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Affinity IV, maquette
Patrick Villas
Sculpture - 60 x 40 x 23 cm Sculpture - 23.6 x 15.7 x 9.1 inch
€16,000
Golden Monkey
Valerian Sioridzé
Sculpture - 32 x 19 x 12 cm Sculpture - 12.6 x 7.5 x 4.7 inch
€1,250
Cloned Polar Bear with pet bottle
William Sweetlove
Sculpture - 40 x 26 x 21 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 10.2 x 8.3 inch
€5,000
Very shine / Tout timide
Sophie Verger
Sculpture - 23 x 10 x 11 cm Sculpture - 9.1 x 3.9 x 4.3 inch
€2,200
The blue bird (fairy tale)
Viktor Zuk
Sculpture - 29 x 35 x 17 cm Sculpture - 11.4 x 13.8 x 6.7 inch
€599
Piaf Classic Uni
Valerie Marty
Sculpture - 16.5 x 8.1 x 11.9 cm Sculpture - 6.5 x 3.2 x 4.7 inch
€950 €760
Le Rhino danseur bleu ultra mate
Xavier Wttrwulghe
Sculpture - 60 x 25 x 25 cm Sculpture - 23.6 x 9.8 x 9.8 inch
€2,900
Orang-outan sage
Valerian Sioridzé
Sculpture - 34 x 19 x 12 cm Sculpture - 13.4 x 7.5 x 4.7 inch
€950
Dos rond 3/8
Jean-François Gambino
Sculpture - 39 x 42 x 26 cm Sculpture - 15.4 x 16.5 x 10.2 inch
€15,000
Loup Hurlant résine métal Grey Mat 2022
Richard Orlinski
Sculpture - 40 x 30 x 12 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 11.8 x 4.7 inch
€6,900
La Souris
Jean-François Gambino
Sculpture - 45 x 63 x 27 cm Sculpture - 17.7 x 24.8 x 10.6 inch
€16,000
Wild Kong Red 30cm
Richard Orlinski
Sculpture - 30 x 24 x 11 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 9.4 x 4.3 inch
€3,358 €3,022
Wild kong black mate
Richard Orlinski
Sculpture - 30 x 24 x 11 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 9.4 x 4.3 inch
€4,318
Le Rhino danseur Apple green
Xavier Wttrwulghe
Sculpture - 60 x 25 x 25 cm Sculpture - 23.6 x 9.8 x 9.8 inch
€2,900
Gibraltar 2/8
Jean-François Gambino
Sculpture - 47 x 15 x 15 cm Sculpture - 18.5 x 5.9 x 5.9 inch
€10,000
Piaf révolution s rose fluo
Valerie Marty
Sculpture - 16 x 12 x 8 cm Sculpture - 6.3 x 4.7 x 3.1 inch
€590
Cheval cabré Tag
Richard Orlinski
Sculpture - 40 x 10 x 26 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 3.9 x 10.2 inch
€8,900
Panthère crackled bleu
Richard Orlinski
Sculpture - 17 x 40 x 9 cm Sculpture - 6.7 x 15.7 x 3.5 inch
€10,900
Between Father and Mother
Sophie Verger
Sculpture - 25.5 x 36 x 31 cm Sculpture - 10 x 14.2 x 12.2 inch
€7,200
Sitting Picsou Uncle Scoodge
Naor
Sculpture - 65 x 50 x 36 cm Sculpture - 25.6 x 19.7 x 14.2 inch
€3,750
The dog school in bronze
Sophie Verger
Sculpture - 59 x 68 x 21 cm Sculpture - 23.2 x 26.8 x 8.3 inch
€8,800
The three bronze Eves
Sophie Verger
Sculpture - 187 x 50 x 28 cm Sculpture - 73.6 x 19.7 x 11 inch
€44,000
Big Pregnant Giraffe
Sophie Verger
Sculpture - 185 x 37 x 35 cm Sculpture - 72.8 x 14.6 x 13.8 inch
€19,000
Giraffe and her three daughters
Sophie Verger
Sculpture - 77 x 16 x 23 cm Sculpture - 30.3 x 6.3 x 9.1 inch
€5,900
Bear in Kamchatka
Sophie Verger
Sculpture - 49 x 20.5 x 18 cm Sculpture - 19.3 x 8.1 x 7.1 inch
€5,900
Boxing Kong
