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![Painting, Octopus, Jean-francois Larrieu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1733598_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Gorilla black money business, Ghost Art](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1671747_1_grid.jpg)
Gorilla black money business
Ghost Art
Sculpture - 130 x 75 x 115 cm Sculpture - 51.2 x 29.5 x 45.3 inch
$12,303
![Print, Tiger T, C215](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1621857_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Bird, Juffrouw Springtouw](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1599000_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, La couleur de son maître (pink), Ziegler T](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1541853_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, La Couleur De Son Maître (Camo), Ziegler T](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1541832_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Floating Point, Chiara Santoro](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1526625_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Cercopithecus aethiops sabaeus - 1916-38, 1931-741, Stéphane Belzère](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1515234_1_grid.jpg)
Cercopithecus aethiops sabaeus - 1916-38, 1931-741
Stéphane Belzère
Painting - 250 x 170 cm Painting - 98.4 x 66.9 inch
$17,895
![Print, Sans titre, Francisco Toledo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1507710_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, La Raya, Francisco Toledo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1507665_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, No Title, Francisco Toledo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1507656_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Bear Wants you to Stop Fighting, Teppei Ikehila](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1443738_1_grid.jpg)
The Bear Wants you to Stop Fighting
Teppei Ikehila
Painting - 33 x 33 x 3 cm Painting - 13 x 13 x 1.2 inch
$671
![Painting, L'envol, Jean-francois Larrieu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1441701_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Bull, Georgi Velikov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1339263_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Horses 2, Mario Pascual Cámara](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1233615_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Horses in the mountain, Mario Pascual Cámara](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1232964_1_grid.jpg)
Horses in the mountain
Mario Pascual Cámara
Photography - 42 x 65 cm Photography - 16.5 x 25.6 inch
$1,118
![Sculpture, Star (3 rats) (#2/8), Jean-François Gambino](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1221897_1_grid.jpg)
Star (3 rats) (#2/8)
Jean-François Gambino
Sculpture - 17 x 40 x 47 cm Sculpture - 6.7 x 15.7 x 18.5 inch
$10,625
![Photography, Mountains 3, Mario Pascual Cámara](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1189092_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mobkey, Thierry Auger](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1168479_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Mountains with horses 2, Mario Pascual Cámara](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1156293_1_grid.jpg)
Mountains with horses 2
Mario Pascual Cámara
Photography - 58.12 x 135 cm Photography - 22.9 x 53.1 inch
$1,678
![Painting, Cheval bleu, Xavier Jambon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1122978_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, La puce à l'oreille, Jean Amiel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/108739_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Lièvre III, Jean Amiel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/108685_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Lièvre II, Jean Amiel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/108682_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Elephante, Antonio Segui](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1015146_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Liberté Egalité Fraternité II, Faith XLVII](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/979860_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Voyage Intérieur, Marta Grassi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/971091_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le champs de quinoa..., Patricia Henricy Cruzalegui](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/954627_1_grid.jpg)
Le champs de quinoa...
