What animal artists depict. Animal artist Isaac Terry. Animal oil paintings. Origins and development of animalism in the painting section
The main object of this genre of fine art is animals (from the Latin animal - animal).
This genre was widespread in ancient times: stylized images of animals are found in art Ancient East, America, Africa, Oceania and folk art other countries.
Most often we see images of animals in painting, sculpture, graphics, decorative arts, and later in photography.
The animalistic genre can be divided into two directions: natural science and art. In the first case, it is important for the animal artist to accurately depict the animal from the point of view of its physiology, and in the second case - artistic characterization animal, including metaphor (transferring features to animals, inherent in people). This mainly applies to illustrators of fairy tales and fables.
Animalism in painting
Frans Snyders (1579-1657)
Van Dyck "Portrait of Snyders with his wife" (detail of the portrait)
Flemish painter, master of still lifes and animal paintings. Initially, he painted still lifes, but then became interested in animal subjects and hunting scenes. His works amaze with their monumentality and thoughtfulness of compositions, masterly depiction of the physiology of the animal, its vitality and inner strength.
F. Snyders "Boar Hunt" (1625-1630)
Paulus Potter (1625-1654)
Bartholomeus van der Helst "Portrait of Paulus Potter"
The Dutch artist Potter died very young, at the age of 29, but left a whole gallery of paintings with detailed images of domestic animals in meadows, paintings with hunting scenes.
P. Potter "Young Bull"
It was the images of animals that provided him with worldwide fame.
The artist’s most famous painting is “Young Bull”, it is located in the Mauritshuis Museum in The Hague.
P. Potter “Horses in the Meadow” (1649)
Horses are the most popular character animal paintings. But each artist has his own attitude towards this strong and noble animal.
George Stubbs (1724-1806)
D. Stubbs “Self-Portrait”
English artist and biologist, one of the leading European animal artists. He thoroughly studied the anatomy of humans and animals at the York Hospital. He is the author of several scientific works, including the work “Anatomy of Horses” (1766), therefore he could depict animals flawlessly from a scientific point of view.
D. Stubbs "Whistleyjacket" (1762)
Franz Marc (1880-1916)
German painter Jewish origin, representative of German expressionism. He volunteered for the front of the First World War and was killed by a shell fragment during the Verdun operation at the age of 36, leaving his creative plans unfulfilled.
F. Mark “Blue Horse” (1911)
He often depicted animals (deer, foxes, horses) in natural settings, presenting them as higher, pure beings. This is the romantic painting “The Blue Horse”. Mark's works are distinguished by a bright palette combined with cubist images, sharp and hard color transitions. His painting “The Fate of Animals” is most famous. It is currently on display in art museum Basel (Switzerland).
F. Mark “The Fate of Animals” (1913)
The animal world always attracts not only professional artists, but also children. IN children's world animals occupy no less space than humans.
Samira Sagitova (3 years 8 months) “Funny Chickens”
Jim Killen "Funny Puppies"
Animalism in sculpture
Pyotr Karlovich Klodt (1805-1867)
PC. Klodt
The family of the future sculptor came from the Baltic German aristocrats Klodt von Jurgensburg and consisted of hereditary military men. P. K. Klodt was born in 1805 in St. Petersburg, but he spent his childhood and youth in Omsk - his father served as chief of staff of the Separate Siberian Corps. There the baron's penchant for drawing, carving and sculpting manifested itself. Most of all, the boy loved to depict horses; he saw a special charm in them.
Narva triumphal gate
After graduating from the Academy of Arts, Klodt, together with other experienced sculptors, designed the Narva Gate, the palace pier of the Admiralty Embankment.
Klodt's horses in front of Berlin Castle
His works decorate both the main gate of the royal palace in Berlin and the royal palace in Naples. Copies of the sculptures are installed in gardens and palace buildings in Russia: in the vicinity of St. Petersburg (at the Oryol Palace in Strelna and Peterhof, as well as on the territory of the Golitsyn estate in Kuzminki near Moscow, the Kuzminki-Vlahernskoye estate).
