Animal

Design, Andy Warhol Brillo 400% + 100%, Bearbrick

Andy Warhol Brillo 400% + 100%

Bearbrick

Design - 28 x 13 x 10 cm

$452 $407

Design, Cyclops (The Simpsons) 400% + 100%, Bearbrick

Cyclops (The Simpsons) 400% + 100%

Bearbrick

Design - 28 x 13 x 10 cm

$452 $407

Design, Marbles (Peanuts) 400%, Bearbrick

Marbles (Peanuts) 400%

Bearbrick

Design - 28 x 13 x 10 cm

$452

Painting, Mirror of water, Lilya Volskaya

Mirror of water

Lilya Volskaya

Painting - 60 x 50 x 1 cm

$854 $752

Painting, Le Chat Noir avec le Collier Poofy, Brian Nash

Le Chat Noir avec le Collier Poofy

Brian Nash

Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm

$2,400

Painting, Nikita, Nadezhda Raplya

Nikita

Nadezhda Raplya

Painting - 50 x 50 x 3 cm

$1,920

Painting, Bones and butterflies, Alise Sheehan

Bones and butterflies

Alise Sheehan

Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm

$3,500

Painting, Lion Fleuri, M.Cros

Lion Fleuri

M.Cros

Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm

$2,823

Painting, Higher life, Bright Toh

Higher life

Bright Toh

Painting - 100.1 x 80 x 2.5 cm

$2,500

Painting, Spirale de Fibonacci 9, Lillia Baudo

Spirale de Fibonacci 9

Lillia Baudo

Painting - 92 x 60 x 3 cm

$2,541

Painting, Through the Wastelands a brand new ssun rises, Panos Kampylis

Through the Wastelands a brand new ssun rises

Panos Kampylis

Painting - 120 x 120 x 3 cm

$2,259

Sculpture, Verité, S.Kristol

Verité

S.Kristol

Sculpture - 45 x 30 x 40 cm

$7,792

Sculpture, Équilibre, S.Kristol

Équilibre

S.Kristol

Sculpture - 50 x 25 x 25 cm

$6,889

Painting, Speak up, Bright Toh

Speak up

Bright Toh

Painting - 100.1 x 80 x 2.5 cm

$2,800

Painting, My dear lady, Bright Toh

My dear lady

Bright Toh

Painting - 140 x 119.9 x 2.5 cm

$4,300

Painting, Untitle 63, Lucio Forte

Untitle 63

Lucio Forte

Painting - 22 x 30 x 0.1 cm

$102

Painting, Inside on paper, Bright Toh

Inside on paper

Bright Toh

Painting - 89.9 x 69.9 x 2.5 cm

$2,300

Painting, Queen Kong, Bright Toh

Queen Kong

Bright Toh

Painting - 119.9 x 119.9 x 2.5 cm

$4,300

Sculpture, Chim Yellow and Red, Javier de la Rosa

Chim Yellow and Red

Javier de la Rosa

Sculpture - 30 x 120 x 20 cm

$2,370

Sculpture, Dardos Green, Javier de la Rosa

Dardos Green

Javier de la Rosa

Sculpture - 30 x 120 x 20 cm

$2,634

Sculpture, Dardo Green and Blue, Javier de la Rosa

Dardo Green and Blue

Javier de la Rosa

Sculpture - 30 x 120 x 20 cm

$2,634

Sculpture, Chim Blue and Green, Javier de la Rosa

Chim Blue and Green

Javier de la Rosa

Sculpture - 30 x 120 x 20 cm

$2,370

Painting, S. Daly's portrait, Artush Voskanyan

S. Daly's portrait

Artush Voskanyan

Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm

$5,000

Painting, In expectation, Artush Voskanyan

In expectation

Artush Voskanyan

Painting - 90 x 60 x 2 cm

$3,500

Sculpture, Blue  Chicken, Viktor Zuk

Blue Chicken

Viktor Zuk

Sculpture - 27 x 22 x 9 cm

$338 $305

Painting, Serenity, Bright Toh

Serenity

Bright Toh

Painting - 89.9 x 69.9 x 2.5 cm

$2,300

Painting, Kat, Eva Lewarne

Kat

Eva Lewarne

Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 5.1 cm

$2,329

Sculpture, Mandrill tattoo monkey, James Chiew

Mandrill tattoo monkey

James Chiew

Sculpture - 110 x 90 x 130 cm

$22,021

Print, The Street Artist Paraphernalia, Blek Le Rat

The Street Artist Paraphernalia

Blek Le Rat

Print - 23 x 31 cm

$3,377

Painting, Gems, Marike Koot

Gems

Marike Koot

Painting - 80 x 80 x 1.5 cm

$1,412

Painting, Young fox, Marike Koot

Young fox

Marike Koot

Painting - 80 x 80 x 1.5 cm

$1,412

Painting, Félin debout (face), Mosko

Félin debout (face)

