Animal

Painting, Pure cats, Chanoir

Pure cats

Chanoir

Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

$9,529

Painting, Cha néon de la lune, Chanoir

Cha néon de la lune

Chanoir

Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

$9,529

Painting, Des chas de la musique et des fleurs, Chanoir

Des chas de la musique et des fleurs

Chanoir

Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

$6,502

Painting, Cha Spirales, Chanoir

Cha Spirales

Chanoir

Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

$6,502

Painting, Magic Chas, Chanoir

Magic Chas

Chanoir

Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

$9,529

Painting, Love Spirales Chas, Chanoir

Love Spirales Chas

Chanoir

Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

$9,529

Painting, Magic Number Cats, Chanoir

Magic Number Cats

Chanoir

Painting - 120 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch

$11,884

Painting, Chas Dans Les Nuages, Chanoir

Chas Dans Les Nuages

Chanoir

Painting - 120 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch

$11,884

Painting, Bande De Chas Groovy, Chanoir

Bande De Chas Groovy

Chanoir

Painting - 150 x 150 x 3 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch

$19,059

Painting, Bande De Chas Rocky, Chanoir

Bande De Chas Rocky

Chanoir

Painting - 195 x 135 x 3 cm Painting - 76.8 x 53.1 x 1.2 inch

$20,180

Painting, Again and Again, Andrii Davydenko

Again and Again

Andrii Davydenko

Painting - 80 x 110 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch

$3,924

Painting, Cat with sky blue eyes, UTN

Cat with sky blue eyes

UTN

Painting - 32 x 45 x 0.2 cm Painting - 12.6 x 17.7 x 0.1 inch

$280

Painting, Contemporary portrait - Once by the Sea, Nataliya Bagatskaya

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

$2,803

Painting, An Autumn Song Of Love, Kirill Postovit

An Autumn Song Of Love

Kirill Postovit

Painting - 100 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

$2,579

Painting, Banc de poissons #8, David Jehan (B.boss)

Banc de poissons #8

David Jehan (B.boss)

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

$673

Sculpture, Arión, Bernard Rives

Arión

Bernard Rives

Sculpture - 86 x 94 x 18 cm Sculpture - 33.9 x 37 x 7.1 inch

$16,817

Painting, Samo, Jo Di Bona

Samo

Jo Di Bona

Painting - 120 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch

$7,287

Painting, Dynamic Tiger, Jo Di Bona

Dynamic Tiger

Jo Di Bona

Painting - 120 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch

$7,287

Painting, La baleine, L'Insecte

La baleine

L'Insecte

Painting - 50 x 113 x 0.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 44.5 x 0.2 inch

$3,027

Painting, Restons sauvages, L'Insecte

Restons sauvages

L'Insecte

Painting - 58.5 x 58.5 x 2 cm Painting - 23 x 23 x 0.8 inch

$2,579

Painting, Terra Cota, L'Insecte

Terra Cota

L'Insecte

Painting - 58.5 x 58.5 x 2 cm Painting - 23 x 23 x 0.8 inch

$2,579

Painting, Chat Perlipopette, L'Insecte

Chat Perlipopette

L'Insecte

Painting - 58.5 x 58.5 x 2 cm Painting - 23 x 23 x 0.8 inch

$2,579

Painting, Chat Pristi, L'Insecte

Chat Pristi

L'Insecte

Painting - 58.5 x 58.5 x 2 cm Painting - 23 x 23 x 0.8 inch

$2,579

Painting, Chat Perché, L'Insecte

Chat Perché

L'Insecte

Painting - 58.5 x 58.5 x 2 cm Painting - 23 x 23 x 0.8 inch

$2,579

Painting, Chat Man, L'Insecte

Chat Man

L'Insecte

Painting - 58.5 x 58.5 x 2 cm Painting - 23 x 23 x 0.8 inch

$2,579

Painting, Bird Pair with White Flowers, Tamar Nazaryan

Bird Pair with White Flowers

Tamar Nazaryan

Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

$300

Sculpture, Rockett-Lover, Max ArtLouis

Rockett-Lover

Max ArtLouis

Sculpture - 55 x 19 x 17 cm Sculpture - 21.7 x 7.5 x 6.7 inch

$2,242

Painting, Escape 2, Obeka Simon

Escape 2

Obeka Simon

Painting - 137.2 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 54 x 48 x 1 inch