Richard Orlinski
Sculpture - 180 x 97 x 144 cm Sculpture - 70.9 x 38.2 x 56.7 inch
€124,732
Tigre ajouré inox finition brillante 130
Richard Orlinski
Sculpture - 82 x 124 x 58 cm Sculpture - 32.3 x 48.8 x 22.8 inch
€72,000
Ours rouge flamme
Richard Orlinski
Sculpture - 40 x 25 x 28 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 9.8 x 11 inch
€8,500
Kong baril crackled turquoise
Richard Orlinski
Sculpture - 45 x 25 x 15 cm Sculpture - 17.7 x 9.8 x 5.9 inch
Sold
Loup hurlant 40 Metallictic
Richard Orlinski
Sculpture - 32 x 36 x 12 cm Sculpture - 12.6 x 14.2 x 4.7 inch
€7,400
Ballon Animals
Jeff Koons
Sculpture - 39.2 x 34.9 x 20.9 cm Sculpture - 15.4 x 13.7 x 8.2 inch
€35,000
Dreaming rabbit-large size
Viktor Zuk
Sculpture - 35.5 x 35 x 22 cm Sculpture - 14 x 13.8 x 8.7 inch
€590
Bronzen Knuffel VI (Stuffed animal VI)
Babette Degraeve
Sculpture - 33 x 20 x 12 cm Sculpture - 13 x 7.9 x 4.7 inch
€1,375
Rhino Danseur Bronze 1/8
Xavier Wttrwulghe
Sculpture - 45 x 20 x 20 cm Sculpture - 17.7 x 7.9 x 7.9 inch
€5,900
Hippopotamus
Richard Orlinski
Sculpture - 43 x 70 x 25 cm Sculpture - 16.9 x 27.6 x 9.8 inch
€16,503 €14,853
Orange Funny Dragon I
Viktor Zuk
Sculpture - 22.5 x 17 x 13 cm Sculpture - 8.9 x 6.7 x 5.1 inch
€515
Lion and two cubs
Sophie Verger
Sculpture - 25 x 43 x 16 cm Sculpture - 9.8 x 16.9 x 6.3 inch
€4,500
Giraffe and his greyhound
Sophie Verger
Sculpture - 62 x 33 x 15 cm Sculpture - 24.4 x 13 x 5.9 inch
€4,100
Tête de Cheval I
Christophe Charbonnel
Sculpture - 29.2 x 15.2 x 33 cm Sculpture - 11.5 x 6 x 13 inch
€11,500 €10,350
Crabe rose / Pink crab
Boris Tabacoff
Sculpture - 10 x 15 x 5 cm Sculpture - 3.9 x 5.9 x 2 inch
€1,250
Funny Pig-bottle stopper
Jaromir Gargulak
Sculpture - 5 x 4.5 x 3 cm Sculpture - 2 x 1.8 x 1.2 inch
€220
Bird with Long tail 6/25
Jaromir Gargulak
Sculpture - 4 x 10 x 3.5 cm Sculpture - 1.6 x 3.9 x 1.4 inch
€380
Orange Bird (large size)
Viktor Zuk
Sculpture - 35 x 33 x 13 cm Sculpture - 13.8 x 13 x 5.1 inch
Sold
Taureau aluminium (1)
Jérôme Radigois
Sculpture - 35 x 80 x 27 cm Sculpture - 13.8 x 31.5 x 10.6 inch
€7,000
The Summertime Butterflies Of Love
Yasna Godovanik
Sculpture - 58 x 76 x 20 cm Sculpture - 22.8 x 29.9 x 7.9 inch
€2,500
Singes sages rouge
Miguel Guía
Sculpture - 18 x 32 x 12.5 cm Sculpture - 7.1 x 12.6 x 4.9 inch
€1,536
A bear named Sisyphus
Sophie Verger
Sculpture - 38 x 29 x 12 cm Sculpture - 15 x 11.4 x 4.7 inch
€3,800
In the Arena or My Favourite Bull
Sophie Verger
Sculpture - 40 x 35 x 12 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 13.8 x 4.7 inch
€4,200
La petite merveille ou à iris / A little wonder
Sophie Verger
Sculpture - 30 x 18 x 15 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 7.1 x 5.9 inch
€3,500
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Animal Sculpture for Sale
Animal sculpture is a sculptural style in its own right. This specific genre deserves the same recognition as nude, marble, bronze and resin sculptures.
