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Meissen Porcelain Huge Ewer Air by Kändler Made 19th Century
By Johann Joachim Kaendler
Located in Vienna, AT
surface - all modelled in raised relief.
Some multicolored paintings of insects - laid on white porcelain
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century German Baroque Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Porcelain Huge Ewer Water by Kändler made 19th century
By Johann Joachim Kaendler
Located in Vienna, AT
raised relief.
Some multicolored paintings of insects - laid on white porcelain - decorate ewer's
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century German Baroque Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
A Week
s Worth - Contemporary Botanical Insect Painting Green Luna Moth, 2023
By Francine Fox
Located in Kent, CT
In this painting in oil on aluminum, a bright green luna moth is dramatic against a dark background
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Metal
17th Century, Insect Specimen Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stunningly rendered, 17th century, richly colored, oil-on-copper painting of insect specimens from
Category
Antique 1670s Dutch Paintings
Materials
Copper
Insect Square
By Taylor Tynes
Located in Denver, CO
Taylor Tynes' "Insect Square" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a still life of an
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Cat with and an insect
By Arthur Heyer
Located in New York, NY
Signed. framed in a beautiful carved frame from 1930-40
Category
1920s Modern Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Set of Eight Chinese Rice Paper Paintings of Butterflies and Insects
Located in Queens, NY
A set of eight Chinese rice paper paintings of butterflies and insects,
19th century, in giltwood
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paint
Vibrant Colourfull Contemporary Pop Surrealist Portrait With Insects And Flowers
By Natasha Lelenco
Located in FISTERRA, ES
Anthropomorphic figure created by accumulating representations of flowers, plants, insects, and
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Contemporary Pop Surrealism Portrait. Insects, Trinkets, Plants and Hat. Framed.
By Natasha Lelenco
Located in FISTERRA, ES
, insects, and plants – a realm we inhabit through the journey we call life, whether in happiness or anguish
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Pocket Bumble Bee, Baroque Still Life, Bee, Insect
By Dani Humberstone
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Bumble Bee is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket Painting
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pocket Peacock Butterfly, Baroque Still Life, Butterfly, insect
By Dani Humberstone
Located in Deddington, GB
Pocket Peacock Butterfly is an original oil painting by Dani Humberstone as part of her Pocket
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Contemporary Pop Surrealistic Funny Floral Portrait. Absorbed man with insects.
By Natasha Lelenco
Located in FISTERRA, ES
"The Point of View" is one of the pieces from the "Fetishes" series created by Natasha Lelenco in 2022. This piece originated as a commission for the exhibition "Imaxinaria, Mostra I...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Plywood, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Contemporary Pop Surrealism Portrait. Figure with Scarf, Dry Leaves, and Insects
By Natasha Lelenco
Located in FISTERRA, ES
painting takes as its starting point a biographical moment of its author: the heavy snowfall that occurred
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Dutch Style Vanitas Floral Still Life with Insects and Fruit
Located in Houston, TX
Vanitas themed floral still life with insects and berries. The still life is in the style of
Category
20th Century Naturalistic Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
China Export Watercolours on Pith Paper, a Set of Twelve Insects.
Located in London, GB
Pith came into use for painting to satisfy the increasing demand for small, inexpensive and easily
Category
Mid-19th Century Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Richard Pottas (b.1951) - Framed 1984 Watercolour, Through an Insect
s Eye
Located in Corsham, GB
, caught from an insect's perspective. The artwork has been signed and dated to the lower right
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Praying Mantis, Original Painting
By Kira Yustak
Located in San Francisco, CA
Kira Yustak, who enjoys observing insects in her garden, based this painting on her many photographs of
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Little Blues, Oil Painting
By Karen Barton
Located in San Francisco, CA
this painting: butterfly, flight, wildlife, garden, flying, insect, animals, primitive, oil painting
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mary Chaplin, Evening breeze, Original floral landscape painting
By Mary Chaplin
Located in Deddington, GB
and insect humming: life! This painting is a diptych, 2x65x81cmx2,5cm. This work is made with high
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Gem" by Anne Siems, Surreal figurative painting, Gems
By Anne Siems
Located in Dallas, TX
moved from semi-abstract, room-filling plant and insect drawings, to paintings of detailed botanical and
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
"Language" by Anne Siems, square painting, two whimsical women, neutral tones
By Anne Siems
Located in Dallas, TX
.
My work has moved from semi-abstract, room-filling plant and insect drawings, to paintings of
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
"O.W. Circles" by Anne Siems, Painting with female portrait, on paper, framed
By Anne Siems
Located in Dallas, TX
-abstract, room-filling plant and insect drawings, to paintings of detailed botanical and anatomical imagery
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ceramic, Acrylic, Panel
19th century English Antique Fox Hunting in a landscape, with hounds and horses.
By James Barenger
Located in Woodbury, CT
artist who exhibited paintings of insects at the Society of Artists and Royal Academy, and Sarah Woollett
Category
1810s Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Hunt
By James Barenger
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
Kentish Town, London, the son of James Barenger Snr., a metal chaser and artist who exhibited paintings of
Category
19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
$2,200
Bear II
By Anne Siems
Located in Bozeman, MT
, she moved to Seattle, WA.
