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![Painting, Tête de jaguar, Mosko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1260729_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Big Quickly, Sophie Verger](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1981200_1_grid.jpg)
Big Quickly
Sophie Verger
Sculpture - 54 x 48 x 31 cm Sculpture - 21.3 x 18.9 x 12.2 inch
€8,800 €8,360
![Print, Composition bleue, Corneille](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1164939_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Black Leopard #2, Brad Wilson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2094039_1_grid.jpg)
Black Leopard #2
Brad Wilson
Photography - 74 x 58 x 0.1 cm Photography - 29.1 x 22.8 x 0 inch
€2,000
![Sculpture, Tigre, Jean-François Gambino](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/863193_1_grid.jpg)
Tigre
Jean-François Gambino
Sculpture - 85 x 170 x 40 cm Sculpture - 33.5 x 66.9 x 15.7 inch
€80,000
![Photography, On the Move, Drew Doggett](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2101596_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Jaguar du Costa Rica II, N°5/5, Catherine Clare](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208851_1_grid.jpg)
Jaguar du Costa Rica II, N°5/5
Catherine Clare
Print - 35 x 25 x 0.1 cm Print - 13.8 x 9.8 x 0 inch
€250
![Print, Jaguar du Costa Rica II, N°4/5, Catherine Clare](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208850_1_grid.jpg)
Jaguar du Costa Rica II, N°4/5
Catherine Clare
Print - 35 x 25 x 0.1 cm Print - 13.8 x 9.8 x 0 inch
€250
![Print, Jaguar du Costa Rica II, N°3/5, Catherine Clare](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208417_1_grid.jpg)
Jaguar du Costa Rica II, N°3/5
Catherine Clare
Print - 35 x 25 x 0.1 cm Print - 13.8 x 9.8 x 0 inch
€250
![Print, 1985 Oiseau Bird Saint John Perse, Blaise Simon Balazs](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/963009_1_grid.jpg)
1985 Oiseau Bird Saint John Perse
Blaise Simon Balazs
Print - 28 x 38 x 0.5 cm Print - 11 x 15 x 0.2 inch
€950
![Sculpture, Tête de lion III, Patrick Villas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/571956_1_grid.jpg)
Tête de lion III
Patrick Villas
Sculpture - 63 x 42 x 45 cm Sculpture - 24.8 x 16.5 x 17.7 inch
€20,000
![Photography, Mandrill #1, Brad Wilson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2089923_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Vegan Rule - Fur coat for you or life for him?, Kat Zhivetin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2210650_1_grid.jpg)
Vegan Rule - Fur coat for you or life for him?
Kat Zhivetin
Painting - 40 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
€437
![Sculpture, Panthère pattes croisées, Patrick Villas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/404833_1_grid.jpg)
Panthère pattes croisées
Patrick Villas
Sculpture - 56 x 70 x 45 cm Sculpture - 22 x 27.6 x 17.7 inch
€25,000
![Design, Ours Pompon chromé, Richard Orlinski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2153427_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Totem II, Sonia Domenech](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1736514_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Paris, Elysée, Chris Morin-Eitner](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1322565_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Owl, Sophie Verger](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2175495_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Two elephants entwined, Sophie Verger](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2137193_1_grid.jpg)
Two elephants entwined
Sophie Verger
Sculpture - 11 x 12 x 9 cm Sculpture - 4.3 x 4.7 x 3.5 inch
€1,700
![Sculpture, Couple kneeling, Sophie Verger](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2121828_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, My ball, Sophie Verger](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2039694_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Sheltered, Sophie Verger](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2026497_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, My little bear, Sophie Verger](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2017293_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Run there fast !, Sophie Verger](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1982433_1_grid.jpg)
Run there fast !
