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![Painting, Little Raymond, Nef](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1171542_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Crhoco, Tekmass](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/982104_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Between Father and Mother, Sophie Verger](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2139878_1_grid.jpg)
Between Father and Mother
Sophie Verger
Sculpture - 25.5 x 36 x 31 cm Sculpture - 10 x 14.2 x 12.2 inch
€7,200 €6,840
![Sculpture, Bembeleza, Sophie Verger](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2064702_1_grid.jpg)
Bembeleza
Sophie Verger
Sculpture - 26 x 54 x 17 cm Sculpture - 10.2 x 21.3 x 6.7 inch
€5,500 €5,225
![Sculpture, Crocodile (1), Richard Orlinski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1972740_1_grid.jpg)
Crocodile (1)
Richard Orlinski
Sculpture - 45 x 110 x 45 cm Sculpture - 17.7 x 43.3 x 17.7 inch
€15,000
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Affinity IV, maquette
Patrick Villas
Sculpture - 60 x 40 x 23 cm Sculpture - 23.6 x 15.7 x 9.1 inch
€16,000
![Sculpture, Lion and two cubs, Sophie Verger](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2172926_1_grid.jpg)
Lion and two cubs
Sophie Verger
Sculpture - 25 x 43 x 16 cm Sculpture - 9.8 x 16.9 x 6.3 inch
€4,500 €4,275
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The giantess or Gulliver / La géante ou Gulliverte
Sophie Verger
Sculpture - 72.5 x 16 x 15 cm Sculpture - 28.5 x 6.3 x 5.9 inch
€4,800
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La petite merveille ou à iris / A little wonder
Sophie Verger
Sculpture - 30 x 18 x 15 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 7.1 x 5.9 inch
€3,500
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Wild neck - blue céleste
Richard Orlinski
Sculpture - 44 x 110 x 45 cm Sculpture - 17.3 x 43.3 x 17.7 inch
€18,900
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Gibraltar 2/8
Jean-François Gambino
Sculpture - 47 x 15 x 15 cm Sculpture - 18.5 x 5.9 x 5.9 inch
€10,000
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Cabeza de toro II
José Luis Pagador Ponce
Painting - 100 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 2 inch
€3,120
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Orang-outan sage
Valerian Sioridzé
Sculpture - 34 x 19 x 12 cm Sculpture - 13.4 x 7.5 x 4.7 inch
€950
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European Wildcat - Felis silvestris
Ivaylo Zafirov
Photography - 35 x 50 cm Photography - 13.8 x 19.7 inch
€210
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Faune et flore à Solentiname (1)
Luis Alvarado
Painting - 75 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 29.5 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€3,000
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Plexi'Art "Panther #1" (11)
JM Collell
Photography - 100 x 75 x 1.9 cm Photography - 39.4 x 29.5 x 0.7 inch
€1,100
![Print, 1985 Oiseau St John Perse Bird, Blaise Simon Balazs](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/963015_1_grid.jpg)
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
€950
![Painting, Ultimate freedom, Yoann Bonneville (YBA)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2124021_1_grid.jpg)
Ultimate freedom
Yoann Bonneville (YBA)
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€2,500
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Tête de tigre #5
Timothy Archer
Painting - 59.5 x 42 x 0.1 cm Painting - 23.4 x 16.5 x 0 inch
€1,400
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Tête de tigre #4
Timothy Archer
Painting - 59.5 x 42 x 0.1 cm Painting - 23.4 x 16.5 x 0 inch
€1,400
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Tete de tigre #2
Timothy Archer
Painting - 59.5 x 42 x 0.1 cm Painting - 23.4 x 16.5 x 0 inch
€1,400
![Painting, Tête de tigre #1, Timothy Archer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1087953_1_grid.jpg)
Tête de tigre #1
Timothy Archer
Painting - 59.4 x 42 x 0.1 cm Painting - 23.4 x 16.5 x 0 inch
€1,400
![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
€4,100
![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
€500
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Illustration – Patterned Minim
Tekla Aleksieva
Painting - 30 x 45.5 x 0.2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 17.9 x 0.1 inch
€1,170
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Shark Spirit (Aqua Blue Edition)
Richard Orlinski
Design - 14 x 10 x 8 cm Design - 5.5 x 3.9 x 3.1 inch
€250
![Painting, Charging Bull No. 2, Mario Henrique](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1710054_1_grid.jpg)
Charging Bull No. 2
Mario Henrique
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€3,900
![Painting, Charging Bull No. 1, Mario Henrique](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1709799_1_grid.jpg)
Charging Bull No. 1
Mario Henrique
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€3,900
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![Sculpture, Bear's nest, Sophie Verger](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2117931_1_grid.jpg)
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Malanka / Le jour de Malanka
Sophie Verger
Sculpture - 50 x 30 x 23 cm Sculpture - 19.7 x 11.8 x 9.1 inch
€6,800
![Sculpture, Elephant jump !, Sophie Verger](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2108625_1_grid.jpg)
Elephant jump !
