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![Painting, The Horse Fair, Alexander Levich](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2187945_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Races, Alexander Levich](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2187944_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Evening, Alexander Levich](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2187940_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Moulin à vent, Yutao Ge](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2187937_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Morning, Alexander Levich](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2187931_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Deer, Alexander Levich](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2187921_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Art eagle, Aleksandr Shkarbanenko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2187370_1_grid.jpg)
Art eagle
Aleksandr Shkarbanenko
Sculpture - 50 x 50 x 4 cm Sculpture - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
€2,178
![Painting, Sardines, Meteo Meteo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2181881_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Collection Couleurs d'automne - "Golden Horses", Thomas Jeunet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2181871_1_grid.jpg)
Collection Couleurs d'automne - "Golden Horses"
Thomas Jeunet
Painting - 60 x 60 x 3.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.4 inch
€900
![Sculpture, Pompon Bear comme une excuse, Miguel Guía](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/855744_1_grid.jpg)
Pompon Bear comme une excuse
Miguel Guía
Sculpture - 19 x 35 x 13 cm Sculpture - 7.5 x 13.8 x 5.1 inch
€1,210
![Painting, Reacciona, Maria Luisa Osácar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199488_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Yellow Sentinel, Ara Gasparyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2190708_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Triptyque - Le peuple des mirages, Agathe David](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2190099_1_grid.jpg)
Triptyque - Le peuple des mirages
Agathe David
Painting - 94 x 143 x 1 cm Painting - 37 x 56.3 x 0.4 inch
€3,400
![Painting, Dusk's feathered gem, Ara Gasparyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2187134_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Believe, Stella Zachariassen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2186570_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Feel the Joy, Stella Zachariassen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2186569_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Good Morning, Stella Zachariassen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2186568_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Happiness, Stella Zachariassen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2186567_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, New Day, Stella Zachariassen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2186566_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Positivity, Stella Zachariassen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2186565_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Smille, Stella Zachariassen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2186564_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Hello, Stella Zachariassen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2186563_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Be Kind, Stella Zachariassen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2186562_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Twilight Sentinel, Ara Gasparyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2186480_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Blanc I, Drew Doggett](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2101518_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Végas pop art star wars, Christophe Comerro](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1998462_1_grid.jpg)
Végas pop art star wars
Christophe Comerro
Sculpture - 45 x 30 x 45 cm Sculpture - 17.7 x 11.8 x 17.7 inch
€1,180
![Photography, Hydrogen, Polo Miniature, Amrita Bilimoria](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211923_1_grid.jpg)
Hydrogen, Polo Miniature
Amrita Bilimoria
Photography - 30.5 x 26.9 x 0.5 cm Photography - 12 x 10.6 x 0.2 inch
€1,161
![Photography, Loosen Up, Amrita Bilimoria](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211922_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Cheval, Balzac](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206898_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Coral Reef Painting Ocean Art Underwater Seascape Original Painting, Olga Nikitina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199901_1_grid.jpg)
Coral Reef Painting Ocean Art Underwater Seascape Original Painting
Olga Nikitina
Painting - 75 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 29.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€2,250
![Sculpture, Tête de lièvre n°8/8, Isabelle Carabantes](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2196179_1_grid.jpg)
Tête de lièvre n°8/8
Isabelle Carabantes
Sculpture - 46 x 21 x 20 cm Sculpture - 18.1 x 8.3 x 7.9 inch
€4,100