Sophie Verger
Sculpture - 13 x 5.5 x 9.5 cm Sculpture - 5.1 x 2.2 x 3.7 inch
€1,200
![Photography, La fuite du temps 6, Clara Cena](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/434685_1_grid.jpg)
La fuite du temps 6
Clara Cena
Photography - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€870
![Sculpture, Buste lionne, Valerian Sioridzé](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1075083_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Minus, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/581325_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La Forêt de Pan, Niki Singleton](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1943289_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Paris, Place Vendôme Ritz, Chris Morin-Eitner](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1693293_1_grid.jpg)
Paris, Place Vendôme Ritz
Chris Morin-Eitner
Print - 80 x 60 x 0.2 cm Print - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
€180
![Print, Amazon, Erró](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1157946_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Lièvre, Patrick Villas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1598793_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Tendresse, M.Cros](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1359903_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Cactus Song, Nadia Attura](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1448226_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Grace and Power Under Pressure (Blue), Shepard Fairey (Obey)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1433103_1_grid.jpg)
Grace and Power Under Pressure (Blue)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 46 x 61 x 0.5 cm Print - 18.1 x 24 x 0.2 inch
€450
![Print, Le jaguar du Costa Rica, N°2, Catherine Clare](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207339_1_grid.jpg)
Le jaguar du Costa Rica, N°2
Catherine Clare
Print - 35 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 13.8 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€350
![Print, Le jaguar du Costa Rica, N°1, Catherine Clare](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207301_1_grid.jpg)
Le jaguar du Costa Rica, N°1
Catherine Clare
Print - 35 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 13.8 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€350
![Sculpture, New perché, Sophie Verger](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2138937_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Two bears entwined, Sophie Verger](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2018124_1_grid.jpg)
Two bears entwined
Sophie Verger
Sculpture - 9.5 x 9.5 x 9 cm Sculpture - 3.7 x 3.7 x 3.5 inch
€1,400
![Sculpture, Young girl, Sophie Verger](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1985472_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Ultimate Freedom rehaussée, Yoann Bonneville (YBA)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1636437_1_grid.jpg)
Ultimate Freedom rehaussée
Yoann Bonneville (YBA)
Print - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Print - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
€280
![Print, Paris, Pigalle, Chris Morin-Eitner](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1322625_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Endless I, Nef](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1201995_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Lion King, Art By Son](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1262874_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Panthera pardus, Maxime Andriot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2161099_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Ours inox Ajouré, Richard Orlinski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1331307_1_grid.jpg)
Ours inox Ajouré
Richard Orlinski
Sculpture - 75 x 49 x 62 cm Sculpture - 29.5 x 19.3 x 24.4 inch
€68,000
![Print, La dolce vita, Julie Zeitline](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1028784_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Cat with pet bottle, William Sweetlove](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/621306_1_grid.jpg)
Cat with pet bottle
William Sweetlove
Sculpture - 54 x 42 x 27 cm Sculpture - 21.3 x 16.5 x 10.6 inch
€1,700
![Sculpture, Forward !, Sophie Verger](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2108739_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Les Argonautes, Françoise Leblond](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200969_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Gorille Dominant, Valerian Sioridzé](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/872151_1_grid.jpg)
Gorille Dominant
Valerian Sioridzé
Sculpture - 18 x 11 x 17 cm Sculpture - 7.1 x 4.3 x 6.7 inch
€420
![Fine Art Drawings, Loup 1, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/695541_1_grid.jpg)
Loup 1
Ghislaine Ferreira
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
€500
![Fine Art Drawings, Je suis mignon ?, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2021790_1_grid.jpg)
Je suis mignon ?
