Famous animal painters and their works. Foreign artists - animal painters. Animalism in photography
The animalistic direction of painting originated in ancient times, so it may well be considered the oldest type of fine art. Today, the works of animal painters attract the attention of representatives of non-creative professions: biologists and natural scientists. This is due to the fact that it is much more difficult to capture the character of the animal in the photograph. And the goal of any art master working in the genre of animalism is to convey the character of an animal or bird in a certain setting.
Thus, animalism combines natural and artistic features. Today, the animalistic direction is closely intertwined with the art of photography. The transfer of the image of an animal or bird requires high professionalism. And we can say with confidence that it is impossible to correctly convey the character of an animal without being a protector environment and the animal world.
Creativity of foreign animal painters
One of the most famous foreign animal painters is the Canadian master Robert Bateman. His works are very popular, the artist's paintings are in many private collections and in several museums. The artist takes an active life position in the field of environmental protection and is a member of many world famous environmental organizations. He has received numerous prestigious awards and prizes.
Among the features of the work of Robert Bateman, the following can be noted:
- Maximum realism of the depicted images, pictures are sometimes difficult to distinguish from photos;
- The presence of plot pictures, in the foreground of which there are always animals.
Another famous representative of the foreign animalistic trend is the German master Julius Adam. He became famous for his plot paintings, which depicted cats. The artist's canvases are especially popular, as they reflect the character of domestic animals, which are a symbol of home comfort and well-being.
The Belgian animal painter Karl Branders is surprisingly talented by nature. He manages to snatch interesting moments from the life of animals with a tenacious gaze of a naturalist. One gets the impression that all the secrets of nature are revealed to him, which he captures on canvas through fine art.
The main object of this genre of fine art is animals (from Latin. 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 folk art other countries.
Most often, we see images of animals in painting, sculpture, graphics, in decorative arts, and later in photography.
The animalistic genre can be conditionally divided into two directions: natural science and art. In the first case, an accurate depiction of an animal from the point of view of its physiology is important for an animal painter, and in the second case, an artistic characteristic of an 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" (fragment of the portrait)
Flemish painter, master of still lifes and animal paintings. Initially, he was engaged in still lifes, but then became carried away by animalistic plots and hunting scenes. His works amaze with the monumentality and thoughtfulness of compositions, a virtuoso depiction of the physiology of an animal, its vitality and inner strength.
F. Snyders "Wild boar hunting" (1625-1630)
Paulus Potter (1625-1654)
Bartholomeus van der Gelst "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 the meadows, paintings with hunting scenes.
P. Potter "Young Bull"
It was the images of animals that provided him with worldwide fame.
The most famous painting of the artist - "Young Bull", it is in the Mauritshuis Museum in The Hague.
P. Potter "Horses in the Meadow" (1649)
Horses are the most popular character in animal 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.
Whistlejacket by D. Stubbs (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 unrealized.
F. Mark "The Blue Horse" (1911)
He often depicted animals (deer, foxes, horses) in a natural setting, presenting them as superior, pure beings. This is the romantic painting "Blue Horse". Mark's works are distinguished by a bright palette combined with cubist images, sharp and harsh color transitions. The most famous was his painting "The Fate of Animals". She is currently on display in art museum Basel (Switzerland).
F. Mark "The Fate of Animals" (1913)
The fauna always attracts not only professional artists, but also children. V children's world animals take up space no less 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, consisted of hereditary military men. PK 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. It was there that the baron's penchant for drawing, carving and modeling was manifested. 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 Admiralteiskaya Embankment.
Klodt horses in front of the Berlin castle
His work decorates 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 (near the Oryol Palace in Strelna and Peterhof, as well as on the territory of the Golitsyn estate in Kuzminki near Moscow, the Kuzminki-Vlakhernskoye estate).
The Golitsyn estate in Kuzminka NS
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. Lancere "Circassian and a woman on a horse"
Lanceray was a famous animal painter, perfectly portrayed horses, including in historical subjects. He was a master of subject plastic miniature, 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 private bronze casting workshops.
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, he recreated the appearance of many fossil animals.
He studied at the biological department of Moscow University and at the same time studied drawing and painting. After graduating from the university, he worked for 30 years at the Zoological Institute in Leningrad. He took part in many trips and scientific expeditions.
While working at the Darwin Museum in Moscow, Flerov performed a series of paintings and sculptural works on the basis of biological collections. The knowledge of a professional zoologist and a professional artist allowed him to successfully recreate from skeletons appearance animals, create them sculptural images and paint canvases on the themes of the ancient world.
