Painting is a very delicate art. In their paintings, artists try to depict the world that they see with their own eyes. Studying the works of different artists, you will notice that the paintings can depict landscapes, portraits, and even animals.
Animalism in painting
Recently, animalistic paintings have become very popular. Animalism is a genre of fine art that is closely related to the depiction of animals. Some famous artists preferred this particular genre and often betrayed human features to animals in their paintings. Animalism is one of the most ancient themes in art, with roots dating back to prehistoric times. So, for example, images of animals are very often found both on the walls of the caves of the first settlers, and in the paintings of the tombs of the pharaohs (since animals in ancient Egypt were considered gods and accompanied the rulers after death), and in the paintings of the temples of the Middle Ages.
Animalism occupies its own niche in contemporary art and is represented by a large number of works by domestic and foreign artists.
Animals in the paintings of V. Serov
Valentin Serov can be called one of the finest Russian animal painters. Many of his works are known to people as illustrations for Krylov's fables. He painted animals as the main characters in his paintings, and sometimes depicted them together with people. Very often Serov captured horses in his paintings ("At the ferry", "Rinsing the linen", "Bathing a horse", "Departure of Emperor Peter I and Elizabeth to hunt" and others). It should also be noted the painting "Oxen", which depicts white and black oxen near a cart and a dilapidated house. Another example of the depiction of domestic animals is the painting "October Domotkanovo", where a shepherd boy grazes sheep and horses.
Serov made some drawings of animals with an ordinary pencil, and this gave them extraordinary charm.
Fauna and creativity Leslie Harrison
Leslie Harrison is an American artist who depicts animals in her paintings. Her drawings are made in pastel colors in the style of realism. At first glance, they may seem to you to be real photographs, this talented woman draws so vividly and realistically. Looking at her work, you just want to stroke a horse on a thick mane or play with cute kittens. Leslie revealed her talent for drawing at school, when she drew horses in class, and devoted her whole life to this occupation. Horses, cats, dogs, tigers, ducklings and other representatives of the animal world look at you from the paintings of the talented American artist, as if they were alive. Harrison has received a huge number of awards for her work in the field of animalism, but she never ceases to amaze and delight connoisseurs of painting with her stunning and simple robots.
