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Woodpecker-Woody Love
Magpies Love, Over the Moon, Diptych, Bird
By Anya Simmons
Located in Deddington, GB
We are so blessed with such a variety of beautiful bird species within the UK. I feel inspired and
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Board
"A Field for the Birds, " Acrylic on Canvas, Signed
By Tom Shelton
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"A Field for the Birds" is an original acrylic painting on canvas by Tom Shelton. The artist signed
Category
1990s Realist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Contemporary British Acrylic Painting Starling Bird in Tree signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Starling Bird
by Ben George Powell, British contemporary artist
signed
acrylic on board, framed
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
$1,638 Sale Price
20% Off
"After the War", Surreal, Birds, White, Yellow, Green, Blue, Oil Painting
By Alexandra Rozenman
Located in Franklin, MA
a woman wearing a green dress with white wings, barefoot, the other one is a man turning into a bird
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Nuthatch III - contemporary, figurative, bird, acrylic and resin on board
By Peter Hoffer
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary figurative mixed media composition of a bird is by Peter Hoffer.
Peter Hoffer’s
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Epoxy Resin, Acrylic, Board
On Wind and Stone - Contemporary Sea Birds
Coastal Landscape
By Christopher Rainham
Located in London, GB
explanations of things, stories and beliefs. Animals and flowers and birds have their own symbolism. They are
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
Edward Glafke
Bird Rock
Pebble Beach Impressionist Seascape Painting
Located in San Rafael, CA
Edward Glafke (American 1925- 1997)
Bird Rock, 1990
Oil on canvas
Signed lower left 'Ed Glafke
Category
1990s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Drizzle
Supernova, Realist abstract of bird flying, yellow nature patterns
By Eric Robitaille
Located in Dallas, TX
Drizzle
Supernova is a radiant and uplifting contemporary painting by Eric Robitaille, celebrating the energy of flight and the beauty of nature. A swallow bursts across the ca...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
French Mid-Century Oil on Canvas, Birds in Flight
Located in Cotignac, FR
French Mid 20th Century oil on canvas Fauvist painting of birds in flight by Hyppolite Roger. The
Category
Mid-20th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$710 Sale Price
20% Off
Man with Bird, Cubist Oil on Board by John F. Leonard
Located in Long Island City, NY
Man with Bird (21)
John F. Leonard
American (1921–1987)
Date: circa 1965
Oil on Board, unsigned
Category
1960s Cubist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Lyrical Miracle, abstract w birds ducks colorful mixed media painting
By C. Dimitri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Lyrical Miracle" is built from layers of paper, resin, paint and wood,. The geese are suspended between abstraction and figuration. The resin’s translucence invites the viewer to lo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Epoxy Resin, Oil, Wood Panel, Archival Paper, Tissue Paper, Vellum
"Bound to Rise", Surreal, Bird, Sky, Blue, White, Pink, Oil Painting
By Anita Zotkina
Located in Franklin, MA
. Rendered in soft tones of blue, white, and pink, the composition features a bird poised between earth and
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
George Edwards, Engravings of Birds, published by Seligmann, 1770.
By George Edwards
Located in Richmond, GB
(1694 -1773) is best known for his work, ""A Natural History of Uncommon Birds"", which he published
Category
18th Century Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving
Little bird - Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting, Bright Colors
By Monika Rossa
Located in Warsaw, PL
MONIKA ROSSA
studied painting at the University of Arizona, in the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris and at the Escuela de Diseno in Barcelona. She practices drawing and easel painting....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Reflection 4" - surrealist portrait, flowers, rainbow, blue birds, love
By Guy Robinson
Located in Atlanta, GA
features blue birds, flowers, paint tubes and patterns.
Guy Robinson is inspired by the work of Paul Klee
Category
2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Hunt Slonem, "Green Singers", 25x22 Pink Yellow Bird Finch Oil Painting
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
of wear and tear due to the age and history*
Inspired by nature and his 60 pet birds, Hunt Slonem is
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Zhuo Ii Animal Original Oil On Canvas "Bird - Olive Green"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Bird - Olive Green
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 19 x 19 inches
Frame: Framing options
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Zhuo Ii Animal Original Oil On Canvas "Bird Series - Blue"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Bird Series - Blue
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 19 x 20 inches
Frame: Framing options
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Zhuo Ii Animal Original Oil On Canvas "Bird Series - orange"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Bird Series - orange
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 19 x 20 inches
Frame: Framing options
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lappy the Lapwing and Guillemot, Diptych, Bird, Nature, Original painting
By Anya Simmons
Located in Deddington, GB
New series - over the moon with our beautiful coastal birds. We are so blessed with a gorgeous
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Board
"Birds at the Chicago Zoo" Modernist Nature Scene
Located in Austin, TX
Artist: Gustav Likan
Title: Pond in the Jungle
Size: 50" x 39.5"
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Framing: Framed
Condition: Excellent
About the Artist:
Born in Yugoslavia in 1912, Gustav...