![Sculpture, Nautilus, Barry Davies](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2193202_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Bird I, Vincent Champion-Ercoli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2186784_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, My friends in Hawaii (Boo enjoys swimming), Jullia Kim](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2183359_1_grid.jpg)
My friends in Hawaii (Boo enjoys swimming)
Jullia Kim
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€1,600
![Painting, My friends in Hawaii (Maitai), Jullia Kim](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2183358_1_grid.jpg)
My friends in Hawaii (Maitai)
Jullia Kim
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€1,600
![Painting, My friends in Hawaii (Chip is sitting on the top), Jullia Kim](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2183357_1_grid.jpg)
My friends in Hawaii (Chip is sitting on the top)
Jullia Kim
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€1,600
![Painting, My friends in Hawaii (Tori on kayaking), Jullia Kim](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2183356_1_grid.jpg)
My friends in Hawaii (Tori on kayaking)
Jullia Kim
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€1,600
![Painting, My friends in Hawaii (Santiago loves to paddle), Jullia Kim](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2183355_1_grid.jpg)
My friends in Hawaii (Santiago loves to paddle)
Jullia Kim
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€1,600
![Painting, My friends in hawaii (Teddy in ab slider), Jullia Kim](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2183354_1_grid.jpg)
My friends in hawaii (Teddy in ab slider)
Jullia Kim
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€1,600
![Painting, My friends in Hawaii (Kong is ready to surf), Jullia Kim](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2183353_1_grid.jpg)
My friends in Hawaii (Kong is ready to surf)
Jullia Kim
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€1,600
![Painting, My friends in Hawaii (Teddy gets a new car), Jullia Kim](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2183352_1_grid.jpg)
My friends in Hawaii (Teddy gets a new car)
Jullia Kim
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€1,600
![Painting, My friends in Hawaii (Ziggy in troble), Jullia Kim](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2183351_1_grid.jpg)
My friends in Hawaii (Ziggy in troble)
Jullia Kim
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€1,600
![Painting, Émotion... (Origami 2024), Olivier Messas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209443_1_grid.jpg)
Émotion... (Origami 2024)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 27 x 27 x 6 cm Painting - 10.6 x 10.6 x 2.4 inch
€350
![Painting, Espace possible, Maylis Bourdet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200816_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sans titre, Patrick Loste](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197163_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, The Lion Queen (5), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197015_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, The Lion Queen (4), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197014_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, The Lion Queen (3), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197013_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, The Lion Queen (2), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197012_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Moonlight Sonata (4), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2196668_1_grid.jpg)
Moonlight Sonata (4)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 177.8 x 177.8 cm Photography - 70 x 70 inch
€48,393
![Photography, Moonlight Sonata (3), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2196667_1_grid.jpg)
Moonlight Sonata (3)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 152.4 x 152.4 cm Photography - 60 x 60 inch
€19,357
![Photography, Moonlight Sonata (2), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2196666_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Luke (4), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2196663_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Luke (3), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2196662_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Luke (2), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2196661_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Lady and The Lion (3), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2196648_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Lady and The Lion (2), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2196647_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Afternoon repose, Arman Avagyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195785_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Chimpanzee #16, Brad Wilson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2125335_1_grid.jpg)
Chimpanzee #16
Brad Wilson
Photography - 76 x 110 x 0.2 cm Photography - 29.9 x 43.3 x 0.1 inch
€4,200
![Painting, Héron, Xiu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1637871_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Memories of summer (1), Natalie Shiporina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200736_1_grid.jpg)
Memories of summer (1)
Natalie Shiporina
Painting - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€2,800
![Painting, ¿Cuándo, dónde y por qué?, Richard García](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195617_1_grid.jpg)
¿Cuándo, dónde y por qué?
