate back into society. These art pieces can also help change society’s perception of prisoners. Shop a range of prison art pieces from top sellers on 1stDibs.