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Rhino Spirit (Azur Edition)
Richard Orlinski
Design - 10.5 x 15 x 4 cm Design - 4.1 x 5.9 x 1.6 inch
£267
Aurum 12
Marco Araldi & Keng Wai Lee
Painting - 42.5 x 35.5 x 5 cm Painting - 16.7 x 14 x 2 inch
£850
Aurum 13
Marco Araldi & Keng Wai Lee
Painting - 42.5 x 35.5 x 5 cm Painting - 16.7 x 14 x 2 inch
£850
Art Arthropode
Thierry Benenati
Sculpture - 18 x 45 x 25 cm Sculpture - 7.1 x 17.7 x 9.8 inch
£10,272
El tigre y las cabras con instrumento y espejo / le tigre et les chevres avec instrument et miroir
Julio Alonso Yañez
Sculpture - 60 x 23 x 3.5 cm Sculpture - 23.6 x 9.1 x 1.4 inch
£1,608
Fille coréenne et chat
Sounya Whang
Painting - 50 x 60 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
£1,159
Femme coréenne et chat
Sounya Whang
Painting - 50 x 60 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
£1,152
Birds in Summer
Russell Edward Vanecek
Painting - 45.72 x 40.64 x 2.54 cm Painting - 18 x 16 x 1 inch
£1,929
Coffret de luxe - M.CHAT et ses maîtres
M.Chat
Print - 25 x 25 x 3 cm Print - 9.8 x 9.8 x 1.2 inch
£152
My kitten is crazy
Patrick Cornée
Sculpture - 26 x 20 x 12 cm Sculpture - 10.2 x 7.9 x 4.7 inch
£2,054
Bouledogue Français
Jean-Jacques Joujon
Sculpture - 52 x 42 x 32 cm Sculpture - 20.5 x 16.5 x 12.6 inch
£3,126
Lion in the bushes
James Mutisya
Painting - 119 x 117 x 2 cm Painting - 46.9 x 46.1 x 0.8 inch
£1,072
Start your wandering journey
Wei-Hong Ma
Painting - 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
£1,518
Requin Cimetière
Thierry Benenati
Sculpture - 75 x 102 x 45 cm Sculpture - 29.5 x 40.2 x 17.7 inch
£42,875
Gare au gorille
Thierry Benenati
Sculpture - 70 x 67 x 40 cm Sculpture - 27.6 x 26.4 x 15.7 inch
£41,088
Waiting in New York
Helen Uter
Painting - 65 x 81 x 2.2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 31.9 x 0.9 inch
£1,786 £1,518
Elephant with red ballon h cm 78
Philippe Berry
Sculpture - 78 x 37 x 37 cm Sculpture - 30.7 x 14.6 x 14.6 inch
£13,398
Paradis Perdu E.A. 3/4
Jean-François Gambino
Sculpture - 45 x 32 x 135 cm Sculpture - 17.7 x 12.6 x 53.1 inch
£33,942
Manchots #2/8
Jean-François Gambino
Sculpture - 34 x 36 x 30 cm Sculpture - 13.4 x 14.2 x 11.8 inch
£10,272
The Horse and the Dancer
Theodore Stravinsky
Print - 25.4 x 19.1 x 0.2 cm Print - 10 x 7.5 x 0.1 inch
£1,251
Liberty
Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)
Painting - 65 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
£1,072
Meeting
Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
£1,072
90cm teddy Ferrari Tribute
Naor
Sculpture - 90 x 65 x 65 cm Sculpture - 35.4 x 25.6 x 25.6 inch
£2,948
Hurricane
Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)
Painting - 70 x 110 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch
£1,518
Flamingo
Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)
Painting - 60 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
£1,340
Koi Fish in a Slow Flowing River
Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)
Painting - 80 x 110 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch
£1,786
Fondo marino - corales
Charo Velasco
Painting - 100 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 2 inch
£1,161
La révolte du super lapinou
Alain Arnouil
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
£715
Animal le chat Soulage - Large - French School -- Basel
Bazévian Delacapucinière
Painting - 55 x 55 x 3.5 cm Painting - 21.7 x 21.7 x 1.4 inch
£1,608
Chihuahua Gang Walking (Large) French School oil painting Basel
Bazévian Delacapucinière
Painting - 55 x 55 x 3.5 cm Painting - 21.7 x 21.7 x 1.4 inch
£1,786
Raging bull V (Large) French school oil painting 21th - Basel
Bazévian Delacapucinière
Painting - 55 x 55 x 3.5 cm Painting - 21.7 x 21.7 x 1.4 inch
£1,608
Animal Le chat Soulage - Large
Bazévian Delacapucinière
Painting - 55 x 55 x 3.5 cm Painting - 21.7 x 21.7 x 1.4 inch
£1,608
Portrait Kitten - Cat - French school oil painting 21th - Basel
Bazévian Delacapucinière
Painting - 40 x 40 x 3.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.4 inch
£804
Animal octopus walk - Large - French school oil painting 21th - Basel
Bazévian Delacapucinière
Painting - 55 x 55 x 3.5 cm Painting - 21.7 x 21.7 x 1.4 inch
£1,608
Crocodile (1)
Richard Orlinski
Sculpture - 45 x 100 x 45 cm Sculpture - 17.7 x 39.4 x 17.7 inch
£14,292
Unchained Kong
Richard Orlinski
Sculpture - 22 x 10 x 12.5 cm Sculpture - 8.7 x 3.9 x 4.9 inch
£9,736
Raging Bull II NSWE (Large)
Bazévian Delacapucinière
Painting - 55 x 55 x 3.5 cm Painting - 21.7 x 21.7 x 1.4 inch
£1,697
Nature morte aux iris et aux tulipes, détail
Iconographia
Photography - 60 x 40 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 inch
£268
Sarah - Marie France - Paris
Anthony Horth
Photography - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£809
Surf Standing Wild Bear
Richard Orlinski
Sculpture - 40 x 25 x 28 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 9.8 x 11 inch
£17,775
Attacking Wolf
Richard Orlinski
Sculpture - 76 x 150 x 50 cm Sculpture - 29.9 x 59.1 x 19.7 inch
£38,319
St. George and the Dragon
Mario Henrique
Painting - 150 x 150 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 inch
£10,897
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.