Golitsyn estate in Kuzminka X
Evgeny Alexandrovich Lanceray (1848-1886)
Russian animal sculptor. Just like Klodt, from childhood he chose a topic that he was passionate about all his life - horses.
E. Lansere “Circassian and a woman on a horse”
Lansere was famous animal painter, perfectly depicted horses, including in historical subjects. He was a master of narrative plastic miniatures, glorified the Russian sculptural school abroad, taking part in world exhibitions in London (1872), Paris (1873), Vienna (1873), Antwerp (1885) and other European cities. His works were cast at many leading factories and bronze foundries of private companies.
Animalism in graphics
Konstantin Konstantinovich Flerov (1904-1980)
Soviet paleontologist, Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor. Head of the Paleontological Museum named after. Yu. A. Orlova. Reconstruction artist and animal painter, recreated the appearance of many fossil animals.
He studied at the biology department of Moscow University and at the same time was engaged in drawing and painting. After graduating from university, he worked for 30 years at the Zoological Institute in Leningrad. Participated in many trips and scientific expeditions.
While working at the Darwin Museum in Moscow, Flerov created a series of paintings and sculptures based on biological collections. The knowledge of a professional zoologist and a professional artist allowed him to successfully reconstruct from skeletons appearance animals, create their sculptures and write paintings on themes of the ancient world.
Animalism in photography
With the invention of photography, the possibilities of animal painters expanded significantly. The animal world appears in a huge variety of colors, subjects and species.
We bring to your attention two wonderful photographs by animal photographers from the site www.rosphoto.com
A. Gudkov “Giraffe and Bird”
There is so much love for animals in this photo and sense of humor! And also the ability to “seize the moment.”
S. Gorshkov “Fox”
Sergey Gorshkov is the winner of the Golden Turtle competition in the Photographer of the Year category in 2007 and 2011. Winner international competition Shell Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2007, was awarded the Russian Photographer of the Year prize.
His photograph “Fox” amazes not only with its technique, but also with its psychological depth. Take a closer look at the photograph: the fox’s disposition, her caution, insinuation and cunning are captured brilliantly.
"Bumblebee". Photo by V. Akishina
Animal artists depict animals and birds on their canvases. This is a very unique direction of fine art. Its remarkable feature is that the paintings do not carry a deep semantic load.
Origins and development of animalism in the painting section
Roots this direction painting goes back in time primitive people. They were the first animal artists to create rock paintings animals and birds. And today scientists are amazed by their amazing accuracy in conveying the anatomical features of animals.
Animalism developed in Ancient Egypt. In this country, many of the gods that the inhabitants worshiped had the heads of animals or birds. Thus, the animalistic movement became part of religion and Egyptian culture as a whole. Images and sculptures of animals and birds are found in many ancient cultures of the world.
In the Middle Ages, artists mainly depicted animals in paintings as part of folklore. It was only during the Renaissance that animalism began to develop into realistic direction. That is, for the first time, artists began to draw representatives of the animal world from life.
Modern animal artists are real masters. After all, it is very difficult to depict an animal or bird realistically, since it is impossible to force it to pose.
Paintings by animal artists are very popular. They delight the audience and attract attention. But despite this modern masters, whose works are known all over the world, there are not so many.
The most famous Russian artistic animal painters are:
- Vasily Vatagin Alekseevich (1863 - 1969) Being a biologist by training, he devoted his whole life to the study of the plasticity and habits of animals and tried to accurately convey this in his paintings. That is why his works are very expressive and interesting.
- Serov Valentin Aleksandrovich (1865 - 1911) He can deservedly be considered an animal artist, since many of his subject canvases depict animals, moreover, his works especially emphasize people’s attitude towards them.
- Kukunov Mikhail Maksimovich (1918 - 1998) His drawings are realistic and characteristic. The artist always painted from life and called it “hunting.” The master’s works are filled with love for animals and evoke sincere positive emotions.
Only a person who has a natural gift to feel the natural and animal world can become a real animal artist.
And minimalism is a genre in fine arts, dedicated to our smaller brothers. The heroes of the works of animal artists are animals and birds (animal - from Latin “animal”). Love for life and nature, perception of oneself as a part of the living world - this is what drives the brush of creators, bowing their heads before the creatures to which man is greatly indebted.
