Animal

Painting, Fish man series 10, Du Ke

Fish man series 10

Du Ke

Painting - 50 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€1,400

Painting, Fish man series 3, Du Ke

Fish man series 3

Du Ke

Painting - 60 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,400

Painting, Fish man series 2, Du Ke

Fish man series 2

Du Ke

Painting - 50 x 70 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch

€1,500

Painting, Fish man series I, Du Ke

Fish man series I

Du Ke

Painting - 50 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€1,400

Painting, Forest After Snow, Liu Ziyu

Forest After Snow

Liu Ziyu

Painting - 62 x 53 x 0.1 cm Painting - 24.4 x 20.9 x 0 inch

€1,800

Painting, Family 2, Keti Shapatava

Family 2

Keti Shapatava

Painting - 40 x 30 x 1.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.6 inch

€1,400

Painting, Family, Keti Shapatava

Family

Keti Shapatava

Painting - 49 x 59 x 1.9 cm Painting - 19.3 x 23.2 x 0.7 inch

€2,000

Print, Cheval, Claude Weisbuch

Cheval

Claude Weisbuch

Print - 18 x 23.5 x 0.5 cm Print - 7.1 x 9.3 x 0.2 inch

€250

Print, Cheval, Claude Weisbuch

Cheval

Claude Weisbuch

Print - 18 x 23.5 x 0.5 cm Print - 7.1 x 9.3 x 0.2 inch

€250

Print, Por tu Boca - Through Your Mouth, Peperina Magenta

Por tu Boca - Through Your Mouth

Peperina Magenta

Print - 49.5 x 69.9 x 1.9 cm Print - 19.5 x 27.5 x 0.75 inch

€3,484

Painting, Zoom sur Jaguar, Mosko

Zoom sur Jaguar

Mosko

Painting - 30 x 33 x 4 cm Painting - 11.8 x 13 x 1.6 inch

€800

Painting, Kobe, Tamta Chachanidze

Kobe

Tamta Chachanidze

Painting - 80 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€1,800

Painting, Applause Please, Tamta Chachanidze

Applause Please

Tamta Chachanidze

Painting - 100 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

€1,000

Painting, Coi, Evgeny Chernyakovsky

Coi

Evgeny Chernyakovsky

Painting - 59.9 x 79.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.4 x 1 inch

€1,887

Fine Art Drawings, Let's go faster, Maksym Kisilov

Let's go faster

Maksym Kisilov

Fine Art Drawings - 40.9 x 58.9 x 2.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.1 x 23.2 x 1 inch

€1,936

Painting, Behind the Door, Salome Khubashvili

Behind the Door

Salome Khubashvili

Painting - 96 x 147 x 2 cm Painting - 37.8 x 57.9 x 0.8 inch

€1,500

Painting, Parrots, Evgeny Chernyakovsky

Parrots

Evgeny Chernyakovsky

Painting - 59.9 x 79.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.4 x 1 inch

€1,839

Fine Art Drawings, Swan_01, Helal Uddin

Swan_01

Helal Uddin

Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 40.6 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 16 x 0.1 inch

€1,345

Painting, Zebra in turquoise, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas, Gardani Art

Zebra in turquoise, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Gardani Art

Painting - 119.4 x 99.1 x 1.8 cm Painting - 47 x 39 x 0.7 inch

€1,742

Print, La Femme-peintre au coq, Antoni Clavé

La Femme-peintre au coq

Antoni Clavé

Print - 38 x 57 cm Print - 15 x 22.4 inch

€950

Painting, C'est la pipe de Jean-Paul, Jordi Sàbat

C'est la pipe de Jean-Paul

Jordi Sàbat

Painting - 41 x 27 cm Painting - 16.1 x 10.6 inch

€750

Painting, Chanoir Charles, Chanoir

Chanoir Charles

Chanoir

Painting - 60 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€4,200

Painting, Défendez-moi 89, Stratos

Défendez-moi 89

Stratos

Painting - 60 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch

€4,200

Photography, Contemplum #024, Dani Garcia Sarabia

Contemplum #024

Dani Garcia Sarabia

Photography - 33 x 50 x 0.03 cm Photography - 13 x 19.7 x 0 inch

€850

Print, Bug in the system 009, Pierre-Emmanuel Chatiliez

Bug in the system 009

Pierre-Emmanuel Chatiliez

Print - 21 x 50 x 2 cm Print - 8.3 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,250

