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![Painting, Joie Sereine, Patricia Dubois](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1641144_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Filou XL, C215](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1632546_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Your Nar-kitty, Inga Makarova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1614372_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Eagle, Pegaz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1592349_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Nature morte aux iris et aux tulipes, détail, Iconographia](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1555956_1_grid.jpg)
Nature morte aux iris et aux tulipes, détail
Iconographia
Photography - 60 x 40 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 inch
$336
![Print, Mondrian pas sec, Philippe Geluck](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1554585_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Dans le soleil N°2, Martine Thibaud](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1531791_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Dans le soleil N°1, Martine Thibaud](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1531785_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Love rat with bubble II, Utopia](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1517625_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Love Rat with bubble I, Utopia](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1517619_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Giacometti VS Banksy, Shem](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1333935_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Les poissons de couleur, Dany Soyer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1327827_1_grid.jpg)
Les poissons de couleur
Dany Soyer
Painting - 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
$1,222
![Sculpture, Panther black mate, Richard Orlinski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1301289_1_grid.jpg)
Panther black mate
Richard Orlinski
Sculpture - 16 x 30 x 7 cm Sculpture - 6.3 x 11.8 x 2.8 inch
$4,200
![Painting, The Garden Code, Shaohui Tu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1289847_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Garden Code, Shaohui Tu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1289742_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Trompette de Virginie, Ludivine Corominas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1275981_1_grid.jpg)
Trompette de Virginie
Ludivine Corominas
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,906
![Painting, Meow RATP, C215](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1237188_1_grid.jpg)
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![Sculpture, Ça gratte !, Jean Amiel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/108781_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Chèvre, Jean Amiel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/108652_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Petit ours, Jean Amiel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/108625_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Lotus III, Zhongnan Chen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1051947_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Lotus II, Zhongnan Chen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1051944_1_grid.jpg)
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![Print, Ocean View, Ann Bridges](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/613461_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Untitled, Patrick Villas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/476161_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Dazzle, Drew Doggett](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197278_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La chaise, Pierre Sojo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2179811_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Wolf tag, Richard Orlinski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2179340_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Portrait 9, FeiWoux Chan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2172014_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Unicycle and Bird, Annora Spence](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2155344_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Mirror panther on black, Nataliia Krykun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2147906_1_grid.jpg)
Mirror panther on black
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 30 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$885
![Painting, Fly Agaric Fungus and snail, Nataliia Krykun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2147373_1_grid.jpg)
Fly Agaric Fungus and snail
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 30 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,242
![Design, Bear Spirit (Gold Pink Edition), Richard Orlinski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2146760_1_grid.jpg)
Bear Spirit (Gold Pink Edition)
Richard Orlinski
Design - 13 x 8 x 8 cm Design - 5.1 x 3.1 x 3.1 inch
$334
![Painting, True Delight, Penyo Ivanov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2140861_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Arabian horse, Shahen Aleksandryan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2136103_1_grid.jpg)
Arabian horse
Shahen Aleksandryan
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,200
![Painting, Léopard, C215](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2131357_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The GPS, Nataliya Bagatskaya](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2108079_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Before, Petya Deneva](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1992408_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le basset, Wong Wa](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1988475_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Gorille, Martin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1942356_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Une étoile de craie, André Masson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1931304_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Une étoile de craie, André Masson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1931289_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Lion skull, Michael Burgess](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1773969_1_grid.jpg)
Lion skull
Michael Burgess
Fine Art Drawings - 71 x 62 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 28 x 24.4 x 0 inch
$1,345
![Painting, Sans titre, Wong Wa](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1580553_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Follow your dreams, Diederik Van Apple](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1554609_1_grid.jpg)
Follow your dreams
Diederik Van Apple
Sculpture - 24 x 13 x 13 cm Sculpture - 9.4 x 5.1 x 5.1 inch
$223
