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.
Romain Liverato
Photography . 50 x 40 x 5 cm Photography . 19.7 x 15.7 x 2 inch
CHFÂ 1,642
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Romain Liverato
Print . 60 x 40 x 0.2 cm Print . 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
CHFÂ 68
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Romain Liverato
Photography . 60 x 90 x 4 cm Photography . 23.6 x 35.4 x 1.6 inch
CHFÂ 1,352
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Romain Liverato
Photography . 40 x 60 x 4 cm Photography . 15.7 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch
CHFÂ 1,449
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Bze Bzeland
Fine Art Drawings . 48.3 x 32.9 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 19 x 13 x 0 inch
CHFÂ 193
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Lionel Morateur
Photography . 80 x 120 x 0.5 cm Photography . 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.2 inch
CHFÂ 1,256
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Romano
Sculpture . 60 x 30 x 140 cm Sculpture . 23.6 x 11.8 x 55.1 inch
CHFÂ 2,705
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Cam, Sam et Phil – Dessin, drawing, couple, amour, love, joie, joy, famille, family, enfant, child
Romano
Fine Art Drawings . 60 x 40 cm Fine Art Drawings . 23.6 x 15.7 inch
CHFÂ 773
Thierry Robert
Painting . 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Painting . 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
CHFÂ 676
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Thierry Robert
Photography . 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography . 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
CHFÂ 232
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Thierry Robert
Fine Art Drawings . 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
CHFÂ 290
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Thierry Robert
Photography . 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography . 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
CHFÂ 348
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Thierry Robert
Fine Art Drawings . 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
CHFÂ 406
Thierry Robert
Fine Art Drawings . 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
CHFÂ 406
Thierry Robert
Fine Art Drawings . 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
CHFÂ 406 CHFÂ 365
Karine Nicolleau
Fine Art Drawings . 20 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 7.9 x 11.8 x 0 inch
CHFÂ 213
Karine Nicolleau
Photography . 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Photography . 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
CHFÂ 483
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Karine Nicolleau
Fine Art Drawings . 40 x 58 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 15.7 x 22.8 x 0 inch
CHFÂ 435
Karine Nicolleau
Fine Art Drawings . 48 x 24 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 18.9 x 9.4 x 0 inch
CHFÂ 367
Karine Nicolleau
Fine Art Drawings . 28 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings . 11 x 8.3 x 0 inch
CHFÂ 193
Sam Haskins
Photography . 40.6 x 30.5 cm Photography . 16 x 12 inch
CHFÂ 4,824
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Jean-Claude ByandB
Photography . 60 x 45 x 0.1 cm Photography . 23.6 x 17.7 x 0 inch
CHFÂ 589
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Jean-Claude ByandB
Photography . 60 x 45 x 0.1 cm Photography . 23.6 x 17.7 x 0 inch
CHFÂ 589
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Jean-Claude ByandB
Photography . 60 x 45 x 0.1 cm Photography . 23.6 x 17.7 x 0 inch
CHFÂ 589
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Jean-Claude ByandB
Photography . 85 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography . 33.5 x 31.5 x 0 inch
CHFÂ 589
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Richard Unglick
Photography . 24 x 36 x 1 cm Photography . 9.4 x 14.2 x 0.4 inch
CHFÂ 58
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Bruno Fournier
Photography . 30 x 40 x 1 cm Photography . 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
CHFÂ 918
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Bruno Fournier
Photography . 18 x 24 x 1 cm Photography . 7.1 x 9.4 x 0.4 inch
CHFÂ 773
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