Animalistics is a genre of fine art that combines natural science and artistic principles. Paintings belonging to this genre can be strikingly different from each other, depending on the tasks set by the artist and the drawing technique used in the work.
Maria Stanislavovna Pavlova is a talented artist from St. Petersburg. “I only write what I myself will gladly hang on the wall in my room,” says Maria Pavlova.
The name of the artist Evgeny Mikhailovich Rachev is inextricably linked with fairy tales, the characters of which are animals. He created a whole world of inimitable and fabulous "Rachev animals". “I wanted,” the artist said, “to draw a fairy-tale creature, like an animal, and at the same time bears the features of a human character.”
Kris Surajaroenjai is a Thai artist whose work is imbued with love for one of the symbols of Thailand - the elephant.
English animal artist Peter Williams, who began his career as a self-taught artist, has created a whole world of vivid and remarkable watercolor images.
Paintings by animal painter William Schimmel Jr. are popular all over the world and reflect his sense of the Universe, the Earth and its inhabitants.
Carl Branders is a renowned Belgian animal artist. Watercolor hyperrealism is shown in its highest skill, with a high degree of detail.
Elena Averkina, an artist from Belarus, started painting in 2001, without any art education. To date, she has participated in several international exhibitions. “The main joy of my work,” says Elena Averkina, “is that people, even a year after the purchase of my painting, thank me for my work. And I am happy that I can bring happiness to other people.
English animal artist Persis Clayton Weirs is known for his colorful and kind work. He writes not only cats, but they occupy a significant place in his work.
Animal painter Isaac Terry paints oil paintings. His animals and birds on the canvases seem to be alive.
Tatyana Samoshkina is a non-professional artist, but she manages to create her own kind and childishly naive world. Her paintings are able to open the most hidden corners of the human soul. In her work, many see their inner world, and for someone the whole universe opens up.
The presented selection of paintings demonstrates only a small part of the existing styles and trends that are rapidly developing. Once upon a time, our ancestor drew uncomplicated rock paintings of animals, trying to convey the anatomy and gracefulness of the movements of the beast with maximum accuracy. Currently, some animal artists are using cutting-edge computer graphics in an effort to convey their creative idea. This suggests that despite its long history, animalistics has an inexhaustible potential.
One of the main tasks that the artist sets herself is to create on the canvases the world of living beings, both neighboring with us, and meeting only where the human foot rarely sets foot. And not only those animals that are recognized by man as standards of beauty, and not only those that can be kept in the house, especially in the apartment. Therefore, among the heroes of her paintings are both cute Yorkies, pugs, Persian cats, budgerigars, ibis that bring happiness, and far from harmless lions, tigers, jaguars, wolves, lynxes, eagles.
And let someone be afraid of a living jaguar or orangutan - after all, the character of the picture, to paraphrase Ivan Bunin, is not a gold piece to be loved by everyone. Someone may like it, someone may not - but the character of the picture will never offend anyone, will not scare anyone. Moreover, the character of the picture will never change his mood, his character will not deteriorate, he will not even grow old, but will forever live on the canvas exactly as the artist captured him. And not at a random moment, as happens when photographing, but by summarizing your knowledge, observations and impressions, fusing them into what is called an artistic image.
But paintings live for hundreds, thousands of years - and someday our distant descendants will judge the creatures that coexisted with man in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
Nikolay PROSHIN
In the design of the article, paintings by Marina Efremova were used: Husky, 2005, oil on canvas; orangutan, 2003, oil on canvas; Greyhounds in the field, 2002, oil on canvas; old wolf, 2007, oil on canvas; white tiger, 2007, oil on canvasArt: business or fate?
Animalistics, - animalistic painting and animalistic drawing, -
despite other artistic projects, continues to be
one of the favorite genres of Marina Efremova. And it is no coincidence that
animalism became the main topic of the interview "Picturesque Energy",
which the journalist Olga Volkova took from Marina Efremova.
"Animal exhibition as an art and educational action"
Below are some animal paintings by Marina Efremova, painted in 1999-2010. Some of them are in private collections, some - in the artist's collection.
