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.
Teo Franco
Fine Art Drawings . 42 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 16.5 x 11.7 x 0 inch
CHF 534
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Osse Müller
Fine Art Drawings . 49 x 72 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.3 x 28.3 x 0.1 inch
CHF 1,846
Osse Müller
Painting . 95 x 120 x 0.3 cm Painting . 37.4 x 47.2 x 0.1 inch
CHF 4,665
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Osse Müller
Painting . 150 x 200 x 0.3 cm Painting . 59.1 x 78.7 x 0.1 inch
CHF 7,288
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Osse Müller
Fine Art Drawings . 60 x 44 cm Fine Art Drawings . 23.6 x 17.3 inch
CHF 1,749
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Osse Müller
Painting . 150 x 150 x 0.5 cm Painting . 59.1 x 59.1 x 0.2 inch
CHF 5,831
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Osse Müller
Fine Art Drawings . 90 x 60 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
CHF 1,069
Francisco Zuniga
Fine Art Drawings . 63.5 x 50.8 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 25 x 20 x 0.1 inch
CHF 4,338
Frédéric Bourret
Fine Art Drawings . 30 x 40 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
CHF 1,166
Frédéric Bourret
Fine Art Drawings . 30 x 40 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
CHF 1,166
Frédéric Bourret
Fine Art Drawings . 30 x 40 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
CHF 1,166
Frédéric Bourret
Fine Art Drawings . 30 x 40 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
CHF 1,555
Zhyzhko Nataliia
Fine Art Drawings . 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
CHF 666
Zhyzhko Nataliia
Fine Art Drawings . 42 x 29.9 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 16.5 x 11.8 x 0 inch
CHF 299
Zhyzhko Nataliia
Fine Art Drawings . 42 x 29.9 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 16.5 x 11.8 x 0 inch
CHF 398
Marion Lachant
Fine Art Drawings . 80 x 80 x 3.7 cm Fine Art Drawings . 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.5 inch
CHF 972
Marion Lachant
Fine Art Drawings . 80 x 40 x 1.8 cm Fine Art Drawings . 31.5 x 15.7 x 0.7 inch
CHF 680
Marion Lachant
Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 50 x 3.4 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.3 inch
CHF 486
Marion Lachant
Fine Art Drawings . 50 x 50 x 1.6 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
CHF 486
Marion Lachant
Fine Art Drawings . 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch
CHF 340
Marion Lachant
Fine Art Drawings . 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch
CHF 340
Paul Emile Colin
Fine Art Drawings . 25 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 9.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
CHF 292
Paul Emile Colin
Fine Art Drawings . 25 x 16 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 9.8 x 6.3 x 0 inch
CHF 194
Paul Emile Colin
Fine Art Drawings . 16 x 25 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 6.3 x 9.8 x 0 inch
CHF 292
Paul Emile Colin
Fine Art Drawings . 16 x 25 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 6.3 x 9.8 x 0 inch
CHF 292
Paul Emile Colin
Fine Art Drawings . 16 x 25 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 6.3 x 9.8 x 0 inch
CHF 243
Paul Emile Colin
Fine Art Drawings . 25 x 16 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 9.8 x 6.3 x 0 inch
CHF 194
Paul Emile Colin
Fine Art Drawings . 16 x 25 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 6.3 x 9.8 x 0 inch
CHF 194
Paul Emile Colin
Fine Art Drawings . 16 x 25 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 6.3 x 9.8 x 0 inch
CHF 175
Paul Emile Colin
Fine Art Drawings . 16 x 25 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 6.3 x 9.8 x 0 inch
CHF 175
Paul Emile Colin
Fine Art Drawings . 16 x 25 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 6.3 x 9.8 x 0 inch
CHF 194
Paul Emile Colin
Fine Art Drawings . 16 x 25 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 6.3 x 9.8 x 0 inch
CHF 194
Paul Emile Colin
Fine Art Drawings . 16 x 20 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 6.3 x 7.9 x 0 inch
CHF 175
Paul Emile Colin
Fine Art Drawings . 16 x 25 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 6.3 x 9.8 x 0 inch
CHF 175
Paul Emile Colin
Fine Art Drawings . 25 x 16 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 9.8 x 6.3 x 0 inch
CHF 233
Paul Emile Colin
Fine Art Drawings . 16 x 17 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 6.3 x 6.7 x 0 inch
CHF 233
Paul Emile Colin
Fine Art Drawings . 25 x 16 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 9.8 x 6.3 x 0 inch
CHF 292
Paul Emile Colin
Fine Art Drawings . 16 x 25 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 6.3 x 9.8 x 0 inch
CHF 292
Nina Narimanishvili
Painting . 21 x 25 x 0.1 cm Painting . 8.3 x 9.8 x 0 inch
CHF 826
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Nina Narimanishvili
Fine Art Drawings . 19 x 25 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 7.5 x 9.8 x 0 inch
CHF 1,069
Nina Narimanishvili
Painting . 100 x 120 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
CHF 6,608
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Nina Narimanishvili
Fine Art Drawings . 26 x 24 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 10.2 x 9.4 x 0 inch
CHF 1,215
Nina Narimanishvili
Fine Art Drawings . 29 x 42 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.4 x 16.5 x 0 inch
CHF 923
