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![Painting, De face, Kalus](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/281212_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Erika, Christa Riemann](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2179481_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Ifa, Jeannette Guichard-Bunel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2165926_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, L'échapée sauvage, Jeannette Guichard-Bunel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2165920_1_grid.jpg)
L'échapée sauvage
Jeannette Guichard-Bunel
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$4,484
![Painting, Princesse de la jungle, Jeannette Guichard-Bunel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2165910_1_grid.jpg)
Princesse de la jungle
Jeannette Guichard-Bunel
Painting - 73 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$3,588
![Painting, Bouledogue disco, Âme Sauvage](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2165705_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, La dame aux oiseaux, Dréa](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2165663_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Chronos et la lame du destin, Timothy Archer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2160252_1_grid.jpg)
Chronos et la lame du destin
Timothy Archer
Painting - 100 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 2 inch
$6,615
![Painting, Le dresseur des confins, Timothy Archer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2159955_1_grid.jpg)
Le dresseur des confins
Timothy Archer
Painting - 150 x 150 x 5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 x 2 inch
$7,287
![Painting, Jeune Poséidon à la murène amoureuse, Timothy Archer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2159684_1_grid.jpg)
Jeune Poséidon à la murène amoureuse
Timothy Archer
Painting - 125 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 49.2 x 39.4 x 2 inch
$6,615
![Painting, Les adieux d'Hécate, Timothy Archer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2159675_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Titanomachie, Timothy Archer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2159615_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le souper d'Hécate, Timothy Archer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2159217_1_grid.jpg)
Le souper d'Hécate
Timothy Archer
Painting - 150 x 150 x 5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 x 2 inch
$7,623
![Painting, Hécate et le triple retour, Timothy Archer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2159204_1_grid.jpg)
Hécate et le triple retour
Timothy Archer
Painting - 150 x 150 x 5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 x 2 inch
$7,623
![Painting, A Chapter of Tranquility, Desmond Akindoju](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2152486_1_grid.jpg)
A Chapter of Tranquility
Desmond Akindoju
Painting - 91.4 x 81.3 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 32 x 1 inch
$2,500
![Painting, Prélude de la goutte d'eau, Clara Crespin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2152340_1_grid.jpg)
Prélude de la goutte d'eau
Clara Crespin
Painting - 81 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,466
![Painting, Thought, Dorit Levi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2152082_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Vivid, Dorit Levi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2152051_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Horse xtrem colors, Xavier Wttrwulghe](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2147870_1_grid.jpg)
Horse xtrem colors
Xavier Wttrwulghe
Sculpture - 60 x 35 x 50 cm Sculpture - 23.6 x 13.8 x 19.7 inch
$3,924
![Sculpture, La daine d'hiver, Elizabeth Portnova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2147189_1_grid.jpg)
La daine d'hiver
Elizabeth Portnova
Sculpture - 30 x 40 x 17 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 15.7 x 6.7 inch
$3,700
![Sculpture, Le lion, Elizabeth Portnova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2147188_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Primevère, Elizabeth Portnova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2147187_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, La bête poétique, Elizabeth Portnova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2147185_1_grid.jpg)
La bête poétique
Elizabeth Portnova
Sculpture - 48 x 33 x 25 cm Sculpture - 18.9 x 13 x 9.8 inch
$2,803
![Sculpture, La daine, Elizabeth Portnova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2147139_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Way's Art 6, Isaflo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2146555_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le rat couronné, Xavier Wttrwulghe](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2143367_1_grid.jpg)
Le rat couronné
Xavier Wttrwulghe
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,139
![Sculpture, Piaf Bleu roi mat, Valerie Marty](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/214309_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Ecran vide, Junior Waylee](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2141238_1_grid.jpg)
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![Sculpture, Grues du Japon parade II, Bernard Rebaudet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2029332_1_grid.jpg)
Grues du Japon parade II
Bernard Rebaudet
Sculpture - 30 x 40 x 35 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 15.7 x 13.8 inch
$10,650
![Sculpture, Charge de l’éléphant d'Afrique, Bernard Rebaudet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2029308_1_grid.jpg)
Charge de l’éléphant d'Afrique
Bernard Rebaudet
Sculpture - 23 x 40 x 20 cm Sculpture - 9.1 x 15.7 x 7.9 inch
$11,099
![Sculpture, Envol du cygne, Bernard Rebaudet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2029293_1_grid.jpg)
Envol du cygne
Bernard Rebaudet
Sculpture - 26 x 45 x 41 cm Sculpture - 10.2 x 17.7 x 16.1 inch
$11,772
![Sculpture, Grande baleine, Bernard Rebaudet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2029287_1_grid.jpg)
Grande baleine
Bernard Rebaudet
Sculpture - 45 x 40 x 25 cm Sculpture - 17.7 x 15.7 x 9.8 inch
$11,772
![Sculpture, Grande panthere noire, Bernard Rebaudet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2029263_1_grid.jpg)
Grande panthere noire
Bernard Rebaudet
Sculpture - 15 x 45 x 15 cm Sculpture - 5.9 x 17.7 x 5.9 inch
$8,408
![Painting, Laurenz, Christa Riemann](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2000964_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Coq, le 10 ème, Stom500](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1999452_1_grid.jpg)
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![Print, Boeuf, le 2 ème, Stom500](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1999287_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Rat, le 1 er, Stom500](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1999248_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Sterne qui plonge, Jean Lemonnier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1988871_1_grid.jpg)
Sterne qui plonge
Jean Lemonnier
Sculpture - 39 x 65 x 20 cm Sculpture - 15.4 x 25.6 x 7.9 inch
$5,381
![Sculpture, Pie, Jean Lemonnier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1988832_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Grive, Jean Lemonnier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1988811_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Stories Scheherazade Certified IV, Grzegorz Sikorski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1985232_1_grid.jpg)
Stories Scheherazade Certified IV
