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Crocodile (1)
Richard Orlinski
Sculpture - 45 x 100 x 45 cm Sculpture - 17.7 x 39.4 x 17.7 inch
$17,704
Making an entrance
Carley Cornelissen
Painting - 120 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$1,604
Unchained Kong
Richard Orlinski
Sculpture - 22 x 10 x 12.5 cm Sculpture - 8.7 x 3.9 x 4.9 inch
$12,061
Myth, muse and metaphor #5
Nancy Goodman Lawrence
Painting - 61 x 45.7 x 3.8 cm Painting - 24 x 18 x 1.5 inch
$1,300
1985 Oiseau St John Perse Bird
Blaise Simon Balazs
Print - 38 x 28 x 0.4 cm Print - 15 x 11 x 0.2 inch
$653
Rhino Danseur Big
Xavier Wttrwulghe
Sculpture - 140 x 50 x 70 cm Sculpture - 55.1 x 19.7 x 27.6 inch
$16,044
Elephant #24 - "One of the big five"
Stefanie Rogge
Painting - 99.1 x 99.1 x 1.8 cm Painting - 39 x 39 x 0.7 inch
$1,350
Socratis & ses 2 Papas
Docteur Bergman
Painting - 50 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$664
Vol de nuit
Jean-François Gambino
Sculpture - 57 x 60 x 71 cm Sculpture - 22.4 x 23.6 x 28 inch
$30,981
Wild Lens - KANGAROO
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,091
Wild lens - Elephant XXIV
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,091
Wild lens - Elephant XX
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 80 x 120 x 3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$2,202
Wild lens - Big Five I
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 50 x 150 x 3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
$2,091
Rhinocéros
Valerian Sioridzé
Sculpture - 20 x 43.5 x 13.5 cm Sculpture - 7.9 x 17.1 x 5.3 inch
$1,051
Foreground of a Lion
Wilhelm Lorenz
Fine Art Drawings - 27.5 x 40.8 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.8 x 16.1 x 0.1 inch
$553
Shark Spirit (Aqua Blue Edition)
Richard Orlinski
Design - 14 x 10 x 8 cm Design - 5.5 x 3.9 x 3.1 inch
$277
Contemplum #017
Dani Garcia Sarabia
Photography - 33 x 50 x 0.03 cm Photography - 13 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$941
Alucinación de Hitchcock
José Antonio Fondevila
Fine Art Drawings - 31 x 25 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.2 x 9.8 inch
$664
Terra Incognita - Icare
Guillaume Pépy
Photography - 105 x 70 cm Photography - 41.3 x 27.6 inch
$1,549
Sanglant Sanglier
Thierry Benenati
Sculpture - 54 x 55 x 26 cm Sculpture - 21.3 x 21.7 x 10.2 inch
$27,662
Elephant-roses
Thierry Benenati
Sculpture - 52 x 77 x 40 cm Sculpture - 20.5 x 30.3 x 15.7 inch
$37,620
Lion #21 - Series big cat
Stefanie Rogge
Painting - 99.1 x 99.1 x 17.8 cm Painting - 39 x 39 x 7 inch
$1,350
WILD KONG TAG 52
Richard Orlinski
Sculpture - 52 x 42 x 21 cm Sculpture - 20.5 x 16.5 x 8.3 inch
$22,019
Afternoon swim
Pierre-Yves Blasco
Painting - 51 x 76 x 2 cm Painting - 20.1 x 29.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,361
Cebra grande verde
Ernest Carneado Ferreri
Painting - 100 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,549 $1,162
Ranas enamoradas
Ernest Carneado Ferreri
Painting - 50 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,106 $830
Jirafa de colores
Ernest Carneado Ferreri
Painting - 72 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 28.3 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
$1,106 $830
Elefante de colores
Ernest Carneado Ferreri
Painting - 54 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 21.3 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,106 $830
Tortugas de colores
Ernest Carneado Ferreri
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$885 $664
Cebra De Colores
Ernest Carneado Ferreri
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$885 $664
Jkin chuu ngasundie (animals from earth)
Filogonio Naxín
Painting - 90 x 72 cm Painting - 35.4 x 28.3 inch
$1,494
The voice of the mountain (tjara nindu)
Filogonio Naxín
Print - 45 x 62 cm Print - 17.7 x 24.4 inch
$830
Monsieur chat 5
Ghislaine Ferreira
Painting - 32 x 24 x 1 cm Painting - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0.4 inch
$443 $398
Nezahualcoyotl - The First Constructor 4
Francisco Corzas
Print - 49 x 65.5 x 0 cm Print - 19.3 x 25.8 x 0.01 inch
$1,000
La chouette
Adeline Weber Guibal
Sculpture - 33.5 x 12 x 11.5 cm Sculpture - 13.2 x 4.7 x 4.5 inch
$2,434
Primer PGO – illustration
Tekla Aleksieva
Painting - 27 x 45 x 0.2 cm Painting - 10.6 x 17.7 x 0.1 inch
$620
Nobility
Javier Prieto Meneses
Painting - 59.3 x 79.5 x 2 cm Painting - 23.3 x 31.3 x 0.8 inch
