Animal

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

€1,161

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

€800

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

€9,000

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

€1,700

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

€3,200

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

€2,500

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

€1,700

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

€4,100

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

€20,600

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

€15,000

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

€5,500

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

€960

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

€800

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

€1,065

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

€18,340

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

€18,340

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

€18,340

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

€800

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

€465 €395

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

€500

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

€2,500

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

€2,800

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

€1,645

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

€1,100

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

€1,200

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

€1,200

Painting, Poissons Rouges, Hayvon

Poissons Rouges

Hayvon

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

€240

Painting, Poissons Rouges, Hayvon

Poissons Rouges

Hayvon

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

€240

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

€2,595

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

€4,500

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

€2,274

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

€1,800

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

€1,800

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

€1,490

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

€1,600

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

€1,065

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

€1,597 €1,437

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

€1,800

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

€1,600

Painting, Octopus, Antonio Presti

Octopus

Antonio Presti

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

€2,400

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

€2,400

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

€1,791

Painting, Beatrice, Olga Marciano

Beatrice

Olga Marciano

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

€7,500

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

€290

Painting, Wacas, Leonardo Aliaga

Wacas

Leonardo Aliaga

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

€780

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

€290 €261

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

€290 €261

Painting, Down Up, Aney

Down Up

Aney

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

€1,984

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

€3,100

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

€2,550

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

€600

Sculpture, Hope Dog, MrHope

Hope Dog

MrHope

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

€70 €60

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

€2,516

Painting, Por las marismas, José Luis Pagador Ponce

Por las marismas

José Luis Pagador Ponce

Painting - 160 x 250 cm Painting - 63 x 98.4 inch

€13,500

Fine Art Drawings, Tales of a Sea Dog Family - Viking, Joe Lasker

Tales of a Sea Dog Family - Viking

Joe Lasker

Fine Art Drawings - 22.9 x 27.9 x 5.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9 x 11 x 2 inch

€1,161

Fine Art Drawings, Isombard Bow-Wow Brunel, Joe Lasker

Isombard Bow-Wow Brunel

Joe Lasker

Fine Art Drawings - 41.9 x 54.6 x 5.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 21.5 x 2 inch

€1,161

Painting, Bébé requin se marre - série animaux marins fantaisistes, Alain Arnouil

Bébé requin se marre - série animaux marins fantaisistes

Alain Arnouil

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

€940

Print, Gato blanco, Juan Ripolles

Gato blanco

Juan Ripolles

Print - 76 x 62 x 0.5 cm Print - 29.9 x 24.4 x 0.2 inch

€1,200

Painting, Running horses, Simona Tsvetkova

Running horses

Simona Tsvetkova

Painting - 60 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,350

Painting, Embestida, José Luis Pagador Ponce

Embestida

José Luis Pagador Ponce

Painting - 114 x 162 cm Painting - 44.9 x 63.8 inch

€5,500

Print, Vanitas 13, Damien Valero

Vanitas 13

Damien Valero

Print - 78 x 58 cm Print - 30.7 x 22.8 inch

€1,200

Painting, Woops, Dianna Bonder

Woops

Dianna Bonder

Painting - 41 x 51 x 4 cm Painting - 16.1 x 20.1 x 1.6 inch

€510

Painting, Ummm (1), Dianna Bonder

Ummm (1)

Dianna Bonder

Painting - 51 x 51 x 4 cm Painting - 20.1 x 20.1 x 1.6 inch

€610

Painting, Twit & Pft, Dianna Bonder

Twit & Pft

Dianna Bonder

Painting - 51 x 51 x 4 cm Painting - 20.1 x 20.1 x 1.6 inch

€610

Painting, Mayhem Tsk Tsk, Dianna Bonder

Mayhem Tsk Tsk

Dianna Bonder

Painting - 51 x 51 x 4 cm Painting - 20.1 x 20.1 x 1.6 inch

€610

Painting, It's All Nonsense, Dianna Bonder

It's All Nonsense

Dianna Bonder

Painting - 122 x 92 x 4 cm Painting - 48 x 36.2 x 1.6 inch

€3,040

Painting, L’amour de mère, Yu Fu

L’amour de mère

Yu Fu

Painting - 60 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€5,000

Painting, Birds 28, Angel Patchamanov

Birds 28

Angel Patchamanov

Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,350

Painting, Fin de journée, Patricia Simsa

Fin de journée

Patricia Simsa

Painting - 89 x 130 x 5 cm Painting - 35 x 51.2 x 2 inch

€3,800

Painting, Harmony in Blue: Finding Peace Within, The Happiness Series: Exploring Inner Joy series, Tetiana Pchelnykova