Animalism in photography
With the invention of photography, the possibilities of animalists have expanded significantly. The animal world appears in a huge variety of colors, subjects and types.
We bring to your attention two wonderful photographs 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! And also 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 international competition Shell Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2007, won the Russian Photographer of the Year award.
His photograph "The Fox" amazes not only with the technique of execution, but also with its psychological depth. Look at the photo: the fox's temper, her caution, insinuity and cunning are captured brilliantly.
"Bumblebee". Photo by V. Akishina
And nimalistics is a genre in fine arts dedicated to our younger brothers. The heroes of the works of animal painters are animals and birds (animal - from Lat. "Animal"). Love for life and nature, the perception of oneself as a part of the living world - this is what drives the brush of the creators, bowing their heads to the creatures to whom man is greatly indebted.
The history of animalism in painting
Animalists 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 art form lie in the primitive world, when in the 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 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 beasts. Decorative images of animals are also present on ancient Greek vases. Animalism was equally developed in all countries.
Middle Ages
The Middle Ages added allegorical and fabulousness to the images of animals. The favorite characters of the masters of that time were dogs. Faithful friends surrounded a person at home, on a walk, 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 nature, which was quite difficult. You can't make any animal stand still and pose. V 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 art, Serov endowed the images of animals with a special meaning - his illustrations for Krylov's fables convey the ideas of instructive texts with inimitable liveliness and satire.
On the threshold of the millennium
XIX-XX centuries alienated animalists a little 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, posture, habits - everything is so photographic in the paintings that it is sometimes difficult to see the trace of the artist's brush. Later in animalism, hyperrealism became widespread, when small details are brought to the fore by the will of the master, who wants to focus on one of the qualities of the animal.
Famous paintings and artists of the animalistic genre. Creators of the East
One of the first representatives of animalism in painting was the Chinese artist Yi Yuanji, who worked at the beginning of the 11th century. He became famous for his unique depictions of monkeys in plots imbued with the style of the East. Emperor Xuande from the Ming Dynasty continued his ideas. Drawing monkeys and dogs was his favorite pastime.
Painters of Europe and the world
Famous german Albrecht Durer, who worked during the Renaissance, left numerous watercolors and lithographs, rather realistically conveying the images of animals ( "Lion", "Rabbit", "Stork" other).
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 Hunt" and "Fox and Cat".
Animalism was not at that time popular genre painting, but the bourgeois liked to order paintings with images of horses and other domestic animals. The portraits of people in the Baroque style often featured images of birds and animals.
It is also impossible not to recall one of the strongest animal painters of the 20th century - Canadian Robert Bateman. His bison, elephants, lions, deer and leopards look at the viewer from the window of wildlife, ajar on the master's canvas.
Russian artists
Russia has opened up many great animalists to the world. Vasily Vatagin devoted his life to studying the habits and plasticity of animals. His works in graphics, watercolors and pencils are so piercing that you can feel the breath and gaze of an animal on yourself. Excellent examples of work in animalistic genre Serov - "Bathing a horse" and "Oxen".
Another unsurpassed master of Russian animal painting is Konstantin Savitsky. It was his famous bears that came to Shishkin's painting "Morning in a Pine Forest." Evgeny Charushin, Konstantin Flerov, Andrey Martz are representatives of the Soviet period in the development of the direction.
Animal painting in modern world very close to the art of photography. Exquisite workmanship and great love for living things are required to create such masterpieces. Artists seem to knock on the human heart with a request: "Take care of this natural world, it is leaving us."
And nimalistics is a genre in the visual arts dedicated to our smaller brothers. The heroes of the works of animal painters are animals and birds (animal - from Lat. "Animal"). Love for life and nature, the perception of oneself as a part of the living world - this is what drives the brush of the creators, bowing their heads to the creatures to whom man is greatly indebted.
The history of animalism in painting
Animalists 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 art form lie in the primitive world, when in the 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 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 beasts. Decorative images of animals are also present on ancient Greek vases. Animalism was equally developed in all countries.
Middle Ages
The Middle Ages added allegorical and fabulousness to the images of animals. The favorite characters of the masters of that time were dogs. Faithful friends surrounded a person at home, on a walk, 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 nature, which was quite difficult. You can't make any animal stand still and pose. In the 17th-18th centuries, animal painting developed at a rapid pace in the Netherlands, France and Russia. Images of animals can be found in paintings Rembrandt, Rubens and Leonardo da Vinci... In Russian art, Serov endowed the images of animals with a special meaning - his illustrations for Krylov's fables convey the ideas of instructive texts with inimitable liveliness and satire.