$1,328
Yaya - Portrait animaux sauvages - Girafe
Ezya
Painting - 120 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$553
Bloum - Portrait animaux sauvages - singe
Ezya
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$553
Simya - Portrait animaux sauvages - Lion
Ezya
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$553
Ryla - Portrait animaux sauvages - Tigre blanc
Ezya
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$553
Ezpri - Portrait animaux sauvages - singe
Ezya
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$553
Kayout - Portrait animaux sauvages
Ezya
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$553
Préparation d'affiche "Fête des fleurs, Genève"
Henri Fehr
Fine Art Drawings - 44 x 29 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 17.3 x 11.4 x 0.1 inch
$685
Abstract Panther Gold
Ghost Art
Sculpture - 40 x 35 x 140 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 13.8 x 55.1 inch
$5,477
Wild animals
Wild animals, because of their impertinent beauty, have fascinated humans since the beginning of times. This is not surprising given how closely our evolution is linked to that of other species. If domestic animals have been represented many times in art, wild animals also inhabit artworks. Symbols of power and brutality, or fantasized images of distant lands, the subjects of the animal realm are an endless source of inspiration for artists.
In rock art already, humans painted the fauna that surrounded them. However, it was in Antiquity, from Egypt to Greece, that wild animals began to be represented for a specific purpose. Indeed, the animal figure, sacralised and feared, systematically referred to religions and myths. The Egyptian pantheon and its representations were populated by men with animal heads, and many Greek vases were decorated with the effigy of the Hydra or the Minotaur.
With the advent of Christianity, followed by humanism, animals began to be portrayed as submissive and dominated by man. This symbolism was essential for religious messages. The Middle Ages were particularly fascinated by the figure of the unicorn, a poetic and mythical animal. Gradually, however, the representation became more naturalistic, as Renaissance artists attempted to represent nature as realistically as possible, particularly in drawings and engravings. Wild animals were also omnipresent in hunting and war scenes. Some even played with the limit between realism and imagination,for instance Bosh in his 'Garden of Delights'.
One of the most recurring figure of wildlife in art is undoubtedly the lion. In Baroque art in particular, obsessed with exotic animals, the theme of the savannah came up regularly. European colonial enterprises, and the stories of those who returned from the four corners of the world made artists' imaginations bubble. A master in this field, Rubens painted exotic and grandiose hunting scenes, featuring tigers, hippos or crocodiles...
This Orientalist trend made a comeback in the 19th century, with Delacroix distinguished himself in the representation of wild animals, especially tigers. Later on, symbolists such as Gauguin found in the painting of wild animals a way to express their own vision of reality by creating colourful and fantasized worlds. This paved the way for naive art, the most illustrious representative of which was Henri Rousseau, who used an illustrated book on wild animals found at the Galeries Lafayette to populate his paintings with exotic animals that invited escape.
Contemporary art also draws inspiration from the bestiary very regularly. One can think of National Geographic's famous photographs, now on display in museums all around the world. From a more experimental perspective, there is the example of Chinese artist Chang Lei, who had fun representing a wide variety of wildlife in her piece 'Animal Farm'. Jeff Koons, most famous for his Balloon Dogs, also made the monkey his trademark. However, at a time when the issue of animal ethics is increasingly present, our relationship with animals is at the heart of moral concerns. Contemporary art is often criticised for its use of dead animals or for suspected abuse. Damien Hirst, in particular, created controversy by exhibiting sculptures presenting dead animals floating in blue formol.
But none of that on Artsper, where wildlife is celebrated, as you will be able to see in our selection!