![Painting, The Weight of Primal Impulse, Brad Sane](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1528923_1_grid.jpg)
The Weight of Primal Impulse
Brad Sane
Painting - 101 x 76 x 5 cm Painting - 39.8 x 29.9 x 2 inch
$3,240
![Painting, Caramelized, BB.Queen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1309677_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, The Dog, Giuseppe Viviani](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1294962_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Boy band, Hervé Maury](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1123953_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Koi fish - 24, Poonam Choudhary](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1118253_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Study of lion and lioness, Wilhelm Lorenz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/997287_1_grid.jpg)
Study of lion and lioness
Wilhelm Lorenz
Fine Art Drawings - 23.8 x 31 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 12.2 x 0 inch
$617
![Fine Art Drawings, Tiger at Rest, Wilhelm Lorenz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/992568_1_grid.jpg)
Tiger at Rest
Wilhelm Lorenz
Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 30.2 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 11.9 x 0 inch
$673
![Painting, Pastatou, Claudine Picard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/848955_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Foreground of a Lion, Wilhelm Lorenz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/680667_1_grid.jpg)
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
$561
![Print, As Swift as Swallows Fly, Ruth Thomas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/650538_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Wings Dipped in Light, Ruth Thomas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/650520_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, A Loosely Woven Flock of Rooks, Ruth Thomas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/650502_1_grid.jpg)
A Loosely Woven Flock of Rooks
Ruth Thomas
Print - 50 x 25 x 1 cm Print - 19.7 x 9.8 x 0.4 inch
$1,193
![Painting, Cerf noir, Cécile Duchêne-Malissin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/646503_1_grid.jpg)
Cerf noir
Cécile Duchêne-Malissin
Painting - 100 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
$4,597
![Painting, L'aigle, André Guillarmain](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/632595_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Evasion, José Pirès](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/495937_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Lisa and her little lamb, Miquel Wert](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/480082_1_grid.jpg)
Lisa and her little lamb
Miquel Wert
Fine Art Drawings - 55 x 46 cm Fine Art Drawings - 21.7 x 18.1 inch
$1,682
![Sculpture, Tête de Cheval I, Christophe Charbonnel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/408943_1_grid.jpg)
Tête de Cheval I
Christophe Charbonnel
Sculpture - 29.2 x 15.2 x 33 cm Sculpture - 11.5 x 6 x 13 inch
$12,893
![Fine Art Drawings, Cómplices, Miquel Wert](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/240718_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Spirit of Purity, Delyafruz Bagirova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2175861_1_grid.jpg)
The Spirit of Purity
Delyafruz Bagirova
Painting - 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,231
![Painting, The edge of civilization, Ventzislav Dikov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2160696_1_grid.jpg)
The edge of civilization
Ventzislav Dikov
Painting - 81 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,128 $1,916
![Painting, La Muleta, Helen Uter](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2152179_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Farmhouse with Chickens, Michael Hill](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2151864_1_grid.jpg)
Farmhouse with Chickens
Michael Hill
Painting - 60 x 60 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch
$1,591
![Painting, Christmas Tree at the City Hall Square, Elena Lukina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2148978_1_grid.jpg)
Christmas Tree at the City Hall Square
Elena Lukina
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,121
![Sculpture, Cheval cabré Tag, Richard Orlinski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2143652_1_grid.jpg)
Cheval cabré Tag
Richard Orlinski
Sculpture - 40 x 10 x 26 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 3.9 x 10.2 inch
$9,978
![Painting, In the lap of your caress, Ritchelly Oliveira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2142574_1_grid.jpg)
In the lap of your caress
Ritchelly Oliveira
Painting - 204 x 193 x 2 cm Painting - 80.3 x 76 x 0.8 inch
$25,001
![Sculpture, Panthère crackled bleu, Richard Orlinski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2139886_1_grid.jpg)
Panthère crackled bleu
Richard Orlinski
Sculpture - 17 x 40 x 9 cm Sculpture - 6.7 x 15.7 x 3.5 inch
$12,220
![Painting, The infant, Kokimoto](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2130313_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Urban butterfly 7, Sylvain Lang](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2015670_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Urban butterfly 2 Aporia graffitis, Sylvain Lang](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2015667_1_grid.jpg)
Urban butterfly 2 Aporia graffitis
Sylvain Lang
Painting - 60 x 60 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch
$2,018
![Sculpture, Boxing Kong, Richard Orlinski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2008131_1_grid.jpg)
Boxing Kong
Richard Orlinski
Sculpture - 180 x 97 x 144 cm Sculpture - 70.9 x 38.2 x 56.7 inch
$130,000
![Painting, Colorful Fish Pond, Delyafruz Bagirova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1963347_1_grid.jpg)
Colorful Fish Pond
Delyafruz Bagirova
Painting - 90 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,794
![Painting, Through nine seas – cover, Tekla Aleksieva](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1941093_1_grid.jpg)
Through nine seas – cover
Tekla Aleksieva
Painting - 15 x 29 x 0.2 cm Painting - 5.9 x 11.4 x 0.1 inch
$1,031
![Painting, Illustration – Patterned Minim, Tekla Aleksieva](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1940124_1_grid.jpg)
Illustration – Patterned Minim
Tekla Aleksieva
Painting - 30 x 45.5 x 0.2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 17.9 x 0.1 inch
$1,312
![Sculpture, Tigre ajouré inox finition brillante 130, Richard Orlinski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1922994_1_grid.jpg)
Tigre ajouré inox finition brillante 130
Richard Orlinski
Sculpture - 82 x 124 x 58 cm Sculpture - 32.3 x 48.8 x 22.8 inch
$80,719
![Sculpture, Ours rouge flamme, Richard Orlinski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1898034_1_grid.jpg)
Ours rouge flamme
Richard Orlinski
Sculpture - 40 x 25 x 28 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 9.8 x 11 inch
$9,529
![Painting, L'hiver (Ecosse), Youngmi Kim](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1802499_1_grid.jpg)
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.