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![Sculpture, L'Ours Harley, Florent Poujade](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2136791_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Pelican, Armand Petersen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2105718_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Nietzsche forever young, w/ Turin horse in Elysium, Diana Heit](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2050386_1_grid.jpg)
Nietzsche forever young, w/ Turin horse in Elysium
Diana Heit
Painting - 89.9 x 89.9 x 4.1 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 1.6 inch
$3,050
![Print, Les animaux sauvages_Xl, Henry Baudot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1560840_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, When Mrs. Jenkins saw how good Jimmy could do it, she picked him as the judge for Miss Dog America, Donald Roller Wilson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/992565_1_grid.jpg)
When Mrs. Jenkins saw how good Jimmy could do it, she picked him as the judge for Miss Dog America
Donald Roller Wilson
Print - 76.2 x 51.4 cm Print - 30 x 20.25 inch
$4,500
![Fine Art Drawings, Sketch for the Parliament Hall 'Thanatos and the Enigma', Giulio Aristide Sartorio](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/651768_1_grid.jpg)
Sketch for the Parliament Hall 'Thanatos and the Enigma'
Giulio Aristide Sartorio
Fine Art Drawings - 31.5 x 41 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.4 x 16.1 x 0 inch
$8,388
![Painting, Precencia magica de una serpiente, Henry Bermudez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/637995_1_grid.jpg)
Precencia magica de una serpiente
Henry Bermudez
Painting - 120 x 180 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 70.9 x 1.2 inch
$19,014
![Print, Sans titre, Jordi Alumà](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/612924_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Rosa Sinensis, Juliette Clovis](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/355174_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Two to tango, Barry Z Stone](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2162466_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Running Horse Cheval au galop, Xu Beihong](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2013825_1_grid.jpg)
Running Horse Cheval au galop
Xu Beihong
Painting - 30 x 40 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$54,805
![Print, Tenue, Guillaume Azoulay](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1451610_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, HAITI, 1970. Haiti, mon pays tant chéri. Haiti, my beloved country, Gigi Lilavois](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/888912_1_grid.jpg)
HAITI, 1970. Haiti, mon pays tant chéri. Haiti, my beloved country
Gigi Lilavois
Painting - 70 x 120 x 1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch
$4,418
![Photography, Orques, Archipel Crozet / Paris Match, Benoît Gysembergh](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1788108_1_grid.jpg)
Orques, Archipel Crozet / Paris Match
Benoît Gysembergh
Photography - 52 x 78 x 0.1 cm Photography - 20.5 x 30.7 x 0 inch
$1,790
![Painting, Le monde des chamanes ocre, Yves Cass](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1523649_1_grid.jpg)
Le monde des chamanes ocre
Yves Cass
Painting - 74 x 57 x 1 cm Painting - 29.1 x 22.4 x 0.4 inch
$1,063
![Fine Art Drawings, Papillon, Amandine Golle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1335312_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Quinze, Emeline Piot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1167255_1_grid.jpg)
Quinze
Emeline Piot
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$3,915
![Painting, Lystra Lanata, Amandine Golle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1123527_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Journey #4, Gil Bruvel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1097184_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Sudan, Pant](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1083405_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, The Little Pig, Louis Berthomme Saint-Andre](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2171232_1_grid.jpg)
The Little Pig
Louis Berthomme Saint-Andre
Fine Art Drawings - 24.5 x 23 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.6 x 9.1 x 0.1 inch
$280
![Painting, Le bélier mauve, Mario Adornetto](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2161606_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Orange zebra, Glenn Varez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2160483_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Yy can’t wee beef rends!, Nathan Paddison](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1966392_1_grid.jpg)
Yy can’t wee beef rends!
