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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, Gémeaux, Albena Vatcheva

Gémeaux

Albena Vatcheva

Painting - 30 x 25 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 9.8 x 0.8 inch

$562 $534

Print, Le Cirque, Yves Brayer

Le Cirque

Yves Brayer

Print - 65 x 50 x 0.05 cm Print - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

$351

Painting, La Bohème..., Catzpunk

La Bohème...

Catzpunk

Painting - 100 x 70 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch

$4,095

Painting, Chance, Leona Rose

Chance

Leona Rose

Painting - 54 x 46 x 1 cm Painting - 21.3 x 18.1 x 0.4 inch

$409

Painting, Adventure, Lee Kaplan

Adventure

Lee Kaplan

Painting - 113 x 170 x 3 cm Painting - 44.5 x 66.9 x 1.2 inch

$12,000

Painting, Le basset, Wong Wa

Le basset

Wong Wa

Painting - 34 x 50 cm Painting - 13.4 x 19.7 inch

$1,521

Painting, Envol, Hélène Legrand

Envol

Hélène Legrand

Painting - 89 x 146 x 4 cm Painting - 35 x 57.5 x 1.6 inch

$8,775

Painting, Gémeaux, Albena Vatcheva

Gémeaux

Albena Vatcheva

Painting - 43 x 43 x 0.3 cm Painting - 16.9 x 16.9 x 0.1 inch

$556 $529

Print, At home, Albena Vatcheva

At home

Albena Vatcheva

Print - 21 x 15 x 0.01 cm Print - 8.3 x 5.9 x 0 inch

$58 $56

Painting, Profils, Albena Vatcheva

Profils

Albena Vatcheva

Painting - 15 x 15 x 2 cm Painting - 5.9 x 5.9 x 0.8 inch

$205 $195

Painting, Snail, Andrei Petkevich

Snail

Andrei Petkevich

Painting - 68.6 x 53.3 x 2.5 cm Painting - 27 x 21 x 1 inch

$1,780

Sculpture, Petit panda LOVE, Miko-R

Petit panda LOVE

Miko-R

Sculpture - 36 x 30 x 30 cm Sculpture - 14.2 x 11.8 x 11.8 inch

$2,223

Sculpture, Mouflon, Julien Cuny

Mouflon

Julien Cuny

Sculpture - 20 x 18 x 12 cm Sculpture - 7.9 x 7.1 x 4.7 inch

$491

Painting, Sunrise, Michael Gorban

Sunrise

Michael Gorban

Painting - 127 x 102 x 3 cm Painting - 50 x 40.2 x 1.2 inch

$5,464

Painting, Chat-eau, Albena Vatcheva

Chat-eau

Albena Vatcheva

Painting - 23.5 x 23.5 x 2 cm Painting - 9.3 x 9.3 x 0.8 inch

$233 $222

Painting, Leisurely Bunny, Liu Ziyu

Leisurely Bunny

Liu Ziyu

Painting - 68 x 136 x 0.1 cm Painting - 26.8 x 53.5 x 0 inch

$5,382

Sculpture, Scarabée, Bernard Pras

Scarabée

Bernard Pras

Sculpture - 90 x 118 x 30 cm Sculpture - 35.4 x 46.5 x 11.8 inch

$28,080

Print, Peace, Albena Vatcheva

Peace

Albena Vatcheva

Print - 30 x 21 x 0.01 cm Print - 11.8 x 8.3 x 0 inch

$77 $74

Print, Troïka, Albena Vatcheva

Troïka

Albena Vatcheva

Print - 42 x 30 x 0.01 cm Print - 16.5 x 11.8 x 0 inch

$116 $111

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