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![Print, Hibou, Max Ernst](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/632499_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Peacock, small, Gernot Kissel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/474583_1_grid.jpg)
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![Sculpture, Petit cheval Ferrari, Hassan Laamirat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2178903_1_grid.jpg)
Petit cheval Ferrari
Hassan Laamirat
Sculpture - 160 x 155 x 42 cm Sculpture - 63 x 61 x 16.5 inch
$2,579
![Sculpture, Guêpe femme - Sculpture surréaliste, Alain Plisson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2178270_1_grid.jpg)
Guêpe femme - Sculpture surréaliste
Alain Plisson
Sculpture - 44 x 18 x 18 cm Sculpture - 17.3 x 7.1 x 7.1 inch
$2,102
![Painting, Flying Dragon Playing with Pearl, Hongda](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2175242_1_grid.jpg)
Flying Dragon Playing with Pearl
Hongda
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,906
![Painting, My heart goes out..., Barbara Kieca](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2165545_1_grid.jpg)
My heart goes out...
Barbara Kieca
Painting - 110 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 43.3 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$1,345
![Painting, Des nouvelles d'Eéa, Timothy Archer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2162438_1_grid.jpg)
Des nouvelles d'Eéa
Timothy Archer
Painting - 210 x 300 x 5 cm Painting - 82.7 x 118.1 x 2 inch
$21,861
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Contemporary portrait "It's Cold..."
Nataliya Bagatskaya
Painting - 80 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$1,457
![Painting, Solentiname, Luis Alvarado](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2145757_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Gabarit Cheval au trot en métal recyclé, Hassan Laamirat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144502_1_grid.jpg)
Gabarit Cheval au trot en métal recyclé
Hassan Laamirat
Sculpture - 200 x 60 x 280 cm Sculpture - 78.7 x 23.6 x 110.2 inch
$2,410
![Painting, Animal le chat Soulage - Large - French School -- Basel, Bazévian Delacapucinière](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2128933_1_grid.jpg)
Animal le chat Soulage - Large - French School -- Basel
Bazévian Delacapucinière
Painting - 55 x 55 x 3.5 cm Painting - 21.7 x 21.7 x 1.4 inch
$2,018 $1,735
![Painting, Raging bull V (Large) French school oil painting 21th - Basel, Bazévian Delacapucinière](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2097354_1_grid.jpg)
Raging bull V (Large) French school oil painting 21th - Basel
Bazévian Delacapucinière
Painting - 55 x 55 x 3.5 cm Painting - 21.7 x 21.7 x 1.4 inch
$2,018 $1,735
![Painting, Cabbage that sheltered the golden lion, Natalie Shiporina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2091699_1_grid.jpg)
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
$2,018
![Painting, Animal Le chat Soulage - Large, Bazévian Delacapucinière](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2090334_1_grid.jpg)
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
$2,018 $1,735
![Painting, Portrait Kitten - Cat - French school oil painting 21th - Basel, Bazévian Delacapucinière](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2064528_1_grid.jpg)
Portrait Kitten - Cat - French school oil painting 21th - Basel
Bazévian Delacapucinière
Painting - 40 x 40 x 3.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.4 inch
$1,009 $868
![Painting, Animal octopus walk - Large - French school oil painting 21th - Basel, Bazévian Delacapucinière](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2048238_1_grid.jpg)
Animal octopus walk - Large - French school oil painting 21th - Basel
Bazévian Delacapucinière
Painting - 55 x 55 x 3.5 cm Painting - 21.7 x 21.7 x 1.4 inch
$2,018 $1,735
![Print, Chariot à Istanbul, Alexei Lantsev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2012874_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Crow and key of heaven, Dervis Akdemir](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2012121_1_grid.jpg)
Crow and key of heaven
Dervis Akdemir
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 1 inch
$530
![Painting, Immortal crow, Dervis Akdemir](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2012031_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Rafael, Lilia Mazurkevich](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1984551_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Le chat, José Pirès](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1971030_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Raging Bull II NSWE (Large), Bazévian Delacapucinière](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1947888_1_grid.jpg)
Raging Bull II NSWE (Large)
Bazévian Delacapucinière
Painting - 55 x 55 x 3.5 cm Painting - 21.7 x 21.7 x 1.4 inch
$2,130 $1,832
![Print, Butterfly white IIII, James Chiew](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1780830_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Butterfly white II, James Chiew](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1780824_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, St. George and the Dragon, Mario Henrique](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1413288_1_grid.jpg)
St. George and the Dragon
Mario Henrique
Painting - 150 x 150 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 inch
$13,677
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![Painting, Chief Shaman, Heikki Länkinen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1382499_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Untitled, Leonor Fini](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1352094_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Untitled, Leonor Fini](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1352088_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Untitled, Leonor Fini](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1352085_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Untitled, Leonor Fini](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1352082_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Untitled, Leonor Fini](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1352058_1_grid.jpg)