Harmony in Blue: Finding Peace Within, The Happiness Series: Exploring Inner Joy series

Tetiana Pchelnykova

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

€850

Painting, Bimba, Sonia Domenech

Bimba

Sonia Domenech

Painting - 50 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch

€900

Painting, Against the Stream, Serhii Cherniakovskyi

Against the Stream

Serhii Cherniakovskyi

Painting - 75 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 29.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€2,800

Painting, World of instincts, Serhii Cherniakovskyi

World of instincts

Serhii Cherniakovskyi

Painting - 100 x 150 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch

€4,839

Painting, Deep blue waters, Serhii Cherniakovskyi

Deep blue waters

Serhii Cherniakovskyi

Painting - 100 x 150 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch

€4,839

Painting, World of instincts, Serhii Cherniakovskyi

World of instincts

Serhii Cherniakovskyi

Painting - 100 x 150 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch

€4,839

Sculpture, Hypomnema 3, Wall sculpture, Ivan Castiblanco

Hypomnema 3, Wall sculpture

Ivan Castiblanco

Sculpture - 74.9 x 74.9 x 33.8 cm Sculpture - 29.5 x 29.5 x 13.3 inch

€2,420

Painting, From the series Ecology of soul and nature IV, Mykola Mamchur

From the series Ecology of soul and nature IV

Mykola Mamchur

Painting - 50 x 60 x 0.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch

€1,500

Painting, Lady and a Cat, Maya Abashidze

Lady and a Cat

Maya Abashidze

Painting - 60 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

€2,300

Painting, Butterfly #1, Luke Newton

Butterfly #1

Luke Newton

Painting - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch

€300

Painting, Butterflies #6, Luke Newton

Butterflies #6

Luke Newton

Painting - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch

€300

Painting, Skull monkey happy, PyB

Skull monkey happy

PyB

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

€280

Painting, Les curios (oiseaux), Raimundo Bida

Les curios (oiseaux)

Raimundo Bida

Painting - 60 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

€2,198

Print, Enjoy each Moment, David Shrigley

Enjoy each Moment

David Shrigley

Print - 75 x 55 cm Print - 29.5 x 21.7 inch

€7,500

Painting, Friendship, Olha Vlasova

Friendship

Olha Vlasova

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

€800

Painting, Cow, Spring series, Olha Vlasova

Cow, Spring series

Olha Vlasova

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

€1,000

Sculpture, Coléoptère debout, Bernard Métranve

Coléoptère debout

Bernard Métranve

Sculpture - 23 x 20 x 2.5 cm Sculpture - 9.1 x 7.9 x 1 inch

€1,200

Print, Angels, Menashe Kadishman

Angels

Menashe Kadishman

Print - 53 x 73 x 0.5 cm Print - 20.9 x 28.7 x 0.2 inch

€1,626

Painting, Jungle Happiness, Katharina Husslein

Jungle Happiness

Katharina Husslein

Painting - 130 x 190 x 4 cm Painting - 51.2 x 74.8 x 1.6 inch

€3,300

Painting, Paradise Found, Katharina Husslein

Paradise Found

Katharina Husslein

Painting - 110 x 175 x 3 cm Painting - 43.3 x 68.9 x 1.2 inch

€3,500

Painting, Sunny summer, Andrei Sitsko

Sunny summer

Andrei Sitsko

Painting - 30 x 35 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch

€420

Painting, White Pigeons in Love, Tamar Nazaryan

White Pigeons in Love

Tamar Nazaryan

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

€339

Print, Banana Republic #3 (Oeuvre unique), Karl Kox

Banana Republic #3 (Oeuvre unique)

Karl Kox

Print - 75 x 70 x 0.3 cm Print - 29.5 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch

€750

Sculpture, Blue Butterfly, Fred Meurice

Blue Butterfly

Fred Meurice

Sculpture - 40 x 40 x 6 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 15.7 x 2.4 inch

€550

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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