Animal

Painting, Le perroquet rouge, Chantal Roux

Le perroquet rouge

Chantal Roux

Painting - 130 x 97 x 3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 1.2 inch

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Painting, Où étais-tu?, Anna-Lisa Unkuri

Où étais-tu?

Anna-Lisa Unkuri

Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch

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Painting, Elephantman, Jörg Hermle

Elephantman

Jörg Hermle

Painting - 89 x 116 x 3 cm Painting - 35 x 45.7 x 1.2 inch

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Painting, Monkey in the Dark, Docteur Bergman

Monkey in the Dark

Docteur Bergman

Painting - 61 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

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Print, Loyalty Bears, Chie Araki

Loyalty Bears

Chie Araki

Print - 17.8 x 12.7 x 0.3 cm Print - 7 x 5 x 0.1 inch

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Painting, Deux Singes, Docteur Bergman

Deux Singes

Docteur Bergman

Painting - 50 x 61 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 24 x 0.8 inch

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Painting, Un petit bécot, Ginette Berthiaume

Un petit bécot

Ginette Berthiaume

Painting - 20 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch

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Painting, Pommes d'amour, Jean-Jacques Kugel

Pommes d'amour

Jean-Jacques Kugel

Painting - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

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Painting, Manège enchanté, Jean-Jacques Kugel

Manège enchanté

Jean-Jacques Kugel

Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

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Painting, Danseuses au manège, Jean-Jacques Kugel

Danseuses au manège

Jean-Jacques Kugel

Painting - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

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Painting, Au manège , Jean-Jacques Kugel

Au manège

Jean-Jacques Kugel

Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

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Painting, Retour du bois d'amour, Danielle Le Bricquir

Retour du bois d'amour

Danielle Le Bricquir

Painting - 40 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch

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Painting, Dans la rosée du matin, Danielle Le Bricquir

Dans la rosée du matin

Danielle Le Bricquir

Painting - 40 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch

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Painting, A quand la liberté, Danielle Le Bricquir

A quand la liberté

Danielle Le Bricquir

Painting - 40 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch

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Painting, Manège fantasmagorique , Jean-Jacques Kugel

Manège fantasmagorique

Jean-Jacques Kugel

Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

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Sculpture, Dogz, Shong

Dogz

Shong

Sculpture - 72 x 40 x 90 cm Sculpture - 28.3 x 15.7 x 35.4 inch

€3,000 €1,800

Sculpture, Ecureuil Squirrel 1987 KENJI BANLIEUE BANLIEUE, Kenji

Ecureuil Squirrel 1987 KENJI BANLIEUE BANLIEUE

Kenji

Sculpture - 48 x 12 x 12 cm Sculpture - 18.9 x 4.7 x 4.7 inch

€3,950

Print, Gnu, Aldo Pugliesi

Gnu

Aldo Pugliesi

Print - 49.5 x 69 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.5 x 27.2 x 0 inch

€300

Print, Parrot, Carlo Quattrucci

Parrot

Carlo Quattrucci

Print - 65 x 50 x 0.3 cm Print - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€330

Fine Art Drawings, Vautour pape, Ray Lambert

Vautour pape

Ray Lambert

Fine Art Drawings - 26.8 x 21 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.6 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch

€400

Print, The Crow, Valeriano Trubbiani

The Crow

Valeriano Trubbiani

Print - 70 x 50 x 0.2 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

€190

Print, Equestrian, Zhou Zhiwei

Equestrian

Zhou Zhiwei

Print - 94.5 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print - 37.2 x 27.6 x 0 inch

€420

Sculpture, Horse, Barbara Bisgyer

Horse

Barbara Bisgyer

Sculpture - 70 x 50 x 25 cm Sculpture - 27.6 x 19.7 x 9.8 inch

€14,000

Painting, Sweet dream, Hyebin Namgung

Sweet dream

Hyebin Namgung

Painting - 54 x 39 x 2 cm Painting - 21.3 x 15.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,400

Painting, My Companion, Ibitoye Emmanuel

My Companion

Ibitoye Emmanuel

Painting - 121.9 x 167.6 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 66 x 1 inch