Art critic Nikolay Efremov. Report at the scientific and practical conference,
dedicated to the 125th anniversary of Vasily Alekseevich Vatagin
(February 5, 2009 - State Tretyakov Gallery;
February 6, 2009 - State Darwin Museum)
Paintings with dogs: "Basset Hound Vaska", "Lying Yorkie", "Portrait of Yorkshire Terrier Lucky", "White Guard (Dog Argentino)", "Black Guard (Rottweiler)", "Yorky Tofik", "Yorky Manya", "Yorky Chink", "Portrait of Timoni", "Husky Harness", "Mongrel", "Late Autumn", "Greyhounds in the Field", "Portrait of a German Shepherd", "Pugs", "Portrait of a Rottweiler", "Saint Bernard Vanessa", "Puppy with a hare", "Boxer puppy", "Archie's basset hound".
Paintings with cats: "Cat Timych", "Grey Cat", "Zhulka the Cat", "Cat Murash", "Black Hearth Keeper", "White Hearth Keeper", "Red Cat".
Paintings with horses: "Black Horse", "Bay".
Wild animal paintings: Gorilla Portrait, Waiting (Wolf Portrait), Tiger Portrait, White Tiger, Old Wolf, Last Rush, Buffalo Head, Mandrill, Lioness Portrait "," Lion and Falcon", "Orangutan", "Black Jaguar", "Belek", "Fox", "Wolf", "Portrait of a Wolf".
Pictures with birds: "Eagle", "Ibis", "Blue-and-yellow macaw", "Kafa horned raven".
Yi Yuanji (circa 1000 - circa 1064) is a Chinese artist, especially known for his skill in painting monkeys.
Zhu Zhanji (1398-1435) - Chinese emperor and master of painting dogs and monkeys.
Frans Snyders (1579-1657) - Flemish painter.
Jan Veit (1611-1661) - Flemish painter and engraver.
Paulus Potter (1625-1654) - Dutch painter.
David Koninck (1636-1699) - Flemish painter.
Karl Kuntz (1770-1830) - German painter and engraver.
Eugene Delacroix (1798-1863) - French painter and graphic artist.
Pyotr Klodt (1805-1867) - Russian sculptor.
Philip Rousseau (1816-1887) - French painter.
Josef Wolf (1820-1899) - German graphic artist and painter.
Brighton Riviere (1840-1820) - English painter.
Franz Marc (1880-1916) - German expressionist painter.
Vasily Vatagin (1883-1969) - Russian painter and sculptor.
Evgeny Charushin (1901-1965) - Russian graphic artist, Honored Artist of the RSFSR.
Konstantin Flerov (1904-1980) - Russian paleontologist, graphic artist and painter, doctor of sciences.
Nikolai Kondakov (1908-1999) - Russian biologist, illustrator, candidate of science.
A few words about some of them:
Christophe Drochon
Born in France, on the outskirts of Paris, in 1963. His talent as an artist was not immediately noticed. Christophe's school teacher even told his mother that her son would never achieve great success in painting. But this did not cool his passion for art - Drochon enthusiastically devoted all his free time to independent painting and, thanks to his talent and hard work, proved that the school teacher was wrong. The childhood of the future artist took place in Paris, he did not see wildlife and knew nothing about the natural habitat of wild animals. But when Christophe went to school, his family settled near the Vincennes Zoological Park, and traveled to the south-west of France in the summer. There he spent a lot of time, carefully observing the animals and making sketches. His interest in nature grew, and his observations taught him to deeply understand and empathize with animals. Drochon's stunning work, craftsmanship and technique of realistic depiction of animals delight and captivate nature lovers. However, his depiction of animals is different from the usual. In his works, animals and landscape always serve as symbols to express the ideas of the artist and illustrate his emotional state. He tries to convey to the viewer the awareness of the impermanence of the world. In many of his drawings, the eyes of animals are very expressive, which makes the essence of wildlife more tangible and brings us closer to self-knowledge.
Sonia Reid
Born in the USA in the city of Kullman in 1964. Studied at Auburn University. In 1988, she successfully graduated from Winfrop College with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree and worked as an interior designer for 8 years. Sonya has always loved animals and enjoyed the beauty of nature. Deciding to devote all her time to their image, she leaves for Africa. Having visited the famous Ngoro-Ngoro crater in Tanzania, Sonia fell in love with the nature of this continent. Africa has become her passion. In her paintings, made in oil and graphite, she tries to show everything that touched her soul and call on the audience to protect and glorify wildlife. Her paintings have won numerous awards at numerous exhibitions. Another passion of the artist is photography and collecting books about Africa and its nature.
