Animal

Animals are often featured in news, sometimes in heartwarming tales of human and animal companionship and other times in heartbreaking stories of illegal trade and endangered species. Animals are even present in social sciences, especially thank to  ethology (behavioural sciences of animals in their natural habitat). They have fascinated philosophers from Antiquity all the way through to today and they are even present in the medical realm, as the benefits of animal-assisted therapies have been scientifically proven. 

The relationship between humans and animals is also taken into account in the politics, most notably when debating topics related to ecology, the protection of ecosystems and sustainable development. Thus, animals might be seen as a crucial indicator of humanity's concerns. 

As well in these many sectors, animals are also very much present in the arts. A number of art museums have decided exhibitions to animals including the Cluny Museum in Paris and MoMA PS1 in New York. Whether simply a humble spectator in an 18th century painting or the central subject of a Courbet painting, animals are present throughout the history of art. From symbolic, to esthetic, to abstract, to animal drawings meant to simply record their appearance...all these representations have played a role in influencing artists and also how we characterise and think of individual animals.

Each civilisation has represented the animal on multiples supports (mosaics, metal, stone, bones, etc.) as seen on the Nerja cave wall paintings in Andalusia discovered in 1925. Animal iconography has had multiple purposes, varying according to the era and place. Bats, for example, are often used to represent death, fear or superstition in Western art, whereas the Chinese see them as a sign of happiness. The omnipresence of animals within cultures across the globe is probably down to the similarities between men and animal, a source of both fascination and fear. 

In this selection, Artsper helps you to discover the beauty of the animal kingdom, its diversity, strength and fragility. Artists depict animals in a huge range of mediums: sculpture, painting, photographs, and drawings. Contemporary artists bring an original and poetic vision to their representations of the animals with whom we share our world.

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Painting, Birds, David Jamin

David Jamin

Painting - 30 x 30 x 2.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 1 inch

$843 $758

Print, Sans-titre, Max Ernst

Max Ernst

Print - 38 x 28 cm Print - 15 x 11 inch

$794

Print, Paris verte, M.Chat

M.Chat

Print - 44 x 35 cm Print - 17.3 x 13.8 inch

$427

Painting, Jungle, Daria Borisova

Daria Borisova

Painting - 92 x 61 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 24 x 0.8 inch

$2,370

Painting, En route, Rudyard Heaton

Rudyard Heaton

Painting - 60 x 81 x 2.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.9 x 1 inch

$916

Print, Balance, Irena Aizen

Irena Aizen

Print - 25.5 x 22.5 x 1 cm Print - 10 x 8.9 x 0.4 inch

$791

Painting, Robe noir, Barbara Goldmann

Barbara Goldmann

Painting - 76 x 56 x 0.5 cm Painting - 29.9 x 22 x 0.2 inch

$1,465

Sculpture, Piaf Pikachu, Valerie Marty

Valerie Marty

Sculpture - 21 x 12 x 12 cm Sculpture - 8.3 x 4.7 x 4.7 inch

$916

Print, The King, Blek Le Rat

Blek Le Rat

Print - 23 x 31 x 0.1 cm Print - 9.1 x 12.2 x 0 inch

$1,954

Painting, Carpes Koïs, Hervé Maury

Hervé Maury

Painting - 50 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

$977

Print, Lory, James Jean

James Jean

Print - 35.6 x 28 x 0.2 cm Print - 14 x 11 x 0.1 inch

$2,442

Print, The dog, Takeru Amano

Takeru Amano

Print - 69 x 69 cm Print - 27.2 x 27.2 inch

$1,465

Painting, The Giant, Alexander Levich

Alexander Levich

Painting - 20 x 30 x 3.5 cm Painting - 7.9 x 11.8 x 1.4 inch

$916 $687

Design, Baby Cat, M.Chat

M.Chat

Design - 24 x 18 x 16 cm Design - 9.4 x 7.1 x 6.3 inch

$3,419

Painting, Capture, Safia Wosth

Safia Wosth

Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

$611

Painting, Dinner, Sargis Zaqaryan

Sargis Zaqaryan

Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

$593 $475

Painting, Stoulgram, Stoul

Stoul

Painting - 50 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch

$916

Painting, Lion King, Art By Son

Art By Son

Painting - 200 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 78.7 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch

$17,705

Sculpture, Chat sur bidon, C215

C215

Sculpture - 22 x 17 x 7 cm Sculpture - 8.7 x 6.7 x 2.8 inch

$2,686

Sculpture, Funny doggy, Patrick Cornée

Patrick Cornée

Sculpture - 36 x 35 x 15 cm Sculpture - 14.2 x 13.8 x 5.9 inch

$2,320

Sculpture, Tattoo bull II, James Chiew

James Chiew

Sculpture - 35 x 62 x 39 cm Sculpture - 13.8 x 24.4 x 15.4 inch

$2,992

Painting, Aerodynamic, Stom500

Stom500

Painting - 120 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 2 inch

$5,983

Print, Butterfly II, James Chiew

James Chiew

Print - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Print - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

$3,358

Sculpture, Misty, Bernard Rives

Bernard Rives

Sculpture - 45 x 18 x 12 cm Sculpture - 17.7 x 7.1 x 4.7 inch

$1,832

Painting, Fly#7, Sparkle

Sparkle

Painting - 80 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch

$977 $879

Print, Dressage, Claude Weisbuch

Claude Weisbuch

Print - 56 x 75 x 0.12 cm Print - 22 x 29.5 x 0 inch

$794 $714

Painting, Scène taurine, Juan Benito

Juan Benito

Painting - 50 x 60 x 0.3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch

$843

Sculpture, La Possédée, André Masson

André Masson

Sculpture - 38 x 42 x 18 cm Sculpture - 15 x 16.5 x 7.1 inch

$39,073

Fine Art Drawings, Grosminet, Onemizer

Onemizer

Fine Art Drawings - 32 x 23 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.6 x 9.1 x 0 inch

$4,396

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