Titled "Study of Reclining Lions," the previously unknown work by the renowned French Romantic painter has been owned by a family in France since the mid-1800s ...

With that, the painting comes alive. Kim chooses to use animals as his subjects ... and glare on the glass is captured on the canvas by using a brush that measures a mere centimeter thick.

Tiger, oil on canvas, 1912. The artist’s vibrant animal paintings were based on careful study, including hours spent observing big cats at the Berlin Zoo. Lenbachhaus Munich, Donation of the ...

In some cases, animals at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo learn art as part of training exercises. They step into nontoxic paints and walk over a canvas in the direction of a target, and once they reach ...