$3,799 $3,420

Sculpture, Rockett-candice, Max ArtLouis

Rockett-candice

Max ArtLouis

Sculpture - 36 x 20 x 20 cm Sculpture - 14.2 x 7.9 x 7.9 inch

$2,242

Painting, The Starlings that weren't in the Chimney, Christopher Rainham

The Starlings that weren't in the Chimney

Christopher Rainham

Painting - 50 x 70 x 5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 2 inch

$1,193

Sculpture, Larme Blanche, Emmanuelle Van Laere NEL-14512

Larme Blanche

Emmanuelle Van Laere NEL-14512

Sculpture - 15 x 15 x 15 cm Sculpture - 5.9 x 5.9 x 5.9 inch

$3,812

Sculpture, Contre Nature, Emmanuelle Van Laere NEL-14512

Contre Nature

Emmanuelle Van Laere NEL-14512

Sculpture - 140 x 35 x 20 cm Sculpture - 55.1 x 13.8 x 7.9 inch

$5,157

Painting, Sign, Penyo Ivanov

Sign

Penyo Ivanov

Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

$987

Painting, The dance of the butterflies, Penyo Ivanov

The dance of the butterflies

Penyo Ivanov

Painting - 65 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch

$1,513

Painting, Monde Estrali, Jaber El Mahjoub

Monde Estrali

Jaber El Mahjoub

Painting - 95 x 75 x 3 cm Painting - 37.4 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch

$953

Painting, France Miditirané, Jaber El Mahjoub

France Miditirané

Jaber El Mahjoub

Painting - 100 x 75 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch

$953

Painting, Vive la vache, Jaber El Mahjoub

Vive la vache

Jaber El Mahjoub

Painting - 95 x 75 x 3 cm Painting - 37.4 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch

$953

Painting, Under the sea, Jessica Renault jrbrush

Under the sea

Jessica Renault jrbrush

Painting - 100 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.37 x 39.37 x 1 inch

$2,242

Painting, Lovers, Ivan Klymenko

Lovers

Ivan Klymenko

Painting - 70 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

$2,186

Painting, Seaside Play, Elena Lukina

Seaside Play

Elena Lukina

Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

$1,513

Painting, Guardian of the Shadows, Tamar Nazaryan

Guardian of the Shadows

Tamar Nazaryan

Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

$1,200

Painting, White Dog in Dem Platz, Tinatin Chkhikvishvili

White Dog in Dem Platz

Tinatin Chkhikvishvili

Painting - 26 x 32 x 2 cm Painting - 10.2 x 12.6 x 0.8 inch

$897

Print, Grand oiseau bleu, Georges Braque

Grand oiseau bleu

Georges Braque

Print - 55 x 112.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 21.7 x 44.3 x 0 inch

$10,090

Painting, The Symphony Of Summer, Delyafruz Bagirova

The Symphony Of Summer

Delyafruz Bagirova

Painting - 70 x 95 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 37.4 x 0.8 inch

$1,906

Painting, Blue Bird, Patricia Simsa

Blue Bird

Patricia Simsa

Painting - 100 x 80 x 5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 2 inch

$3,588

Painting, Le siffleur, Patricia Simsa

Le siffleur

Patricia Simsa

Painting - 80 x 80 x 5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 2 inch

$2,803

Painting, The Etude Of Summer, Delyafruz Bagirova

The Etude Of Summer

Delyafruz Bagirova

Painting - 70 x 95 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 37.4 x 0.8 inch

$1,906

Painting, Dans les champs, Patricia Simsa

Dans les champs

Patricia Simsa

Painting - 120 x 120 x 5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 2 inch

$4,597

Painting, Intimidade (Triptych), Ritchelly Oliveira

Intimidade (Triptych)

