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Secret Nature
Lyuben Domozetski
Painting - 20.5 x 29 x 0.2 cm Painting - 8.1 x 11.4 x 0.1 inch
$1,306
Deer, no. IV/VIII (size XL)
Joanna Zakrzewska-Cholewa
Sculpture - 58 x 35 x 30 cm Sculpture - 22.8 x 13.8 x 11.8 inch
$3,126
Hippo spirit (water green edition)
Richard Orlinski
Design - 15 x 11 x 6 cm Design - 5.9 x 4.3 x 2.4 inch
$536
Le chaman taureau
Julien Cuny
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 70 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 27.6 inch
$502
Caballero, Salvador Dalí
Salvador Dali
Print - 101.6 x 81.3 x 0.5 cm Print - 40 x 32 x 0.2 inch
$12,000
Animal vegetal
Jonathan Van Durmen
Painting - 70 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,496
Morning preparations
Victor Sheleg
Painting - 120 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 1 inch
$10,605
Golden Monkey
Valerian Sioridzé
Sculpture - 32 x 19 x 12 cm Sculpture - 12.6 x 7.5 x 4.7 inch
$1,395
Dans la forêt II
Taeho Choi
Fine Art Drawings - 150 x 120 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 59.1 x 47.2 x 0.1 inch
$1,674
ENDLESS / Interminable
Mauricco Zaraj
Painting - 120 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$21,084
Schoal of fish
Dominique Jullien
Photography - 13 x 30 x 1 cm Photography - 5.1 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$335
Les Goélands
Philippe Grincourt
Photography - 39 x 59 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.4 x 23.2 x 0.1 inch
$502
Profondeur infinie n°12 - série fond marin
Moniq
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,233
NAOR - 35cm Teddy Ferrari Tribute
Naor
Sculpture - 35 x 25 x 15 cm Sculpture - 13.8 x 9.8 x 5.9 inch
$726
Copain copine
Françoise Dugourd-Caput
Painting - 60 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$1,407
Les coquelicots
Françoise Dugourd-Caput
Print - 80 x 100 x 3 cm Print - 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$1,407
Untitled
Francesc Genovés
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 65 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0 inch
$620
Piaf Classic Uni
Valerie Marty
Sculpture - 16.5 x 8.1 x 11.9 cm Sculpture - 6.5 x 3.2 x 4.7 inch
$1,060
Le Rhino danseur bleu ultra mate
Xavier Wttrwulghe
Sculpture - 60 x 25 x 25 cm Sculpture - 23.6 x 9.8 x 9.8 inch
$3,237
Buste BullDog
Jean-Jacques Joujon
Sculpture - 30 x 20 x 30 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 7.9 x 11.8 inch
$659
Deux hippos avec ballon
Philippe Berry
Sculpture - 23 x 95 x 20 cm Sculpture - 9.1 x 37.4 x 7.9 inch
$16,967
Totem elephants cm 160
Philippe Berry
Sculpture - 160 x 43 x 43 cm Sculpture - 63 x 16.9 x 16.9 inch
$29,023
Hippo et Papillons
Philippe Berry
Sculpture - 45 x 35 x 35 cm Sculpture - 17.7 x 13.8 x 13.8 inch
$7,591
Éléphant et son ballon purple
Philippe Berry
Sculpture - 56 x 22 x 22 cm Sculpture - 22 x 8.7 x 8.7 inch
$9,488
Totem Elephants
Philippe Berry
Sculpture - 120 x 29 x 29 cm Sculpture - 47.2 x 11.4 x 11.4 inch
$17,860
Dos rond 3/8
Jean-François Gambino
Sculpture - 39 x 42 x 26 cm Sculpture - 15.4 x 16.5 x 10.2 inch
$16,744
Little Egret - Egretta garzetta
Ivaylo Zafirov
Photography - 33 x 50 cm Photography - 13 x 19.7 inch
$234
Bird sitting on a red chair
Hildegarde Handsaeme
Painting - 70 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
$2,121
Paradis perdu (6/8)
Jean-François Gambino
Sculpture - 35 x 135 x 43 cm Sculpture - 13.8 x 53.1 x 16.9 inch
$42,418
Ours Pompon Orlinski Or
Richard Orlinski
Design - 12 x 23 x 4.5 cm Design - 4.7 x 9.1 x 1.8 inch
$447
Dragon Spirit (Red Edition)
Richard Orlinski
Design - 10 x 23 x 9 cm Design - 3.9 x 9.1 x 3.5 inch
$536
Guy The Gorilla Regent's Park London
Arthur Steel
Photography - 48 x 61 x 1 cm Photography - 18.9 x 24 x 0.4 inch
$2,037
Captivated Audience
Arthur Steel
Photography - 48 x 61 x 1 cm Photography - 18.9 x 24 x 0.4 inch
$2,037
Careless Whispers
Arthur Steel
Photography - 48 x 61 x 1 cm Photography - 18.9 x 24 x 0.4 inch
$2,037
Horseshoes Pile Luck Of The Irish
Arthur Steel
Photography - 61 x 48 x 1 cm Photography - 24 x 18.9 x 0.4 inch
$2,037
Crocodile (1)
Richard Orlinski
Sculpture - 45 x 110 x 45 cm Sculpture - 17.7 x 43.3 x 17.7 inch
$16,744
Eléphants en équilibre cm 120
Philippe Berry
Sculpture - 120 x 30 x 30 cm Sculpture - 47.2 x 11.8 x 11.8 inch
$17,860
Crocodile EA III/IV
Richard Orlinski
Sculpture - 30 x 70 x 30 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 27.6 x 11.8 inch
$33,488
Crocodile
Richard Orlinski
Sculpture - 230 x 530 x 185 cm Sculpture - 90.6 x 208.7 x 72.8 inch
$189,766
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.