Fish Paintings For Sale

Explore our selection of fish paintings for sale. With art ranging from bold and beautiful oil pieces, to abstract paintings ready to hang, we have an ever-evolving selection of contemporary artwork from some of the most exciting artists working today. Discover our online collection of art, and explore paintings handpicked by our curatorial experts for you to purchase. If you’re not sure where to start, browse our Impressionistic, illustrative and abstract paintings.

If you’re after an abstract piece, Victoria Horkan works by layering oils to create textural paintings of extreme movement and direction. With The Butterfly Exploration, Horken captures a fleeting moment, in which she meticulously depicts the colour of the fish and the reflection of light on the water. Horken’s use of impasto brings the motion of the painting to life whilst adding to the expressive nature of the subject matter.

About Fish Paintings

Paintings of fish represent marine life in or out of the water, and typically focus on their physical quality or their symbolic significance. Although not the most dominant subject matter throughout the course of art, fish have remained a constant and long-standing motif in painting and design. The portrayal of fish in art dates back to ancient practice, where fish designs and shapes were regular features of Egyptian art, and appreciated for their decorative quality and mythical connotation in Greek and Roman painting and sculpture. Fish even became an important religious symbol of early Christian art in creating a monogram for the name of Jesus, as well as representing the origin of life. The rise of secular art led to fish being popular subjects for still-life paintings during the Renaissance, where they would frequently appear in many different contexts throughout the course of 17th and 18th-century oil painting.

With the turn of the 20th century, fish were painted by modern artists including Picasso, Matisse and Magritte. Sometimes distorted, exaggerated and reimagined, and at other times detailed and somewhat idealised, fish took on new forms, contexts and imagery. Nowadays, the representation of fish in contemporary paintings often harks back to Japanese and Chinese fish designs, where detailed depictions of fish exist in whimsical settings. Rise Art artist Simon M Smith exemplifies this intricate and patterned approach to create mesmerising paintings that take on a floral and decorative quality. Smith’s painting The Thoughtful Minnow sets a lone fish against a pastel background to add a narrative to this delicate and captivating piece.

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    Tropical fish by Pol Ledent
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    Tropical fish by Pol Ledent

    Tropical fish

    Paintings - 70x70 cm
    Grand carré de poissons by Aude Billerot
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    Grand carré de poissons by Aude Billerot

    Grand carré de poissons

    Paintings - 100x100 cm
    Ecailles N°20 by Andrea Plaza
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    Ecailles N°20 by Andrea Plaza

    Ecailles N°20

    Paintings - 20x20 cm
    Unique by Irene Hoff
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    Unique by Irene Hoff

    Unique

    Paintings - 90x180 cm
    Koi Splash by Ana Patitú
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    Koi Splash by Ana Patitú

    Koi Splash

    Paintings - 60x92 cm
    Happiness is free by Clara Crespin
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    Happiness is free by Clara Crespin

    Happiness is free

    Paintings - 100x81 cm
    Grand bleu by Aude Billerot
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    Grand bleu by Aude Billerot

    Grand bleu

    Paintings - 60x60 cm
    Stubbed whale  by Jon Voss
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    Stubbed whale  by Jon Voss

    Stubbed whale

    Paintings - 30x30 cm
    Ecailles dorées by Andrea Plaza
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    Ecailles dorées by Andrea Plaza

    Ecailles dorées

    Paintings - 80x80 cm
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    Poissons volants (2) by Aude Billerot

    Poissons volants (2)

    Paintings - 80x80 cm
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    Bay of seagulls by Khalid Alzayani

    Bay of seagulls

    Paintings - 120x180 cm
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    Trockenübung (Dry Run) by Ralf Schmidt

    Trockenübung (Dry Run)

    Paintings - 100x100 cm
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    Medussa by Ben Stephenson

    Medussa

    Paintings - 70x44 cm
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    Catch4 by Christo Sharpe

    Catch4

    Paintings - 45x60 cm
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    Acid swimmers by Hira Gedikoglu

    Acid swimmers

    Paintings - 12x12 cmRent for $60 /mo
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    The Seabed Experiment by Victoria Horkan

    The Seabed Experiment

    Paintings - 100x100 cm
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    Des Profondeurs by Sophie Barthélémy

    Des Profondeurs

    Paintings - 60x60 cm
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    Ecailles N°21 by Andrea Plaza

    Ecailles N°21

    Paintings - 20x20 cm
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    Poissons volants by Aude Billerot

    Poissons volants

    Paintings - 80x80 cm
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    A contre courant by Patrick Brière

    A contre courant

    Paintings - 90x180 cm
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    Magical waters by Irene Hoff

    Magical waters

    Paintings - 90x170 cm
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    Lobster by Christo Sharpe

    Lobster

    Paintings - 45x60 cm
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    Mer rouge (1) by Aude Billerot

    Mer rouge (1)

    Paintings - 60x60 cm
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    Herrings by Adam Reid

    Herrings

    Paintings - 92x122 cmRent for $480 /mo
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    poisson rouge by Sophie Garapon

    poisson rouge

    Paintings - 40x50 cm
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    Fish 1 by Francisco Santos

    Fish 1

    Paintings - 110x65 cm
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    ,,Depth,, by VADIM KOVALEV

    ,,Depth,,

    Paintings - 120x150 cm

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