Ritchelly Oliveira

Painting - 100 x 180 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 70.9 x 0.8 inch

$23,095

Painting, Deus é Um Sentimento, Ritchelly Oliveira

Deus é Um Sentimento

Ritchelly Oliveira

Painting - 150 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

$16,817

Sculpture, Wild bear noir, Richard Orlinski

Wild bear noir

Richard Orlinski

Sculpture - 30 x 18 x 16 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 7.1 x 6.3 inch

$6,166

Painting, The Softness Of Spring, Delyafruz Bagirova

The Softness Of Spring

Delyafruz Bagirova

Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

$1,076

Painting, The Blue Night, Delyafruz Bagirova

The Blue Night

Delyafruz Bagirova

Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

$897

Print, Lizard Lounge Vegas, Ralph Steadman

Lizard Lounge Vegas

Ralph Steadman

Print - 38.1 x 76.2 x 2 cm Print - 15 x 30 x 0.8 inch

$1,100

Painting, This may come as surprise but I miss you, Ritchelly Oliveira

This may come as surprise but I miss you

Ritchelly Oliveira

Painting - 186 x 146 x 3 cm Painting - 73.2 x 57.5 x 1.2 inch

$20,561

Painting, Being Kind, Ritchelly Oliveira

Being Kind

Ritchelly Oliveira

Painting - 186 x 146 x 3 cm Painting - 73.2 x 57.5 x 1.2 inch

$20,561

Painting, Wounded Birds, Ritchelly Oliveira

Wounded Birds

Ritchelly Oliveira

Painting - 186 x 141 x 3 cm Painting - 73.2 x 55.5 x 1.2 inch

$20,561

Painting, A Little Song Of Paradise, Delyafruz Bagirova

A Little Song Of Paradise

Delyafruz Bagirova

Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

$897

Painting, Tranquil Meadows, Arman Avagyan

Tranquil Meadows

Arman Avagyan

Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

$480 $408

Fine Art Drawings, Bakeneko, L'encredufauve

Bakeneko

L'encredufauve

Fine Art Drawings - 32 x 22.5 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.6 x 8.9 x 0.2 inch

$561

Print, Kumacchi wanted to be someone else - Kiss, Atsushi Kaga

Kumacchi wanted to be someone else - Kiss

Atsushi Kaga

Print - 29.7 x 21 cm Print - 11.7 x 8.3 inch

$2,803

Print, Michael Jackson's skull with monkeys, Atsushi Kaga

Michael Jackson's skull with monkeys

Atsushi Kaga

Print - 21 x 29.7 cm Print - 8.3 x 11.7 inch

$3,139

Painting, A pod of Killer Whale, Evgeny Chernyakovsky

A pod of Killer Whale

Evgeny Chernyakovsky

Painting - 80 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

$1,700

Painting, Vive les cooleurs (1), Seb Paul Michel

Vive les cooleurs (1)

Seb Paul Michel

Painting - 81 x 116 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 45.7 x 0.8 inch

$1,233

Painting, Petit masque, Agathe David

Petit masque

Agathe David

Painting - 110 x 94 x 1 cm Painting - 43.3 x 37 x 0.4 inch

$1,345

Painting, Oiseau d’orage, Agathe David

Oiseau d’orage

Agathe David

Painting - 70 x 100 x 1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch

$1,345

Painting, Poissons Rouges, Hayvon

Poissons Rouges

Hayvon

Painting - 37 x 45 x 2 cm Painting - 14.6 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch

$269

Painting, Poissons Rouges, Hayvon

Poissons Rouges

Hayvon

Painting - 37 x 45 x 2 cm Painting - 14.6 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch

$269

Painting, Clarity of Mind, Nawei Wight

Clarity of Mind

Nawei Wight

Painting - 63 x 64 x 2 cm Painting - 24.8 x 25.2 x 0.8 inch

$2,909

Painting, Mémoire de fenêtre I, Yu Fu

Mémoire de fenêtre I

Yu Fu

Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

$5,045

Photography, China, Inner Mongolia - Horse training for the militia, Eve Arnold

China, Inner Mongolia - Horse training for the militia

Eve Arnold

Photography - 30.5 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm Photography - 12 x 16 x 2 inch

