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.
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Singes Sages Nickel
Miguel Guía
Sculpture - 18 x 32 x 12.5 cm Sculpture - 7.1 x 12.6 x 4.9 inch
$1,797
I will lead you to the light
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 130 x 150 x 2.5 cm Painting - 51.2 x 59.1 x 1 inch
$2,106
Ours à pompon comme excuse Feu rouge
Miguel Guía
Sculpture - 19 x 35 x 13 cm Sculpture - 7.5 x 13.8 x 5.1 inch
$1,416
Singes sages rouge
Miguel Guía
Sculpture - 18 x 32 x 12.5 cm Sculpture - 7.1 x 12.6 x 4.9 inch
$1,797
What's going on?
tizlu
Fine Art Drawings - 34 x 25 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.4 x 9.8 x 0 inch
$679
The Old Man and the Sea - The Fall
Salvador Dali
Print - 56 x 38 x 0.05 cm Print - 22 x 15 x 0 inch
$1,755
The Old Man and the Sea - Dolphins
Salvador Dali
Print - 56 x 38 x 0.05 cm Print - 22 x 15 x 0 inch
$1,755
The Old Man and the Sea - The Struggle
Salvador Dali
Print - 56 x 38 x 0.05 cm Print - 22 x 15 x 0 inch
$1,755
Climate Clash - (blanc)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 60.96 x 60.96 x 0.2 cm Print - 24 x 24 x 0.1 inch
$585
New light... (Origami 2024)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 36 x 36 x 2 cm Painting - 14.2 x 14.2 x 0.8 inch
$936
Modern Borrowed Scenery Commute
Teppei Ikehila
Painting - 41 x 41 x 3 cm Painting - 16.1 x 16.1 x 1.2 inch
$1,872
Cloned Schnauzer with water bottle
William Sweetlove
Sculpture - 40 x 55 x 23 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 21.7 x 9.1 inch
$877
For the first time I see myself so clearly
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 130 x 150 x 2.5 cm Painting - 51.2 x 59.1 x 1 inch
$1,872
Kong Christmas (Gold Edition 2024)
Richard Orlinski
Design - 19 x 13.5 x 7 cm Design - 7.5 x 5.3 x 2.8 inch
$597
Les oiseaux voyageurs
David Jamin
Painting - 50 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,434
Les oiseaux voyageurs
David Jamin
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,404
Les oiseaux amoureux
David Jamin
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 1 inch
$1,053 $948
Companion Blush (Flayed)
Kaws
Sculpture - 27.3 x 11.4 x 7 cm Sculpture - 10.7 x 4.5 x 2.8 inch
$2,250
Edition Le Regard du Tigre 30
Miguel Guía
Print - 30 x 30 x 0.3 cm Print - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$445
Expand Oiseau et Lune
Martín Duque
Sculpture - 46 x 10 x 10 cm Sculpture - 18.1 x 3.9 x 3.9 inch
$1,334
Guitariste Arlequin Grand Bois
Miguel Guía
Sculpture - 53 x 31 x 25 cm Sculpture - 20.9 x 12.2 x 9.8 inch
$5,827
Collezione N°5
Alexander Daniloff
Painting - 42 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 16.5 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$679 $577
Just Love... (Origami 2024)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 36 x 36 x 2 cm Painting - 14.2 x 14.2 x 0.8 inch
$936
Crocodile en bronze chromé
Richard Orlinski
Sculpture - 30 x 70 x 30 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 27.6 x 11.8 inch
$47,970
Geometric dove (black tile)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 15 x 15 x 1 cm Print - 5.9 x 5.9 x 0.4 inch
$696
Geometric dove (blue tile)
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 15 x 15 x 1 cm Print - 5.9 x 5.9 x 0.4 inch
$696
Bear with three fishes
Sophie Verger
Sculpture - 27 x 15 x 10 cm Sculpture - 10.6 x 5.9 x 3.9 inch
$3,159
Axel and his elephant
Sophie Verger
Sculpture - 19 x 20 x 20 cm Sculpture - 7.5 x 7.9 x 7.9 inch
$3,042
My Favourite Horse
Sophie Verger
Sculpture - 21 x 23.5 x 8 cm Sculpture - 8.3 x 9.3 x 3.1 inch
$4,563
Unrealized dream
Karen Akhikyan
Sculpture - 37 x 14 x 15 cm Sculpture - 14.6 x 5.5 x 5.9 inch
$1,500
Me and the elephant
Karen Akhikyan
Sculpture - 31 x 14 x 12 cm Sculpture - 12.2 x 5.5 x 4.7 inch
$1,350
Kong Golden Christmas Edition
Richard Orlinski
Design - 18 x 14 x 8 cm Design - 7.1 x 5.5 x 3.1 inch
$607
Joyful dotted Monstrum
Viktor Zuk
Sculpture - 23 x 13.5 x 11 cm Sculpture - 9.1 x 5.3 x 4.3 inch
$643
Banc de poissons #19
David Jehan (B.boss)
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$760
Modern Borrowed Scenery Submarine Shinkai 6500
Teppei Ikehila
Painting - 33 x 33 x 3 cm Painting - 13 x 13 x 1.2 inch
$585