Mosko

Painting - 80 x 43 cm

$2,710

Painting, Bébé Jaguar Rose, Mosko

Bébé Jaguar Rose

Mosko

Painting - 110 x 55 x 3 cm

$4,291

Painting, Arc, Hasb

Arc

Hasb

Painting - 100 x 120 x 4.5 cm

$4,348

Photography, The Walker and his Mule, Peru, Nathan Soulez-Larivière

The Walker and his Mule, Peru

Nathan Soulez-Larivière

Photography - 50.4 x 90 cm

$565

Photography, A rooster in the jungle, Bolivia, Nathan Soulez-Larivière

A rooster in the jungle, Bolivia

Nathan Soulez-Larivière

Photography - 60 x 90 cm

$565

Photography, An air of pink 07, Camargue, Nathan Soulez-Larivière

An air of pink 07, Camargue

Nathan Soulez-Larivière

Photography - 60 x 90 cm

$565

Photography, An air of pink 06, Camargue, Nathan Soulez-Larivière

An air of pink 06, Camargue

Nathan Soulez-Larivière

Photography - 60 x 90 cm

$565

Photography, An air of pink 05, Camargue, Nathan Soulez-Larivière

An air of pink 05, Camargue

Nathan Soulez-Larivière

Photography - 60 x 90 cm

$565

Photography, His Majesty the Frog, Dordogne, Nathan Soulez-Larivière

His Majesty the Frog, Dordogne

Nathan Soulez-Larivière

Photography - 60 x 90 cm

$565

Photography, Her Majesty the Stork, Camargue, Nathan Soulez-Larivière

Her Majesty the Stork, Camargue

Nathan Soulez-Larivière

Photography - 60 x 90 cm

$565

Photography, Prince looking for princesses 02, Gambay, Nathan Soulez-Larivière

Prince looking for princesses 02, Gambay

Nathan Soulez-Larivière

Photography - 50 x 100 cm

$565

Photography, Prince looking for princesses 01, Gambay, Nathan Soulez-Larivière

Prince looking for princesses 01, Gambay

Nathan Soulez-Larivière

Photography - 50 x 100 cm

$565

Photography, Meeting with her Majesty, Camargue, Nathan Soulez-Larivière

Meeting with her Majesty, Camargue

Nathan Soulez-Larivière

Photography - 60 x 90 cm

$565

Photography, Seductive sparrow, Camargue, Nathan Soulez-Larivière

Seductive sparrow, Camargue

Nathan Soulez-Larivière

Photography - 60 x 90 cm

$565

Photography, The call of the air 02, Peru, Nathan Soulez-Larivière

The call of the air 02, Peru

Nathan Soulez-Larivière

Photography - 60 x 90 cm

$565

Photography, Black beast in its woods 02, Yvelines, Nathan Soulez-Larivière

Black beast in its woods 02, Yvelines

Nathan Soulez-Larivière

Photography - 50 x 100 cm

$565

Photography, An air of pink 03, Camargue, Nathan Soulez-Larivière

An air of pink 03, Camargue

Nathan Soulez-Larivière

Photography - 90 x 60 cm

$565

Photography, An air of pink 02, Camargue, Nathan Soulez-Larivière

An air of pink 02, Camargue

Nathan Soulez-Larivière

Photography - 90 x 60 cm

$565

Photography, His Majesty the Pelican, Peru, Nathan Soulez-Larivière

His Majesty the Pelican, Peru

Nathan Soulez-Larivière

Photography - 90 x 60 cm

$565

Photography, Evening dancer 02, Camargue, Nathan Soulez-Larivière

Evening dancer 02, Camargue

Nathan Soulez-Larivière

Photography - 90 x 60 cm

$565

Photography, Evening dancer 01, Camargue, Nathan Soulez-Larivière

Evening dancer 01, Camargue

Nathan Soulez-Larivière

Photography - 90 x 60 cm

$565

Photography, Evening dancer 03, Camargue, Nathan Soulez-Larivière

Evening dancer 03, Camargue

Nathan Soulez-Larivière

Photography - 90 x 60 cm

$565

Photography, To life, to death, Camargue, Nathan Soulez-Larivière

To life, to death, Camargue

Nathan Soulez-Larivière

Photography - 60 x 90 cm

$565

Photography, In the wake of a giant 02, Tadoussac, Nathan Soulez-Larivière

In the wake of a giant 02, Tadoussac

Nathan Soulez-Larivière

Photography - 51 x 90 cm

$565

Photography, Alcalin B&W, Ballestas Islands, Peru, Nathan Soulez-Larivière

Alcalin B&W, Ballestas Islands, Peru

