Animal

Print, Le lion et le rat, Pascal Astier

Le lion et le rat

Pascal Astier

Print - 16.5 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch

$113

Painting, La Ilusion de un Salto, Ernesto Capdevila

La Ilusion de un Salto

Ernesto Capdevila

Painting - 32 x 40 inch

$4,500

Print, Scorpion Animal hybride, Roduna

Scorpion Animal hybride

Roduna

Print - 13 x 9.8 inch

$559

Print, Cancer, Rosen Yordanov

Cancer

Rosen Yordanov

Print - 17.7 x 23.6 inch

$186

Print, Sans titre, Laurent Le Deunff

Sans titre

Laurent Le Deunff

Print - 19.7 x 27.6 inch

$169

Fine Art Drawings, Chouette, Muriel Salvan

Chouette

Muriel Salvan

Fine Art Drawings - 19.3 x 11 x 0.4 inch

$316

Sculpture, Unicorn, Ara Alekyan

Unicorn

Ara Alekyan

Sculpture - 32.7 x 23.6 x 17.7 inch

$25,974

Painting, Jeux dangereux, Laszlo Tibay

Jeux dangereux

Laszlo Tibay

Painting - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch

$220

Print, The Apocalypse, Utopia

The Apocalypse

Utopia

Print - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

$282

Painting, Emigration for love, Ekaterina Shitova

Emigration for love

Ekaterina Shitova

Painting - 11.4 x 8.3 x 0 inch

$226

Sculpture, It's a dog life ... !, Papa Mesk

It's a dog life ... !

