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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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Photography, Méduse, Maxime Blachère

Méduse

Maxime Blachère

Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch

$178

Sculpture, Confu$ious, Shay Kun

Confu$ious

Shay Kun

Sculpture - 160 x 35 x 35 cm Sculpture - 63 x 13.8 x 13.8 inch

$26,000

Sculpture, Mother, Jürgen Lingl

Mother

Jürgen Lingl

Sculpture - 59 x 35 x 38 cm Sculpture - 23.2 x 13.8 x 15 inch

$21,947

Sculpture, Dachshund, Leo Sewell

Dachshund

Leo Sewell

Sculpture - 34.29 x 74.93 x 17 cm Sculpture - 13.5 x 29.5 x 6.7 inch

$25,000

Sculpture, Spring, Hakob Vardanyan

Spring

Hakob Vardanyan

Sculpture - 60 x 55 x 65 cm Sculpture - 23.6 x 21.7 x 25.6 inch

$5,813

Painting, Study, James Ulmer

Study

James Ulmer

Painting - 30.48 x 22.86 x 2 cm Painting - 12 x 9 x 0.8 inch

$5,000

Painting, Deer, Paul Wilde

Deer

Paul Wilde

Painting - 86 x 122 x 1 cm Painting - 33.9 x 48 x 0.4 inch

$3,559

Sculpture, Owl, Dávid Máriássy

Owl

Dávid Máriássy

Sculpture - 37 x 26 x 1 cm Sculpture - 14.6 x 10.2 x 0.4 inch

$991

Painting, Butterfly, Punkmetender

Butterfly

Punkmetender

Painting - 152 x 152 x 5.5 cm Painting - 59.8 x 59.8 x 2.2 inch

$10,677

Sculpture, Panda aurore boreal, Domone

Panda aurore boreal

Domone

Sculpture - 62 x 57 x 45 cm Sculpture - 24.4 x 22.4 x 17.7 inch

$2,135

Painting, Gumdrop, Brent Estabrook

Gumdrop

Brent Estabrook

Painting - 41 x 41 x 2.5 cm Painting - 16.1 x 16.1 x 1 inch

$6,250

Painting, Equus colore, Lluc Queralt

Equus colore

Lluc Queralt

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

$1,424

Print, Tigre de Java, Gorg One

Tigre de Java

Gorg One

Print - 50 x 70 x 1 cm Print - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch

$237

Print, Soother, Brett Crawford

Soother

Brett Crawford

Print - 19.7 x 19.7 x 2 cm Print - 7.8 x 7.8 x 0.8 inch

$10,000

Print, Astra Guernica, Skepa

Astra Guernica

Skepa

Print - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

$273

Painting, Dog, Iryna Maksymova

Dog

Iryna Maksymova

Painting - 122 x 97 x 2 cm Painting - 48 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch

$5,694

Painting, Untitled, Matija Bobicic

Untitled

Matija Bobicic

Painting - 73.66 x 58.42 x 2 cm Painting - 29 x 23 x 0.8 inch

$4,200

Fine Art Drawings, Perruche soleil, Twane

Perruche soleil

Twane

Fine Art Drawings - 60 x 40 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch

$712

Fine Art Drawings, Le Buffle, Jean Poulain

Le Buffle

Jean Poulain

Fine Art Drawings - 58 x 78 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 22.8 x 30.7 x 1.2 inch

$937

Print, The Sorrel, Gianni Testa

The Sorrel

Gianni Testa

Print - 70 x 100 x 0.2 cm Print - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.1 inch

$285

Sculpture, Beak2beak, Dominic Benhura

Beak2beak

Dominic Benhura

Sculpture - 96.5 x 25.4 x 15.2 cm Sculpture - 38 x 10 x 6 inch

$7,600

Print, Risciò, Sandro Trotti

Risciò

Sandro Trotti

Print - 50 x 70 x 0.2 cm Print - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch

$308

Sculpture, Izanami, Juliette Clovis

Izanami

Juliette Clovis

Sculpture - 34 x 34 x 27 cm Sculpture - 13.4 x 13.4 x 10.6 inch

$8,126

Sculpture, Wild gorille 1255, Masaya

Wild gorille 1255

Masaya

Sculpture - 115 x 68 x 60 cm Sculpture - 45.3 x 26.8 x 23.6 inch

$12,457

Sculpture, Golden snake, Cobelentsz

Golden snake

Cobelentsz

Sculpture - 29 x 39 x 7 cm Sculpture - 11.4 x 15.4 x 2.8 inch

$4,093

Painting, Arya, Dave Baranes

Arya

Dave Baranes

Painting - 120 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch

$9,491

Fine Art Drawings, Paz / Peace, Manuel Marteles

Paz / Peace

Manuel Marteles

Fine Art Drawings - 24.5 x 21.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.6 x 8.5 inch

$1,186

Painting, Quatre C, Emeline Piot

Quatre C

Emeline Piot

Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

$9,491

Painting, Le renard, Guang Yi Zhao

Le renard

Guang Yi Zhao

Painting - 100 x 80 x 5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 2 inch

$11,341

Print, The Cat, Gianpaolo Berto

The Cat

Gianpaolo Berto

Print - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

$237

Painting, Maia, Bamba

Maia

Bamba

Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch

$356

Painting, Loki, Vova Keno

Loki

Vova Keno

Painting - 110 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 43.3 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

$2,610

Sculpture, Watch Dog, Jorg Ridderbusch

Watch Dog

Jorg Ridderbusch

Sculpture - 80 x 65 x 30 cm Sculpture - 31.5 x 25.6 x 11.8 inch

$2,195

Print, Bird, Aldo Turchiaro

Bird

Aldo Turchiaro

Print - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch

$356

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