Ghislaine Ferreira
Fine Art Drawings - 41 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.1 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
€800
![Print, L'art de la conversation, René Magritte](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1214211_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Croco spirit (Purple Edition), Richard Orlinski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1901187_1_grid.jpg)
Croco spirit (Purple Edition)
Richard Orlinski
Design - 8 x 22 x 9.5 cm Design - 3.1 x 8.7 x 3.7 inch
€290
![Sculpture, T-Rex, Richard Orlinski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1962255_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Cacatoès, Carine Ricard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1680132_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Beds are burning, Yohan Storti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/744723_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Panther Bubble (Green Edition), Richard Orlinski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2159912_1_grid.jpg)
Panther Bubble (Green Edition)
Richard Orlinski
Design - 9 x 20 x 4 cm Design - 3.5 x 7.9 x 1.6 inch
€400
![Sculpture, Young philosopher, Sophie Verger](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1992564_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Polar Bear - Pompon X Orlinski (matt gold edition), Richard Orlinski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2131291_1_grid.jpg)
Polar Bear - Pompon X Orlinski (matt gold edition)
Richard Orlinski
Design - 12 x 23 x 4.5 cm Design - 4.7 x 9.1 x 1.8 inch
€400
![Sculpture, Three acrobatic elephants, Sophie Verger](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2108724_1_grid.jpg)
Three acrobatic elephants
Sophie Verger
Sculpture - 39 x 12 x 12 cm Sculpture - 15.4 x 4.7 x 4.7 inch
€3,500
![Sculpture, Rhinoceros and his rider, Sophie Verger](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2102550_1_grid.jpg)
Rhinoceros and his rider
Sophie Verger
Sculpture - 20 x 33 x 8 cm Sculpture - 7.9 x 13 x 3.1 inch
€2,900
![Print, Ami-ennemi, Françoise Dugourd-Caput](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1533225_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Owls, Swoon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1229907_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Les fiancés version 3 / The lovers, Sophie Verger](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2174905_1_grid.jpg)
Les fiancés version 3 / The lovers
Sophie Verger
Sculpture - 34.5 x 21 x 18.5 cm Sculpture - 13.6 x 8.3 x 7.3 inch
€3,500
![Sculpture, The giantess or Gulliver / La géante ou Gulliverte, Sophie Verger](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2085000_1_grid.jpg)
The giantess or Gulliver / La géante ou Gulliverte
Sophie Verger
Sculpture - 72.5 x 16 x 15 cm Sculpture - 28.5 x 6.3 x 5.9 inch
€4,800
![Sculpture, In Africa or 4 happy elephants, Sophie Verger](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1978731_1_grid.jpg)
In Africa or 4 happy elephants
Sophie Verger
Sculpture - 26 x 17 x 12 cm Sculpture - 10.2 x 6.7 x 4.7 inch
€3,100
![Sculpture, Two children with baby elephant, Sophie Verger](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1978683_1_grid.jpg)
Two children with baby elephant
Sophie Verger
Sculpture - 14 x 36 x 8 cm Sculpture - 5.5 x 14.2 x 3.1 inch
€3,400
![Sculpture, Le Cerf, Adeline Weber Guibal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1954083_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Loup 7, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/696066_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Kangourou II, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/539815_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Renaud II, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/539785_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Kangourou, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/539716_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sphynx, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/539602_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Monsieur Loup, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/539596_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sphynx II, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/539587_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Panthère bronze dentelle ajourée, Richard Orlinski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2180170_1_grid.jpg)
Panthère bronze dentelle ajourée
Richard Orlinski
Sculpture - 17 x 40 x 9 cm Sculpture - 6.7 x 15.7 x 3.5 inch
€24,000
![Fine Art Drawings, Où suis-je ?, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2021766_1_grid.jpg)
Où suis-je ?
