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![Sculpture, Horse, Gelitin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/228934_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, À Table, Loreto Verrocchia](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1006749_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Doggy dog, Jean-Marc Calvet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2147377_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Untitled, Sanal Boldyrev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200312_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Azure Adornment, Gevorg Sinanyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2038950_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, L'oiseau bleu, Johnny Friedlaender](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2032395_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Giraffe in turquoise, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas, Stefanie Rogge](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1771926_1_grid.jpg)
Giraffe in turquoise, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Stefanie Rogge
Painting - 119.4 x 99.1 x 1.8 cm Painting - 47 x 39 x 0.7 inch
$2,287
![Fine Art Drawings, Crypsis, Angelo Pioppo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1549479_1_grid.jpg)
Crypsis
Angelo Pioppo
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 42 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 16.5 x 0 inch
$548
![Painting, Cheerful Morning, Jia Yuan Hua](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1383438_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Tigre attaquant un buffle, Henri Rousseau dit Le douanier Rousseau](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1251900_1_grid.jpg)
Tigre attaquant un buffle
Henri Rousseau dit Le douanier Rousseau
Print - 56 x 75 x 0.1 cm Print - 22 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$224
![Painting, 1958 Oiseau Bird, Kam Zin Choon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1031328_1_grid.jpg)
1958 Oiseau Bird
Kam Zin Choon
Painting - 75 x 54 x 0.75 cm Painting - 29.5 x 21.3 x 0.3 inch
$1,063
![Sculpture, Paradoxe, Yves Cass](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1620927_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, En proie à de cruelles hésitations à propos de différentes choses., Reinhoud d'Haese](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1449003_1_grid.jpg)
En proie à de cruelles hésitations à propos de différentes choses.
Reinhoud d'Haese
Sculpture - 68 x 40 x 23 cm Sculpture - 26.8 x 15.7 x 9.1 inch
$11,744
![Painting, L'oiseau Quoubira, André Cervera](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1384449_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Yayoi, Yu Deng](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1356813_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le Paradis Perdu, Omid Hallaj](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/543553_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Rhinoceros, Pascal Chesneau](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1445541_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Baby Bull français, Jean-Michel Pradel-Fraysse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1249383_1_grid.jpg)
Baby Bull français
Jean-Michel Pradel-Fraysse
Sculpture - 32 x 20 x 25 cm Sculpture - 12.6 x 7.9 x 9.8 inch
$5,033
![Painting, Toulouse Dawn, Olivier Lamboray](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1098237_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Nuestro camino, Susana Casillas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1629999_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Au galop, Alfred Defossez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1283187_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Gorilla Berengei, Gier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1228821_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Mon plan de vol de Londres à Nice semblait mal tourner, Glen Baxter](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2175556_1_grid.jpg)
Mon plan de vol de Londres à Nice semblait mal tourner
Glen Baxter
Print - 35 x 42 cm Print - 13.8 x 16.5 inch
$232
![Sculpture, roofvogel met vis, Evert den Hartog](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2145540_1_grid.jpg)
roofvogel met vis
Evert den Hartog
Sculpture - 70 x 48 x 60 cm Sculpture - 27.6 x 18.9 x 23.6 inch
$16,497
![Painting, Sprouted, Kelly Vivanco](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1444200_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Be humble, Jonathan Ouisse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1383573_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Le courage des inconscients, Yoann Merienne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1981341_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Pez Plateado, Miquel Aparici](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1698726_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Autour de l'étang, Clemyart](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1412787_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Flying Cows, Fredi Gertsch](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1306644_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Catimini, Bernard Vié](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1240569_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Love - ours, Sandrine Piani](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/929799_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Tororeador, Perrotte](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/873945_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Cambodge, Prey Nup, Bantei Prey, jeune fille, Eric Benard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1720833_1_grid.jpg)
