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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.

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Painting, Boat, Avtandil Modebadze

Boat

Avtandil Modebadze

Painting - 35 x 45 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch

$1,053

Sculpture, Land Loha totem, Loha

Land Loha totem

Loha

Sculpture - 15 x 20 x 6 cm Sculpture - 5.9 x 7.9 x 2.4 inch

$117 $94

Fine Art Drawings, Falconer, Ennio Calabria

Falconer

Ennio Calabria

Fine Art Drawings - 49 x 68.5 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.3 x 27 x 0.2 inch

$304

Photography, Evolver, Joan Proudman

Evolver

Joan Proudman

Photography - 24 x 19 x 0.2 cm Photography - 9.4 x 7.5 x 0.1 inch

$468

Painting, Fish tea, Mani Mustafa

Fish tea

Mani Mustafa

Painting - 50 x 76 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 29.9 x 0 inch

$2,106

Fine Art Drawings, Sleeping Cat, Giselle Halff

Sleeping Cat

Giselle Halff

Fine Art Drawings - 24.5 x 31 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.6 x 12.2 x 0.1 inch

$292

Print, Homard, Cyro

Homard

Cyro

Print - 100 x 100 x 1.5 cm Print - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.6 inch

$1,989

Fine Art Drawings, Sea Sponge, Despa Hondros

Sea Sponge

Despa Hondros

Fine Art Drawings - 77 x 56 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 30.3 x 22 x 0 inch

$1,170

Fine Art Drawings, Vital, Carol Damar Bitre

Vital

Carol Damar Bitre

Fine Art Drawings - 53 x 43 cm Fine Art Drawings - 20.9 x 16.9 inch

$445

Fine Art Drawings, Jaws-C, Pierre Jacob

Jaws-C

Pierre Jacob

Fine Art Drawings - 56 x 38 cm Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 15 inch

$351

Fine Art Drawings, Teiss, Youssef Boubekeur

Teiss

Youssef Boubekeur

Fine Art Drawings - 129 x 89 x 5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 50.8 x 35 x 2 inch

$8,424

Print, St Moritz, Bill Butcher

St Moritz

Bill Butcher

Print - 87 x 92 x 3 cm Print - 34.3 x 36.2 x 1.2 inch

$1,948

Painting, Samurai, Angelika Zorigt

Samurai

Angelika Zorigt

Painting - 61 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

$2,457

Photography, Bored Dog, Greg Mascot

Bored Dog

Greg Mascot

Photography - 19.5 x 14.5 cm Photography - 7.7 x 5.7 inch

$234

Fine Art Drawings, Chouette, Muriel Salvan

Chouette

Muriel Salvan

Fine Art Drawings - 49 x 28 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.3 x 11 x 0.4 inch

$328

Design, BopBop 1, Loha

BopBop 1

Loha

Design - 15 x 15 x 3 cm Design - 5.9 x 5.9 x 1.2 inch

$82

Painting, Elsa, Françoise Augustine

Elsa

Françoise Augustine

Painting - 65 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

$2,106

Sculpture, Dodo Jaune, Denis Lepage

Dodo Jaune

Denis Lepage

Sculpture - 27 x 20 x 12 cm Sculpture - 10.6 x 7.9 x 4.7 inch

$1,111

Sculpture, Wood Lowi, Carolien Bosch

Wood Lowi

Carolien Bosch

Sculpture - 52 x 25 x 25 cm Sculpture - 20.5 x 9.8 x 9.8 inch

$3,042

Sculpture, Cavalier, Lionel le Jeune

Cavalier

Lionel le Jeune

Sculpture - 19 x 23 x 6 cm Sculpture - 7.5 x 9.1 x 2.4 inch

$1,053

Fine Art Drawings, Rat City, Rose

Rat City

Rose

Fine Art Drawings - 27 x 33 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.6 x 13 x 0.4 inch

$117

Print, Noel partout, Pseako

Noel partout

Pseako

Print - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch

$573

Print, Blue horse, Ilan Burkov

Blue horse

Ilan Burkov

Print - 70 x 70 x 0.5 cm Print - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.2 inch

$409 $349

Photography, Olhar felino, Paulo Behar

Olhar felino

Paulo Behar

Photography - 100 x 100 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch

$5,850

Painting, Red Plum, Zhize Lv

Red Plum

Zhize Lv

Painting - 34.5 x 34.5 cm Painting - 13.6 x 13.6 inch

$150

Print, Mouse, Jan Hagen

Mouse

Jan Hagen

Print - 30 x 40 cm Print - 11.8 x 15.7 inch

$351

Sculpture, Cat, Véronique Chomienne

Cat

Véronique Chomienne

Sculpture - 30 x 30 x 10 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 11.8 x 3.9 inch

$936

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