Genre: Animal
Animal Paintings
Animal paintings feature horses, dogs, big cats, cattle and other creatures as the main subject. Artists studied anatomy and movement closely, and the subject runs from hunting scenes to farm studies.
51 paintings listed, each with the museum that holds it.
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The Dog
Francisco Goya, 1823
Museo del Prado, Madrid, Madrid
The Horse Fair
Rosa Bonheur, 1853
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Stag at Sharkey's
George Bellows, 1909
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland
The Large Blue Horses
Franz Marc, 1911
Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis
The Yellow Cow
Franz Marc, 1911
Alte Pinakothek, Munich
The Tower of Blue Horses
Franz Marc, 1913
Alte Pinakothek, Munich
Gayer-Anderson Cat
Ancient Egyptian (Unknown), -600
British Museum, London
The Young Bull
Paulus Potter, 1647
Mauritshuis, The Hague
Cheetah with Two Indian Servants and a Stag
George Stubbs
Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester
Jockey in Blue on a Chestnut Horse
Edgar Degas
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
Sleeping Cat
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Private Collection, Unknown
Lion Attacking a Horse
George Stubbs
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
The Flea-Catcher (Boy with his Dog)
Gerard ter Borch
Alte Pinakothek, Munich
Horse Attacked by a Lion
George Stubbs
Yale Centre For British Art (Yale University), New Haven, CT, New Haven
Tethered Horse
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Private Collection, Unknown
The Horse Fair (reduced Version)
Rosa Bonheur
National Gallery, London
A Distant View of Dordrecht, with a Milkmaid and Four Cows
Aelbert Cuyp
National Gallery, London
Horse and Rider with a Little Dog
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Musée Toulouse-Lautrec, Albi
Boy with a Dog
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg
Seated beggar and his dog
Rembrandt van Rijn
National Gallery, London
Woman on a Striped Sofa with a Dog
Mary Cassatt
Fogg Museum (Harvard Art Museums), Cambridge, MA, Cambridge
Frontal view of the skeleton of a horse, study No. 10 from 'The Anatomy of the Horse'
George Stubbs
Royal Academy of Arts (RA), London, London
The Horse Market: Five Horses at the Stake
Théodore Géricault
Louvre, Paris, Paris
Dog
Vincent van Gogh
Private Collection, Unknown
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Genre is what a painting shows: a landscape, a portrait, a still life. Style, or movement, is how and when it was made, like Impressionism or Baroque. They're separate, so a landscape can be Romantic, Impressionist or Cubist.
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What is the difference between genre and style in art?
Genre is what a painting shows: a landscape, a portrait, a still life. Style, or movement, is how and when it was made, like Impressionism or Baroque. They're separate, so a landscape can be Romantic, Impressionist or Cubist.
Where can I see animal paintings?
In our listings, Private Collection, National Gallery, Alte Pinakothek hold the most animal paintings. Each artwork page has the museum, location and visiting details.