Category
Mid-20th Century Fauvist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Alcedo Atthis by Christophe Dupety - Contemporary painting, bright colors, bird
By Christophe Dupety
Located in Paris, FR
Alcedo Atthis is a unique oil on canvas painting by contemporary artist Christophe Dupety, dimensions are 146 × 114 cm (57.5 × 44.9 in).
The artwork is signed, sold unframed and come...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Palm Cockatoo" (2025) Original Impressionist Oil Painting, Palm Cockatoo Bird
Located in Denver, CO
cockatoo bird in profile.
About the Artist:
Thorgrimur is an Icelandic artist, born in Reykjavík in 1980
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Hunt Slonem "Doves
Hutch" Unique Oil painting of birds, bunnies
butterflies
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Boston, MA
birds, butterflies, and bunnies have become enduring icons of modern American art. A leading voice in
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Oil
Hunt Slonem, "Finches on Gold", 24x36 Colorful Textured Bird Oil Painting
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
history*
Inspired by nature and his 60 pet birds, Hunt Slonem is renowned for his distinct neo
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
The Great Bird - American Surrealism - Mid-Century - Yale
By Frederick Haucke
Located in Miami, FL
Frederick Haucke creates his own brand of surrealism in the 1941 stunner that was with the famous Perls gallery.
The painting is signed lower right
Signed and dated verso
Verso with...
Category
1940s Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Two Antique Chinese Gouache Paintings of Birds on Pith Paper
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Rare 19th Century gouache paintings on pith paper, one of two birds on a tree and one of a blue
Category
Early 19th Century Other Art Style Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Surreal Floral Painting, Bird, Illusion of Permanence by Joerg Dressler
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
JOERG DRESSLER
"Illusion of Permanence"
Acrylic on Panel
24 x 18 inches
_____________________________________
Joerg was born in Hanau, Germany. He received his MFA from the Hochschu...
Category
2010s Surrealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
$3,040 Sale Price
20% Off
Guillemot
Puffin Fluffin, Over the Moon, Diptych, Bird, Nature, Animals
By Anya Simmons
Located in Deddington, GB
New series - over the moon with our beautiful coastal birds. Over the Moon with Little Guillemot, a
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Board
Traveler with Birds, Signed Oil on Board by Jovan Obican
By Jovan Obican
Located in Long Island City, NY
Traveler with Birds
Jovan Obican
French/Yugoslavian (1918–1986)
Date: circa 1980
Oil on board
Category
1980s Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Oil
Bird in Paradise - Landscape Painting - Contemporary Art By Marc Zimmerman
By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
painting. The plant shapes are clear and somewhat geometric, with great color contrast.
Bird in Paradise
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$3,120 Sale Price
20% Off
Boy on Beach Holding Bird French Modernist Contemporary Oil
By Huguette Ginet-Lasnier
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Boy with Bird
Huguette Ginet-Lasnier (French 1927-2020), signed lower front
inscribed verso
oil
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,638 Sale Price
20% Off
Aurum 11 - Flowers Birds Contemporary Gold Realism Animal Painting
By Keng Wai Lee
Marco Araldi
Located in London, GB
birds.
The merging of these two different styles create a unique amalgamation of hard lines and soft
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Hunt Slonem "Dazzling Conjures" Multicolor Parrot Birds on Orange Background
By Hunt Slonem
Located in Houston, TX
Hunt Slonem "Dazzling Conjures" Multicolor Parrots on Orange Background
A group of three birds
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Hoopoe" Multicolored Birds with White Background Oil Painting on Wood Framed
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful composition of one of Slonem's most iconic subjects of birds. The thick use of paint is
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Original Oil Abstract Landscape with Birds on Branches at Sunrise
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Original Oil Abstract Abstract Landscape with Birds on Branches at Sunrise
Artist: Roland
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
$425 Sale Price
30% Off
"Old Man Releasing a Caged Bird", Contemporary Portrait, Collage, Acrylic Paint
By John Baker
Located in Franklin, MA
John Baker’s “Old Man Releasing a Caged Bird” is an imaginary portrait painting, acrylic on canvas
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Wind in My Hair - Abstract Bird Painting on Paper
By Kellie Newsome
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Columbus, Georgia (USA) based artist Kellie Newsome specializes in dynamic and abstracted still-life artworks. Her expressive style emphasizes line structure, creating vibrant painti...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Pencil
Fly High - Abstract Soft Palette Bird Painting on Paper
By Kellie Newsome
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Columbus, Georgia (USA) based artist Kellie Newsome specializes in dynamic and abstracted still-life artworks. Her expressive style emphasizes line structure, creating vibrant painti...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Pencil
Vanilla Cherry Fairy - Whimsical Green Bird and Food Painting
By JJ Galloway
Located in Los Angeles, CA
JJ Galloway is an internationally collected artist known for her whimsical paintings and sculptures that combine people, animals, and food. Using oils, watercolors, and mixed media, ...
