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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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Print, Spider Web, Vija Celmins

Spider Web

Vija Celmins

Print - 44.5 x 48.3 x 0.3 cm Print - 17.5 x 19 x 0.1 inch

€11,393

Fine Art Drawings, Blue Bunny, Lisa Yuskavage

Blue Bunny

Lisa Yuskavage

Fine Art Drawings - 49.5 x 49.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.5 x 19.5 inch

€75,000

Sculpture, Bull, Hannes D'Haese

Bull

Hannes D'Haese

Sculpture - 22 x 33 x 15 cm Sculpture - 8.7 x 13 x 5.9 inch

€199

Photography, Cabourg 2025, Glenn Varez

Cabourg 2025

Glenn Varez

Photography - 42 x 29.7 cm Photography - 16.5 x 11.7 inch

€150

Sculpture, Unicorn, Ara Alekyan

Unicorn

Ara Alekyan

Sculpture - 83 x 60 x 45 cm Sculpture - 32.7 x 23.6 x 17.7 inch

€23,000

Photography, Leopardi, Alfons Alt

Leopardi

Alfons Alt

Photography - 81 x 100 x 5 cm Photography - 31.9 x 39.4 x 2 inch

€3,200

Print, Le poulpe, Marie Hugo

Le poulpe

Marie Hugo

Print - 52.5 x 69 cm Print - 20.7 x 27.2 inch

€400

Photography, Introspection #5, M.A. Roziq

Introspection #5

M.A. Roziq

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

€3,500

Painting, La Piel Del Jaguar, VinZ

La Piel Del Jaguar

VinZ

Painting - 29.5 x 20.5 x 0.1 cm Painting - 11.6 x 8.1 x 0 inch

€700

Painting, White nurse, Matthew Rose

White nurse

Matthew Rose

Painting - 41 x 33 x 1.5 cm Painting - 16.1 x 13 x 0.6 inch

€1,500

Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Michel Lablais

Sans titre

Michel Lablais

Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 23.5 x 4 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 9.3 x 1.6 inch

€700

Sculpture, Patience, Jeanne Lorioz

Patience

Jeanne Lorioz

Sculpture - 46 x 17 x 22 cm Sculpture - 18.1 x 6.7 x 8.7 inch

€5,200

Sculpture, Pénéloppe, Olivier Bertrand

Pénéloppe

Olivier Bertrand

Sculpture - 45 x 25 x 45 cm Sculpture - 17.7 x 9.8 x 17.7 inch

Price upon request

Photography, Band of love, Lars Beusker

Band of love

Lars Beusker

Photography - 104 x 169 x 2 cm Photography - 40.9 x 66.5 x 0.8 inch

Price upon request

Sculpture, A bird, Milko Dobrev

A bird

Milko Dobrev

Sculpture - 46 x 23 x 7 cm Sculpture - 18.1 x 9.1 x 2.8 inch

€1,700

Print, Charity, Irena Aizen

Charity

Irena Aizen

Print - 36 x 23.5 x 1 cm Print - 14.2 x 9.3 x 0.4 inch

€648

Print, Vermeer, Erró

Vermeer

Erró

Print - 58.4 x 80 cm Print - 23 x 31.5 inch

€775

Painting, Animales, Enrique Pichardo

Animales

Enrique Pichardo

Painting - 98 x 147 x 1 cm Painting - 38.6 x 57.9 x 0.4 inch

€2,192

Print, Angels, Menashe Kadishman

Angels

Menashe Kadishman

Print - 53 x 73 x 0.5 cm Print - 20.9 x 28.7 x 0.2 inch

€1,531

Print, Bises Bee, M.Chat

Bises Bee

M.Chat

Print - 61 x 68 x 0.01 cm Print - 24 x 26.8 x 0 inch

€550

Print, Mars, M.Chat

Mars

M.Chat

Print - 76.5 x 56 x 0.1 cm Print - 30.1 x 22 x 0 inch

€520

Print, Colonel Moutarde, C215

Colonel Moutarde

C215

Print - 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€400

Painting, Birds, David Jamin

Birds

David Jamin

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

€690

Print, Digigraphie CAT, C215

Digigraphie CAT

C215

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

€690

Painting, Dream, Galya Popova

Dream

Galya Popova

Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

€800

Print, Chacha, C215

Chacha

C215

Print - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch

€590

Painting, Taureau, Josette Dubost

Taureau

Josette Dubost

Painting - 70 x 60 x 4 cm Painting - 27.6 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch

€700

Painting, Héron, Xiu

Héron

Xiu

Painting - 33 x 33 x 1 cm Painting - 13 x 13 x 0.4 inch

€500

Print, Birdscape, Erró

Birdscape

Erró

Print - 56 x 78 cm Print - 22 x 30.7 inch

€550

Sculpture, Two birds, Milko Dobrev

Two birds

Milko Dobrev

Sculpture - 37 x 11 x 7 cm Sculpture - 14.6 x 4.3 x 2.8 inch

€1,950

Fine Art Drawings, What's going on?, tizlu

What's going on?

tizlu

Fine Art Drawings - 34 x 25 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.4 x 9.8 x 0 inch

€580

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