Dan D. Amico
Dan lives in a mountain valley near the Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado. Dan's interest in art started very early. He spent so much time drawing horses and rabbits that his parents gave him a chalkboard to save paper. While attending the High School of Art, Dan developed an interest in Impressionism. He felt a special kinship with the art of Claude Monet, admired the art of Andre Vieta, whose style greatly influenced Dan's further work. Originally self-taught, Dan completed a master class with Robert Bateman in 1991 and later studied with renowned artist Bob Kuhn as he believes that an artist should learn, grow and experiment all his life. One of the main tasks of the artist, according to Dan, is to share the beauty of the world around him. He says: “If I can push someone to appreciate the play of light on damp autumn grass, I feel that I can touch his soul. The viewer cannot experience the moment of inspiration, he can only get in touch with the picture, passing it through his own sensations. Dan tries to create a mood by evoking reciprocal feelings or memories. In his works, he tries to truthfully convey not only the appearance of the animal, but also its feelings. In 1991, Dan was elected a member of the Animalist Organization.
animal painting canvas
Nikolai Nikolaevich Kondakov
Born in 1908 in the city of Ryazan. After graduating from school, he entered the biological faculty of Moscow State University. He began his career while still a student at the Murmansk Biological Station. After graduation, he worked at many research institutes in Vladivostok, Moscow and Leningrad. In the 1920s he defended his Ph.D. thesis on squid research. He took part in many expeditions. His main contribution to biological science was his drawings of various representatives of the fauna. These illustrations were included in many publications, such as the TSB, the Red Books of the USSR, the RSFSR, animal atlases, and textbooks. In total, during his life, Kondakov made several tens of thousands of drawings.
Flerov Konstantin Konstantinovich
(February 4, 1904 - July 26, 1980) - Soviet paleontologist, doctor of biological sciences, professor. Head of the Paleontological Museum. Yu.A. Orlova (1946-1972), member of the Soviet-Mongolian paleontological expedition. An artist-reenactor and animal painter, who recreated the appearance of many fossil animals, was widely cited in illustrations of paleontological subjects in the second half of the 20th century.
Evgemniy Ivamnovich Charumshin
(October 29 (November 11, old style) 1901, Vyatka, now Kirov - February 18, 1965, Leningrad) - Soviet graphic artist, sculptor and writer. Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1945). The son of the architect I.A. Charushin.
Vasily Alekseevich Vatamgin
(1883/1884 - 1969) - Russian and Soviet graphic artist and animal sculptor. People's Artist of the RSFSR (1964). Active member of the Academy of Arts of the USSR (1957). Laureate of the Stalin Prize of the third degree (1952). Professor at the Moscow Higher School of Industrial Art (former Stroganov).
The main object of this genre of fine arts are animals (from lat. animal - animal).
This genre was widespread in ancient times: stylized images of animals are found in the art of the Ancient East, America, Africa, Oceania and in the folk art of other countries.
Most often, we see images of animals in painting, sculpture, graphics, decorative art, and later in photography.
The animalistic genre can be conditionally divided into two areas: natural science and art. In the first case, an accurate depiction of the animal from the point of view of its physiology is important for the animal artist, and in the second case, the artistic characteristics of the animal, including metaphor (transferring human traits to animals). 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" (portrait fragment)
Flemish painter, master of still life and animal paintings. Initially, he was engaged in still lifes, but then he became interested in animalistic plots and hunting scenes. His works amaze with the monumentality and thoughtfulness of the compositions, the virtuoso depiction of the physiology of the animal, its vitality and inner power.
F. Snyders "Boar Hunt" (1625-1630)
Paulus Potter (1625-1654)
Bartholomeus van der Gelst "Portrait of Paulus Potter"
The Dutch artist Potter died very young, at 29, but left a whole gallery of paintings with detailed images of domestic animals in the 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 The Young Bull, which is in the Mauritshuis Museum in The Hague.
