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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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Print, Le duel, Dréa

Le duel

Dréa

Print - 46 x 61 x 0.63 cm Print - 18.1 x 24 x 0.2 inch

$200

Sculpture, Baby Lynx, Bordalo

Baby Lynx

Bordalo

Sculpture - 37 x 32 x 4 cm Sculpture - 14.6 x 12.6 x 1.6 inch

$6,548

Fine Art Drawings, Nurse and dog, Ray Smith

Nurse and dog

Ray Smith

Fine Art Drawings - 27 x 37 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 10.6 x 14.6 x 0 inch

$1,310

Print, Red Vine, Hrair Gharib

Red Vine

Hrair Gharib

Print - 40 x 40 x 0.1 cm Print - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch

$155

Sculpture, Red robin, Catherine Clare

Red robin

Catherine Clare

Sculpture - 16 x 8 x 10 cm Sculpture - 6.3 x 3.1 x 3.9 inch

$536 $482

Sculpture, Cheval, Ivan Theimer

Cheval

Ivan Theimer

Sculpture - 43 x 37 x 12 cm Sculpture - 16.9 x 14.6 x 4.7 inch

$38,097

Sculpture, Moon Street Art, Cévé

Moon Street Art

Cévé

Sculpture - 150 x 50 x 40 cm Sculpture - 59.1 x 19.7 x 15.7 inch

$42,263

Print, Lionne orange, Mox

Lionne orange

Mox

Print - 30 x 20 x 0.5 cm Print - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.2 inch

$48

Sculpture, Brainy Ballon, Cévé

Brainy Ballon

Cévé

Sculpture - 60 x 22 x 23 cm Sculpture - 23.6 x 8.7 x 9.1 inch

$20,834

Sculpture, Chubby Ballon, Cévé

Chubby Ballon

Cévé

Sculpture - 55 x 16 x 19 cm Sculpture - 21.7 x 6.3 x 7.5 inch

$14,167

Painting, La Paix ?, Edith Heim

La Paix ?

Edith Heim

Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch

$107

Fine Art Drawings, Untitled, Ernest Salvadó

Untitled

Ernest Salvadó

Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 50 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 19.7 inch

$529

Fine Art Drawings, Untitled, Ernest Salvadó

Untitled

Ernest Salvadó

Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 inch

$529

Sculpture, Black Panther, Iwi Lahcen

Black Panther

Iwi Lahcen

Sculpture - 63 x 203 x 50 cm Sculpture - 24.8 x 79.9 x 19.7 inch

$20,239

Painting, Larry, Peter Opheim

Larry

Peter Opheim

Painting - 41 x 31 x 1 cm Painting - 16.1 x 12.2 x 0.4 inch

$900

Sculpture, Le Cavalier d'Arson, Arson

Le Cavalier d'Arson

Arson

Sculpture - 207 x 90 x 30 cm Sculpture - 81.5 x 35.4 x 11.8 inch

$18,451

Painting, Nutella, BYC

Nutella

BYC

Painting - 80 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

$11,310

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