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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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Painting, Ecoute, Lise Vurpillot

Ecoute

Lise Vurpillot

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

€2,650

Painting, Xiong Mao, Lise Vurpillot

Xiong Mao

Lise Vurpillot

Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€3,700

Sculpture, Troglodyte, Jean Lemonnier

Troglodyte

Jean Lemonnier

Sculpture - 11.5 x 10.5 x 9.5 cm Sculpture - 4.5 x 4.1 x 3.7 inch

€2,000

Painting, Spring, Patricia Dubois

Spring

Patricia Dubois

Painting - 150 x 71 x 3.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 28 x 1.4 inch

€2,916 €2,625

Painting, Vision, Lise Vurpillot

Vision

Lise Vurpillot

Painting - 90 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

€2,800

Painting, Goa, Lise Vurpillot

Goa

Lise Vurpillot

Painting - 150 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

€5,300

Sculpture, Manchotière, Jean Lemonnier

Manchotière

Jean Lemonnier

Sculpture - 60 x 40 x 35 cm Sculpture - 23.6 x 15.7 x 13.8 inch

€16,000 €14,400

Painting, Pink Monkey, Kevin Deuso

Pink Monkey

Kevin Deuso

Painting - 121 x 96 x 3 cm Painting - 47.6 x 37.8 x 1.2 inch

€8,101

Painting, Blue Monkey, Kevin Deuso

Blue Monkey

Kevin Deuso

Painting - 96 x 76 x 3 cm Painting - 37.8 x 29.9 x 1.2 inch

€8,101

Painting, Heart of a dog, Lola Jamin

Heart of a dog

Lola Jamin

Painting - 51 x 36 x 0.1 cm Painting - 20.1 x 14.2 x 0 inch

€300

Painting, Invisible ants, Lola Jamin

Invisible ants

Lola Jamin

Painting - 36 x 51 x 0.1 cm Painting - 14.2 x 20.1 x 0 inch

€300

Sculpture, Red robin, Catherine Clare

Red robin

Catherine Clare

Sculpture - 16 x 8 x 10 cm Sculpture - 6.3 x 3.1 x 3.9 inch

€450 €405

Sculpture, Gina, Capocci

Gina

Capocci

Sculpture - 42 x 38 x 24 cm Sculpture - 16.5 x 15 x 9.4 inch

€3,200

Fine Art Drawings, My Simone !, Noël Granger

My Simone !

Noël Granger

Fine Art Drawings - 25 x 25 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.8 x 9.8 inch

€120

Fine Art Drawings, Ma cocotte !, Noël Granger

Ma cocotte !

Noël Granger

Fine Art Drawings - 25 x 25 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.8 x 9.8 inch

€100

Sculpture, Vas te faire M, Capocci

Vas te faire M

Capocci

Sculpture - 50 x 20 x 30 cm Sculpture - 19.7 x 7.9 x 11.8 inch

€3,500

Sculpture, Land Loha totem, Loha

Land Loha totem

Loha

Sculpture - 20 x 15 x 6 cm Sculpture - 7.9 x 5.9 x 2.4 inch

€100 €85

Sculpture, Gorille , Michel Audiard

Gorille

Michel Audiard

Sculpture - 40 x 48 x 32 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 18.9 x 12.6 inch

€5,500

Painting, Jungle Cosmique, Clemyart

Jungle Cosmique

Clemyart

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

€450

Painting, Epilogue, Zena Blackwell

Epilogue

Zena Blackwell

Painting - 150 x 120 x 3.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 1.4 inch

€4,809

Print, Red horse, Ilan Burkov

Red horse

Ilan Burkov

Print - 70 x 70 x 0.5 cm Print - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.2 inch

€350 €315

Print, Red horse, Ilan Burkov

Red horse

Ilan Burkov

Print - 70 x 70 x 0.5 cm Print - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.2 inch

€350 €315

Print, Red horse, Ilan Burkov

Red horse

Ilan Burkov

Print - 70 x 70 x 0.5 cm Print - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.2 inch

€350 €315

Print, Pink horse, Ilan Burkov

Pink horse

Ilan Burkov

Print - 70 x 70 x 0.5 cm Print - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.2 inch

€350 €315

Print, Pink horse, Ilan Burkov

Pink horse

Ilan Burkov

Print - 70 x 70 x 0.5 cm Print - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.2 inch

€350 €315

Print, Pink horse, Ilan Burkov

Pink horse

Ilan Burkov

Print - 70 x 70 x 0.5 cm Print - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.2 inch

€350 €315

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