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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Étude pour "Malou cavalière"
Francine Van Hove
Fine Art Drawings - 57 x 76 cm Fine Art Drawings - 22.4 x 29.9 inch
€4,100
Sisi Londoner
Akinboye Akinola Peter
Painting - 81.3 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting - 32 x 24 x 1 inch
€1,390
Cricri Forest
Christian Silvain
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
€50,000
Le bonheur tardif
Christian Silvain
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
€15,000
Le Chat Noir avec le Collier Poofy
Brian Nash
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1.5 inch
€2,195
I'm right here silly dog
Brian Nash
Painting - 45.7 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting - 18 x 24 x 1 inch
€1,509
The Brady Bunch (plus 3)
Brian Nash
Painting - 61 x 45.7 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 18 x 1 inch
€1,509
Cabbage that sheltered the golden lion
Natalie Shiporina
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,800
Mass Extinction 6 - In pieces
Daniel Loveday
Painting - 100.1 x 119.9 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
€2,474
In Pieces - Dragonfly
Daniel Loveday
Painting - 64 x 80 x 0.5 cm Painting - 25.2 x 31.5 x 0.2 inch
€940
Horse in the shade of trees
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 27 x 31 x 2 cm Painting - 10.6 x 12.2 x 0.8 inch
€5,000
Dorrie and her Dog
Brian King
Painting - 57.9 x 41.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 22.8 x 16.5 x 1 inch
€3,450
Animal Cat L'oeil qui ne contemple NSWE
Bazévian Delacapucinière
Painting - 30 x 30 x 3.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.4 inch
€450
Amanti che si accompagnano con la musica
Tonino Guerra
Print - 38 x 18 x 0.1 cm Print - 15 x 7.1 x 0 inch
€195
Pikachu the Yellow Mouse
Remco Schakelaar
Painting - 80 x 60 x 5.1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.62 x 2 inch
€1,500 €1,200
Princess from the Savannah
Wale Ajayi
Fine Art Drawings - 108 x 89.9 x 2.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 42.5 x 35.4 x 1 inch
€2,835
Anche le farfalle vogliono la libertà
Tonino Guerra
Print - 38 x 18 x 0.1 cm Print - 15 x 7.1 x 0 inch
€195
Foto segnaletiche della polizia
Tonino Guerra
Print - 38 x 18 x 0.1 cm Print - 15 x 7.1 x 0 inch
€195
Presenze su terreno sabbioso in Russia
Tonino Guerra
Print - 18 x 38 x 0.1 cm Print - 7.1 x 15 x 0 inch
€195
Tutte le scale portano alle campane
Tonino Guerra
Print - 38 x 18 x 0.1 cm Print - 15 x 7.1 x 0 inch
€195
Stronger Together
Bronle Crosby
Painting - 182.9 x 243.8 x 6.4 cm Painting - 72 x 96 x 2.5 inch
€11,433
Verseau - astrologie et imaginaire
Alyne
Painting - 25 x 25 x 2 cm Painting - 9.8 x 9.8 x 0.8 inch
€250
Years of harmony
Tsukasa Tamai
Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 34.7 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.9 x 13.7 x 0.2 inch
€1,400
L'oiseau dans la ville
Lallement Martine
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€250
Chat
Maurice Falise
Fine Art Drawings - 92 x 65 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 36.2 x 25.6 x 0.1 inch
€1,900 €1,710
Babolex X Snoop Dogg (Babosnoop)
Vincent Faudemer
Sculpture - 30 x 18 x 15 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 7.1 x 5.9 inch
Sold
An Afternoon In The Park
Isaac Maimon
Painting - 75 x 106.5 x 0.3 cm Painting - 29.5 x 41.9 x 0.1 inch
Sold
Animal Le chat Soulage - Large
Bazévian Delacapucinière
Painting - 55 x 55 x 3.5 cm Painting - 21.7 x 21.7 x 1.4 inch
Sold
La salle d'attente (The waiting room)
Muriel Bordier
Photography - 100 x 172 x 4 cm Photography - 39.4 x 67.7 x 1.6 inch
Sold
Apocalypse - Série visuels décalés
Lotta
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch
€240
Champin de Lyon et son perroquet - Portrait figuratif
Christiane Barlow-Couderc
Painting - 27 x 46 x 2.5 cm Painting - 10.6 x 18.1 x 1 inch
€375