The representation of animals and anthropomorphism has long been a source of inspiration for sculptural creations and yet it was once considered a minor genre in Western European decorative arts. Ironically, animal sculpture was of the utmost importance to Ancient civilizations. Countless ancient Egyptian buildings for example were adorned with animal sculptures, from grandiose representations of felines to Sphinxes. More generally within the visual arts, animals were rarely represented in their own right, and were often depicted accompanying or symbolizing mythological figures or even character traits.
Aside from its mythical representations, animal sculptures were also popular with suzerain states who used monumental bronze sculptures of lions or eagles to symbolise the immensity of their power.
However, it wasn't until 1831 that the sculptor Antoine-Louis Barye finally established animal sculpture as a noble art, thanks to his work "Tiger devouring a Gavial Crocodile" at the Salon de Paris. It was no longer fashionable to depict animals as unreal, mythological creatures in the decorative arts and instead naturalism and realistic representations of animals characterized the sculpture of the period. Ideas about nature's wealth and abundance meant that all creatures deserved to be carefully and meticulously recreated in the closest likeness possible. Mythical animal interpretations were left behind and artists concentrated on capturing the finer details of an animal's fur, muscles or mouth.
A new wave of renowned animal sculptors emerged. Pierre-Jules Mêne, Antoine Aigon and Jean Germain Demay are just a few examples of some of these pioneering artists. Particularly interested in 'exotic' species (snakes, gazelles, elephants, giraffes, hippopotamuses…), they all explored representing the natural world in a variety of different ways.
In the 20th century, realist tendencies gradually faded away and a new group of creative minds began to experiment with animal sculpture as part of the shift towards modern sculpture.
Numerous artists tried their hand at animal sculpture whilst applying new aesthetic criteria which was largely influenced by modern and contemporary art movements: Abstract art, Impressionism, Cubism, Expressionism. Guided by key surrealist influences, which could not have been further removed from the traditional styles of the past century, a new bestiary was created. Pablo Picasso and Alberto Giacometti were among the key figures who helped to reinvent the way artists endeavored to sculpt animals.
In contemporary animal sculpture, radically redefining artistic techniques and the way we represent living beings has taken precedence over realistic proportion sizes and lifelike features. Artists no longer refrain from accentuating a particular body part, removing a limb for example or creating an entirely new hybrid beast. However, many artists are also skilled at creating hyper-realistic animals that seem so real they almost appear to be alive.
To help you get an idea of the latest animal sculptures, take a look at Artsper's collection of sculpted animals, selected from some of the best contemporary art galleries and made by artists including Jaques Dufrane, Raymundo Fabian Melchor and Roxana y Jesus Hernandez.
Some of the most famous animal sculptures in the world are Charging Bull by Arturo di Modica, The Last Three by Gillie and Marc Schattner, and Lions by Edward Kemeys.
The most famous sculptors who produced animal sculptures include Edward Kemeys, who is credited as being the first animal sculptor (animalier) in America, and Antoine-Louis Barye, a French Romantic sculptor who lived during the late 18th and 19th centuries.
Jeff Koons' Rabbit series consists of three stainless steel animal sculptures.