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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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Painting, Birds, Sjöfn Kolbeins

Birds

Sjöfn Kolbeins

Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

$1,488

Sculpture, Mauka, Anne Rabion

Mauka

Anne Rabion

Sculpture - 25 x 11 x 10 cm Sculpture - 9.8 x 4.3 x 3.9 inch

$893

Painting, Savanah Blues, Brusk (DMV)

Savanah Blues

Brusk (DMV)

Painting - 85 x 105 x 3 cm Painting - 33.5 x 41.3 x 1.2 inch

$8,929

Painting, Bird, Stavri Kalinov

Bird

Stavri Kalinov

Painting - 125 x 125 x 3 cm Painting - 49.2 x 49.2 x 1.2 inch

$11,310

Painting, Tiger graf', DN

Tiger graf'

DN

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

$1,071

Painting, Yayoi, Yu Deng

Yayoi

Yu Deng

Painting - 40 x 30 x 3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch

$2,976

Sculpture, Taureau 5, Julien Cuny

Taureau 5

Julien Cuny

Sculpture - 35 x 25 x 15 cm Sculpture - 13.8 x 9.8 x 5.9 inch

$893

Painting, Reptile 2, Peny Manavi

Reptile 2

Peny Manavi

Painting - 110 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 43.3 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

$2,381

Sculpture, RoboCat pink, Hiro Ando

RoboCat pink

Hiro Ando

Sculpture - 31 x 25 x 25 cm Sculpture - 12.2 x 9.8 x 9.8 inch

$5,357

Painting, Roe Deer, Art Vladi

Roe Deer

Art Vladi

Painting - 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch

$2,262

Print, Vol au Martin, Kozo Inoue

Vol au Martin

Kozo Inoue

Print - 63.5 x 90.2 x 0.3 cm Print - 25 x 35.5 x 0.1 inch

$600

Print, Lady bird, Guy Allen

Lady bird

Guy Allen

Print - 45 x 45 cm Print - 17.7 x 17.7 inch

$635

Painting, Fly#3, Sparkle

Fly#3

Sparkle

Painting - 73 x 92 x 1 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36.2 x 0.4 inch

$952

Print, Wild life 1, Oak Oak

Wild life 1

Oak Oak

Print - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Print - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch

$179

Painting, Blue tiger focus, Mosko

Blue tiger focus

Mosko

Painting - 36 x 55 x 4 cm Painting - 14.2 x 21.7 x 1.6 inch

$1,429

Sculpture, Arthus, Michel Duclos

Arthus

Michel Duclos

Sculpture - 21 x 37 x 20 cm Sculpture - 8.3 x 14.6 x 7.9 inch

$2,262

Sculpture, Chouette, Patmoli

Chouette

Patmoli

Sculpture - 39 x 30 x 7 cm Sculpture - 15.4 x 11.8 x 2.8 inch

$714

Painting, Vitale, Keng Wai Lee

Vitale

Keng Wai Lee

Painting - 81.5 x 81.5 x 4 cm Painting - 32.1 x 32.1 x 1.6 inch

$2,542

Print, Sauveteuses, Clemyart

Sauveteuses

Clemyart

Print - 48 x 32 x 1 cm Print - 18.9 x 12.6 x 0.4 inch

$595 $536

Painting, Indomptable, Socrate

Indomptable

Socrate

Painting - 60 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch

$1,191

Painting, A Moment Of Rest, Leo Ray

A Moment Of Rest

Leo Ray

Painting - 30 x 40 x 2.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 1 inch

$1,150

Print, Untitled, Leonor Fini

Untitled

Leonor Fini

Print - 32 x 24 cm Print - 12.6 x 9.4 inch

$714

Print, Serpent néon, Dréa

Serpent néon

Dréa

Print - 63.5 x 50.8 x 0.63 cm Print - 25 x 20 x 0.2 inch

$750

Sculpture, Horse, Gelitin

Horse

Gelitin

Sculpture - 132 x 60 x 100 cm Sculpture - 52 x 23.6 x 39.4 inch

$5,834

Print, One love, Paola Pivi

One love

Paola Pivi

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

$429

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