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Killer Whale
Karine Giboulo
Sculpture - 53.3 x 38.1 x 29.9 cm Sculpture - 21 x 15 x 11.8 inch
$6,200
King Kong Balls Bleu
Denis Defrancesco
Sculpture - 11 x 25 x 11 cm Sculpture - 4.3 x 9.8 x 4.3 inch
$1,686
Cat chin-holder (everybody needs one)
Jacques Tange
Painting - 28 x 24 x 1 cm Painting - 11 x 9.4 x 0.4 inch
$876
Löwe abstrakt
Nicole Leidenfrost
Painting - 70 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$5,506
La salle d'attente (The waiting room)
Muriel Bordier
Photography - 100 x 172 x 4 cm Photography - 39.4 x 67.7 x 1.6 inch
$6,180
La grenouille
Serge Van de Put
Sculpture - 40 x 45 x 40 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 17.7 x 15.7 inch
$3,933
Wetlands' Morning
Fenqiang Liu Photography
Photography - 48.26 x 73.66 x 0.25 cm Photography - 19 x 29 x 0.1 inch
$618
Sunshine
Fenqiang Liu Photography
Photography - 63.5 x 50.8 x 0.25 cm Photography - 25 x 20 x 0.1 inch
$618
Season of Hope
Fenqiang Liu Photography
Photography - 63.5 x 50.8 x 0.25 cm Photography - 25 x 20 x 0.1 inch
$618
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
Miss black knight
Artemisia Fine Art
Painting - 79.8 x 79.8 x 5.1 cm Painting - 31.4 x 31.4 x 2 inch
$4,100
Les zebres rouges red zebras
SLH Artiste
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,360
Afrika? Nö! Weilheim - Africa? nope! Weilheim (86)
Petra Rattay
Painting - 60 x 70 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch
$955
Stiere auf der Weide - bulls in the pasture (90)
Petra Rattay
Painting - 42 x 55 x 0.2 cm Painting - 16.5 x 21.7 x 0.1 inch
$843
Na, wie war's 2020 - Well, how was 2020 (31)
Petra Rattay
Painting - 32 x 24 x 0.2 cm Painting - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0.1 inch
$618
Katzenmama mit Baby - Cat mom with baby (31)
Petra Rattay
Painting - 35 x 21.5 x 0.2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 8.5 x 0.1 inch
$843
Fragmented Landscape
Dan Baldwin
Painting - 120 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$16,800
Les astuces du grand Duc
Catherine Chauloux
Painting - 50 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,798
L'écaille, le chardonneret et la grappe de raisin
Valéry Vecu Quitard
Painting - 27 x 35 x 1.5 cm Painting - 10.6 x 13.8 x 0.6 inch
$1,657
Le cardinal à la coupe de raisin
Valéry Vecu Quitard
Painting - 35 x 27 x 1.5 cm Painting - 13.8 x 10.6 x 0.6 inch
$1,657
Le chardonneret à la grenade No 2
Valéry Vecu Quitard
Painting - 24 x 19 x 1.5 cm Painting - 9.4 x 7.5 x 0.6 inch
$1,405
Le Martin-pêcheur aux iris des marais
Valéry Vecu Quitard
Painting - 33 x 24 x 1.5 cm Painting - 13 x 9.4 x 0.6 inch
$1,657
Le bouvreuil aux fraises
Valéry Vecu Quitard
Painting - 24 x 19 x 1.5 cm Painting - 9.4 x 7.5 x 0.6 inch
$1,405
Le Martin-pêcheur à la tulipe
Valéry Vecu Quitard
Painting - 35 x 27 x 1.5 cm Painting - 13.8 x 10.6 x 0.6 inch
$1,680
L'écureuil à la botte d'asperges
Valéry Vecu Quitard
Painting - 35 x 24 x 1.5 cm Painting - 13.8 x 9.4 x 0.6 inch
$1,657
La mésange charbonnière à la tarte citron
Valéry Vecu Quitard
Painting - 27 x 22 x 1.5 cm Painting - 10.6 x 8.7 x 0.6 inch
$1,517
Le pot à graisse, le rollet et les citrons
Valéry Vecu Quitard
Painting - 46 x 38 x 1.5 cm Painting - 18.1 x 15 x 0.6 inch
$1,905
Gaufres au sirop
Valéry Vecu Quitard
Painting - 24 x 33 x 1.5 cm Painting - 9.4 x 13 x 0.6 inch
$1,657
Game of Four Kings (Chaturanga)
Viraj Mithani
Print - 76.2 x 55.8 x 0.2 cm Print - 30 x 22 x 0.1 inch
$1,573
L'échange
Karim Benchebra
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$2,135
Serenity II
Karim Benchebra
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 20 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0 inch
$1,798
Mariposa
Karim Benchebra
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 20 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0 inch
$1,798
Cambodge, près de Kampot, éleveur
Eric Benard
Photography - 40 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$730
Cambodge, près de Kampot, rizières
Eric Benard
Photography - 40 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$730
MTDR8
Wai Ming Lung
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 32.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 12.8 x 0 inch
$674
Eduardo Davila Miura
Wai Ming Lung
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 32.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 12.8 x 0 inch
$674
Banderillero II
Wai Ming Lung
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 32.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 12.8 x 0 inch
$674
Miguel Angel Perera
Wai Ming Lung
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 65 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0 inch
$1,067
Green Lantern
Benjamin Olatunji
Painting - 152.4 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 60 x 48 x 1 inch
$6,000
Tête de jeune Orang-Outan EA IV/IV
Jean-François Gambino
Sculpture - 21 x 14 x 15 cm Sculpture - 8.3 x 5.5 x 5.9 inch
$3,933
Un rêve éveillé
Florence Le Van
Photography - 25 x 19 x 1 cm Photography - 9.8 x 7.5 x 0.4 inch
$562
Sans titre #1, Série Qohelet
Dan Barichasse
Painting - 60 x 50 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 inch
$4,832
Dignity Colibri Red & Gold
Ernesto Yerena Montejano
Print - 20.3 x 25.4 x 0.1 cm Print - 8 x 10 x 0 inch
$224
Delantal. JT, Nimes, Francia.
Andrés Calamaro
Photography - 110 x 110 x 2 cm Photography - 43.3 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch
$13,316
Ganadería. Victoriano del Rio, Guadalix de la Sierra.
Andrés Calamaro
Photography - 40 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$8,821
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.