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Toro pierre valiente 3/3
Palolo Valdes
Sculpture - 65 x 50 x 30 cm Sculpture - 25.6 x 19.7 x 11.8 inch
£15,725
Toro abstrait
Dominique Pouchain
Sculpture - 80 x 27 x 17 cm Sculpture - 31.5 x 10.6 x 6.7 inch
£2,561
Lièvre à la déesse
Véronique Dominici
Sculpture - 40 x 39 x 20 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 15.4 x 7.9 inch
£1,078
Black panther BBBP alpha - statue résine pop art street art
DED2008
Sculpture - 16 x 50 x 9 cm Sculpture - 6.3 x 19.7 x 3.5 inch
£719
N°1330 - Lion collection
Alikhan Abdollahi
Sculpture - 28 x 36 x 21 cm Sculpture - 11 x 14.2 x 8.3 inch
£674
Panama (Baby Elephant)
Thomas Turner
Sculpture - 64 x 48 x 10 cm Sculpture - 25.2 x 18.9 x 3.9 inch
£1,078
Lulu le chat série Animaux
Christophe Beaufront (Rodolph)
Sculpture - 30 x 126 x 21 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 49.6 x 8.3 inch
£6,470
Insupportable soif
Pierre Mouzat
Sculpture - 30 x 35 x 30 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 13.8 x 11.8 inch
£6,739
Mythological composition
Spas Kirichev
Sculpture - 29 x 32 x 13 cm Sculpture - 11.4 x 12.6 x 5.1 inch
£2,291
L'enlèvement d'Europe tricycladique
Philippe Messager
Sculpture - 36 x 35 x 15 cm Sculpture - 14.2 x 13.8 x 5.9 inch
£710
Pan Troglodytes Singes
Rodrigo Romero Perez
Sculpture - 22 x 20 x 22 cm Sculpture - 8.7 x 7.9 x 8.7 inch
£2,696
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
£2,606
Untitled (Diana)
Miguel Branco
Sculpture - 25 x 36 x 10.5 cm Sculpture - 9.8 x 14.2 x 4.1 inch
£4,942
Le Gorille Penseur
Hadrien David
Sculpture - 44 x 29 x 30 cm Sculpture - 17.3 x 11.4 x 11.8 inch
£7,009
Bust of a Horse
Domenico Mazzone
Sculpture - 20 x 37 x 12 cm Sculpture - 7.9 x 14.6 x 4.7 inch
£6,829
Elephant Louis Vuitton Blue and Orange
Art Kristin
Sculpture - 23 x 26 x 11 cm Sculpture - 9.1 x 10.2 x 4.3 inch
£1,078
Deer (Sculpture Using Found Objects)
John Petrey
Sculpture - 210.8 x 68.6 x 55.9 cm Sculpture - 83 x 27 x 22 inch
£48,574
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
£199
Cluster in Morpho (Small)
Daniel Byrne
Sculpture - 54 x 54 x 10 cm Sculpture - 21.3 x 21.3 x 3.9 inch
£3,395
Pitchou cute purple rain
Fratz & Gio
Sculpture - 47 x 25 x 50 cm Sculpture - 18.5 x 9.8 x 19.7 inch
£5,302
Reading Together Sky & Misty SIII
Petra Dorst
Sculpture - 38 x 24 x 20 cm Sculpture - 15 x 9.4 x 7.9 inch
£3,549
Ecureuil Squirrel 1987 KENJI BANLIEUE BANLIEUE
Kenji
Sculpture - 48 x 12 x 12 cm Sculpture - 18.9 x 4.7 x 4.7 inch
£3,549
Carreta Herencia de mi Tierra
Manuel Cruz Prudencio
Sculpture - 33 x 48 x 28 cm Sculpture - 13 x 18.9 x 11 inch
£2,108
DIP (white series)
Federico Alibrio
Sculpture - 25 x 33 x 10 cm Sculpture - 9.8 x 13 x 3.9 inch
£180
Cucumber horse and aubergine cow
Atsushi Kaga
Sculpture - 15 x 20 x 5 cm Sculpture - 5.9 x 7.9 x 2 inch
£7,638
Tigre chassant
José-Maria David
Sculpture - 48.5 x 60 x 22 cm Sculpture - 19.1 x 23.6 x 8.7 inch
£15,276
White Chicken
Nora Blazeviciute
Sculpture - 22 x 22 x 24 cm Sculpture - 8.7 x 8.7 x 9.4 inch
£377 £340
Horse Head
Andrew Kazantsev
Sculpture - 61 x 25 x 50 cm Sculpture - 24 x 9.8 x 19.7 inch
£2,246 £2,022
Hippo 1
Shingi Chatsama
Sculpture - 37 x 40 x 32 cm Sculpture - 14.6 x 15.7 x 12.6 inch
£2,067 £1,757
L'oiseau rare
Antoine Halbwachs
Sculpture - 51 x 31 x 15 cm Sculpture - 20.1 x 12.2 x 5.9 inch
£3,145
Magritte Khan No16, c.
