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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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

Sculpture, Bird, Milko Dobrev

Bird

Milko Dobrev

Sculpture - 43 x 8 x 7 cm Sculpture - 16.9 x 3.1 x 2.8 inch

€1,650

Print, Mallow, C215

Mallow

C215

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

€500

Painting, Félin, Miguel Guía

Félin

Miguel Guía

Painting - 64 x 60 x 4 cm Painting - 25.2 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch

€1,850

Sculpture, Cointreau China, Li Lihong

Cointreau China

Li Lihong

Sculpture - 20 x 9 x 9 cm Sculpture - 7.9 x 3.5 x 3.5 inch

€1,200

Print, L'Acrobate, Marc Chagall

L'Acrobate

Marc Chagall

Print - 48 x 34 x 0.2 cm Print - 18.9 x 13.4 x 0.1 inch

€1,010

Painting, Silver Black Cat, tizlu

Silver Black Cat

tizlu

Painting - 50 x 35.2 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 13.9 x 0 inch

€550

Print, Filou XL, C215

Filou XL

C215

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

€590

Print, Katz, C215

Katz

C215

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

€690

Painting, Childhood, Dasha Pogodina

Childhood

Dasha Pogodina

Painting - 94 x 94 x 2.5 cm Painting - 37 x 37 x 1 inch

€1,500

Sculpture, Balade bleu blanc, Shelby

Balade bleu blanc

Shelby

Sculpture - 116 x 89 x 3 cm Sculpture - 45.7 x 35 x 1.2 inch

€3,200

Painting, Sheep, Menashe Kadishman

Sheep

Menashe Kadishman

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

€1,138

Painting, Husky, Miguel Guía

Husky

Miguel Guía

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

€1,850

Painting, Primordial, BB.Queen

Primordial

BB.Queen

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

€1,000

Painting, The bird, Martin

The bird

Martin

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

€700

Painting, Lion #4, Martin

Lion #4

Martin

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

€750

Print, Golden Art - DJ, Sagrasse

Golden Art - DJ

Sagrasse

Print - 83 x 83 x 3 cm Print - 32.7 x 32.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,350

Print, Zebulun, Salvador Dali

Zebulun

Salvador Dali

Print - 49.5 x 36 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.5 x 14.2 x 0 inch

€1,400

Painting, Chat, C215

Chat

C215

Painting - 36.5 x 24.5 x 0.1 cm Painting - 14.4 x 9.6 x 0 inch

€1,680

Painting, 3 Sheep, Menashe Kadishman

3 Sheep

Menashe Kadishman

Painting - 60 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch

€7,027

Painting, La plage, Xiu

La plage

Xiu

Painting - 79 x 59 x 1 cm Painting - 31.1 x 23.2 x 0.4 inch

€2,500

Painting, A walk, Galya Popova

A walk

Galya Popova

Painting - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€2,400

Painting, Seagull, Galya Popova

Seagull

Galya Popova

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

€1,650

Painting, Tetris, BB.Queen

Tetris

BB.Queen

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

€1,600

Print, Owl Fancier, Irena Aizen

Owl Fancier

Irena Aizen

Print - 25 x 19.5 x 0.5 cm Print - 9.8 x 7.7 x 0.2 inch

€648

Painting, Bird, David Jamin

Bird

David Jamin

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

€730

Painting, Peacock, Alexandra Djokic

Peacock

Alexandra Djokic

Painting - 101 x 72 x 0.1 cm Painting - 39.8 x 28.3 x 0 inch

€1,600

Print, Ocelot, Hunt Slonem

Ocelot

Hunt Slonem

Print - 78.7 x 67.3 cm Print - 31 x 26.5 inch

€683

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