Nathan Soulez-Larivière

Photography - 60 x 90 cm

$565

Photography, Alcalin, Ballestas Islands, Peru, Nathan Soulez-Larivière

Alcalin, Ballestas Islands, Peru

Nathan Soulez-Larivière

Photography - 60 x 90 cm

$565

Photography, In the wake of a giant, Tadoussac, Nathan Soulez-Larivière

In the wake of a giant, Tadoussac

Nathan Soulez-Larivière

Photography - 51 x 90 cm

$565

Photography, An air of pink 04, Camargue, Nathan Soulez-Larivière

An air of pink 04, Camargue

Nathan Soulez-Larivière

Photography - 60 x 90 cm

$565

Photography, An air of pink 01, Camargue, Nathan Soulez-Larivière

An air of pink 01, Camargue

Nathan Soulez-Larivière

Photography - 60 x 90 cm

$565

Print, Lapin hollandais, Philippe Achermann

Lapin hollandais

Philippe Achermann

Print - 18 x 24 x 0.1 cm

$45

Painting, Sea II, Sona Adalyan

Sea II

Sona Adalyan

Painting - 10 x 10 x 2 cm

$113 $102

Sculpture, Cheval, Richard Pommier

Cheval

Richard Pommier

Sculpture - 27 x 24 x 8.5 cm

$508

Sculpture, Mastino napoletano, Angela Gomes

Mastino napoletano

Angela Gomes

Sculpture - 110 x 30 x 35 cm

$9,599

Print, Silver Soldier, Angela Gomes

Silver Soldier

Angela Gomes

Print - 160 x 180 x 5 cm

$10,728

Painting, Dessine moi un serpent, Glauc'

Dessine moi un serpent

Glauc'

Painting - 20.3 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm

$1,129

Painting, Taurus, Nico Vrielink

Taurus

Nico Vrielink

Painting - 40 x 60 x 2 cm

$4,461

Painting, Buste Jaguar, Mosko

Buste Jaguar

Mosko

Painting - 120 x 85 x 3 cm

$4,517

Painting, Bestiaire VIII, J Eleme

Bestiaire VIII

J Eleme

Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm

$791

Sculpture, Crazy Seal, Miko-R

Crazy Seal

Miko-R

Sculpture - 82 x 85 x 65 cm

$4,291

Print, Sans titre 21, Jorge Castillo

Sans titre 21

Jorge Castillo

Print - 70 x 100 x 0.1 cm

$452

Print, La Fête est finie, Philippe Achermann

La Fête est finie

Philippe Achermann

Print - 18 x 24 cm

$68

Painting, Le Chien qui Lâche sa Proie pour l’Ombre, Carlos Antonio Sablon Perez

Le Chien qui Lâche sa Proie pour l’Ombre

Carlos Antonio Sablon Perez

Painting - 55 x 45 x 3 cm

$5,647

Print, Wolf Cubs, Lucio Forte

Wolf Cubs

Lucio Forte

Print - 21 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm

$90

Sculpture, Les Suricates - Red, Mauro Corda

Les Suricates - Red

Mauro Corda

Sculpture - 16 x 6.5 x 6 cm

$316

Print, Fish, Mario Avati

Fish

Mario Avati

Print - 5.5 x 6.5 x 0.1 cm

$339

Print, Snail Rider, Mario Avati

Snail Rider

Mario Avati

Print - 5 x 6.5 x 0.1 cm

$339

Print, Owls on Brooch, Mario Avati

Owls on Brooch

Mario Avati

Print - 5 x 6.5 x 0.1 cm

$339

Print, Whale in Cup, Mario Avati

Whale in Cup

Mario Avati

Print - 5 x 6 x 0.1 cm

$339

Painting, Le Loup The Wolf, Marko Zoric

Le Loup The Wolf

Marko Zoric

Painting - 160 x 220 x 4 cm

$8,470

Painting, Tortugas, Mateo Andrea

Tortugas

Mateo Andrea

Painting - 114 x 146 cm

$4,404

Photography, Sheep Near Shannon, Ireland, Michael K. Yamaoka

Sheep Near Shannon, Ireland

Michael K. Yamaoka

Photography - 61 x 91.4 x 0.1 cm

$4,000

Photography, Dove, San Luis Obispo, Michael K. Yamaoka

Dove, San Luis Obispo

Michael K. Yamaoka

Photography - 61 x 91.4 x 0.1 cm

$4,000

Print, Portrait of a Bull 2, Fritz Scholder

Portrait of a Bull 2

Fritz Scholder

Print - 76 x 56 x 0.2 cm

$1,355

Print, Portrait of a Bull, Fritz Scholder

Portrait of a Bull

Fritz Scholder

Print - 76 x 56 x 0.2 cm

$2,259

Print, Sans titre 15, Joan Brossa

Sans titre 15

Joan Brossa

Print - 50 x 38 cm

$508

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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