History of animalism in painting
Animal artists in their works try to maintain the accuracy of the image of the animal and at the same time add to the image artistic expression. Often the beast is endowed with human traits, actions and emotions. The origins of this art form lie in primitive world when in rock paintings ancient people tried to convey the anatomy of the animal, its beauty and danger to humans.
From the origins of antiquity
Sculptural monuments animals and animal ceramics are an integral part of history Ancient Africa, America and the East. In Egypt, gods were often depicted with the heads of birds and animals. Ancient Greek vases also contain decorative images animals. Animal art was equally developed in all countries.
Middle Ages
The Middle Ages added an allegorical and fabulous quality to images of animals. The favorite characters of the masters of that time were dogs. True friends surrounded a person in everyday life, while walking, hunting. The famous Venetian painter of the 16th century, Veronese, introduces the image of a dog into religious subjects - animals follow the Savior’s foot.
Renaissance
Renaissance masters tried to paint animals from life, which was quite difficult. You can’t force any animal to freeze and pose. IN XVII-XVIII centuries Animal painting is developing rapidly in the Netherlands, France and Russia. Images of animals can be found in paintings Rembrandt, Rubens And Leonardo da Vinci. In Russian creativity, Serov gave special meaning to images of animals - his illustrations to Krylov’s fables convey the ideas of instructive texts with inimitable liveliness and satire.
On the threshold of the millennium
The 19th-20th centuries moved animal painters a little away from romanticism and sublimity in creating images of animals. Realism becomes characteristic feature era. Painters try to accurately convey the anatomy of the animal. Color, pose, habits - everything is so photographic in the paintings that it is sometimes difficult to see the trace of the artist’s brush. Later, hyperrealism became widespread in animal painting, when small details are brought to the fore at the will of the master, who wants to emphasize one of the qualities of the animal.
Famous paintings and artists of the animal genre. Creators of the East
One of the first representatives of animal painting in painting - Chinese artist And Yuanji, who worked at the beginning of the 11th century. He became famous for his unique images of monkeys in scenes imbued with the style of the East. Emperor Xuande of the Ming Dynasty continued his ideas. Drawing monkeys and dogs was his favorite pastime.
Painters from Europe and the world
Famous German Albrecht Durer, who worked during the Renaissance, left numerous watercolors and lithographs that quite realistically convey images of animals ( "Lion", "Rabbit", "Stork" and others).
The Fleming Frans Snyders (XVI-XVII centuries) is considered a truly outstanding animal painter. His still lifes with hunting trophies are real masterpieces that decorate numerous galleries and exhibition halls Europe. Some of the most popular paintings artist - “Deer Hunt”, as well as “Fox and Cat”.
Animal painting was not a popular genre of painting at that time, but the bourgeoisie loved to commission paintings of horses and other domestic animals. Portraits of people in the Baroque style often included images of birds and animals.
It is also impossible not to remember one of the strongest animal artists of the 20th century - Canadian Robert Bateman. His bison, elephants, lions, deer and leopards look at the viewer from the window of wildlife, slightly open on the master’s canvas.
Russian artists
Russia has revealed many great animal painters to the world. Vasily Vatagin devoted his life to studying the habits and plasticity of animals. His works in graphics, watercolor and pencil are so piercing that you feel the breath and gaze of the animal on you. Great examples works in the animalistic genre of Serov - "Horse Bathing" And "Oxen".
Another unsurpassed master of Russian animal painting is Konstantin Savitsky. It was his famous bears that ended up in Shishkin’s painting “Morning in pine forest" Evgeny Charushin, Konstantin Flerov, Andrey Marts are representatives of the Soviet period in the development of the direction.
Animal painting in modern world very close to the art of photography. Fine craftsmanship and great love to living beings is required to create such masterpieces. Artists seem to be knocking on the human heart with a request: “Take care of this natural world, it is leaving us.”