On the threshold of the millennium
XIX-XX centuries alienated animalists a little from romanticism and sublimity in creating images of animals. Realism is becoming a characteristic feature of the era. Painters try to accurately convey the anatomy of the animal. Color, posture, habits - everything is so photographic in the paintings that it is sometimes difficult to see the trace of the artist's brush. Later in animalism, hyperrealism became widespread, when small details are brought to the fore by the will of the master, who wants to focus on one of the qualities of the animal.
Famous paintings and artists of the animalistic genre. Creators of the East
One of the first representatives of animalism in painting was the Chinese artist Yi Yuanji, who worked at the beginning of the 11th century. He became famous for his unique depictions of monkeys in plots imbued with the style of the East. Emperor Xuande from the Ming Dynasty continued his ideas. Drawing monkeys and dogs was his favorite pastime.
Painters of Europe and the world
Famous german Albrecht Durer, who worked during the Renaissance, left numerous watercolors and lithographs, rather realistically conveying the images of animals ( "Lion", "Rabbit", "Stork" other).
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 Hunt" and "Fox and Cat".
Animalism was not a popular genre of painting at that time, but the bourgeois liked to order paintings with images of horses and other domestic animals. The portraits of people in the Baroque style often featured images of birds and animals.
It is also impossible not to recall one of the strongest animal painters of the 20th century - Canadian Robert Bateman. His bison, elephants, lions, deer and leopards look at the viewer from the window of wildlife, ajar on the master's canvas.
Russian artists
Russia has opened up many great animalists to the world. Vasily Vatagin devoted his life to studying the habits and plasticity of animals. His works in graphics, watercolors and pencils are so piercing that you can feel the breath and gaze of an animal on yourself. Excellent examples of works in the animalistic genre of Serov - "Bathing a horse" and "Oxen".
Another unsurpassed master of Russian animal painting is Konstantin Savitsky. It was his famous bears that came to Shishkin's painting "Morning in a Pine Forest." Evgeny Charushin, Konstantin Flerov, Andrey Martz 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. Exquisite workmanship and great love for living things are required to create such masterpieces. Artists seem to knock on the human heart with a request: "Take care of this natural world, it is leaving us."
One of the main tasks that the artist sets herself is to create on her canvases the world of living beings, both neighboring with us and found only where a person's foot rarely steps. And not only those animals that are recognized by man as the 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 - like cute Yorkies, pugs, Persian cats, budgerigars, bringing happiness ibises, 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 so that everyone would love him. Someone may like it, some may not - but the character in the picture will never offend or frighten anyone. Moreover, the character of the painting 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 is the case when photographing, but by summarizing their knowledge, observations and impressions, fusing them into what is called an artistic image.
But paintings live for hundreds, thousands of years - and someday it is by them that our distant descendants will judge the creatures that coexisted with man in the late XX - early XXI century.
Nikolay PROSHIN
Paintings by Marina Efremova were used in the design of the article: Husky, 2005, canvas, oil; 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 Destiny?
Animalism, - animal painting and animal drawing, -
despite other artistic projects, it continues to be
one of Marina Efremova's favorite genres. And it is no coincidence that exactly
animalism has become main theme interview "Picturesque Energy",
which was taken from Marina Efremova by journalist Olga Volkova.
"Exhibition of Animalism as an Artistic and Educational Action"
Below are some of the animalistic 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 a 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 the Yorkshire Terrier Lucky", "White Guardian (Argentinean Dog)", "Black Guardian (Rottweiler)", "Yorkie Taufiq", "Yorkie Manya", "Yorkie Chink", "Portrait of Timony", "Husky Sled", "Mongrels", "Late Autumn", "Greyhounds in the Field", "Portrait of a German Shepherd", "Pugs", "Portrait of a Rottweiler", "St. Bernard Vanessa", "Puppy with a Hare", "Boxer Puppy", "Archie's Basset Hound".
Pictures with cats: "Timych the Cat", "Gray Cat", "Zhulka Cat", "Murash Cat", "Black Hearth Keeper", "White Hearth Keeper", "Red Cat".
Pictures with horses: "Black horse", "Bay".
Pictures with wild animals: "Portrait of a gorilla", "Waiting (portrait of a wolf)", "Portrait of a tiger", "White tiger", "Old wolf", "Last dash", "Head of a bison", "Mandrill", "Portrait of a lioness "," Lion and Falcon "," Orangutan "," Black Jaguar "," Belek "," Fox "," Wolf "," Portrait of a Wolf ".
Pictures with birds: "Eagle", "Ibis", "Blue-yellow macaw", "Kafa horned raven".
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