Painting, Dissimulation VI, Cécile Duchêne-Malissin

Dissimulation VI

Cécile Duchêne-Malissin

Painting - 100 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch

€3,200

Print, Artist´s Hand Mechanatomy (lava), Ardif

Artist´s Hand Mechanatomy (lava)

Ardif

Print - 76 x 56 x 0.1 cm Print - 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch

€790

Painting, Chiens N.3, Helen Uter

Chiens N.3

Helen Uter

Painting - 92 x 73 x 4 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 1.6 inch

€2,000

Fine Art Drawings, There is no Pressure on the Water, You Wu

There is no Pressure on the Water

You Wu

Fine Art Drawings - 34 x 140 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.4 x 55.1 x 0 inch

€1,600

Fine Art Drawings, Look of a Bird, You Wu

Look of a Bird

You Wu

Fine Art Drawings - 68 x 33 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 26.8 x 13 x 0 inch

€800

Fine Art Drawings, Sad Crane, You Wu

Sad Crane

You Wu

Fine Art Drawings - 68 x 33 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 26.8 x 13 x 0 inch

€800

Painting, Pink Panther, Mosko

Pink Panther

Mosko

Painting - 40 x 38 x 4 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15 x 1.6 inch

€850

Print, Stupor Mundi, Mimmo Paladino

Stupor Mundi

Mimmo Paladino

Print - 103 x 175 x 0.1 cm Print - 40.6 x 68.9 x 0 inch

€4,900

Sculpture, Le gros poisson bleu, Yannick Le Bloas

Le gros poisson bleu

Yannick Le Bloas

Sculpture - 31 x 45 x 23 cm Sculpture - 12.2 x 17.7 x 9.1 inch

€590

Painting, Rising Phoenix, Arek

Rising Phoenix

Arek

Painting - 59.8 x 40 x 1.8 cm Painting - 23.5 x 15.7 x 0.7 inch

€4,474

Painting, Elephant's power, Christos Patargias

Elephant's power

Christos Patargias

Painting - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€3,210

Painting, Negative Space, Nite Owl

Negative Space

Nite Owl

Painting - 20.3 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Painting - 8 x 12 x 0.1 inch

€800

Painting, Flipped, Nite Owl

Flipped

Nite Owl

Painting - 20.3 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Painting - 8 x 12 x 0.1 inch

€900

Painting, Coffee Time, Nite Owl

Coffee Time

Nite Owl

Painting - 20.3 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Painting - 8 x 12 x 0.1 inch

€900

Painting, Blue WU Owl, Nite Owl

Blue WU Owl

Nite Owl

Painting - 20.3 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Painting - 8 x 12 x 0.1 inch

€900

Painting, Brise, Helen Uter

Brise

Helen Uter

Painting - 31 x 101 x 4 cm Painting - 12.2 x 39.8 x 1.6 inch

€1,500

Painting, Blanc XI, Jordi Sàbat

Blanc XI

Jordi Sàbat

Painting - 60 x 60 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 inch

€1,600

Photography, Contemplum #023, Dani Garcia Sarabia

Contemplum #023

Dani Garcia Sarabia

Photography - 19 x 29 x 0.03 cm Photography - 7.5 x 11.4 x 0 inch

€650

Fine Art Drawings, Ka-e-ru, Tomo Sakurai

Ka-e-ru

Tomo Sakurai

Fine Art Drawings - 54 x 38 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 21.3 x 15 x 0 inch

€1,700

Fine Art Drawings, Forgiveness, Tomo Sakurai

Forgiveness

Tomo Sakurai

Fine Art Drawings - 45 x 33 x 2.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 17.7 x 13 x 0.9 inch

€1,800

Fine Art Drawings, Chimi Moryo, Tomo Sakurai

Chimi Moryo

Tomo Sakurai

Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 42 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 16.5 x 0 inch