Richard García
Painting - 40 x 35 x 4 cm Painting - 15.7 x 13.8 x 1.6 inch
€1,570
![Painting, Gentle Gaze, Shahen Aleksandryan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2189558_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Untitled 6, Manar Ali Hassan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2188941_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Celestial Dreamer - JALAL TOUFIC'S RADICAL CLOSURE, Manar Ali Hassan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2188935_1_grid.jpg)
Celestial Dreamer - JALAL TOUFIC'S RADICAL CLOSURE
Manar Ali Hassan
Print - 35 x 25 x 1 cm Print - 13.8 x 9.8 x 0.4 inch
€581
![Painting, Pigeons, Agnieszka Zawal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2187078_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Majestic nishikigoi in metal splendor : aqueous grandeur scarlet, Hiro Ando](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2186998_1_grid.jpg)
Majestic nishikigoi in metal splendor : aqueous grandeur scarlet
Hiro Ando
Sculpture - 80 x 75 x 100 cm Sculpture - 31.5 x 29.5 x 39.4 inch
€24,000
![Sculpture, Majestic nishikigoi in metal splendor : aqueous grandeur silver, Hiro Ando](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2186993_1_grid.jpg)
Majestic nishikigoi in metal splendor : aqueous grandeur silver
Hiro Ando
Sculpture - 80 x 75 x 100 cm Sculpture - 31.5 x 29.5 x 39.4 inch
€24,000
![Photography, El guia, Rocio Villanueva](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2181092_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Els gossos també somien, Salvador de Batlle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2137001_1_grid.jpg)
Els gossos també somien
Salvador de Batlle
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
€2,000
![Painting, Victor, Dianna Bonder](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208996_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Billy, Dianna Bonder](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208944_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Une aventure rhinoferroviere, Christophe Ronel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2201901_1_grid.jpg)
Une aventure rhinoferroviere
Christophe Ronel
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€5,900
![Painting, Temps fugit, Christophe Ronel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2201686_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Three Handed, Tamar Sulakvelidze](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2201214_1_grid.jpg)
Three Handed
Tamar Sulakvelidze
Painting - 100 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
€4,600
![Painting, Rampant horse on the sea - Italian painting & frame, Romano Mussolini](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199269_1_grid.jpg)
Rampant horse on the sea - Italian painting & frame
Romano Mussolini
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€650
![Painting, Forest Play, Sergey Miqayelyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2193246_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The game under blue night, Liu Yi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2189075_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The first stage, Liu Yi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2189074_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Leaping Panther, Arun A.](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2181061_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Roses and bandits, Nadezda Stupina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2180671_1_grid.jpg)
Roses and bandits
Nadezda Stupina
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,200
![Painting, Pousse-Moi, Antoine Josse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1356699_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Oiseau pirogue, Pauline Couble](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1293492_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Bad duck smoke, Lussy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208933_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, I Am Elegant, David Shrigley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199084_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, La poule, César Baldaccini](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2187580_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Le Même Allant, François Vandenberghe](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2187115_1_grid.jpg)
Le Même Allant
François Vandenberghe
Sculpture - 26 x 25 x 60 cm Sculpture - 10.2 x 9.8 x 23.6 inch
€13,800
![Sculpture, Dhibka, François Vandenberghe](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2187099_1_grid.jpg)
Dhibka
François Vandenberghe
Sculpture - 50 x 29 x 26 cm Sculpture - 19.7 x 11.4 x 10.2 inch
€13,800
![Sculpture, Le Morse - série Sculpture bois animaux, Matthieu Libault](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182203_1_grid.jpg)
Le Morse - série Sculpture bois animaux
Matthieu Libault
Sculpture - 37 x 37 x 11 cm Sculpture - 14.6 x 14.6 x 4.3 inch
€2,250
![Sculpture, Le Bison - Sculpture bois animaux, Matthieu Libault](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182201_1_grid.jpg)
Le Bison - Sculpture bois animaux
Matthieu Libault
Sculpture - 38 x 30 x 24 cm Sculpture - 15 x 11.8 x 9.4 inch
€2,750
![Painting, Vive les fleurs et les tigres, Seb Paul Michel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2143227_1_grid.jpg)
Vive les fleurs et les tigres
Seb Paul Michel
Painting - 92 x 65 x 1.5 cm Painting - 36.2 x 25.6 x 0.6 inch
€555
![Sculpture, Félin jouant, Miguel Guía](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1682037_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Art Class, Guillaume Piot](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213987_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.