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.
Save your search and find it in your favorites
Save your search to find it quickly
Saved search
Your search is accessible from the favorites tab > My favorite searches
Unsaved search
A problem occurred
Promenade avec mon chat sur les épaules
William Goliasch
Painting - 128 x 69 x 2 cm Painting - 50.4 x 27.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,245
Panda Spirit (Orange edition)
Richard Orlinski
Design - 12 x 12 x 10 cm Design - 4.7 x 4.7 x 3.9 inch
$369
Bird in the city
Juffrouw Springtouw
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,111
Horse in the shade of trees
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 27 x 31 x 2 cm Painting - 10.6 x 12.2 x 0.8 inch
$5,850
Bird of victory
Tetiana Tarasenko
Painting - 70 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,850
A Place To Rest
Lawrence Amoo
Painting - 180.1 x 149.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 70.9 x 59 x 1 inch
$12,550
Contemporary portrait - Once by the Sea
Nataliya Bagatskaya
Painting - 100 x 70 x 2.3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.9 inch
$2,925
It's a dog life ... !
Papa Mesk
Sculpture - 25 x 43 x 15 cm Sculpture - 9.8 x 16.9 x 5.9 inch
$1,404
Stammi vicinu un ti n'andà...
Catzpunk
Painting - 100 x 70 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch
$4,095
Qui veux de moi... et des miettes de mon cerveau ?
Catzpunk
Painting - 100 x 70 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch
$4,095
On est partie tous les deux pour une drôle de vie...
Catzpunk
Painting - 100 x 70 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch
$4,095
Je vois la vie en rose...
Catzpunk
Painting - 100 x 70 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch
$4,095
L'occhji amurosi sò dolci é tristi...
Catzpunk
Painting - 100 x 70 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch
$4,095
Paradise life or paradise lost?
Elena Shichko
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,925
Sterne qui plonge
Jean Lemonnier
Sculpture - 39 x 65 x 20 cm Sculpture - 15.4 x 25.6 x 7.9 inch
$5,616
Les villages de mon enfance
Albena Vatcheva
Print - 42 x 30 x 0.01 cm Print - 16.5 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$116 $111
Centaur in love 30x42 cm
Albena Vatcheva
Print - 42 x 30 x 0.01 cm Print - 16.5 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$116 $111
Le village aux 100 chats
Albena Vatcheva
Print - 42 x 30 x 0.01 cm Print - 16.5 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$116 $111
La vie en rose dans la forêt
Philippe Berry
Print - 68 x 44 x 0.1 cm Print - 26.8 x 17.3 x 0 inch
$175
Miss burlesque star
Artemisia Fine Art
Painting - 79.8 x 79.8 x 5.1 cm Painting - 31.4 x 31.4 x 2 inch
$4,100
Dorrie and her Dog
Brian King
Painting - 57.9 x 41.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 22.8 x 16.5 x 1 inch
$3,772
I will not cry anymore
Akio Harada
Painting - 40 x 40 x 5.1 cm Painting - 15.75 x 15.75 x 2 inch
$1,872
Fous de Bassan dans les vagues
Hélène Legrand
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$4,680
Cormorans dans leur nid de branches sèches
Hélène Legrand
Painting - 50 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$4,212
Ducklings / Les canetons
Sylvie Gaudissart
Sculpture - 79 x 21 x 78 cm Sculpture - 31.1 x 8.3 x 30.7 inch
$14,625
Sonny, are the apples sweet?
Anna Bulkina
Painting - 241.3 x 304.8 x 7.6 cm Painting - 95 x 120 x 3 inch
$4,300
Rabbits Get Fat in Autumn
Liu Ziyu
Painting - 136 x 68 x 0.1 cm Painting - 53.5 x 26.8 x 0 inch
$6,435
The Scenery of Coconut Grove
Liu Ziyu
Painting - 136 x 68 x 0.1 cm Painting - 53.5 x 26.8 x 0 inch
$6,435
Elephant and baby
Zachariah Njobo
Sculpture - 93 x 35 x 25 cm Sculpture - 36.6 x 13.8 x 9.8 inch
$4,914
White pelican - Pélican blanc
Zachariah Njobo
Sculpture - 120 x 40 x 30 cm Sculpture - 47.2 x 15.7 x 11.8 inch
$5,031
African pelican - Pélican africain
Zachariah Njobo
Sculpture - 94 x 31 x 20 cm Sculpture - 37 x 12.2 x 7.9 inch
$4,914
Plus on est de fous, plus on rit...
François Nasica
Painting - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,404
Mass Extinction 6 - In pieces
Daniel Loveday
Painting - 100.1 x 119.9 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$2,705
Juliette and her Greyhound - Dog sitter - Fashion
Artemisia Fine Art
Fine Art Drawings - 54.9 x 54.9 x 5.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 21.6 x 21.6 x 2 inch
$1,170
Bombay by night
Jean-Marie Gitard (Mr Strange)
Print - 49 x 49 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.3 x 19.3 x 0 inch
$92
Direction La Mecque
Jean-Marie Gitard (Mr Strange)
Print - 49 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.3 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$92
Fortune Favours the Bold
Isabelle Hirtzig
Painting - 30 x 30 x 0.2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$252
The cart with the horse. Suzdal
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 30 x 35 x 3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 13.8 x 1.2 inch
$6,084
