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Sushi sur orbite
Jean-Luc Curabet
Painting - 80 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$3,297
Piaf Classic Uni
Valerie Marty
Sculpture - 16.5 x 8.1 x 11.9 cm Sculpture - 6.5 x 3.2 x 4.7 inch
$1,080
Le Rhino danseur bleu ultra mate
Xavier Wttrwulghe
Sculpture - 60 x 25 x 25 cm Sculpture - 23.6 x 9.8 x 9.8 inch
$3,297
Dans la forêt II
Taeho Choi
Fine Art Drawings - 150 x 120 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 59.1 x 47.2 x 0.1 inch
$1,705
Chairman Mao’s Long Journey, Athens (Grikkland)
Erró
Painting - 103 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 40.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$8,526
Dos rond 3/8
Jean-François Gambino
Sculpture - 39 x 42 x 26 cm Sculpture - 15.4 x 16.5 x 10.2 inch
$17,052
Bird sitting on a red chair
Hildegarde Handsaeme
Painting - 70 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
$2,160
Les dents du malheur
Bruno Mallart
Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 22 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.7 x 8.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,137
The Horse and the Dancer
Theodore Stravinsky
Print - 25.4 x 19.1 x 0.2 cm Print - 10 x 7.5 x 0.1 inch
$1,591
Donkey and little girl
Sophie Verger
Sculpture - 24 x 30 x 7.5 cm Sculpture - 9.4 x 11.8 x 3 inch
$3,979
Lion and two cubs
Sophie Verger
Sculpture - 25 x 43 x 16 cm Sculpture - 9.8 x 16.9 x 6.3 inch
$5,115
Contemporary portrait "The Feast"
Nataliya Bagatskaya
Painting - 90 x 70 x 1.8 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.7 inch
$2,274
Contemporary portrait "Inside the Painting"
Nataliya Bagatskaya
Painting - 90 x 60 x 1.8 cm Painting - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.7 inch
$2,274
Kong penseur (spirit rouge)
Richard Orlinski
Design - 13 x 10 x 7 cm Design - 5.1 x 3.9 x 2.8 inch
$443
Abstract coral and fish
Olga Nikitina
Painting - 50 x 60 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$682
Spanish Dancer Nudibranch Sea Life Creation
Olga Nikitina
Painting - 50 x 60 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$682
Giraffe and his greyhound
Sophie Verger
Sculpture - 62 x 33 x 15 cm Sculpture - 24.4 x 13 x 5.9 inch
$4,661
In the Arena or My Favourite Bull
Sophie Verger
Sculpture - 40 x 35 x 12 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 13.8 x 4.7 inch
$4,774
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
$3,979
Wild neck - blue céleste
Richard Orlinski
Sculpture - 44 x 110 x 45 cm Sculpture - 17.3 x 43.3 x 17.7 inch
$21,485
La Souris
Jean-François Gambino
Sculpture - 45 x 63 x 27 cm Sculpture - 17.7 x 24.8 x 10.6 inch
$18,188
Le Rhino danseur Apple green
Xavier Wttrwulghe
Sculpture - 60 x 25 x 25 cm Sculpture - 23.6 x 9.8 x 9.8 inch
$3,297
Gibraltar 2/8
Jean-François Gambino
Sculpture - 47 x 15 x 15 cm Sculpture - 18.5 x 5.9 x 5.9 inch
$11,368
Panthère Bronze
Michel Audiard
Sculpture - 25 x 50 x 23 cm Sculpture - 9.8 x 19.7 x 9.1 inch
$10,231
Little Egret - Egretta garzetta
Ivaylo Zafirov
Photography - 33 x 50 cm Photography - 13 x 19.7 inch
$239
Crocodile Born Wild
Richard Orlinski
Sculpture - 44 x 44 x 110 cm Sculpture - 17.3 x 17.3 x 43.3 inch
$16,483
Le Cannet by night
Linda McCluskey
Painting - 80 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,217
Jewel Tree #2
Minako Asakura
Fine Art Drawings - 60.6 x 50 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.9 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,478
Ours debout Crystal clear full fractal bleu
Richard Orlinski
Sculpture - 80 x 52 x 58 cm Sculpture - 31.5 x 20.5 x 22.8 inch
$79,460
Still life with birds
Ara Gasparyan
Painting - 35 x 72 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 28.3 x 0.8 inch
$900 $765
Le Choc des titans - ours Orlinski/Pompon
Richard Orlinski
Sculpture - 27 x 51 x 11 cm Sculpture - 10.6 x 20.1 x 4.3 inch
$9,094
The Supernova Remnant
Minako Asakura
Fine Art Drawings - 45.5 x 38 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 17.9 x 15 x 1.2 inch
$2,160
Abro Mis Alas - I Open My Wings
Peperina Magenta
Print - 59.7 x 90.2 x 1.3 cm Print - 23.5 x 35.5 x 0.5 inch
$4,700
Blue House Totem
Michel Tabanou
Painting - 32.5 x 26 x 0.3 cm Painting - 12.8 x 10.25 x 0.1 inch
$909
Piaf révolution s rose fluo
Valerie Marty
Sculpture - 16 x 12 x 8 cm Sculpture - 6.3 x 4.7 x 3.1 inch
$671
Untitled
Francesc Genovés
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 65 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0 inch
$631
Carnaval des animaux
Patrick Moya
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,160
European Wildcat - Felis silvestris
Ivaylo Zafirov
Photography - 35 x 50 cm Photography - 13.8 x 19.7 inch
$239
Golden Eagle - Aquila chrysaetos and Hooded Crow - Corvus cornix
Ivaylo Zafirov
Photography - 35 x 50 cm Photography - 13.8 x 19.7 inch
$239
Golden Eagle - Aquila chrysaetos
Ivaylo Zafirov
Photography - 40 x 50 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 inch
$239
Golden Eagle - Aquila chrysaetos
Ivaylo Zafirov
Photography - 37.5 x 50 cm Photography - 14.8 x 19.7 inch
$239
Golden Eagle - Aquila chrysaetos
Ivaylo Zafirov
Photography - 34.5 x 50 cm Photography - 13.6 x 19.7 inch
$239
Black kite - Milvus migrans
Ivaylo Zafirov
Photography - 34 x 50 cm Photography - 13.4 x 19.7 inch
$239
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.