€1,700

Painting, Red Love, Chanoir

Red Love

Chanoir

Painting - 76 x 57 x 1 cm Painting - 29.9 x 22.4 x 0.4 inch

€2,800

Painting, Green Love, Chanoir

Green Love

Chanoir

Painting - 76 x 57 x 1 cm Painting - 29.9 x 22.4 x 0.4 inch

€2,800

Print, Lion in Bowl, Mario Avati

Lion in Bowl

Mario Avati

Print - 5 x 6.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 2 x 2.6 x 0 inch

€300

Photography, Les Chevelus, Jean-Charles Mandou

Les Chevelus

Jean-Charles Mandou

Photography - 100 x 100 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 inch

€1,100

Photography, Éléphant de guerre, 1866, The opium smoking white elephant

Éléphant de guerre, 1866

The opium smoking white elephant

Photography - 60 x 50 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 inch

€1,300

Painting, Cavalcade, Dabere

Cavalcade

Dabere

Painting - 20 x 60 x 4 cm Painting - 7.9 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch

€700

Painting, Le Manège, Dabere

Le Manège

Dabere

Painting - 38 x 46 x 4 cm Painting - 15 x 18.1 x 1.6 inch

€700

Painting, Fierté, Dabere

Fierté

Dabere

Painting - 40 x 40 x 4 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.6 inch

€700

Painting, Liberté, Dabere

Liberté

Dabere

Painting - 40 x 40 x 4 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.6 inch

€700

Painting, Flamme, Dabere

Flamme

Dabere

Painting - 40 x 40 x 4 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.6 inch

€700

Painting, Mystérieux et Fascinant, Dabere

Mystérieux et Fascinant

Dabere

Painting - 40 x 40 x 4 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.6 inch

€700

Painting, Stellaire, Dabere

Stellaire

Dabere

Painting - 66 x 92 x 4 cm Painting - 26 x 36.2 x 1.6 inch

€1,800

Painting, Le Cheval Blanc, Dabere

Le Cheval Blanc

Dabere

Painting - 70 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch

€1,300

Painting, Le Rival, Dabere

Le Rival

Dabere

Painting - 60 x 60 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch

€1,300

Painting, Flamboyant, Dabere

Flamboyant

Dabere

Painting - 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch

€1,500

Painting, Surgis du Fond des Temps, Dabere

Surgis du Fond des Temps

Dabere

Painting - 40 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 15.7 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch

€1,300

Painting, Rêve Bleu, Dabere

Rêve Bleu

Dabere

Painting - 50 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch

€900

Painting, Les Destriers, Dabere

Les Destriers

Dabere

Painting - 50 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch

€900

Painting, Sahara, Dabere

Sahara

Dabere

Painting - 60 x 76 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 29.9 x 1.6 inch

€1,500

Painting, La petite pastorale, Jean-Pierre Lorand

La petite pastorale

Jean-Pierre Lorand

Painting - 30 x 24 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,000

Painting, Le charmeur d'oiseau, Jean-Pierre Lorand

Le charmeur d'oiseau

Jean-Pierre Lorand

Painting - 30 x 24 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,000

Print, Cavalli e Rovine (Horses and Ruins), Giorgio de Chirico

Cavalli e Rovine (Horses and Ruins)

Giorgio de Chirico

Print - 49 x 60 x 0.2 cm Print - 19.3 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch

€5,000

Sculpture, Autruche, Quentin Garel

Autruche

Quentin Garel

Sculpture - 47 x 25 x 43 cm Sculpture - 18.5 x 9.8 x 16.9 inch

€15,000

Painting, Les moines soldats, Pierre Sgamma

Les moines soldats

Pierre Sgamma

Painting - 65 x 54 x 3 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.3 x 1.2 inch

€1,900

Painting, Le moine soldat, Pierre Sgamma

Le moine soldat

Pierre Sgamma

Painting - 61 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,600

Painting, Euh, comment je peux dire ?, Ghislaine Ferreira

Euh, comment je peux dire ?