$2,350

Painting, Tropical Coral Reef Painting Original Ocean Art, Olga Nikitina

Tropical Coral Reef Painting Original Ocean Art

Olga Nikitina

Painting - 60 x 85 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 33.5 x 0.8 inch

$2,018

Painting, Tropical School of Fish, Olga Nikitina

Tropical School of Fish

Olga Nikitina

Painting - 60 x 85 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 33.5 x 0.8 inch

$2,018

Painting, Mon little paradise, Sophie Petetin

Mon little paradise

Sophie Petetin

Painting - 70 x 70 x 2.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 1 inch

$1,670

Painting, Red Fish Symphony on Grey, Olga Nikitina

Red Fish Symphony on Grey

Olga Nikitina

Painting - 60 x 85 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 33.5 x 0.8 inch

$1,794

Fine Art Drawings, A view of the Park, Manuel Santelices

A view of the Park

Manuel Santelices

Fine Art Drawings - 35.6 x 27.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14 x 11 x 0.1 inch

$1,100

Painting, Give Me the Truth, Not Roses, Idorenyin Umana

Give Me the Truth, Not Roses

Idorenyin Umana

Painting - 76.2 x 101.6 x 2.5 cm Painting - 30 x 40 x 1 inch

$1,650 $1,485

Painting, Red Fish in Coral Reef, Olga Nikitina

Red Fish in Coral Reef

Olga Nikitina

Painting - 60 x 85 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 33.5 x 0.8 inch

$2,018

Painting, Florida Keys Fish Painting Coral Reef Impasto Painting Palette Knife Art, Olga Nikitina

Florida Keys Fish Painting Coral Reef Impasto Painting Palette Knife Art

Olga Nikitina

Painting - 60 x 85 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 33.5 x 0.8 inch

$1,794

Painting, Octopus, Antonio Presti

Octopus

Antonio Presti

Painting - 100 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1 inch

$2,691

Painting, Legge di natura, Antonio Presti

Legge di natura

Antonio Presti

Painting - 100 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1 inch

$2,691

Painting, Conversion II, Johnny Semaan

Conversion II

Johnny Semaan

Painting - 70 x 70 x 1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch

$1,850

Painting, Beatrice, Olga Marciano

Beatrice

Olga Marciano

Painting - 140 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 55.1 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

$8,408

Painting, Black Doggy, Tamar Nazaryan

Black Doggy

Tamar Nazaryan

Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

$300

Painting, Wacas, Leonardo Aliaga

Wacas

Leonardo Aliaga

Painting - 80 x 60 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 inch

$874

Painting, Zebra Pattern, Irena Tone

Zebra Pattern

Irena Tone

Painting - 40 x 40 x 3.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.4 inch

$325 $293

Painting, Cow Pattern, Irena Tone

Cow Pattern

Irena Tone

Painting - 40 x 40 x 3.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.4 inch

$325 $293

Painting, Down Up, Aney

Down Up

Aney

Painting - 90 x 70 x 1 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch

$2,224

Painting, El pastor ceno pescao, Baptiste Laurent

El pastor ceno pescao

Baptiste Laurent

Painting - 140 x 140 x 4 cm Painting - 55.1 x 55.1 x 1.6 inch

$3,475

Painting, Caballo de San Bartolome, Baptiste Laurent

Caballo de San Bartolome

Baptiste Laurent

Painting - 136 x 95 x 3 cm Painting - 53.5 x 37.4 x 1.2 inch

$2,859

Painting, Pink Panther, Adélaïde Leferme

Pink Panther

Adélaïde Leferme

Painting - 120 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 1 inch

$673

Sculpture, Hope Dog, MrHope

Hope Dog

MrHope

Sculpture - 13 x 11 x 8 cm Sculpture - 5.1 x 4.3 x 3.1 inch

$78 $67

Painting, Happy Cat, Leo Ray

Happy Cat

Leo Ray

Painting - 50 x 70 x 3.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 1.4 inch

$2,600

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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