Her work has moved from semi-abstract, room-filling plant and insect
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Panel
$8,600
Sean Curley - Contemporary Oil, Among The Poppies
Located in Corsham, GB
you are an insect among the flowers. The painting has been signed by the artist in the lower left
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
A heron fishing – Edo School, 19th century
Located in Middletown, NY
(155 x 190 mm). Minor toning and some insect damage on the mount, painting itself remains completely
Category
Mid-19th Century Edo Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper, Handmade Paper, Ink
20th Century KPM Berlin Fruit Basket, Bowl
Located in Berlin, DE
bouquets and insects.
Blue scepter brand. Painting brand. 1st Choice. Berlin, circa 1903.
Very
Category
Antique Early 19th Century German Rococo Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Majestic Raven on the Crest of a Wave - Vintage Giacomelli Ornithological Print
Located in Langweer, NL
began to focus intensely on drawing and painting the flora, insects, and birds surrounding his new
Category
Antique 1890s Prints
Materials
Paper
Seguy
s Butterfly and Insect Pochoir Prints
Located in Larkspur, CA
E. A. Seguy (1889-1985)
Set of Six Beautiful and Vibrant BUTTERFLY AND INSECT color
Insect No. 1
By Guo Hongwei
Located in New York, NY
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Insect No. 2
By Guo Hongwei
Located in New York, NY
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Untitled - Plums and insects.
By Charles Gaudelet
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
Delicate watercolour drawing of two plums on a branch with leaves (Prunus Domestica or a variant species). Also features a fruit fly and a beetle.
Watercolour on wove paper.
Made by...
Category
1840s Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Insect Diaries 2019, An Original Painting by Adam Henderson
By Adam Henderson
Located in Palm Springs, CA
The Insect Diaries, An original 8' x 6' oil on canvas by American painter Adam Henderson. This
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Paint
The State of Critical Thinking
By Carlos Gamez de Francisco
Located in Nashville, TN
, or resting throughout the piece. Francisco incorporates insects in many of his paintings. Insects
Category
2010s Surrealist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Graphite
Klaaver en Riet-Gras, Trifolium
Carex.
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
and insects. She also made detailed paintings of the subjects she studied. Her biological father was
Category
Early 18th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Engraving, Etching
Vintage Fishing Lure Cupboard, Scotland, Late 19th Century
Located in New York, NY
Illustrations of Insect Lures. (Painting Refreshed.) Scotland, Late 19th Century.
16 inches wide
Category
Antique 19th Century Scottish Cupboards
Balinese painting of the insect world Indonesian art from Peliatan Ubud Bali
Located in Santa Fe, NM
A lively, densely packed scene of insects and frogs with flowers. Acrylic on canvas mounted to
Category
Late 20th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Quince blossom with insects by Merian - Handcoloured engraving - 18th century
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
studied plants and insects. She also made detailed paintings of the subjects she studied. Her biological
Category
Early 18th Century Old Masters Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving, Etching
Morello Cherry with insects by Merian - Handcoloured engraving - 18th century
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
studied plants and insects. She also made detailed paintings of the subjects she studied. Her biological
Category
Early 18th Century Old Masters Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving, Etching
Abrikoose-boom, Armeniaca.
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
insects. She also made detailed paintings of the subjects she studied. Her biological father was the
Category
Early 18th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Engraving, Etching
St. Jans Bloemen of Koedille, Buphthalmum.
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
naturalist and scientist who studied plants and insects. She also made detailed paintings of the subjects she
Category
Early 18th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Engraving, Etching
Antique Overlay Ruby Goblet Cut and Painted 19 th century
Located in Nový Bor, CZ
Antique ruby overlay goblet, The goblet is hand cut and painted. The painting depicts fish, insects
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Biedermeier Glass
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Cut Glass
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On 1stDibs, you can find the most appropriate insect painting for your needs in our varied inventory. In our selection of items, you can find Contemporary examples as well as a Photorealist version. Making the right choice when shopping for an insect painting may mean carefully reviewing examples of this item dating from different eras — you can find an early iteration of this piece from the 19th Century and a newer version made as recently as the 21st Century. If you’re looking to add an insect painting to create new energy in an otherwise neutral space in your home, you can find a work on 1stDibs that features elements of beige, black, brown, white and more. An insect painting from Katarzyna Swinarska, Hannah Hanlon, David Konigsberg, Augustina Droze and Margot Glass — each of whom created distinctive versions of this kind of work — is worth considering. Artworks like these — often created in paint, oil paint and fabric — can elevate any room of your home.
How Much is a Insect Painting?
An insect painting can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price for items in our inventory is $1,733, while the lowest priced sells for $222 and the highest can go for as much as $22,000.
Questions About Insect Painting
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Why there are so many insects in Dutch flower paintings is a matter of debate among art historians. Some feel that Dutch artists painted the insects in great detail simply to show their skill or to depict the flowers in the most natural way possible. Others believe the insects may have deeper symbolism. They could represent the interconnectedness of life or be reminders of death. On 1stDibs, shop a variety of Dutch paintings on 1stDibs.
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