Papa Mesk

Sculpture - 9.8 x 16.9 x 5.9 inch

$1,807

Print, Birds die, François Nasica

Birds die

François Nasica

Print - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

$508

Painting, Untitled, Feroz Khan

Untitled

Feroz Khan

Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 inch

$5,627

Print, Mucchio di Galli, Lucamaleonte

Mucchio di Galli

Lucamaleonte

Print - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

$226

Print, L'envol, Jean-Marie Guiny

L'envol

Jean-Marie Guiny

Print - 11.8 x 13 x 0.1 inch

$508

Sculpture, Worm sculpture, Natasha Korets

Worm sculpture

Natasha Korets

Sculpture - 6.7 x 4.3 x 2 inch

$339

Print, Dave Mattheus & Tim Reynolds, Alan Berry Rhys

Dave Mattheus & Tim Reynolds

Alan Berry Rhys

Print - 24.4 x 18.1 x 0.4 inch

$260

Print, Le chat rouge - Reproduction digigraphie, Angélo Pierlo

Le chat rouge - Reproduction digigraphie

Angélo Pierlo

Print - 15.7 x 11.8 inch

$169

Sculpture, Gorille, Eddy Maniez

Gorille

Eddy Maniez

Sculpture - 39.4 x 35.4 x 39.4 inch

$24,845

Painting, L'esprit de l'Antilope, SYL

L'esprit de l'Antilope

SYL

Painting - 48 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

$5,534

Design, Horse head, Franz Hagenauer

Horse head

Franz Hagenauer

Design - 8.7 x 6.7 x 4.3 inch

$5,985

Print, Las partes del mundo II, Andres Nagel Tejada

Las partes del mundo II

Andres Nagel Tejada

Print - 15 x 11 x 0.01 inch

$230

Print, L'équilibre des forces, Céline Parmentier

L'équilibre des forces

Céline Parmentier

Print - 19.7 x 9.8 x 0 inch

$226

Painting, Early Stages of the game, Nicky Nodjoumi

Early Stages of the game

Nicky Nodjoumi

Painting - 72 x 53 x 2 inch

$49,689

Painting, Venus and Mars, Georgina Clapham

Venus and Mars

Georgina Clapham

Painting - 40 x 28 x 2 inch

$12,000

Print, Trapped on a magic Maze, Juli Manara

Trapped on a magic Maze

Juli Manara

Print - 47.2 x 39.4 x 0 inch

$1,412

Painting, Untitled, Houda Terjuman

Untitled

Houda Terjuman

Painting - 43.3 x 41.3 x 1.2 inch

$8,000

Print, Pelicans, Luogo Comune

Pelicans

Luogo Comune

Print - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

$169

Sculpture, Pink Kong, Pierre Joseph

Pink Kong

Pierre Joseph

Sculpture - 6.3 x 3.9 x 6.3 inch

$508

Fine Art Drawings, Comtesse PiouPiou, Valentine Burlan

Comtesse PiouPiou

Valentine Burlan

Fine Art Drawings - 17.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch

$89

Print, Untitled, Roberto Turnbull

Untitled

Roberto Turnbull

Print - 21.3 x 29.7 x 0.01 inch

$400

Print, Super lucky Neonka, Happy version, Lalasaïdko

Super lucky Neonka, Happy version

Lalasaïdko

Print - 15.7 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch

$440

Print, Equus gaudi EA VI/X, Josep Baques

Equus gaudi EA VI/X

Josep Baques

Print - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0 inch

$132

Print, Tango, D.Largo

Tango

D.Largo

Print - 15.7 x 15.7 inch

$452

Fine Art Drawings, Le passeur et l'oiseau, Arnaud Gautron

Le passeur et l'oiseau

Arnaud Gautron

Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 25.6 inch

$565

Print, Sans titre, Cécile Gambini

Sans titre

Cécile Gambini

Print - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0.4 inch

$169

Painting, We are not followers, Philippe Liveneau LENY

We are not followers

Philippe Liveneau LENY

Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 2.8 inch

$2,823

Print, Chevaux blancs, Serge Lassus

Chevaux blancs

Serge Lassus

Print - 21.1 x 26.8 x 0.1 inch

$203

Print, Good Friends, Brent Estabrook

Good Friends

Brent Estabrook

Print - 29.9 x 29.9 x 0.8 inch

$4,000

Photography, Éléphants, Kboo

Éléphants

Kboo

Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch

$316

Print, You Rock, Cal

You Rock

Cal

Print - 15.7 x 15.7 inch

$339

Print, Sans titre, Caroline Sury

Sans titre

Caroline Sury

Print - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0.4 inch

$169

Sculpture, Dolphin (S), Eveline Ko

Dolphin (S)

Eveline Ko

Sculpture - 13.8 x 5.1 x 11.8 inch

$974

Painting, Maa Rewa, Govind Vishwas

Maa Rewa

Govind Vishwas

Painting - 53 x 32 inch

$2,601

Print, Ex nihilo wicked, Raf Reyes

Ex nihilo wicked

Raf Reyes

Print - 13 x 13 x 0.8 inch

$508

Print, Panthera tigris olea sapiens, YNY

Panthera tigris olea sapiens

YNY

Print - 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch

$452

Print, Mon Lion, Bur

Mon Lion

Bur

Print - 15.7 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch

$395

Print, Stone Age#1 Edition, Georgii Vinogradov

Stone Age#1 Edition

Georgii Vinogradov

Print - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0 inch

$112

Painting, Quid du poussin, David Huet

Quid du poussin

David Huet

Painting - 7.9 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

$508

Painting, Vallée, Dr. Sciatique

Vallée

Dr. Sciatique

Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch

$4,517

Print, Print - deux Carpes Koï -III, Noël Granger

Print - deux Carpes Koï -III

Noël Granger

Print - 8.3 x 5.9 x 0 inch

$40

Photography, La Mirada, Mauro Ochoa

La Mirada

Mauro Ochoa

Photography - 13 x 15.7 inch

$621

Print, Humanity connected with the nature, Stavri Kalinov

Humanity connected with the nature

Stavri Kalinov

Print - 5.1 x 5.1 x 0 inch

$113

Sculpture, Korn, Joel Bostaetter

Korn

Joel Bostaetter

Sculpture - 39.4 x 43.3 x 5.9 inch

$1,016

Fine Art Drawings, Shadow tiger, Judith Christine Riemer

Shadow tiger

Judith Christine Riemer

Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch

$553

Print, Histoire de femmes 4 - Estampe, Florence Dussuyer

Histoire de femmes 4 - Estampe

Florence Dussuyer

Print - 31.5 x 31.5 inch

$903

Painting, One Blood I, Daiva Kaireviciute

One Blood I

Daiva Kaireviciute

Painting - 41.3 x 33.5 x 0.8 inch

$4,404

Print, The Paradox of Evolution (giclée), Marco Grassi

The Paradox of Evolution (giclée)