Nathan Paddison
Painting - 64 x 204 x 3 cm Painting - 25.2 x 80.3 x 1.2 inch
$4,000
![Painting, Autruche Urbaine, Philippe Pagani](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1868001_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Crabe de vase (Eurytium limosum), Teuthis](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1800963_1_grid.jpg)
Crabe de vase (Eurytium limosum)
Teuthis
Painting - 30 x 40 x 0.2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,454
![Print, Liebre, Fio Silva](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/459904_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Âne, Guillaume Piot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/248302_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Horse Head, Andrew Kazantsev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2108454_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Cucumber horse and aubergine cow, Atsushi Kaga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2040324_1_grid.jpg)
Cucumber horse and aubergine cow
Atsushi Kaga
Sculpture - 15 x 20 x 5 cm Sculpture - 5.9 x 7.9 x 2 inch
$9,507
![Sculpture, D.O.G. VI, Kristo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1952217_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Birthstone Series - Pearl, Sung Hee Kim](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1492239_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Sand Bar I, Michael Godard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1431186_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Chantilly, Paul Ambille](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1259169_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Etude from the series 191, Anastasiia Kolibaba](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/921324_1_grid.jpg)
Etude from the series 191
Anastasiia Kolibaba
Painting - 27 x 52 x 1 cm Painting - 10.6 x 20.5 x 0.4 inch
$500
![Print, Bipolar Type I, Gergana Ivanova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/850548_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, La Caimana, Amanda Mijangos](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2157029_1_grid.jpg)
La Caimana
Amanda Mijangos
Fine Art Drawings - 53 x 27 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 20.9 x 10.6 x 0 inch
$615
![Fine Art Drawings, El Descanso del Narrador, Armando Fonseca](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2156978_1_grid.jpg)
El Descanso del Narrador
Armando Fonseca
Fine Art Drawings - 25 x 65 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.8 x 25.6 x 0.1 inch
$727
![Sculpture, Untitled, George Merheb](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2147887_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Kiss kiss 4, Lea Novaro](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1991349_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Edwige, Franck Delorme](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1979118_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Perruche soleil, Twane](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1913295_1_grid.jpg)
Perruche soleil
Twane
Fine Art Drawings - 60 x 40 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$671
![Painting, Great white shark, Paulo Jimenez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1859055_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Unheimliche, Karine Payette](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/180865_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Bull, Krikor Avessian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1275156_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Sergei Sviatchenko - Capacity For Conjuring Illusion 8, Sergei Sviatchenko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1173102_1_grid.jpg)
Sergei Sviatchenko - Capacity For Conjuring Illusion 8
Sergei Sviatchenko
Photography - 36 x 26 cm Photography - 14.2 x 10.2 inch
$3,355
![Sculpture, Le cheval fou, François Marquet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2179886_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Untitled, Opoil](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2178247_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Rossinhòu rossinholet, Chiara Scarpone](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2108913_1_grid.jpg)
Rossinhòu rossinholet
Chiara Scarpone
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,063
![Sculpture, Tigre chassant, José-Maria David](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1385367_1_grid.jpg)
Tigre chassant
José-Maria David
Sculpture - 48.5 x 60 x 22 cm Sculpture - 19.1 x 23.6 x 8.7 inch
$19,014
![Print, Marmotte, Osanne Nègre](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1170345_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Vegan Antilogy, Notte](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/734709_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Carreta Herencia de mi Tierra, Manuel Cruz Prudencio](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/314125_1_grid.jpg)
Carreta Herencia de mi Tierra
Manuel Cruz Prudencio
Sculpture - 33 x 48 x 28 cm Sculpture - 13 x 18.9 x 11 inch
$2,500
![Sculpture, Jeff's Dog, Tal Frank](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2158796_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Back to black Patriotic mess 2, Juan Cordero](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2151328_1_grid.jpg)
Back to black Patriotic mess 2
Juan Cordero
Print - 30 x 30 x 3 cm Print - 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
$671
![Sculpture, DIP (white series), Federico Alibrio](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2149292_1_grid.jpg)
DIP (white series)
Federico Alibrio
Sculpture - 25 x 33 x 10 cm Sculpture - 9.8 x 13 x 3.9 inch
$224
