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Mini taureau argenté alvéolé
Imfré Gite
Sculpture - 12 x 22 x 13 cm Sculpture - 4.7 x 8.7 x 5.1 inch
£401
Wild lens - Big Five
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 40 x 175 x 5 cm Photography - 15.7 x 68.9 x 2 inch
£2,305
Who is coming for a beer
Gabriela Culic
Painting - 120 x 190 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 74.8 x 0.8 inch
£6,230
Le bec dans l'eau - Exposition 2023
Lionel le Jeune
Photography - 80 x 80 x 0.5 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.2 inch
£623
Seul sur les cendres (1)
Mathieu Pujol
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
£249
Waiting in the trees behind the foliage
Philippe Jacq
Painting - 100 x 140 x 5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 55.1 x 2 inch
£4,628
Offended hares on a red-pink meadow
Iwona Sacharczuk Ivet
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
£2,225
Sur la route
Jean-Charles Gautier
Painting - 30 x 30 x 1.8 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.7 inch
£409
Suck my horn and fuck the world
C. Leg
Painting - 97 x 130 x 5 cm Painting - 38.2 x 51.2 x 2 inch
£2,937
Le marbre aux félins
Jacques Blanchon
Sculpture - 22 x 55 x 15 cm Sculpture - 8.7 x 21.7 x 5.9 inch
£12,015
Martyrdom of the great one
Diana Thorneycroft
Photography - 58.4 x 73.7 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23 x 29 x 0.1 inch
£3,115
Group of seven awkward moments (Beavers and Woo at Tanoo)
Diana Thorneycroft
Photography - 55.9 x 73.7 x 0.3 cm Photography - 22 x 29 x 0.1 inch
£3,115
Tongue maker (and his habitués)
Diana Thorneycroft
Photography - 73.7 x 111.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 29 x 44 x 0.1 inch
£3,560
The blind conductor (of the phocomelia drum band)
Diana Thorneycroft
Photography - 58.4 x 88.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23 x 35 x 0.1 inch
£3,115
Spot-face boy (chef and snake charmer)
Diana Thorneycroft
Photography - 53.3 x 73.7 x 0.3 cm Photography - 21 x 29 x 0.1 inch
£2,670
Tantanu and Paopiahe - Siuai Creation Story
Dennis Nona
Print - 111.5 x 76 cm Print - 43.9 x 29.9 inch
£3,738
The King of the Wicklows 02 - Wicklow Mountain, Ireland
Nathan Soulez-Larivière
Photography - 40 x 60 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 inch
£312
The King of the Wicklows - Wicklow Mountain, Ireland
Nathan Soulez-Larivière
Photography - 40 x 60 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 inch
£312
The ghost of Chamechaude - Alps, France
Nathan Soulez-Larivière
Photography - 40 x 60 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 inch
£312
Papillon Provence
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
£1,068
Le girafon - Exposition 2023
Lionel le Jeune
Photography - 65 x 86 x 0.5 cm Photography - 25.6 x 33.9 x 0.2 inch
£623
Le tigre blanc - Exposition 2023
Lionel le Jeune
Photography - 61 x 80 x 0.5 cm Photography - 24 x 31.5 x 0.2 inch
£623
Le lion - Exposition 2023
Lionel le Jeune
Photography - 47 x 65 x 0.5 cm Photography - 18.5 x 25.6 x 0.2 inch
£623
Le Camargue - Exposition
Lionel le Jeune
Photography - 77 x 60 x 0.5 cm Photography - 30.3 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
£623
Bonjour Tristesse
Guillaume Piot
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 inch
£1,335
En campagne
Guillaume Piot
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 65 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 25.6 inch
£1,335
La Marche des Éléphants
Guillaume Piot
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 65 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 25.6 inch
£1,335
L'art de la Guerre
Guillaume Piot
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 inch
£1,335
Le Bon, la brute et le truand
Guillaume Piot
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 65 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 25.6 inch
£1,335
Le chevalier blanc
Guillaume Piot
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 inch
£1,335
Le meilleur d'entre eux
Guillaume Piot
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 65 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 25.6 inch
£1,335
Le vert est dans la pomme
Guillaume Piot
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 65 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 25.6 inch
£1,335
Objet Politique Non Identifié
Guillaume Piot
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 65 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 25.6 inch
£1,335
Le Vicomte
Guillaume Piot
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 65 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 25.6 inch
£1,335
Cheval camarguais
Lionel le Jeune
Painting - 31 x 44 x 0.5 cm Painting - 12.2 x 17.3 x 0.2 inch
£623
Wild animals
Wild animals, because of their impertinent beauty, have fascinated humans since the beginning of times. This is not surprising given how closely our evolution is linked to that of other species. If domestic animals have been represented many times in art, wild animals also inhabit artworks. Symbols of power and brutality, or fantasized images of distant lands, the subjects of the animal realm are an endless source of inspiration for artists.
In rock art already, humans painted the fauna that surrounded them. However, it was in Antiquity, from Egypt to Greece, that wild animals began to be represented for a specific purpose. Indeed, the animal figure, sacralised and feared, systematically referred to religions and myths. The Egyptian pantheon and its representations were populated by men with animal heads, and many Greek vases were decorated with the effigy of the Hydra or the Minotaur.
With the advent of Christianity, followed by humanism, animals began to be portrayed as submissive and dominated by man. This symbolism was essential for religious messages. The Middle Ages were particularly fascinated by the figure of the unicorn, a poetic and mythical animal. Gradually, however, the representation became more naturalistic, as Renaissance artists attempted to represent nature as realistically as possible, particularly in drawings and engravings. Wild animals were also omnipresent in hunting and war scenes. Some even played with the limit between realism and imagination,for instance Bosh in his 'Garden of Delights'.
One of the most recurring figure of wildlife in art is undoubtedly the lion. In Baroque art in particular, obsessed with exotic animals, the theme of the savannah came up regularly. European colonial enterprises, and the stories of those who returned from the four corners of the world made artists' imaginations bubble. A master in this field, Rubens painted exotic and grandiose hunting scenes, featuring tigers, hippos or crocodiles...
This Orientalist trend made a comeback in the 19th century, with Delacroix distinguished himself in the representation of wild animals, especially tigers. Later on, symbolists such as Gauguin found in the painting of wild animals a way to express their own vision of reality by creating colourful and fantasized worlds. This paved the way for naive art, the most illustrious representative of which was Henri Rousseau, who used an illustrated book on wild animals found at the Galeries Lafayette to populate his paintings with exotic animals that invited escape.
Contemporary art also draws inspiration from the bestiary very regularly. One can think of National Geographic's famous photographs, now on display in museums all around the world. From a more experimental perspective, there is the example of Chinese artist Chang Lei, who had fun representing a wide variety of wildlife in her piece 'Animal Farm'. Jeff Koons, most famous for his Balloon Dogs, also made the monkey his trademark. However, at a time when the issue of animal ethics is increasingly present, our relationship with animals is at the heart of moral concerns. Contemporary art is often criticised for its use of dead animals or for suspected abuse. Damien Hirst, in particular, created controversy by exhibiting sculptures presenting dead animals floating in blue formol.
But none of that on Artsper, where wildlife is celebrated, as you will be able to see in our selection!