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 45 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 17.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$213
![Painting, Florentine, Christa Riemann](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1942818_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Un peu plus près du paradis, Jeannette Guichard-Bunel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1936782_1_grid.jpg)
Un peu plus près du paradis
Jeannette Guichard-Bunel
Painting - 50 x 61 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 24 x 0.8 inch
$3,027
![Painting, Tourist Penguino, Penguino](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1928286_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Miss Antarctica, Penguino](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1928280_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Sacred Forest I, Fernando Alday](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/170482_1_grid.jpg)
Sacred Forest I
Fernando Alday
Fine Art Drawings - 81 x 130 cm Fine Art Drawings - 31.9 x 51.2 inch
$3,475
![Painting, Anti-Cyclone, Claude Voutat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1636800_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Another nesting theory, James Carter](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1551990_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Grand Singe au cigare, François Rambaud](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1526322_1_grid.jpg)
Grand Singe au cigare
François Rambaud
Sculpture - 80 x 45 x 70 cm Sculpture - 31.5 x 17.7 x 27.6 inch
$2,466
![Painting, Sans titre, Miguel Sancho](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1517640_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Lapin hollandais, Philippe Achermann](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1516365_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Birds over Horsehold, Christopher Rainham](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1495647_1_grid.jpg)
The Birds over Horsehold
Christopher Rainham
Painting - 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
$2,386
![Painting, La tienta sous un ciel gris, Brigitte Rouzaud](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1476096_1_grid.jpg)
La tienta sous un ciel gris
Brigitte Rouzaud
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$482
![Painting, Marriage of the crowd, Mehdi Mirbagheri](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1463376_1_grid.jpg)
Marriage of the crowd
Mehdi Mirbagheri
Painting - 120 x 200 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 78.7 x 0.8 inch
$12,332
![Sculpture, Taureau aubrac, Bernard Rebaudet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1439499_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Grand Ours Polaire, Bernard Rebaudet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1439493_1_grid.jpg)
Grand Ours Polaire
Bernard Rebaudet
Sculpture - 22 x 42 x 14 cm Sculpture - 8.7 x 16.5 x 5.5 inch
$9,978
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![Painting, Mutated, Heikki Länkinen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1382505_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Copper Panther, Steve Chaudanson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1373385_1_grid.jpg)
Copper Panther
Steve Chaudanson
Sculpture - 102.9 x 230 x 62.5 cm Sculpture - 40.5 x 90.6 x 24.6 inch
$58,297
![Painting, Spring, Patricia Dubois](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1372548_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Just Do It, Patricia Dubois](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1364697_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Dignity Colibri Red & Gold, Ernesto Yerena Montejano](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1343604_1_grid.jpg)
Dignity Colibri Red & Gold
Ernesto Yerena Montejano
Print - 20.3 x 25.4 x 0.1 cm Print - 8 x 10 x 0 inch
$223
![Painting, Aigle philippin, Docteur Bergman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1305921_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Les petites sardines, Dany Soyer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1290792_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Business Woman, Katia Ferrari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1265775_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Animals Business, Katia Ferrari](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1265757_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Girl with Dog, Antonio Feltrinelli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1242732_1_grid.jpg)
Girl with Dog
Antonio Feltrinelli
Painting - 120 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$12,332
![Painting, Untitled 91, Ghylan Safadi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1143747_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, La Fête est finie, Philippe Achermann](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1141932_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Face Totem 6, Themanfromthefuture Urano](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1141584_1_grid.jpg)
Face Totem 6
Themanfromthefuture Urano
Painting - 30 x 24 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch
$224
![Painting, Le Renard, Les Mouches et le Hérisson, Carlos Antonio Sablon Perez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1110684_1_grid.jpg)
Le Renard, Les Mouches et le Hérisson
Carlos Antonio Sablon Perez
Painting - 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$7,287
![Painting, The Blue Sky Above, Christopher Rainham](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1101726_1_grid.jpg)
The Blue Sky Above
Christopher Rainham
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$2,519
![Sculpture, Taureau, Jean Amiel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/108724_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Hippopotame, Jean Amiel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/108715_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Pélican au grand bec, Jean Amiel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/108694_1_grid.jpg)
Pélican au grand bec
Jean Amiel
Sculpture - 30 x 22 x 15 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 8.7 x 5.9 inch
$2,522
![Photography, The Woman with the Gulls, Alain Le Chapelier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1085367_1_grid.jpg)
The Woman with the Gulls
Alain Le Chapelier
Photography - 40 x 60 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 inch
$874
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![Painting, Bathing, Kamsar Ohanyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/921666_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le poisson et l'oiseau rouge, Thierry Rouxel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/823632_1_grid.jpg)
Le poisson et l'oiseau rouge
Thierry Rouxel
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$448
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![Painting, Anniversary - Contemporary self portrait, Nataliya Bagatskaya](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2180326_1_grid.jpg)
Anniversary - Contemporary self portrait
Nataliya Bagatskaya
Painting - 100 x 70 x 2.3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.9 inch
$2,803
![Sculpture, Puppy, Jeff Koons](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2178701_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Flying Dragon Floating Cloud, Hongda](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2175247_1_grid.jpg)
Flying Dragon Floating Cloud
Hongda
Painting - 80 x 60 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch
$2,444
![Painting, Supernatural Tortoise, Hongda](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2175239_1_grid.jpg)
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.