Ghislaine Ferreira
Fine Art Drawings - 41 x 30 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.1 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
€800
![Photography, La famille avant tout, Mathieu Pujol](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1677501_1_grid.jpg)
La famille avant tout
Mathieu Pujol
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
€850
![Sculpture, Tête de jeune Orang-Outan, Jean-François Gambino](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1526790_1_grid.jpg)
Tête de jeune Orang-Outan
Jean-François Gambino
Sculpture - 21 x 14 x 15 cm Sculpture - 8.3 x 5.5 x 5.9 inch
€3,500
![Sculpture, The problem with the wolf, Sophie Verger](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1992567_1_grid.jpg)
The problem with the wolf
Sophie Verger
Sculpture - 25 x 48 x 10 cm Sculpture - 9.8 x 18.9 x 3.9 inch
€6,000 €5,700
![Sculpture, L'ours joyeux caméléon Green Gold 90 XXL (1), Xavier Wttrwulghe](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1699104_1_grid.jpg)
L'ours joyeux caméléon Green Gold 90 XXL (1)
Xavier Wttrwulghe
Sculpture - 90 x 50 x 50 cm Sculpture - 35.4 x 19.7 x 19.7 inch
€8,900
![Painting, Défendez-moi 13, Stratos](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/955305_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Défendez-moi 16, Stratos](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/955233_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Défendez-Moi 19, Stratos](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/955188_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Défendez-Moi 11, Stratos](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/955170_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Défendez-Moi 18, Stratos](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/955167_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Défendez-Moi 10, Stratos](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/955155_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La chasse au buffle, Hélène Legrand](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/841770_1_grid.jpg)
La chasse au buffle
Hélène Legrand
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€4,500
![Sculpture, Wild Bear, Richard Orlinski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1304907_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Seribu Mata, Kusbudiyanto](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1005705_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Very shine / Tout timide, Sophie Verger](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2085003_1_grid.jpg)
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
![Sculpture, Golden Monkey, Valerian Sioridzé](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1262142_1_grid.jpg)
Golden Monkey
Valerian Sioridzé
Sculpture - 32 x 19 x 12 cm Sculpture - 12.6 x 7.5 x 4.7 inch
€1,250
Wild animals
Wild animals, because of their impertinent beauty, have fascinated humans since the beginning of times. This is not surprising given how closely our evolution is linked to that of other species. If domestic animals have been represented many times in art, wild animals also inhabit artworks. Symbols of power and brutality, or fantasized images of distant lands, the subjects of the animal realm are an endless source of inspiration for artists.
In rock art already, humans painted the fauna that surrounded them. However, it was in Antiquity, from Egypt to Greece, that wild animals began to be represented for a specific purpose. Indeed, the animal figure, sacralised and feared, systematically referred to religions and myths. The Egyptian pantheon and its representations were populated by men with animal heads, and many Greek vases were decorated with the effigy of the Hydra or the Minotaur.
With the advent of Christianity, followed by humanism, animals began to be portrayed as submissive and dominated by man. This symbolism was essential for religious messages. The Middle Ages were particularly fascinated by the figure of the unicorn, a poetic and mythical animal. Gradually, however, the representation became more naturalistic, as Renaissance artists attempted to represent nature as realistically as possible, particularly in drawings and engravings. Wild animals were also omnipresent in hunting and war scenes. Some even played with the limit between realism and imagination,for instance Bosh in his 'Garden of Delights'.
One of the most recurring figure of wildlife in art is undoubtedly the lion. In Baroque art in particular, obsessed with exotic animals, the theme of the savannah came up regularly. European colonial enterprises, and the stories of those who returned from the four corners of the world made artists' imaginations bubble. A master in this field, Rubens painted exotic and grandiose hunting scenes, featuring tigers, hippos or crocodiles...
This Orientalist trend made a comeback in the 19th century, with Delacroix distinguished himself in the representation of wild animals, especially tigers. Later on, symbolists such as Gauguin found in the painting of wild animals a way to express their own vision of reality by creating colourful and fantasized worlds. This paved the way for naive art, the most illustrious representative of which was Henri Rousseau, who used an illustrated book on wild animals found at the Galeries Lafayette to populate his paintings with exotic animals that invited escape.
Contemporary art also draws inspiration from the bestiary very regularly. One can think of National Geographic's famous photographs, now on display in museums all around the world. From a more experimental perspective, there is the example of Chinese artist Chang Lei, who had fun representing a wide variety of wildlife in her piece 'Animal Farm'. Jeff Koons, most famous for his Balloon Dogs, also made the monkey his trademark. However, at a time when the issue of animal ethics is increasingly present, our relationship with animals is at the heart of moral concerns. Contemporary art is often criticised for its use of dead animals or for suspected abuse. Damien Hirst, in particular, created controversy by exhibiting sculptures presenting dead animals floating in blue formol.
But none of that on Artsper, where wildlife is celebrated, as you will be able to see in our selection!