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Le Félin
Patricia Guinois Messica
Sculpture - 27 x 60 x 14 cm Sculpture - 10.6 x 23.6 x 5.5 inch
€6,500
Dardos yellow
Javier de la Rosa
Sculpture - 20 x 120 x 30 cm Sculpture - 7.9 x 47.2 x 11.8 inch
€2,438
Fauvette pitchou
François Galoyer
Sculpture - 11.5 x 8 x 4.5 cm Sculpture - 4.5 x 3.1 x 1.8 inch
€3,500
Singe bleu au cigare
François Rambaud
Sculpture - 35 x 25 x 18 cm Sculpture - 13.8 x 9.8 x 7.1 inch
€600
Cloned Dachshund with pet bottle
William Sweetlove
Sculpture - 39 x 65 x 20 cm Sculpture - 15.4 x 25.6 x 7.9 inch
€7,000
My crocodile is crazy
Patrick Cornée
Sculpture - 19 x 72 x 26 cm Sculpture - 7.5 x 28.3 x 10.2 inch
€2,500 €2,250
Yoda Kaléidoscope
Benjamin Pietri
Sculpture - 26 x 19.5 x 5.5 cm Sculpture - 10.2 x 7.7 x 2.2 inch
€800
Snail / l'escargot
Lieven D'Haese
Sculpture - 44 x 14 x 19 cm Sculpture - 17.3 x 5.5 x 7.5 inch
€3,200
King Kong, Gorilla, stop wars
Patrick Cornée
Sculpture - 40 x 30 x 12 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 11.8 x 4.7 inch
€2,300 €2,070
Eléphants en équilibre h cm 200
Philippe Berry
Sculpture - 200 x 50 x 50 cm Sculpture - 78.7 x 19.7 x 19.7 inch
€28,000
My parrot is a rapper
Patrick Cornée
Sculpture - 30 x 20 x 15 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 7.9 x 5.9 inch
€2,300 €2,070
My monkey is a rapper
Patrick Cornée
Sculpture - 24 x 20 x 16 cm Sculpture - 9.4 x 7.9 x 6.3 inch
€2,300 €2,070
Spring Sprouts on Death
Abhishek Kumar
Sculpture - 12.7 x 11.4 x 5.1 cm Sculpture - 5 x 4.5 x 2 inch
€1,929
Sapeur Cerf
Boureima Ouedraogo
Sculpture - 35 x 36.5 x 16 cm Sculpture - 13.8 x 14.4 x 6.3 inch
€850
Fragment de gorille
Florence Jacquesson
Sculpture - 48 x 35 x 20 cm Sculpture - 18.9 x 13.8 x 7.9 inch
€11,000
My Dog Has Eyes
Louis La Rooy
Sculpture - 109.2 x 43.2 x 15.2 cm Sculpture - 43 x 17 x 6 inch
€6,716
Orang-Outan
Jean-François Gambino
Sculpture - 42 x 35 x 29 cm Sculpture - 16.5 x 13.8 x 11.4 inch
€16,000
The Hybrid Snake
Yannick Bouillault
Sculpture - 62 x 42 x 26 cm Sculpture - 24.4 x 16.5 x 10.2 inch
€1,100
L'ours joyeux galactique
Xavier Wttrwulghe
Sculpture - 50 x 35 x 25 cm Sculpture - 19.7 x 13.8 x 9.8 inch
€2,900
Panthère couchée sur la branche
Patrick Villas
Sculpture - 16 x 24 x 8 cm Sculpture - 6.3 x 9.4 x 3.1 inch
€3,800
Gorilla business silence
Ghost Art
Sculpture - 130 x 75 x 115 cm Sculpture - 51.2 x 29.5 x 45.3 inch
€11,000
Gorilla black money business
Ghost Art
Sculpture - 130 x 75 x 115 cm Sculpture - 51.2 x 29.5 x 45.3 inch
€11,000
Fossilized zebra
Yannick Bouillault
Sculpture - 8 x 18 x 12 cm Sculpture - 3.1 x 7.1 x 4.7 inch
€430
Baby Bull Dog
Jean-Michel Pradel-Fraysse
Sculpture - 32 x 20 x 18 cm Sculpture - 12.6 x 7.9 x 7.1 inch
€4,500
Flemish snail
Lieven D'Haese
Sculpture - 141 x 41 x 31 cm Sculpture - 55.5 x 16.1 x 12.2 inch
€9,900
Cavalcade
Adeline Weber Guibal
Sculpture - 20.5 x 40 x 10 cm Sculpture - 8.1 x 15.7 x 3.9 inch
€2,900
Le cheval
Adeline Weber Guibal
Sculpture - 27.5 x 28 x 11 cm Sculpture - 10.8 x 11 x 4.3 inch