Marco Grassi

Print - 59.1 x 73.2 x 3.9 inch

$18,916

Painting, La Piel Del Jaguar, VinZ

La Piel Del Jaguar

VinZ

Painting - 11.6 x 8.1 x 0 inch

$791

Sculpture, Feast, Velimir Velikov

Feast

Velimir Velikov

Sculpture - 8.3 x 2.4 x 3.9 inch

$960

Sculpture, Streetart statue lion, Maudin

Streetart statue lion

Maudin

Sculpture - 23.2 x 12.6 x 9.8 inch

$1,807

Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Michel Lablais

Sans titre

Michel Lablais

Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 9.3 x 1.6 inch

$791

Photography, Salon, Georges Levy

Salon

Georges Levy

Photography - 19.7 x 23.6 x 2 inch

$678

Sculpture, La Cavalère, Mariette Forges

La Cavalère

Mariette Forges

Sculpture - 9.8 x 9.1 x 5.5 inch

$4,743

Painting, Sonãndo el caballo, Gonzho

Sonãndo el caballo

Gonzho

Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

$1,671

Sculpture, Venus au maquereau, Bernard Terreaux

Venus au maquereau

Bernard Terreaux

Sculpture - 10.2 x 11.8 x 17.3 inch

$1,107

Fine Art Drawings, La plume d'Eros, Hugues Gillet

La plume d'Eros

Hugues Gillet

Fine Art Drawings - 18.5 x 15 x 0.4 inch

$3,388

Fine Art Drawings, All your eyes are fire, Carles Gomila

All your eyes are fire

Carles Gomila

Fine Art Drawings - 11.6 x 8.3 inch

$1,355

Print, Danse tribale, Frédéric Bouché

Danse tribale

Frédéric Bouché

Print - 20.1 x 26.4 inch

$339

Sculpture, Viaje VI, Marta Moreu

Viaje VI

Marta Moreu

Sculpture - 15.7 x 23.6 x 5.9 inch

$8,696

Photography, Figure Collection : Dark version, Leni Smoragdova

Figure Collection : Dark version

Leni Smoragdova

Photography - 29.5 x 43.3 x 0.4 inch

$2,428

Painting, Capitoline wolf, Katarzyna Frankowska

Capitoline wolf

Katarzyna Frankowska

Painting - 39.4 x 51.2 x 0.4 inch

$9,023

Print, Composition, Johannes Hüppi

Composition

Johannes Hüppi

Print - 18.1 x 14.6 inch

$508

Print, Dont be afraid, Jacek Sroka

Dont be afraid

Jacek Sroka

Print - 4.7 x 6.9 inch

$395

Sculpture, Patience, Jeanne Lorioz

Patience

Jeanne Lorioz

Sculpture - 18.1 x 6.7 x 8.7 inch

$5,872

Painting, Cubist Woman, Przemyslaw Wojciak

Cubist Woman

Przemyslaw Wojciak

Painting - 35.4 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch

$5,630

Painting, Course of love, Mary Finlayson

Course of love

Mary Finlayson

Painting - 59.1 x 70.9 inch

$11,500

Photography, Leda e il Cigno, Andrea Morucchio

Leda e il Cigno

Andrea Morucchio

Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 2 inch

$10,164

Sculpture, Untitled, Krishna Murari Mishra

Untitled

Krishna Murari Mishra

Sculpture - 65 x 17 x 64.6 inch

$6,678

Painting, Adamo ed eva, Camilla Ancilotto

Adamo ed eva

Camilla Ancilotto

Painting - 52 x 22 x 5.9 inch

$9,034

Sculpture, La banquise n°1, Michel Bassompierre

La banquise n°1

Michel Bassompierre

Sculpture - 13.8 x 9.1 x 9.8 inch

Price upon request

Sculpture, Chouette Chevêche, Jürgen Lingl

Chouette Chevêche

Jürgen Lingl

Sculpture - 5.7 x 5.5 x 3.9 inch

Price upon request

Sculpture, Allumette, Jean-Luc Maniouloux

Allumette

Jean-Luc Maniouloux

Sculpture - 17.7 x 15.7 x 5.1 inch

Price upon request

Sculpture, Big teddy rouge brillant, Henri  Iglésis

Big teddy rouge brillant

Henri Iglésis

Sculpture - 33.5 x 27.6 x 8.3 inch

Price upon request

Painting, Butterfly, Punkmetender

Butterfly

Punkmetender

Painting - 59.8 x 59.8 x 2.2 inch

Price upon request

Sculpture, Maine Cow, Alex Katz

Maine Cow

Alex Katz

Sculpture - 49 x 72.5 x 10.25 inch

Price upon request

Painting, Sonia et Robert, Jean-Luc Maniouloux

Sonia et Robert

Jean-Luc Maniouloux

Painting - 48 x 24.4 x 1.9 inch

Price upon request

Painting, Anatomia Redux 05.03, Samuel Dejong

Anatomia Redux 05.03

Samuel Dejong

Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 5.5 inch

Price upon request

Photography, Hands Off, Lars Beusker

Hands Off

Lars Beusker

Photography - 49.6 x 65.4 x 2 inch

Price upon request

Sculpture, Pénéloppe, Olivier Bertrand

Pénéloppe

Olivier Bertrand

Sculpture - 17.7 x 9.8 x 17.7 inch

Price upon request

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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