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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Strength in Serenity
Narine Vardanyan
Painting - 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€914
Oceanic Dreamer, no.II/VIII (large size)
Joanna Zakrzewska-Cholewa
Sculpture - 65 x 42 x 15.5 cm Sculpture - 25.6 x 16.5 x 6.1 inch
€4,800
Never give up - Chamberko Christophe Pieux - Auteuil Grand Steeple - Horseracing
Kalh Art Kalley
Painting - 40 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
€600
Dragon in gold- 3D zodiac, skylights, gold leaf, gilding, plaster, objects
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 150 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
€10,000
The kind bull
Sargis Zaqaryan
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,098 €878
Black swans
Evgeny Chernyakovsky
Painting - 70 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,372 €960
Mallows at home
Evgeny Chernyakovsky
Painting - 80 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,646 €1,152
Déjeuner sur Herbe - Saint Cloud - Hippodrome - Francegalop- Horseracing - Courses hippique - Plat - Prix
Kalh Art Kalley
Painting - 75 x 115 x 2 cm Painting - 29.5 x 45.3 x 0.8 inch
€800
Triptyque au carborundum, Fonds Marins
Hervé Di Rosa
Print - 140 x 79 x 0.5 cm Print - 55.1 x 31.1 x 0.2 inch
€8,300
Bold and Beautiful
Mariah Birsak
Painting - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€480 €442
Guardian of the Shadows
Tamar Nazaryan
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,098 €878
Underwater Village
Armen Vahramyan
Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,372 €1,098
S'auras tu vivre le plus mauvais (Diptyque)
Yohan Storti
Painting - 80 x 120 x 3.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.4 inch
€2,500
Mars Litusaniens - Hermès - Hadès - Chevaux - Orange - Luxe
Kalh Art Kalley
Painting - 40 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
€380
Kalley story - Le chemin - réunion 1 - Horseracing - Histoire de Famille
Kalh Art Kalley
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€820
White tailed sea eagle and Scottish crab
Barry Davies
Sculpture - 35 x 25 x 29 cm Sculpture - 13.8 x 9.8 x 11.4 inch
€7,109
L'Eléphant Raku
Changzheng Zhu
Sculpture - 14 x 21 x 14 cm Sculpture - 5.5 x 8.3 x 5.5 inch
€490 €417
Toucans, ara rouge et colibris du Costa Rica
Catherine Clare
Painting - 60 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
€900 €810
Toucan du Costa Rica
Catherine Clare
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,080 €972
Ty poisson punk rouge
Yannick Le Bloas
Sculpture - 10 x 10 x 6 cm Sculpture - 3.9 x 3.9 x 2.4 inch
Sold
Tamanoir, hommage à Dali
Catherine Clare
Sculpture - 19 x 30 x 13 cm Sculpture - 7.5 x 11.8 x 5.1 inch
€900 €810
Still life with bird and bell
Ara Gasparyan
Painting - 35 x 24 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch
€274 €220
Fondo marino - corales
Charo Velasco
Painting - 100 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 2 inch
€1,300
Los pájaros
Marisa Escudero Cuervas-Mons
Painting - 60 x 90 x 1.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.6 inch
€950
Octopus Sculpture
Volodymyr Mykytenko
Sculpture - 23 x 42 x 41 cm Sculpture - 9.1 x 16.5 x 16.1 inch
Sold
Paranthropus Robustus
Barry Davies
Sculpture - 45 x 36 x 20 cm Sculpture - 17.7 x 14.2 x 7.9 inch
€8,859
Scottish Blackface Ram (Ovis Aries)
Barry Davies
Sculpture - 60 x 62 x 42 cm Sculpture - 23.6 x 24.4 x 16.5 inch
€8,524
Déjeuner dans l’herbe
Serge Kalinowski
Painting - 114 x 146 x 5 cm Painting - 44.9 x 57.5 x 2 inch
€3,650
Still life with bird and lamp
Ara Gasparyan
Painting - 50 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€412 €329
Enchanted Meadow
Karine Harutyunyan
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€320
Coral Reef with Red Fish
Olga Nikitina
Painting - 20 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
Sold
Still life with bird and grape
Ara Gasparyan
Painting - 35 x 24 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch
€274 €220
Le Poisson Rouge
Jean-Marie Gitard (Mr Strange)
Print - 49 x 49 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.3 x 19.3 x 0 inch
Sold
Sinosaurusopteryx Prima
Barry Davies
Sculpture - 31 x 19 x 2 cm Sculpture - 12.2 x 7.5 x 0.8 inch
€1,793
Grand cerf bramant
Damien Colcombet
Sculpture - 28 x 34 x 13 cm Sculpture - 11 x 13.4 x 5.1 inch
€6,200 €5,580
The cat
Sergey Khachatryan
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€5,031 €4,024
Rural life
Sergey Khachatryan
Painting - 70 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€7,134 €5,707
Anatomical study of the horse
Barry Davies
Sculpture - 36 x 43 x 12 cm Sculpture - 14.2 x 16.9 x 4.7 inch
€6,080
Rural scene
Karine Harutyunyan
Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€274 €220
Pikachu the Yellow Mouse
Remco Schakelaar
Painting - 80 x 60 x 5.1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.62 x 2 inch
€1,500
Aigle Royal
Alexandre Petrus
Painting - 29.7 x 42 x 0.1 cm Painting - 11.7 x 16.5 x 0 inch
€360 €324
Présence et lévitation
Clara Crespin
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,500
Jardin d'hiver
Françoise Augustine
Painting - 60 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
€2,600
Moonrise over Primordia
Dominic Rouse
Photography - 50.8 x 40.6 cm Photography - 20 x 16 inch
€875 €680
Van Gogh Museum Self Portrait 400% + 100%
Bearbrick
Design - 28 x 13 x 10 cm Design - 11 x 5.1 x 3.9 inch
€400
Walking around the city with a friend
Elena Ushanova
Painting - 80 x 60 x 1.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch
€2,700
Geese in the Shade of a Willow
Ivanyuk Oleksiy
Painting - 35 x 45 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
€300
Autumn colors of trees
Ivanyuk Oleksiy
Painting - 25 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 9.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€220
On the Pasture in the Meadows
Ivanyuk Oleksiy
Painting - 25 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 9.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€220
Geese in the Shade of Willows
Ivanyuk Oleksiy
Painting - 25 x 30 x 3 cm Painting - 9.8 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
€220
Chevaux au soleil couchant
Pierre Garcia-Fons
Fine Art Drawings - 36.8 x 45.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14.5 x 17.9 inch
€500
