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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, Arya, Dave Baranes

Arya

Dave Baranes

Painting - 120 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch

$9,491

Print, Bird, Aldo Turchiaro

Bird

Aldo Turchiaro

Print - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch

$356

Painting, Bise sur le lac, Haag

Bise sur le lac

Haag

Painting - 46 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch

$1,511

Painting, Cirque, Carlo Roselli

Cirque

Carlo Roselli

Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

$2,793

Painting, Barcelona, A. G.

Barcelona

A. G.

Painting - 23.5 x 33 x 0.5 cm Painting - 9.3 x 13 x 0.2 inch

$1,523

Print, Gnu, Aldo Pugliesi

Gnu

Aldo Pugliesi

Print - 49.5 x 69 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.5 x 27.2 x 0 inch

$356

Print, Parrot, Carlo Quattrucci

Parrot

Carlo Quattrucci

Print - 65 x 50 x 0.3 cm Print - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

$391

Painting, Untitled, Jordy Kerwick

Untitled

Jordy Kerwick

Painting - 42 x 29 x 0.1 cm Painting - 16.5 x 11.4 x 0 inch

$17,783

Fine Art Drawings, Untitled, Jesús Fuertes

Untitled

Jesús Fuertes

Fine Art Drawings - 73 x 55 cm Fine Art Drawings - 28.7 x 21.7 inch

$2,135

Design, Fanfare, Jean Lurçat

Fanfare

Jean Lurçat

Design - 153 x 105 x 1 cm Design - 60.2 x 41.3 x 0.4 inch

$1,424

Painting, Snoopy - Jump., Fringe

Snoopy - Jump.

Fringe

Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

$10,084

Painting, The Sun, Joel Amit

The Sun

Joel Amit

Painting - 100 x 100 x 10 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 3.9 inch

$15,000

Print, Le cirque, Sakti Burman

Le cirque

Sakti Burman

Print - 54 x 76 x 0.1 cm Print - 21.3 x 29.9 x 0 inch

$475

Print, Poistic, Dugudus

Poistic

Dugudus

Print - 40 x 60 cm Print - 15.7 x 23.6 inch

$95

Painting, To be Queen, Paco Roum

To be Queen

Paco Roum

Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

$5,878

Painting, Hello world, Heru Priyono

Hello world

Heru Priyono

Painting - 66 x 50 x 2.54 cm Painting - 26 x 19.7 x 1 inch

$6,000

Print, Buffalo, Aldo Pagliacci

Buffalo

Aldo Pagliacci

Print - 50 x 70 x 0.2 cm Print - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch

$320

Sculpture, Sans Titre, Anti

Sans Titre

Anti

Sculpture - 74 x 127 x 45 cm Sculpture - 29.1 x 50 x 17.7 inch

$41,522

Painting, Untitled, Opoil

Untitled

Opoil

Painting - 40 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch

$356

Sculpture, Coq expressif, Bruno Lemée

Coq expressif

Bruno Lemée

Sculpture - 50 x 35 x 60 cm Sculpture - 19.7 x 13.8 x 23.6 inch

$2,373

Print, Âne, Guillaume Piot

Âne

Guillaume Piot

Print - 42 x 30 cm Print - 16.5 x 11.8 inch

$107

Print, Zébre, Mosko

Zébre

Mosko

Print - 45 x 30 x 0.1 cm Print - 17.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch

$89

Print, Composition, Ton Van Os

Composition

Ton Van Os

Print - 49 x 49 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.3 x 19.3 x 0 inch

$415

Painting, CAYDEN, Kollabs

CAYDEN

Kollabs

Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 2 inch

$9,130

Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Babahoum

Sans titre

Babahoum

Fine Art Drawings - 25.5 x 37.5 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10 x 14.8 x 0.1 inch

$356

Print, I/O, Shuyun Tang

I/O

Shuyun Tang

Print - 70 x 50 x 3 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

$712

Painting, Ombre nuptiale, Kat&Action

Ombre nuptiale

Kat&Action

Painting - 120 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch

$2,562

Painting, Bruant, Sophie Carrier

Bruant

Sophie Carrier

Painting - 76 x 76 x 4 cm Painting - 29.9 x 29.9 x 1.6 inch

$1,898

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