Kokopelli
Sculpture - 45 x 81 x 19 cm Sculpture - 17.7 x 31.9 x 7.5 inch
£3,145 £2,831
Cheval en galop gaalctique
Ari Setiawan
Sculpture - 134 x 130 x 30 cm Sculpture - 52.8 x 51.2 x 11.8 inch
£17,972 £16,175
Lady Dior - Bronze
Roman Feral
Sculpture - 44 x 24 x 21 cm Sculpture - 17.3 x 9.4 x 8.3 inch
£22,465
Renart
Alexandre et Florentine Lamarche-Ovize
Sculpture - 60 x 70 x 40 cm Sculpture - 23.6 x 27.6 x 15.7 inch
£3,325
Milarius Dogonarus
Michel Flamme
Sculpture - 48 x 26 x 30 cm Sculpture - 18.9 x 10.2 x 11.8 inch
£2,067
Chihuahua Montecarmelo
Elvira Carrasco
Sculpture - 24 x 11.5 x 14.5 cm Sculpture - 9.4 x 4.5 x 5.7 inch
£1,973
Hypomnema
Ivan Castiblanco
Sculpture - 79.8 x 79.8 x 47.8 cm Sculpture - 31.4 x 31.4 x 18.8 inch
£2,108
Petit cheval au trot
Alessandro Montalbano
Sculpture - 21 x 19.5 x 7.5 cm Sculpture - 8.3 x 7.7 x 3 inch
£3,053
Flying Dumbo red 1/8
SA Candela
Sculpture - 100 x 35 x 35 cm Sculpture - 39.4 x 13.8 x 13.8 inch
£5,392
The Love of Pain (Pink and Silver)
Dan Baldwin
Sculpture - 25 x 18 cm Sculpture - 9.8 x 7.1 inch
£3,626
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Dance of The Moth
Svetlana Martin
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
£1,438
Untitled
Noyem Khachatryan
Painting - 165 x 123 x 2 cm Painting - 65 x 48.4 x 0.8 inch
£1,438 £1,294
Animal Sculpture for Sale
Animal sculpture is a sculptural style in its own right. This specific genre deserves the same recognition as nude, marble, bronze and resin sculptures.
The representation of animals and anthropomorphism has long been a source of inspiration for sculptural creations and yet it was once considered a minor genre in Western European decorative arts. Ironically, animal sculpture was of the utmost importance to Ancient civilizations. Countless ancient Egyptian buildings for example were adorned with animal sculptures, from grandiose representations of felines to Sphinxes. More generally within the visual arts, animals were rarely represented in their own right, and were often depicted accompanying or symbolizing mythological figures or even character traits.
Aside from its mythical representations, animal sculptures were also popular with suzerain states who used monumental bronze sculptures of lions or eagles to symbolise the immensity of their power.
However, it wasn't until 1831 that the sculptor Antoine-Louis Barye finally established animal sculpture as a noble art, thanks to his work "Tiger devouring a Gavial Crocodile" at the Salon de Paris. It was no longer fashionable to depict animals as unreal, mythological creatures in the decorative arts and instead naturalism and realistic representations of animals characterized the sculpture of the period. Ideas about nature's wealth and abundance meant that all creatures deserved to be carefully and meticulously recreated in the closest likeness possible. Mythical animal interpretations were left behind and artists concentrated on capturing the finer details of an animal's fur, muscles or mouth.
A new wave of renowned animal sculptors emerged. Pierre-Jules Mêne, Antoine Aigon and Jean Germain Demay are just a few examples of some of these pioneering artists. Particularly interested in 'exotic' species (snakes, gazelles, elephants, giraffes, hippopotamuses…), they all explored representing the natural world in a variety of different ways.
In the 20th century, realist tendencies gradually faded away and a new group of creative minds began to experiment with animal sculpture as part of the shift towards modern sculpture.
Numerous artists tried their hand at animal sculpture whilst applying new aesthetic criteria which was largely influenced by modern and contemporary art movements: Abstract art, Impressionism, Cubism, Expressionism. Guided by key surrealist influences, which could not have been further removed from the traditional styles of the past century, a new bestiary was created. Pablo Picasso and Alberto Giacometti were among the key figures who helped to reinvent the way artists endeavored to sculpt animals.
In contemporary animal sculpture, radically redefining artistic techniques and the way we represent living beings has taken precedence over realistic proportion sizes and lifelike features. Artists no longer refrain from accentuating a particular body part, removing a limb for example or creating an entirely new hybrid beast. However, many artists are also skilled at creating hyper-realistic animals that seem so real they almost appear to be alive.
To help you get an idea of the latest animal sculptures, take a look at Artsper's collection of sculpted animals, selected from some of the best contemporary art galleries and made by artists including Jaques Dufrane, Raymundo Fabian Melchor and Roxana y Jesus Hernandez.
What is the most famous animal sculpture?
Some of the most famous animal sculptures in the world are Charging Bull by Arturo di Modica, The Last Three by Gillie and Marc Schattner, and Lions by Edward Kemeys.
Who is the most famous animal sculptor?
The most famous sculptors who produced animal sculptures include Edward Kemeys, who is credited as being the first animal sculptor (animalier) in America, and Antoine-Louis Barye, a French Romantic sculptor who lived during the late 18th and 19th centuries.
What is Jeff Koons rabbit made of?
Jeff Koons' Rabbit series consists of three stainless steel animal sculptures.