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![Photography, Sun #57, Claus Stolz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1171233_1_grid.jpg)
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![Print, Oeuvre à porter n°01 - Janvier - L'attente, La Robotte](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1103901_1_grid.jpg)
Oeuvre à porter n°01 - Janvier - L'attente
La Robotte
Print - 90 x 90 x 0.2 cm Print - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.1 inch
$325
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![Painting, Owl on the wall, Benjamin David](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1041783_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Waiting in New York, Helen Uter](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/992922_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Oiseau Lyre 1959 Lyrebird, Wysszbar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/907953_1_grid.jpg)
Oiseau Lyre 1959 Lyrebird
Wysszbar
Painting - 31.5 x 20 x 0.3 cm Painting - 12.4 x 7.9 x 0.1 inch
$1,003 $502
![Painting, Bouleau, Claudine Picard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/848976_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Os à moelle, Claudine Picard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/848964_1_grid.jpg)
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![Photography, Contemplum #017, Dani Garcia Sarabia](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/618333_1_grid.jpg)
Contemplum #017
Dani Garcia Sarabia
Photography - 33 x 50 x 0.03 cm Photography - 13 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$953
![Sculpture, Panthère, Michel Audiard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/613680_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, L'abreuvoir d'Eiffel, Tanguy Mendrisse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/511214_1_grid.jpg)
L'abreuvoir d'Eiffel
Tanguy Mendrisse
Photography - 30 x 24 x 0.2 cm Photography - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.1 inch
$135
![Print, Désert, Leonardo Cremonini](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/331240_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Le petit Chaperaun rouge (2), Jordi Sàbat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2173542_1_grid.jpg)
Le petit Chaperaun rouge (2)
Jordi Sàbat
Painting - 30 x 30 x 5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 2 inch
$729
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![Painting, Happy fish, Le anh Tuan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2167801_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Happy fish, Le anh Tuan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2167800_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Happy fish, Le anh Tuan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2167796_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Birds of the Mythical Woods, Tetiana Pchelnykova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2152316_1_grid.jpg)
Birds of the Mythical Woods
Tetiana Pchelnykova
Painting - 60 x 120 x 1.8 cm Painting - 23.6 x 47.2 x 0.7 inch
$1,289
![Painting, El Aire, Helen Uter](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2152178_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La Tierra, Helen Uter](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2152145_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Voyage entre deux mondes, Clara Crespin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2149057_1_grid.jpg)
Voyage entre deux mondes
Clara Crespin
Painting - 46 x 38 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 15 x 0.8 inch
$1,682
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![Design, Ironman Disney (Edition Rouge), Richard Orlinski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2146770_1_grid.jpg)
Ironman Disney (Edition Rouge)
Richard Orlinski
Design - 22 x 12 x 3 cm Design - 8.7 x 4.7 x 1.2 inch
$336
![Fine Art Drawings, Hot to trot, Gabrielle Pool](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2141096_1_grid.jpg)
Hot to trot
Gabrielle Pool
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$597
![Fine Art Drawings, African stand off, Gabrielle Pool](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2141068_1_grid.jpg)
African stand off
Gabrielle Pool
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$597
![Painting, Bengal tiger. strength and power., Lilya Volskaya](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2140899_1_grid.jpg)
Bengal tiger. strength and power.
Lilya Volskaya
Painting - 40 x 25 x 1.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 9.8 x 0.6 inch
$897
![Painting, White eagle. A keen eye., Lilya Volskaya](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2140898_1_grid.jpg)
White eagle. A keen eye.
Lilya Volskaya
Painting - 40 x 25 x 1.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 9.8 x 0.6 inch
$897
![Painting, The snake's gaze. Hypnosis, Lilya Volskaya](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2140355_1_grid.jpg)
The snake's gaze. Hypnosis
Lilya Volskaya
Painting - 40 x 25 x 1.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 9.8 x 0.6 inch
$897
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![Painting, Black Panther. Green Eye (1), Lilya Volskaya](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2137372_1_grid.jpg)
Black Panther. Green Eye (1)
Lilya Volskaya
Painting - 40 x 25 x 1.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 9.8 x 0.6 inch
$897
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.