€2,450
La chouette
Adeline Weber Guibal
Sculpture - 33.5 x 12 x 11.5 cm Sculpture - 13.2 x 4.7 x 4.5 inch
€2,200
Bouledogue Anglais
Florence Jacquesson
Sculpture - 17 x 16 x 14 cm Sculpture - 6.7 x 6.3 x 5.5 inch
€4,900
Méduses des mers d'aciers
Looki
Sculpture - 68 x 70 x 21 cm Sculpture - 26.8 x 27.6 x 8.3 inch
€1,450
Cheval au trot en métal recyclé
Hassan Laamirat
Sculpture - 230 x 110 x 330 cm Sculpture - 90.6 x 43.3 x 129.9 inch
€4,580
Taureau en métal recyclé
Hassan Laamirat
Sculpture - 180 x 70 x 270 cm Sculpture - 70.9 x 27.6 x 106.3 inch
€4,150
Deux hippos avec ballon
Philippe Berry
Sculpture - 23 x 95 x 20 cm Sculpture - 9.1 x 37.4 x 7.9 inch
€15,200
Totem elephants cm 160
Philippe Berry
Sculpture - 160 x 43 x 43 cm Sculpture - 63 x 16.9 x 16.9 inch
€26,000
Hippo et Papillons
Philippe Berry
Sculpture - 45 x 35 x 35 cm Sculpture - 17.7 x 13.8 x 13.8 inch
€6,800
Éléphant et son ballon purple
Philippe Berry
Sculpture - 56 x 22 x 22 cm Sculpture - 22 x 8.7 x 8.7 inch
€8,500
Totem Elephants
Philippe Berry
Sculpture - 120 x 29 x 29 cm Sculpture - 47.2 x 11.4 x 11.4 inch
€16,000
Panthère en marche II
Patrick Villas
Sculpture - 56 x 52 x 18 cm Sculpture - 22 x 20.5 x 7.1 inch
€16,000
Panthère s'étirant contre l'arbre
Patrick Villas
Sculpture - 72 x 72 x 15 cm Sculpture - 28.3 x 28.3 x 5.9 inch
€14,000
Léopard descendant
Patrick Villas
Sculpture - 67 x 90 x 23 cm Sculpture - 26.4 x 35.4 x 9.1 inch
€18,000
Grande panthère assise
Patrick Villas
Sculpture - 70 x 70 x 70 cm Sculpture - 27.6 x 27.6 x 27.6 inch
€40,000
Grand jaguar couché
Patrick Villas
Sculpture - 65 x 114 x 36 cm Sculpture - 25.6 x 44.9 x 14.2 inch
€40,000
Couple de léopards jouant
Patrick Villas
Sculpture - 98 x 68 x 66 cm Sculpture - 38.6 x 26.8 x 26 inch
€60,000
Panthère Bast
Patrick Villas
Sculpture - 49 x 113 x 60 cm Sculpture - 19.3 x 44.5 x 23.6 inch
€35,000
Panthère sur le rocher
Patrick Villas
Sculpture - 33 x 63 x 20 cm Sculpture - 13 x 24.8 x 7.9 inch
€16,000
Eléphants en équilibre cm 120
Philippe Berry
Sculpture - 120 x 30 x 30 cm Sculpture - 47.2 x 11.8 x 11.8 inch
€15,000
Totem elephants h cm 120
Philippe Berry
Sculpture - 120 x 33 x 33 cm Sculpture - 47.2 x 13 x 13 inch
€15,000
Grand tigre royal
Patrick Villas
Sculpture - 167 x 60 x 160 cm Sculpture - 65.7 x 23.6 x 63 inch
€110,000
Bou del Tassili caminant / Walking Tassili Bull
Martí Rom
Sculpture - 35 x 22 x 22 cm Sculpture - 13.8 x 8.7 x 8.7 inch
€1,500
Cavallet de la vall (Valley Horse)
Martí Rom
Sculpture - 44 x 45 x 10 cm Sculpture - 17.3 x 17.7 x 3.9 inch
€1,700
Bou del Tassili rumiant (Ruminating Tassili Bull)
Martí Rom
Sculpture - 22 x 28 x 15 cm Sculpture - 8.7 x 11 x 5.9 inch
€1,300
Grand jaguar couché
Patrick Villas
Sculpture - 65 x 114 x 36 cm Sculpture - 25.6 x 44.9 x 14.2 inch
€40,000
Panthère s'étirant, monumentale
Patrick Villas
Sculpture - 91 x 201 x 30 cm Sculpture - 35.8 x 79.1 x 11.8 inch
€50,000
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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.