Father and Daughter
Sophie Verger
Sculpture - 99 x 29 x 28 cm Sculpture - 39 x 11.4 x 11 inch
$17,433
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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La toque ou la plume
Béatrice Terra
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
Sold
Carrosse d'amour
Albena Vatcheva
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$673 $640
Unicorn II/VII
Gor Avetisyan
Sculpture - 30.2 x 24 x 5.6 cm Sculpture - 11.9 x 9.4 x 2.2 inch
$2,457
Boxing Kong
Richard Orlinski
Sculpture - 180 x 97 x 144 cm Sculpture - 70.9 x 38.2 x 56.7 inch
$130,000
Very shine / Tout timide
Sophie Verger
Sculpture - 23 x 10 x 11 cm Sculpture - 9.1 x 3.9 x 4.3 inch
$2,574
Oiseau bleu polaire et étoile
Martín Duque
Sculpture - 85 x 26 x 26 cm Sculpture - 33.5 x 10.2 x 10.2 inch
$1,732
Oiseau et lune fire rouge
Martín Duque
Sculpture - 85 x 26 x 26 cm Sculpture - 33.5 x 10.2 x 10.2 inch
$1,732
Two bears entwined
Sophie Verger
Sculpture - 9.5 x 9.5 x 9 cm Sculpture - 3.7 x 3.7 x 3.5 inch
$1,638
Run there fast !
Sophie Verger
Sculpture - 13 x 5.5 x 9.5 cm Sculpture - 5.1 x 2.2 x 3.7 inch
$1,404
Sheep With a Donkey - Rare Masterpiece
Menashe Kadishman
Painting - 60 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$4,600
Timeless Equestrian Elegance Sculpture
Dervis Akdemir
Sculpture - 57 x 37 x 35 cm Sculpture - 22.4 x 14.6 x 13.8 inch
Sold
BIche en automne
Christine Guillemin
Sculpture - 26 x 27 x 12 cm Sculpture - 10.2 x 10.6 x 4.7 inch
$5,616
Fabulous streets of Marmaris
Andrii Chebotaru
Painting - 99.1 x 88.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39 x 35 x 1 inch
$4,000
Le Choc des Titans
Richard Orlinski
Sculpture - 27 x 51 x 11 cm Sculpture - 10.6 x 20.1 x 4.3 inch
$8,190
Émotion… (Origami)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 59 x 59 x 2 cm Painting - 23.2 x 23.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,340
Two children with baby elephant
Sophie Verger
Sculpture - 14 x 36 x 8 cm Sculpture - 5.5 x 14.2 x 3.1 inch
$3,978
My French Bulldog likes Campbell's soup
Patrick Cornée
Painting - 40 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,053
Marbled majestic horse
Dervis Akdemir
Sculpture - 32 x 17 x 10 cm Sculpture - 12.6 x 6.7 x 3.9 inch
$264
Giraffe and her three daughters
Sophie Verger
Sculpture - 77 x 16 x 23 cm Sculpture - 30.3 x 6.3 x 9.1 inch
$6,903
Rainbow unicorn - handmade sculpture for home decor
Dervis Akdemir
Sculpture - 38 x 15 x 15 cm Sculpture - 15 x 5.9 x 5.9 inch
$320
White tiger - handmade sculpture for home decor
Dervis Akdemir
Sculpture - 14 x 30 x 7 cm Sculpture - 5.5 x 11.8 x 2.8 inch
$250
Crow and key of heaven
Dervis Akdemir
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 1 inch
$557
Les Secrets de l'Océan
Albena Vatcheva
Painting - 35 x 35 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch
$673
In Africa or 4 happy elephants
Sophie Verger
Sculpture - 26 x 17 x 12 cm Sculpture - 10.2 x 6.7 x 4.7 inch
$3,627
The giantess or Gulliver / La géante ou Gulliverte
Sophie Verger
Sculpture - 72.5 x 16 x 15 cm Sculpture - 28.5 x 6.3 x 5.9 inch
$5,616
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
$4,914
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
$4,095
Mallows in the mother's garden
Andrii Chebotaru
Painting - 139.7 x 149.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 55 x 59 x 1 inch
$13,100
Le Cavalier et la Mort
Claude Weisbuch
Print - 65.5 x 50 x 0.2 cm Print - 25.8 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$877
Uni-Cone - Handmade sculpture for home decor
Dervis Akdemir
Sculpture - 38 x 15 x 15 cm Sculpture - 15 x 5.9 x 5.9 inch
$320
Hommage à Terry Pratchett
Albena Vatcheva
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,281 $2,168
The problem with the wolf
Sophie Verger
Sculpture - 25 x 48 x 10 cm Sculpture - 9.8 x 18.9 x 3.9 inch
$7,020
Big Gold Pigeon 7/25
Jaromir Gargulak
Sculpture - 13 x 19.2 x 9 cm Sculpture - 5.1 x 7.6 x 3.5 inch
$913 $821
La mélodie du bonheur
Albena Vatcheva
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$3,509 $3,334
L'heure bleue
Albena Vatcheva
Painting - 100 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$3,100 $2,946
Le lapin blanc
Albena Vatcheva
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,169 $1,111