€4,705

Painting, Winter is coming, Oniudele Gold

Winter is coming

Oniudele Gold

Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch

€2,425

Painting, My Little Pet and I, Akingbade Mayowa

My Little Pet and I

Akingbade Mayowa

Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1 inch

€3,201

Painting, Deer, Paul Wilde

Deer

Paul Wilde

Painting - 86 x 122 x 1 cm Painting - 33.9 x 48 x 0.4 inch

€3,000

Fine Art Drawings, Tafano, Riccardo Buonafede

Tafano

Riccardo Buonafede

Fine Art Drawings - 35.5 x 25.4 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14 x 10 inch

€300

Sculpture, Pelota, Nacho Eterno

Pelota

Nacho Eterno

Sculpture - 24 x 17 x 17 cm Sculpture - 9.4 x 6.7 x 6.7 inch

€1,910

Painting, Study, James Ulmer

Study

James Ulmer

Painting - 30.48 x 22.86 x 2 cm Painting - 12 x 9 x 0.8 inch

€4,851

Fine Art Drawings, Years of harmony, Tsukasa Tamai

Years of harmony

Tsukasa Tamai

Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 34.7 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.9 x 13.7 x 0.2 inch

€1,400

Painting, Sans titre, Jeanne Lorioz

Sans titre

Jeanne Lorioz

Painting - 26 x 22 x 1 cm Painting - 10.2 x 8.7 x 0.4 inch

€8,000

Print, Horses, Paul Guiramand

Horses

Paul Guiramand

Print - 56 x 75.3 x 0.1 cm Print - 22 x 29.6 x 0 inch

€720

Painting, L'oeil de la Nature, Emilie Teillaud

L'oeil de la Nature

Emilie Teillaud

Painting - 97 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 38.2 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

€1,900 €1,710

Photography, We the Living, Hollie Miller

We the Living

Hollie Miller

Photography - 21.2 x 37.5 x 0.2 cm Photography - 8.3 x 14.8 x 0.1 inch

€550

Painting, Poltrona n° 111221, Bonaschi

Poltrona n° 111221

Bonaschi

Painting - 58 x 42 cm Painting - 22.8 x 16.5 inch

€250

Print, Fantasia, Gérard Pamboujian

Fantasia

Gérard Pamboujian

Print - 55 x 75 cm Print - 21.7 x 29.5 inch

€300

Painting, Panthera Pardus n°7, Gier

Panthera Pardus n°7

Gier

Painting - 60 x 80 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 inch

€850

Sculpture, L'enlèvement d'Europe tricycladique, Philippe Messager

L'enlèvement d'Europe tricycladique

Philippe Messager

Sculpture - 36 x 35 x 15 cm Sculpture - 14.2 x 13.8 x 5.9 inch

€790

Painting, Untitled, Matija Bobicic

Untitled

Matija Bobicic

Painting - 73.66 x 58.42 x 2 cm Painting - 29 x 23 x 0.8 inch

€4,075

Sculpture, Black Panther, Iwi Lahcen

Black Panther

Iwi Lahcen

Sculpture - 63 x 203 x 50 cm Sculpture - 24.8 x 79.9 x 19.7 inch

€17,000

Painting, Poetry of nature, Amir Soghrati

Poetry of nature

Amir Soghrati

Painting - 190 x 400 x 4 cm Painting - 74.8 x 157.5 x 1.6 inch

€20,000

Print, Silent commuter, Felix Treadwell

Silent commuter

Felix Treadwell

Print - 80 x 62 x 2 cm Print - 31.5 x 24.4 x 0.8 inch

€3,396

Painting, The Golden Lion, Angela Gomes

The Golden Lion

Angela Gomes

Painting - 110 x 220 x 5 cm Painting - 43.3 x 86.6 x 2 inch

€17,500

Painting, Koi, Julia Krumpen

Koi

Julia Krumpen

Painting - 60 x 20 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 7.9 x 1.2 inch

€1,150

Print, Graciela Iturbide, Des oiseaux - Édition limitée, Graciela Iturbide

Graciela Iturbide, Des oiseaux - Édition limitée

Graciela Iturbide

Print - 25 x 19.5 cm Print - 9.8 x 7.7 inch

€600

Sculpture, Pitchou cute purple rain, Fratz & Gio

Pitchou cute purple rain

Fratz & Gio

Sculpture - 47 x 25 x 50 cm Sculpture - 18.5 x 9.8 x 19.7 inch

€5,900

Print, Resurrection, Sabek Nonsense

Resurrection

Sabek Nonsense

Print - 40 x 30 x 3 cm Print - 15.7 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch

€600

Print, The Ruralist vs Mario, Kelly Vincent

The Ruralist vs Mario

Kelly Vincent

Print - 52 x 77 x 1 cm Print - 20.5 x 30.3 x 0.4 inch

€370

Painting, Herbarium VII, Igor Ost

Herbarium VII

Igor Ost

Painting - 65 x 48 cm Painting - 25.6 x 18.9 inch

€600

Sculpture, Sin título (Prayer Flags Series), Imanol Marrodán

Sin título (Prayer Flags Series)

Imanol Marrodán

Sculpture - 45 x 52 x 0.5 cm Sculpture - 17.7 x 20.5 x 0.2 inch

€221

Sculpture, Red bear, Austyn Taylor

Red bear

Austyn Taylor

Sculpture - 28 x 23 x 18 cm Sculpture - 11 x 9.1 x 7.1 inch

€1,746

Painting, Hommage BANKSY "Don't Loose Your Life Live It", Didier Lannoy

Hommage BANKSY "Don't Loose Your Life Live It"

Didier Lannoy

Painting - 50 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch

€1,990

Painting, Jerusalem, Ludwig Viktor Krämer

Jerusalem

Ludwig Viktor Krämer

Painting - 76 x 131 x 0.2 cm Painting - 29.9 x 51.6 x 0.1 inch

€9,400

Print, Je ne sais pas ce que je veux, Christopher Dombres

Je ne sais pas ce que je veux

Christopher Dombres

Print - 50 x 40 x 0.2 cm Print - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch

€50

Fine Art Drawings, Tauromachie, Lydie Arickx

Tauromachie

Lydie Arickx

Fine Art Drawings - 45 x 65 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 17.7 x 25.6 x 0 inch

€2,200

Painting, Sour cherries in my garden, Ignata Vasileva

Sour cherries in my garden

Ignata Vasileva

Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€3,800

Fine Art Drawings, Rat City, Rose

Rat City

Rose

Fine Art Drawings - 27 x 33 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.6 x 13 x 0.4 inch

€100

Print, Bad Dogs on a Joyride, Dave Faville

Bad Dogs on a Joyride

Dave Faville

Print - 29 x 61 x 5.1 cm Print - 11.4 x 24 x 2 inch

€970

Print, Jaguar, Mosko

Jaguar

Mosko

Print - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Print - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch

€390

Print, Interior with a bridge and cat, Francois Ledan

Interior with a bridge and cat

Francois Ledan

Print - 83.8 x 68.6 x 2.5 cm Print - 33 x 27 x 1 inch

€1,164

Painting, Wake not the dragon, James Jean

Wake not the dragon

James Jean

Painting - 41 x 51 x 2 cm Painting - 16.1 x 20.1 x 0.8 inch

€18,000

Sculpture, Le teckel et la tortue, Claudio Locatelli

Le teckel et la tortue

Claudio Locatelli

Sculpture - 15.5 x 10 x 15 cm Sculpture - 6.1 x 3.9 x 5.9 inch

€2,900

Fine Art Drawings, Rippers II, Iván Castellón Quiroga

Rippers II

Iván Castellón Quiroga

Fine Art Drawings - 41 x 30 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.1 x 11.8 inch

€300

Print, Galop à Longchamp, Serge Mendjisky

Galop à Longchamp

Serge Mendjisky

Print - 49.5 x 59.5 cm Print - 19.5 x 23.4 inch

€190

Sculpture, Untitled (Diana), Miguel Branco

Untitled (Diana)

Miguel Branco

Sculpture - 25 x 36 x 10.5 cm Sculpture - 9.8 x 14.2 x 4.1 inch

€5,500

Sculpture, Cheval, SB

Cheval

SB

Sculpture - 90 x 60 x 1 cm Sculpture - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch

€887

Painting, American Goldfinch, Kevin Frank

American Goldfinch

Kevin Frank

Painting - 30.48 x 22.86 x 3.81 cm Painting - 12 x 9 x 1.5 inch

€1,887

Sculpture, Le canard, Serge Van de Put

Le canard

Serge Van de Put

Sculpture - 25 x 33 x 20 cm Sculpture - 9.8 x 13 x 7.9 inch

€3,000

Painting, Miss burlesque star, Artemisia Fine Art

Miss burlesque star

Artemisia Fine Art

Painting - 79.8 x 79.8 x 5.1 cm Painting - 31.4 x 31.4 x 2 inch

€3,978

Painting, Untitled, Japani Shyam

Untitled

Japani Shyam

Painting - 38.1 x 55.88 x 0.1 cm Painting - 15 x 22 x 0 inch

€932

Sculpture, After the rain, Tomas Dauksa

After the rain

Tomas Dauksa

Sculpture - 80 x 40 x 16 cm Sculpture - 31.5 x 15.7 x 6.3 inch

€1,600

Painting, Memorie e vecchi ori (heroes), Alberto La Tassa

Memorie e vecchi ori (heroes)

Alberto La Tassa

Painting - 160 x 230 x 3 cm Painting - 63 x 90.6 x 1.2 inch

€24,000

Painting, Stieglitz, Christa Murken

Stieglitz

Christa Murken

Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,000

Painting, Goldenefruchtwerfer (goldenfruitthrower), Edgar Tezak-Neogy

Goldenefruchtwerfer (goldenfruitthrower)

Edgar Tezak-Neogy

Painting - 80 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1 inch

€2,000

Print, Composition, Ton Van Os

Composition

Ton Van Os

Print - 49 x 49 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.3 x 19.3 x 0 inch

€350

Fine Art Drawings, Horses, Germaine Nordmann

Horses

Germaine Nordmann

Fine Art Drawings - 15.3 x 24.3 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6 x 9.6 x 0 inch

€380

Fine Art Drawings, The Tiger, Maria Ginzburg

The Tiger

Maria Ginzburg

Fine Art Drawings - 48 x 70 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 18.9 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch

€350

Print, La Pandilla, Hugues Micol

La Pandilla

Hugues Micol

Print - 50.3 x 55 cm Print - 19.8 x 21.7 inch

€250

Print, Fastfoodmonkey BK, Thirsty Bstrd

Fastfoodmonkey BK

Thirsty Bstrd

Print - 60 x 40 x 1 cm Print - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch

€110

Painting, 2023-1129 / Visages et corps expressionnistes - série rouge et noire, Marion Casters

2023-1129 / Visages et corps expressionnistes - série rouge et noire

Marion Casters

Painting - 30 x 30 x 0.2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch

€150

Print, Metamorphose, Maribelle Saad

Metamorphose

Maribelle Saad

Print - 20 x 26 x 0.5 cm Print - 7.9 x 10.2 x 0.2 inch

€326

Fine Art Drawings, Noir et blanc, Ingrid Matysiack

Noir et blanc

Ingrid Matysiack

Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,660

Painting, Rencontres, Ingrid Matysiack

Rencontres

Ingrid Matysiack

Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,330

Painting, Pop Tiger, Lucien Mélou

Pop Tiger

Lucien Mélou

Painting - 80 x 80 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 inch

€2,000

Painting, 223 Butterfly Spinpainting with Diamond Dust, Punk Me Tender

223 Butterfly Spinpainting with Diamond Dust

Punk Me Tender

Painting - 76.2 x 76.2 x 5 cm Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 inch

€11,000

Fine Art Drawings, Birds, Lucien Coutaud

Birds

Lucien Coutaud

Fine Art Drawings - 27 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.6 x 8.3 x 0 inch

€400

Photography, Jugement, Sara Hoummady

Jugement

Sara Hoummady

Photography - 90 x 60 x 5 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 2 inch

€650

Painting, Snoopy - Jump., Fringe

Snoopy - Jump.

Fringe

Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€8,500

Sculpture, White Chicken, Nora Blazeviciute

White Chicken

Nora Blazeviciute

Sculpture - 22 x 22 x 24 cm Sculpture - 8.7 x 8.7 x 9.4 inch

€420

Painting, Pekingese Family of Dogs, Filiberto Vitaliano Rossi

Pekingese Family of Dogs

Filiberto Vitaliano Rossi

Painting - 70 x 101 x 0.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.8 x 0.2 inch

€7,000

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.

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