And minimalism is a genre in fine art dedicated to our smaller brothers. The heroes of the works of animal artists are animals and birds (animal - from Latin “animal”). Love for life and nature, perception of oneself as a part of the living world - this is what drives the brush of creators, bowing their heads before the creatures to which man is greatly indebted.
History of animalism in painting
Animal painters in their works try to maintain the accuracy of the image of the animal and at the same time add artistic expressiveness to the image. Often the beast is endowed with human traits, actions and emotions. The origins of this type of art lie in the primitive world, when in cave paintings ancient people tried to convey the anatomy of the animal, its beauty and danger to humans.
From the origins of antiquity
Sculptural monuments of animals and animalistic ceramics are an integral part of the history of Ancient Africa, America and the East. In Egypt, gods were often depicted with the heads of birds and animals. Ancient Greek vases also contain decorative images of animals. Animal art was equally developed in all countries.
Middle Ages
The Middle Ages added an allegorical and fabulous quality to images of animals. The favorite characters of the masters of that time were dogs. True friends surrounded a person in everyday life, on a walk, or while hunting. The famous Venetian painter of the 16th century, Veronese, introduces the image of a dog into religious subjects - animals follow the foot of the Savior.
Renaissance
Renaissance masters tried to paint animals from life, which was quite difficult. You can’t force any animal to freeze and pose. In the 17th-18th centuries, animal painting developed rapidly in the Netherlands, France and Russia. Images of animals can be found in paintings Rembrandt, Rubens And Leonardo da Vinci. In Russian creativity, Serov gave special meaning to images of animals - his illustrations to Krylov’s fables convey the ideas of instructive texts with inimitable liveliness and satire.
On the threshold of the millennium
The 19th-20th centuries moved animal painters a little away from romanticism and sublimity in creating images of animals. Realism becomes a characteristic feature of the era. Painters try to accurately convey the anatomy of the animal. Color, pose, habits - everything is so photographic in the paintings that it is sometimes difficult to see the trace of the artist’s brush. Later, hyperrealism became widespread in animal painting, when small details are brought to the fore at the will of the master who wants to emphasize one of the qualities of the animal.
Famous paintings and artists of the animal genre. Creators of the East
One of the first representatives of animal painting in painting was the Chinese artist Yi Yuanji, who worked at the beginning of the 11th century. He became famous for his unique images of monkeys in scenes imbued with the style of the East. Emperor Xuande of the Ming Dynasty continued his ideas. Drawing monkeys and dogs was his favorite pastime.
Painters from Europe and the world
Famous German Albrecht Durer, who worked during the Renaissance, left numerous watercolors and lithographs that quite realistically convey images of animals ( "Lion", "Rabbit", "Stork" and others).
The Fleming Frans Snyders (XVI-XVII centuries) is considered a truly outstanding animal painter. His still lifes with hunting trophies are real masterpieces that adorn numerous galleries and exhibition halls in Europe. Some of the artist’s most popular paintings are “Deer Hunting” and “Fox and Cat”.
Animal painting was not a popular genre of painting at that time, but the bourgeoisie loved to commission paintings of horses and other domestic animals. Portraits of people in the Baroque style often included images of birds and animals.
It is also impossible not to remember one of the strongest animal artists of the 20th century - Canadian Robert Bateman. His bison, elephants, lions, deer and leopards look at the viewer from the window of wildlife, slightly open on the master’s canvas.
Russian artists
Russia has revealed many great animal painters to the world. Vasily Vatagin devoted his life to studying the habits and plasticity of animals. His works in graphics, watercolor and pencil are so piercing that you feel the breath and gaze of the animal on you. Excellent examples of works in the animalistic genre of Serov - "Horse Bathing" And "Oxen".
Another unsurpassed master of Russian animal painting is Konstantin Savitsky. It was his famous bears that ended up in Shishkin’s painting “Morning in a Pine Forest.” Evgeny Charushin, Konstantin Flerov, Andrey Marts are representatives of the Soviet period in the development of the direction.
Animal painting in the modern world is very close to the art of photography. Fine craftsmanship and great love for living beings are required to create such masterpieces. Artists seem to be knocking on the human heart with a request: “Take care of this natural world, it is leaving us.”