Patricia Henricy Cruzalegui
Painting - 40 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$783
![Fine Art Drawings, Singe, Henrik Jacob](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/848913_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Andrea Memmo. Serie Prato della Valle, Alexander Daniloff](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/728130_1_grid.jpg)
Andrea Memmo. Serie Prato della Valle
Alexander Daniloff
Painting - 48 x 66 x 0.2 cm Painting - 18.9 x 26 x 0.1 inch
$313 $266
![Painting, Cacciatrice di farfalle, Alexander Daniloff](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/707064_1_grid.jpg)
Cacciatrice di farfalle
Alexander Daniloff
Painting - 36 x 33 x 0.1 cm Painting - 14.2 x 13 x 0 inch
$246
![Print, Trois corbeaux, Ghislaine Ferreira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/700347_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sac Panthère, Dave Baranes](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/687072_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Arciere, Alexander Daniloff](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/569037_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Metamorphosis, Carlos Antonio Sablon Perez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/538042_1_grid.jpg)
Metamorphosis
Carlos Antonio Sablon Perez
Painting - 22 x 16 x 2 cm Painting - 8.7 x 6.3 x 0.8 inch
$671
![Painting, Tête de Cheval, Carlos Antonio Sablon Perez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/536148_1_grid.jpg)
Tête de Cheval
Carlos Antonio Sablon Perez
Painting - 22 x 16 x 2 cm Painting - 8.7 x 6.3 x 0.8 inch
$671
![Painting, Taureau, Jérémy Le Mouël (Mooven’s)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/533921_1_grid.jpg)
Taureau
Jérémy Le Mouël (Mooven’s)
Painting - 50 x 65 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 25.6 x 1.2 inch
$1,566
![Sculpture, Panthère, Michel Audiard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/300625_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Tague la Lune, Chanoir](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2175314_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Used to be, Chanoir](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2175311_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Sérigraphie - Chanoir x Grems, Chanoir](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2175310_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Sérigraphie fluorescente - Chanoir x el Pez x el Xupet negre, Chanoir](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2175309_1_grid.jpg)
Sérigraphie fluorescente - Chanoir x el Pez x el Xupet negre
Chanoir
Print - 70 x 50 x 0.005 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$615
![Print, Chas Neon 3D Effect, Chanoir](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2175305_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Shadok La vie chante, Flo Hombecq](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2162185_1_grid.jpg)
Shadok La vie chante
Flo Hombecq
Sculpture - 38 x 40 x 20 cm Sculpture - 15 x 15.7 x 7.9 inch
$1,063
![Painting, The Blue Bird, Irina Drozd](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2159717_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La poissonnière, Zafi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2158118_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, What lies within us, Mark Maggiori](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2157088_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Mesmerize, Mark Maggiori](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2157076_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, By the end of the day, Atsuko Ishii](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2157010_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, A timeless fable, Atsuko Ishii](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2156999_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Vol de retour, Atsuko Ishii](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2156998_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Every single now, Atsuko Ishii](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2156996_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Not a balloon dog, Nataliia Krykun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144034_1_grid.jpg)
Not a balloon dog
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 120 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$3,915
![Sculpture, Piaf Caméléon, Valerie Marty](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/214312_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Witness my Joy, David Shrigley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2142927_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Fondo marino - corales, Charo Velasco](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2142636_1_grid.jpg)
Fondo marino - corales
Charo Velasco
Painting - 100 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 2 inch
$1,454
![Painting, The Golden Thief, Mariah Birsak](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2134792_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Underwater world 2, Kokimoto](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2127997_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Requin et colonne vertébrale de baleine, Jürg Kreienbühl](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2127340_1_grid.jpg)
Requin et colonne vertébrale de baleine
Jürg Kreienbühl
Print - 40.5 x 59 x 1 cm Print - 15.9 x 23.2 x 0.4 inch
$671
![Painting, Schielende Fette Ziege, Francisco Montoya Cázarez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2118669_1_grid.jpg)
Schielende Fette Ziege
Francisco Montoya Cázarez
Painting - 32.5 x 25 x 0.1 cm Painting - 12.8 x 9.8 x 0 inch
$380
![Print, Skate Chanoir, Dégradation Tropicale, Chanoir](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2108829_1_grid.jpg)
Skate Chanoir, Dégradation Tropicale
Chanoir