![Print, Canned Koi Climate Summit, Andrea Berthel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144118_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Grizzli debout, Matthieu Floranc](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1775970_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Tatu, Ana Mazzei](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1725003_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Mini taureau rouge 03, Imfré Gite](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1245375_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Goldwaters, Gisèle Vacca](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/106303_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Untitled, Hussein Madi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/829722_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Kissing Couple, Swen Van Schijndel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/655215_1_grid.jpg)
The Kissing Couple
Swen Van Schijndel
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$4,474
![Painting, Untitled, Craig Kucia](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176395_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, A break in the Rain Frogs Croak, Eric Johnston](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2153992_1_grid.jpg)
A break in the Rain Frogs Croak
Eric Johnston
Painting - 41 x 51 x 2 cm Painting - 16.1 x 20.1 x 0.8 inch
$6,767
![Photography, Brainpower II, III and I. Triptych, Juan Lamarca](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2132356_1_grid.jpg)
Brainpower II, III and I. Triptych
Juan Lamarca
Photography - 41.9 x 91.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 16.5 x 36 x 0.1 inch
$3,300
![Painting, Hello world, Heru Priyono](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2084070_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Vintage Murano Glass Cat, Carlo Moretti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1675254_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Ricky and Amelia, Robin Schwartz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1526997_1_grid.jpg)
Ricky and Amelia
Robin Schwartz
Photography - 152 x 102 x 0.1 cm Photography - 59.8 x 40.2 x 0 inch
$7,270
![Painting, Panthère 1970 Panther, Tilda Thamar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/879870_1_grid.jpg)
Panthère 1970 Panther
Tilda Thamar
Painting - 90 x 110 x 1 cm Painting - 35.4 x 43.3 x 0.4 inch
$5,587 $2,794
![Sculpture, Stand, Tatsuhiro "TIDE' Ide](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2125890_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le Mandrill, Pat Daridan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1946970_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Abc, Worm Worm](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1902813_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Boudoir, Kurt Mair](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1833699_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Tauromaquia, Estartus](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1724001_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Cheval sur un banc, Alain Quercia](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1555290_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Madiba, Vincent Richeux](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1552422_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, AOM#01 MilitaryApe, ArtsOfMonkey](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1331355_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Oops-A-Daisy, Teodor Genov – Pastedko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1141992_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Deer (Sculpture Using Found Objects), John Petrey](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1068249_1_grid.jpg)
Deer (Sculpture Using Found Objects)
John Petrey
Sculpture - 210.8 x 68.6 x 55.9 cm Sculpture - 83 x 27 x 22 inch
$57,600
![Sculpture, Route de la soie, Martine Dégot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/862416_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le Chien Blanc, Michel Thompson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/790833_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, "Et vogue ma galère" - Ile de Cevtat, Croatie, Vesna BECHA-BOJOVIC](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2160942_1_grid.jpg)
"Et vogue ma galère" - Ile de Cevtat, Croatie
Vesna BECHA-BOJOVIC
Photography - 24 x 30 x 0.2 cm Photography - 9.4 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$252
![Painting, Femme au champ préparant un cheval de trait, Léon Georges Calves](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2129683_1_grid.jpg)
Femme au champ préparant un cheval de trait
Léon Georges Calves
Painting - 27 x 35 x 1.5 cm Painting - 10.6 x 13.8 x 0.6 inch
$2,227
![Painting, Cirque, Carlo Roselli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1803318_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Quatre C, Emeline Piot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1167297_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Bronco, Myriam Baudin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/574101_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Adelpha, Juliette Clovis](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/331342_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Black and gold panther, Shan Project](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2168853_1_grid.jpg)
Black and gold panther
Shan Project
Sculpture - 120 x 80 x 70 cm Sculpture - 47.2 x 31.5 x 27.6 inch
$13,422
![Print, Giant Pandas, Rob Pruitt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2166534_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Inspecteur Badass, Zach (Oreo)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2155892_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Hippo 1, Shingi Chatsama](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2140929_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Shadow and light, Fabienne Dagnet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2136464_1_grid.jpg)
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.