P. Potter "Horses in the Meadow" (1649)
Horses are the most popular character in animalistic paintings. But each artist has his own attitude to this strong and noble animal.
George Stubbs (1724-1806)
D. Stubbs "Self-portrait"
English artist and biologist, one of the leading European animal painters. Thoroughly studied human and animal anatomy at the York Hospital. He is the author of several scientific works, including the work "Anatomy of horses" (1766), therefore, from a scientific point of view, he could depict animals flawlessly.
D. Stubbs "Whistlejacket" (1762)
Franz Marc (1880-1916)
German painter of 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 a natural setting, presenting them as higher, pure beings. Such is the romantic canvas "Blue Horse". Mark's work is distinguished by a bright palette combined with cubist images, sharp and hard color transitions. The most famous was his painting "The Fate of Animals". It is currently on display at the Basel Art Museum (Switzerland).
F. Mark "The Fate of Animals" (1913)
The animal world always attracts not only professional artists, but also children. In the children's world, animals occupy a place no less than a person.
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, consisted of hereditary military men. P. K. Klodt was born in 1805 in St. Petersburg, but his childhood and youth were spent 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 portray horses, he saw a special charm in them.
Narva triumphal gates
After graduating from the Academy of Arts, Klodt, together with other experienced sculptors, designed the Narva Gate, the palace pier of the Admiralteyskaya embankment.
Klodt's horses in front of the Berlin castle
His works adorn both the main gate of the Royal Palace in Berlin and the Royal Palace in Naples. Copies of sculptures are installed in gardens and palace buildings in Russia: in the vicinity of St. Petersburg (near the Orlovsky Palace in Strelna and Peterhof, as well as on the territory of the Golitsyn estate in Kuzminki near Moscow, the Kuzminki-Vlakhernskoye estate).
Golitsyn's estate in Kuzminka X
Evgeny Alexandrovich Lansere (1848-1886)
Russian sculptor-animalist. Just like Klodt, from childhood he chose the topic that he was passionate about all his life - horses.
E. Lansere "Circassian and a woman on a horse"
Lansere was a famous animal painter, he perfectly depicted horses, including in historical subjects. He was a master of plot 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 in many leading factories and in bronze foundries of private firms.
Animalism in graphics
Konstantin Konstantinovich Flerov (1904-1980)
Soviet paleontologist, doctor of biological sciences, professor. Head of the Paleontological Museum. Yu. A. Orlova. An artist-reenactor and animal painter, recreated the appearance of many fossil animals.
He studied at the biological department of Moscow University and at the same time was engaged in drawing and painting. After graduating from the 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 on the basis of biological collections. The knowledge of a professional zoologist and a professional artist allowed him to successfully recreate the appearance of animals from skeletons, create their sculptural images and paint paintings on the themes of the ancient world.
Animalism in photography
With the invention of photography, the possibilities of animal artists have expanded significantly. The world of animals appears in a huge variety of colors, plots and types.
We bring to your attention two wonderful photos of photoanimalists from the site www.rosphoto.com
A. Gudkov "Giraffe and bird"
How much love for animals in this photo and a sense of humor! As well as the ability to "catch 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 of the international Shell Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2007, was awarded the Russian Photographer of the Year award.
His photograph "The Fox" impresses not only with the technique of execution, but also with psychological depth. Look at the photo: the fox's disposition, her caution, insinuatingness and cunning are brilliantly captured.
"Bumblebee". Photo by V. Akishina
About animals! with pictures of animals! animalists!
Animalism is a special genre of fine art dedicated to the depiction of animals. Animalists - artists, sculptures (and more recently photographers) depicting animals in their works.
The animalistic genre generalizes the work of animalists in the visual arts (in painting - animalistic paintings, in sculpture - animalistic sculptures and statues, in photography - photographs and photographic portraits of various animals).
Animalism. Before the advent of photographs and the development of artistic photography, the animalistic genre was mainly represented by numerous works of painters.
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In our time, in the culture of animalism, one can still single out animal writers and animal poets. Animalist writers and animalist poets also create wonderful animalistic works. These novels, stories and poems of the animalistic genre are often decorated with the works of animal painters or animal photographers.
Contemporary art and animalism are inseparable from each other.