Print - 19.7 x 81 x 1 cm Print - 7.8 x 31.9 x 0.4 inch
$559
![Print, Skate édition dégradé de rose à jaune, Chanoir](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2108715_1_grid.jpg)
Skate édition dégradé de rose à jaune
Chanoir
Print - 80 x 19.7 x 1 cm Print - 31.5 x 7.8 x 0.4 inch
$559
![Sculpture, Africa Rikja, Lieven D'Haese](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2098653_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Flemish snail, Lieven D'Haese](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2098593_1_grid.jpg)
Flemish snail
Lieven D'Haese
Sculpture - 141 x 41 x 31 cm Sculpture - 55.5 x 16.1 x 12.2 inch
$11,073
![Sculpture, Red taurus, Theo Mackaay](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2096736_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Cheval, Adeline Weber Guibal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2095860_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Stymphalian VI, Radoslav Maglov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2077260_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ornitologo, secondo Ernst Fuchs, Alexander Daniloff](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2015511_1_grid.jpg)
Ornitologo, secondo Ernst Fuchs
Alexander Daniloff
Painting - 35 x 24 x 0.5 cm Painting - 13.8 x 9.4 x 0.2 inch
$291 $247
![Sculpture, Se mettre au vert, Elodie Dengreville](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1980789_1_grid.jpg)
Se mettre au vert
Elodie Dengreville
Sculpture - 22 x 12 x 12 cm Sculpture - 8.7 x 4.7 x 4.7 inch
$895
![Sculpture, ambre, Elodie Dengreville](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1980786_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Portrait du peintre, Raya Sorkine](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1978665_1_grid.jpg)
Portrait du peintre
Raya Sorkine
Painting - 46 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
$10,625
![Print, Sweet memories 3, Vasil Angelov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1973145_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Hug Me 4, Vasil Angelov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1971648_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Hug Me 3, Vasil Angelov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1970406_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Amazing moose, no. I/VIII (size XL), Joanna Zakrzewska-Cholewa](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1961613_1_grid.jpg)
Amazing moose, no. I/VIII (size XL)
Joanna Zakrzewska-Cholewa
Sculpture - 40.5 x 65 x 35 cm Sculpture - 15.9 x 25.6 x 13.8 inch
$5,480
![Sculpture, Cavalcade, Adeline Weber Guibal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1954101_1_grid.jpg)
Cavalcade
Adeline Weber Guibal
Sculpture - 20.5 x 40 x 10 cm Sculpture - 8.1 x 15.7 x 3.9 inch
$3,244
![Sculpture, Le cheval, Adeline Weber Guibal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1954092_1_grid.jpg)
Le cheval
Adeline Weber Guibal
Sculpture - 27.5 x 28 x 11 cm Sculpture - 10.8 x 11 x 4.3 inch
$2,740
![Sculpture, La chouette, Adeline Weber Guibal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1953576_1_grid.jpg)
La chouette
Adeline Weber Guibal
Sculpture - 33.5 x 12 x 11.5 cm Sculpture - 13.2 x 4.7 x 4.5 inch
$2,461
![Design, Seres imaginarios (3), Óscar Seco](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1947435_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Primer PGO – illustration, Tekla Aleksieva](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1939296_1_grid.jpg)
Primer PGO – illustration
Tekla Aleksieva
Painting - 27 x 45 x 0.2 cm Painting - 10.6 x 17.7 x 0.1 inch
$626
![Painting, Nobility, Javier Prieto Meneses](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1938819_1_grid.jpg)
Nobility
Javier Prieto Meneses
Painting - 59.3 x 79.5 x 2 cm Painting - 23.3 x 31.3 x 0.8 inch
$1,342
![Painting, Totem, Tekla Aleksieva](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1937739_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, King, Gillian Brin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1926081_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Seres imaginarios (4), Óscar Seco](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1867884_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Buster Brown and Tige, Brian Nash](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1842666_1_grid.jpg)
Buster Brown and Tige
Brian Nash
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1.5 inch
$2,450
![Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre (Alice), Christos Kalfas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1797951_1_grid.jpg)
Sans titre (Alice)
Christos Kalfas
Fine Art Drawings - 79 x 59 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 31.1 x 23.2 x 0.1 inch
$2,013
![Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre (tea time), Christos Kalfas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1794333_1_grid.jpg)
Sans titre (tea time)
Christos Kalfas
Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 24 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 9.4 x 0.1 inch
$839
![Fine Art Drawings, Pigeon, Abdessemed Adel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1629942_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le nil, Jean-Charles Gautier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1620762_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Filou, Pascal Astier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1558425_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Untitled, José Manuel Menéndez Rojas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1519692_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mariposas, Javier Ortega](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1507329_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Pájaros de otro mundo, Javier Ortega](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1505877_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.