Ghislaine Ferreira

Painting - 32 x 24 x 1 cm Painting - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0.4 inch

€400

Painting, L'Envol, Carlo Maiolini

L'Envol

Carlo Maiolini

Painting - 110 x 91 x 2 cm Painting - 43.3 x 35.8 x 0.8 inch

€1,650

Print, Animal Behaviorist #8, Ralph Steadman

Animal Behaviorist #8

Ralph Steadman

Print - 27.94 x 38.1 x 2 cm Print - 11 x 15 x 0.8 inch

€557

Print, Animal Behaviorist #7, Ralph Steadman

Animal Behaviorist #7

Ralph Steadman

Print - 27.94 x 38.1 x 2 cm Print - 11 x 15 x 0.8 inch

€557

Print, Animal Behaviorist #6, Ralph Steadman

Animal Behaviorist #6

Ralph Steadman

Print - 27.94 x 38.1 x 2 cm Print - 11 x 15 x 0.8 inch

€557

Print, Animal Behaviorist #5, Ralph Steadman

Animal Behaviorist #5

Ralph Steadman

Print - 27.94 x 38.1 x 2 cm Print - 11 x 15 x 0.8 inch

€557

Painting, But female person is sad, Zianko Vasili

But female person is sad

Zianko Vasili

Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

€900

Painting, Love rat (a tribute to Banksy), Dr. Love

Love rat (a tribute to Banksy)

Dr. Love

Painting - 30 x 40 x 0.2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch

€50

Painting, Wolf, Lauren Acton

Wolf

Lauren Acton

Painting - 22.9 x 30.5 x 2.5 cm Painting - 9 x 12 x 1 inch

€871

Painting, La louve, Clara Castagné

La louve

Clara Castagné

Painting - 60 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1 inch

€2,200

Painting, Tea time in Paris with black cat, and Matisse's goldfish, Jiel

Tea time in Paris with black cat, and Matisse's goldfish

Jiel

Painting - 61 x 50 x 2.2 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.9 inch

€2,000

Sculpture, Taureau Lamborghini, Hassan Laamirat

Taureau Lamborghini

Hassan Laamirat

Sculpture - 180 x 270 x 70 cm Sculpture - 70.9 x 106.3 x 27.6 inch

€5,449

Painting, Evic, Peter Opheim

Evic

Peter Opheim

Painting - 41 x 31 x 1 cm Painting - 16.1 x 12.2 x 0.4 inch

€871

Painting, Fred, Peter Opheim

Fred

Peter Opheim

Painting - 41 x 31 x 1 cm Painting - 16.1 x 12.2 x 0.4 inch

€871

Painting, Caress of Love, Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)

Caress of Love

Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)

Painting - 70 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

€1,200

Print, Les Mange-Peurs, La Nuit + Collage, Olivier Tenedor

Les Mange-Peurs, La Nuit + Collage

Olivier Tenedor

Print - 50 x 33 x 1 cm Print - 19.7 x 13 x 0.4 inch

€200

Painting, Chromatic Water Lilies, Sofia Beltadze

Chromatic Water Lilies

Sofia Beltadze

Painting - 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch

€1,500

Painting, The Present Moment, Jo Moore

The Present Moment

Jo Moore

Painting - 61 x 50.8 x 3.8 cm Painting - 24 x 20 x 1.5 inch

€1,549

Painting, A Parrot's Sour Treat: Lemons and Limes, Grace Diehl

A Parrot's Sour Treat: Lemons and Limes

Grace Diehl

Painting - 27.9 x 35.6 x 1 cm Painting - 11 x 14 x 0.4 inch

€993

Painting, A Mouse's Shine, Grace Diehl

A Mouse's Shine

Grace Diehl

Painting - 27.9 x 35.6 x 1.8 cm Painting - 11 x 14 x 0.7 inch

€993

Painting, Skybound: A Garden Avian, Grace Diehl

Skybound: A Garden Avian

Grace Diehl

Painting - 35.6 x 27.9 x 1.8 cm Painting - 14 x 11 x 0.7 inch

€993

Painting, Predator and Prey, Grace Diehl

Predator and Prey

Grace Diehl

Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.8 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.7 inch

€1,786

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.

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