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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Sculpture, Balloon Dog Blue, Jeff Koons

Jeff Koons

Sculpture - 40 x 48 x 15.8 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 18.9 x 6.2 inch

€50,000

Photography, Rehe im Winter, Frederic Bauer

Frederic Bauer

Photography - 100 x 150 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch

€1,800

Photography, Red Deer, Frederic Bauer

Frederic Bauer

Photography - 90 x 120 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

€2,500

Painting, Single Morpho, Hunt Slonem

Hunt Slonem

Painting - 24.4 x 20.3 x 1 cm Painting - 9.6 x 8 x 0.4 inch

€7,500

Print, Caalin, Jean-Marie Guiny

Jean-Marie Guiny

Print - 57 x 76 x 0.1 cm Print - 22.4 x 29.9 x 0 inch

€350

Sculpture, Faunesse, Lucie De Syracuse

Lucie De Syracuse

Sculpture - 25.5 x 15 x 25 cm Sculpture - 10 x 5.9 x 9.8 inch

€400

Painting, Hippo in Red, Lilia Larcos

Lilia Larcos

Painting - 102 x 76 x 3 cm Painting - 40.2 x 29.9 x 1.2 inch

€10,500

Sculpture, Le Saut, Gaël Rouxeville

Gaël Rouxeville

Sculpture - 29 x 29 x 26 cm Sculpture - 11.4 x 11.4 x 10.2 inch

Sold

Sculpture, Bélier, Gaël Rouxeville

Gaël Rouxeville

Sculpture - 52 x 45 x 4 cm Sculpture - 20.5 x 17.7 x 1.6 inch

Sold

Sculpture, Relax, Gaël Rouxeville

Gaël Rouxeville

Sculpture - 9 x 31 x 9 cm Sculpture - 3.5 x 12.2 x 3.5 inch

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Painting, Siren, Eulogia Merle

Eulogia Merle

Painting - 100 x 86 cm Painting - 39.4 x 33.9 inch

€1,674

Sculpture, Carpe Diem, Gaël Rouxeville

Gaël Rouxeville

Sculpture - 27 x 36 x 33 cm Sculpture - 10.6 x 14.2 x 13 inch

€2,700

Sculpture, Vol Au Vent, Gaël Rouxeville

Gaël Rouxeville

Sculpture - 65 x 57 x 50 cm Sculpture - 25.6 x 22.4 x 19.7 inch

€2,100

Sculpture, Duetto, Gaël Rouxeville

Gaël Rouxeville

Sculpture - 37 x 18 x 19 cm Sculpture - 14.6 x 7.1 x 7.5 inch

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Sculpture, Murena, Gaël Rouxeville

Gaël Rouxeville

Sculpture - 96 x 63 x 17 cm Sculpture - 37.8 x 24.8 x 6.7 inch

€3,500

Sculpture, Sur l'île, Gaël Rouxeville

Gaël Rouxeville

Sculpture - 49 x 34 x 30 cm Sculpture - 19.3 x 13.4 x 11.8 inch

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Sculpture, Enigme, Gaël Rouxeville

Gaël Rouxeville

Sculpture - 6 x 23 x 12 cm Sculpture - 2.4 x 9.1 x 4.7 inch

€1,750

Painting, Les oiseaux, Ladoo Baï

Ladoo Baï

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

Sold

Print, Snake money, Sane2

Sane2

Print - 29.7 x 21 cm Print - 11.7 x 8.3 inch

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Painting, A Nîmes Mâle, Paxal

Paxal

Painting - 90 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

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Print, Corto Maltese, Hugo Pratt

Hugo Pratt

Print - 50 x 40 x 1 cm Print - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch

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Painting, Sans titre, Marc Felten

Marc Felten

Painting - 100 x 100 x 6 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 2.4 inch

Sold

Painting, Jungle fever, Erró

Erró

Painting - 65 x 45 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch

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Sculpture, Koons, Rose

Rose

Sculpture - 18 x 22 x 8 cm Sculpture - 7.1 x 8.7 x 3.1 inch

€250

Painting, CAYDEN, Kollabs

Kollabs

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

€8,138

Sculpture, Untitled, Hussein Madi

Hussein Madi

Sculpture - 29 x 38 x 6 cm Sculpture - 11.4 x 15 x 2.4 inch

€14,707

Painting, Bronco, Myriam Baudin

Myriam Baudin

Painting - 81 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€4,500

Sculpture, Wisdom, Nester Custom

Nester Custom

Sculpture - 80 x 80 x 50 cm Sculpture - 31.5 x 31.5 x 19.7 inch

€4,900

Sculpture, Korn, Joel Bostaetter

Joel Bostaetter

Sculpture - 100 x 110 x 15 cm Sculpture - 39.4 x 43.3 x 5.9 inch

€900

Sculpture, Apporte, Julia Biktimirova

Julia Biktimirova

Sculpture - 38 x 43 x 20 cm Sculpture - 15 x 16.9 x 7.9 inch

€4,900

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