Sophie Verger
Sculpture - 69 x 44 x 40 cm Sculpture - 27.2 x 17.3 x 15.7 inch
€9,500
![Sculpture, Surfing in the falklands, Sophie Verger](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2102556_1_grid.jpg)
Surfing in the falklands
Sophie Verger
Sculpture - 53 x 41 x 23 cm Sculpture - 20.9 x 16.1 x 9.1 inch
€5,900
![Sculpture, En Forêt de Hez - Laie et Marcassins, Sophie Verger](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2102541_1_grid.jpg)
En Forêt de Hez - Laie et Marcassins
Sophie Verger
Sculpture - 25 x 34 x 26 cm Sculpture - 9.8 x 13.4 x 10.2 inch
€11,500
![Sculpture, Not too fast, Sophie Verger](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2094402_1_grid.jpg)
Not too fast
Sophie Verger
Sculpture - 31.5 x 68 x 15 cm Sculpture - 12.4 x 26.8 x 5.9 inch
€7,900 €7,505
![Sculpture, Big Mahout, Sophie Verger](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2077956_1_grid.jpg)
Big Mahout
Sophie Verger
Sculpture - 55 x 65 x 35 cm Sculpture - 21.7 x 25.6 x 13.8 inch
€9,400 €8,930
![Sculpture, Bear in Kamchatka, Sophie Verger](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2039688_1_grid.jpg)
Bear in Kamchatka
Sophie Verger
Sculpture - 49 x 20.5 x 18 cm Sculpture - 19.3 x 8.1 x 7.1 inch
€5,900
![Sculpture, Bear juggling fish, Sophie Verger](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2039679_1_grid.jpg)
Bear juggling fish
Sophie Verger
Sculpture - 75 x 28 x 23 cm Sculpture - 29.5 x 11 x 9.1 inch
€5,500
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Drum Shaman Bear
Sophie Verger
Sculpture - 48 x 32 x 24 cm Sculpture - 18.9 x 12.6 x 9.4 inch
€5,200
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Les Nurses
Sophie Verger
Sculpture - 37 x 57 x 19 cm Sculpture - 14.6 x 22.4 x 7.5 inch
€7,900 €7,505
![Sculpture, Elephant in the garden, Sophie Verger](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1985463_1_grid.jpg)
Elephant in the garden
Sophie Verger
Sculpture - 77 x 74 x 45 cm Sculpture - 30.3 x 29.1 x 17.7 inch
€16,000 €15,200
![Sculpture, From one Trunk to the Other, Sophie Verger](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1982469_1_grid.jpg)
From one Trunk to the Other
Sophie Verger
Sculpture - 58 x 36 x 17 cm Sculpture - 22.8 x 14.2 x 6.7 inch
€5,800 €5,510
![Sculpture, The Sacred Boat, Sophie Verger](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1982448_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Kong Spirit (Pink Edition), Richard Orlinski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1901067_1_grid.jpg)
Kong Spirit (Pink Edition)
Richard Orlinski
Design - 13 x 10 x 5 cm Design - 5.1 x 3.9 x 2 inch
€400
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Carnaval 1975 Saint Petersbourg Carnival
Mikhail Chemiakine
Print - 55 x 45 cm Print - 21.7 x 17.7 inch
€990
![Photography, Spider Monkey #3, Brad Wilson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2125314_1_grid.jpg)
Spider Monkey #3
Brad Wilson
Photography - 74 x 58 x 0.1 cm Photography - 29.1 x 22.8 x 0 inch
€2,000
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Eurasian Eagle Owl #3
Brad Wilson
Photography - 51 x 51 x 0.1 cm Photography - 20.1 x 20.1 x 0 inch
€2,000
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L'affût
Jean-François Gambino
Sculpture - 50 x 35 x 70 cm Sculpture - 19.7 x 13.8 x 27.6 inch
€35,000
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Le roi de la jungle
Bruno Mallart
Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 22 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.7 x 8.7 x 1.2 inch
€1,000
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Toro de nimes
José Luis Pagador Ponce
Painting - 146 x 114 x 2 cm Painting - 57.5 x 44.9 x 0.8 inch
€9,600
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Le Philosophe
Guillaume Piot
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 65 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 25.6 inch
€1,500
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Stand appart from the crowd
Nite Owl
Painting - 20.3 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Painting - 8 x 12 x 0.1 inch
€900
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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!