Cambodge, Prey Nup, Bantei Prey, jeune fille
Eric Benard
Photography - 40 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$727
![Painting, Sans titre #2 Série Qohelet, Dan Barichasse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1405521_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Farewell to Fremantle, Margarita Voynova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/990834_1_grid.jpg)
Farewell to Fremantle
Margarita Voynova
Painting - 80 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,678
![Photography, Transcoder - The Secret about Curves, Chien Hua Huang](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/740493_1_grid.jpg)
Transcoder - The Secret about Curves
Chien Hua Huang
Photography - 40 x 75 x 4 cm Photography - 15.7 x 29.5 x 1.6 inch
$3,355
![Print, Seven Black Cats - Contemporary portrait, Nataliya Bagatskaya](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2181004_1_grid.jpg)
Seven Black Cats - Contemporary portrait
Nataliya Bagatskaya
Print - 80 x 55 x 1.5 cm Print - 31.5 x 21.7 x 0.6 inch
$1,454
![Painting, Bye Bye Blackbirdds, Paula Montgomery](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1843068_1_grid.jpg)
Bye Bye Blackbirdds
Paula Montgomery
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 0.8 inch
$3,100
![Fine Art Drawings, Life, Hasb](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1764093_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Maremma Cheetah, Adriano Pompa](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1481019_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Palette Knife Of Spring, Alejandro Moretti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1070133_1_grid.jpg)
The Palette Knife Of Spring
Alejandro Moretti
Painting - 60 x 35 x 1.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 13.8 x 0.6 inch
$559
![Painting, La rencontre, Frieda Mouroum](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/712308_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Grand perroquet noir au cirque, Brigite Oury](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1937412_1_grid.jpg)
Grand perroquet noir au cirque
Brigite Oury
Painting - 88 x 65 x 0.1 cm Painting - 34.6 x 25.6 x 0 inch
$1,063
![Painting, Between the bite and the beak, Painting, Acrylic on canvas, Amy Bernays](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1818252_1_grid.jpg)
Between the bite and the beak, Painting, Acrylic on canvas
Amy Bernays
Painting - 20.3 x 25.4 x 0.3 cm Painting - 8 x 10 x 0.1 inch
$950
![Print, 571 Glasseye school, Patrick Chevailler](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2005353_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Les gardians de Camargue, Vincent Haddelsey](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1185480_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Composition, Eugène Ionesco](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/891456_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Les deux amis et l'oiseau, Rebecca de Cachard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/51391_1_grid.jpg)
Les deux amis et l'oiseau
Rebecca de Cachard
Painting - 60 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$2,013
![Painting, N°19047 Pieta 1, Capton](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1638963_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Crabes & Carapaces, Christine Dumas de Rauly](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1578891_1_grid.jpg)
Crabes & Carapaces
Christine Dumas de Rauly
Painting - 60 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
$2,013
![Painting, The Cats, Marie-Paulette Lagosse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/969975_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Toro mosaique, Jean Amiel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/35978_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Sticking to my post, Poren Huang](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2005896_1_grid.jpg)
Sticking to my post
Poren Huang
Sculpture - 33 x 42 x 53 cm Sculpture - 13 x 16.5 x 20.9 inch
$28,400
![Painting, Hermanas, Fefe Talavera](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1904346_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, New York 5, Wilfred](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1648332_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Il était une fois, Maïté Martinez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1518132_1_grid.jpg)
Il était une fois
Maïté Martinez
Sculpture - 13 x 17 x 14 cm Sculpture - 5.1 x 6.7 x 5.5 inch
$5,369
![Print, 1959 Homme oiseau, Wysszbar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/908025_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, News Feed, Michael Krzeminski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1541367_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Fire's Bird, Brigitte Mathé](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1502592_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Banc de poisson, Osru](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1425537_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Z Portrait, Mital Patel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1326003_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Sweet Dragon Gentil, Laurent Garcin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1214721_1_grid.jpg)
Sweet Dragon Gentil
Laurent Garcin
Sculpture - 30 x 40 x 12 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 15.7 x 4.7 inch
$1,286