Category
2010s Pop Art Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Mid Century French Illustration Sketches Of Different Colorful Birds
By Josine Vignon
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Bird Sketches
by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
signed
pastel/watercolor on paper, unframed
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Watercolor
Remembrance #34 by Maho Maeda - Abstract painting, patterned fabric, bird, flora
Located in Paris, FR
leaves, bird wings, and buds. Maho Maeda's creations, however, are not depictions or imitations of nature
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Textile, Wood, Cotton Canvas, Ink, Acrylic, Pencil
Autumn Bird. Semi-abstract, large, vertical, for a modern interior
Located in Oslo, NO
price of her paintings is growing every year.
The team of curators of the Art-S-Gallery.
"Autumn Bird
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paste, Acrylic
Huge 19th Century Italian Classical Still Life Ornamental Birds Fruit
Flowers
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Ornamental Still Life with fruit, flowers and birds
Italian School, 19th century, unsigned
oil
Category
19th Century Old Masters Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Canada Geese /// Contemporary Duck Bird Wildlife Ornithology Painting Animal Art
By Ron Louque
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Ron Louque (American, 1952-)
Title: "Canada Geese"
*Signed by Louque lower left
Year: 2010
Medium: Original Acrylic Painting on Board
Framing: Recently framed beautifully in ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Paint, Acrylic, Panel, Wood Panel, Board
Tree sparrow - 21st Century Contemporary realistic Painting of a bird
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
many people overlook: the magic in everyday life. Especially birds, with a soft spot for the sparrow
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Woman with Bird, Advertisement for Treo Elastic Girdles, circa 1923
Located in Fort Washington, PA
interior setting, holding a yellow bird. The text promotes the "Treotex" Treo Elastic Girdle, emphasizing
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cricket on Branch - 2nd Generation Lingnan School Bird and Flower Painting
Located in Soquel, CA
Cricket on Branch - 2nd Generation Lingnan School Bird and Flower Painting
Beautifully executed
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Laid Paper, Ink, Sumi Ink, Watercolor
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
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
$9,120 Sale Price
20% Off
Pheasant Miniaturist Painting, 3 x 3 in., Jewel-Toned Bird Portrait
By Dina Brodsky
Located in New York, NY
modern finesse. Brodsky’s mastery of scale and detail brings the bird’s iridescent plumage and lifelike
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Parchment Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Yellow Bird Motion - warm, bright, cubist landscape, acrylic on canvas
By Otto Rogers
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Two birds cross a sun yellow sky in this inspired composition by Otto Donald Rogers. Rogers works
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
This Is Not a Flock of Birds, Original Painting
By Candice Eisenfeld
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist CommentsA paper crane flies among a flock of birds against a dusky warm gradient
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Mingyan Li Floral Original Oil On Canvas "Lotus With Bird III"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Lotus With Bird III
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 19.25 x 11.5 inches
Frame: Framing
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mingyan Li Floral Original Oil On Canvas "Lotus With Bird II"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Lotus With Bird II
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 19.25 x 11.75 inches
Frame: Framing
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
John Gould
Henry Constantine Richter Birds of England Pheasant Print
By John Gould and Henry Constantine Richter
Located in Plainview, NY
" Birds of Australia ". John Gould was influenced by James Audubon paintings of birds work and traveled
Category
20th Century Naturalistic Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper
Two Blue Dancing Birds Thick Oil Impasto Animal Abstract
By Josine Vignon
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Dancing Birds
by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
stamped verso
oil painting on board, unframed
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
$977 Sale Price
20% Off
New Horizons - Bird Painting, Wildlife, Nature, Garden, Botanical, Animal
By Mike Ellis
Located in London, GB
Mike Ellis is a prize winning, UK based artist who has exhibited across south and central England. He graduated in 2002 with a First Class Honours degree in Illustration, where his l...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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Find a variety of bird paintings available on 1stDibs. A selection of these works in the Contemporary, Abstract and Old Masters styles can be found today in our inventory. There are many variations of these items available, from those made as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. If you’re looking to add a bird paintings that pops against an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include that feature elements of gray, brown, black, beige and more. There have been many well-done artworks of this subject over the years, but those made by Claire Westwood, Keng Wai Lee, Magdalena Nałęcz, Michael-Che Swisher and Francisco Nicolás are often thought to be among the most beautiful. Frequently made by artists working in paint, oil paint and fabric, all of these available pieces are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Some bird paintings are too large for some spaces — a variety of smaller iterations, measuring # 0.1 inches across, are available.
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Bird paintings can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price for items in our inventory is $2,183, while the lowest priced sells for $42 and the highest can go for as much as $165,000.
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Painting is an art form that has spanned innumerable cultures, with artists using the medium to tell stories, explore and communicate ideas and express themselves. To bring abstract paintings, landscape paintings, still-life paintings and other original paintings into your home is to celebrate and share in the long tradition of this discipline.
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Cave walls were the canvases for what were arguably the world’s first landscape paintings, which depict natural scenery through art. Portrait paintings and drawings, which, along with sculpture, were how someone’s appearance was recorded prior to the advent of photography, are at least as old as Ancient Egypt. In the Netherlands, landscapes were a major theme for painters as early as the 1500s. Later, artists in Greece, Rome and elsewhere created vast wall paintings to decorate stately homes, churches and tombs.
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