![Painting, Broken princess, Silvia Cuello](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1128867_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Hotel Mermaid Club #2, Chris Rhodes](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/657183_1_grid.jpg)
Hotel Mermaid Club #2
Chris Rhodes
Photography - 10 x 8 x 0.2 cm Photography - 3.9 x 3.1 x 0.1 inch
$168
![Print, 17 pour, Reinhoud d'Haese](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/430491_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Lecture, Julia Chausson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2173318_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Beluga in mind, Danielle Le Bricquir](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2100633_1_grid.jpg)
Beluga in mind
Danielle Le Bricquir
Painting - 81 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$5,369
![Sculpture, Miaou, Sylvie Cappe](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199766_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, L'envolée vers l'inconnu, Looki](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2188922_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, La girafe, Brigite Oury](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1943781_1_grid.jpg)
La girafe
Brigite Oury
Fine Art Drawings - 25.5 x 36 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10 x 14.2 x 0 inch
$447
![Fine Art Drawings, Le chaman taureau, Julien Cuny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1782072_1_grid.jpg)
Le chaman taureau
Julien Cuny
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 70 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 27.6 inch
$503
![Painting, 1964 Le chat The cat, François Ozenda](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/930411_1_grid.jpg)
1964 Le chat The cat
François Ozenda
Painting - 6.5 x 6.5 x 0.3 cm Painting - 2.6 x 2.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,063
![Painting, A rush of wind trought the leaves, Jorge Calero](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2068944_1_grid.jpg)
A rush of wind trought the leaves
Jorge Calero
Painting - 89.9 x 59.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 35.4 x 23.6 x 1.5 inch
$1,010
![Sculpture, Jagoanku, Kusbudiyanto](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1763496_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Panther Chrome, Steve Chaudanson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1636758_1_grid.jpg)
Panther Chrome
Steve Chaudanson
Sculpture - 98 x 63 x 220 cm Sculpture - 38.6 x 24.8 x 86.6 inch
$53,686
![Painting, Dali Aux Papillons I, Yoz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1146294_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Vladas Kanciauskas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/838662_1_grid.jpg)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Vladas Kanciauskas
Sculpture - 39 x 42 x 18 cm Sculpture - 15.4 x 16.5 x 7.1 inch
$3,355
![Painting, Strange Birds with a warm heart Nr 3 & 4, Jacqueline Schäfer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/316729_1_grid.jpg)
Strange Birds with a warm heart Nr 3 & 4
Jacqueline Schäfer
Painting - 30 x 48 x 4 cm Painting - 11.8 x 18.9 x 1.6 inch
$1,118
![Fine Art Drawings, Die Katzin, Matthew Rose](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/780114_1_grid.jpg)
Die Katzin
Matthew Rose
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 45 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 17.7 x 0.2 inch
$1,342
![Photography, Liquid metal, Bogdan Boev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/693495_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Gorilla, Franck Savoye (Francky)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/278089_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Coq Noir, William Byl](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2122551_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Scientific illustration - vertical distribution of species in the mountain, Tekla Aleksieva](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1522509_1_grid.jpg)
Scientific illustration - vertical distribution of species in the mountain
Tekla Aleksieva
Print - 29.7 x 21 x 0.2 cm Print - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
$62
![Print, Horse and Rider, Leo McDowell](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2171679_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, No One Rides for Free, Erik Foss](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1334871_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Jake not Dinos; Dinos not Jake, Jake & Dinos Chapman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2171492_1_grid.jpg)
Jake not Dinos; Dinos not Jake
Jake & Dinos Chapman
Print - 39 x 28 x 0.1 cm Print - 15.4 x 11 x 0 inch
$895
![Painting, The bald dog, Deyan Valkov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2100129_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Couple de mésanges bleues, Jean Lemonnier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1973409_1_grid.jpg)
Couple de mésanges bleues
Jean Lemonnier
Sculpture - 16 x 11 x 9 cm Sculpture - 6.3 x 4.3 x 3.5 inch
$2,237
![Painting, Hibou, Pablito Zago](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/785250_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Le calamar assoifé, Irina Drozd](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2147349_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, N°Poivron, Bleu platine](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1758693_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Helios II, Mike Ellis](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1240572_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.