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Des chats de la musique et des fleurs
Chanoir
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$6,507
Greater flamingos (Phoenicopterus roseus) I
Bogdan Boev
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$404
Love is like a butterfly III
Ottelien Huckin
Painting - 23.5 x 17 x 1 cm Painting - 9.3 x 6.7 x 0.4 inch
$523
Saint George’s Steer
Giorgi Kukhalashvili
Painting - 90 x 130 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch
$7,517
0483
Salvatore Arnone
Photography - 129.8 x 99.8 x 0.5 cm Photography - 51.1 x 39.3 x 0.2 inch
$4,350
0529
Salvatore Arnone
Photography - 129.8 x 99.8 x 0.5 cm Photography - 51.1 x 39.3 x 0.2 inch
$4,350
1909
Salvatore Arnone
Photography - 129.8 x 99.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 51.1 x 39.3 x 0.1 inch
$3,200
0971
Salvatore Arnone
Photography - 129.8 x 99.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 51.1 x 39.3 x 0.1 inch
$3,200
1858
Salvatore Arnone
Photography - 129.8 x 99.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 51.1 x 39.3 x 0.1 inch
$3,200
1785
Salvatore Arnone
Photography - 129.8 x 99.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 51.1 x 39.3 x 0.1 inch
$3,200
0946, From the series one
Salvatore Arnone
Photography - 129.8 x 99.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 51.1 x 39.3 x 0.1 inch
$3,200
Chef and fish
Shine Huang
Photography - 40.6 x 50.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 16 x 20 x 0.1 inch
$2,400
Swallows in Flight No. 45
Elizabeth Becker
Painting - 40.6 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Painting - 16 x 20 x 2 inch
$550
Untitled, From the series Balance
Salvatore Arnone
Photography - 127 x 88.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 50 x 35 x 0.1 inch
$2,500
Manifestation: Blue Ranchu
Eury Kim
Painting - 116.8 x 91 x 3 cm Painting - 46 x 35.8 x 1.2 inch
$3,758
Manifestation: Mandarins
Eury Kim
Painting - 80.3 x 80.3 x 3.3 cm Painting - 31.6 x 31.6 x 1.3 inch
$2,693
Le bonheur et le laurier
Youngmi Kim
Painting - 46 x 55 x 3.5 cm Painting - 18.1 x 21.7 x 1.4 inch
$449
L'étang ensoleillé
Diana Malivani
Painting - 120 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
$15,146
Dystopian Lullaby Cluster 3
Randi Matushevitz
Painting - 76.2 x 61 x 5.1 cm Painting - 30 x 24 x 2 inch
$3,200
Au-dessus d'un champ fleuri
Diana Malivani
Painting - 120 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
$15,146
Charm
Tomo Sakurai
Fine Art Drawings - 109 x 158 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 42.9 x 62.2 x 0.8 inch
$10,097
Cheverny’s Dogs
Helen Uter
Painting - 73 x 200 x 4 cm Painting - 28.7 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch
$6,170 $5,245
Spiritual Realm
Shui Qiu
Fine Art Drawings - 120 x 240 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 47.2 x 94.5 x 0 inch
$16,000 $13,600
Near Far
Shui Qiu
Fine Art Drawings - 210 x 70 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 82.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$8,000
Signature
Shui Qiu
Fine Art Drawings - 210 x 70 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 82.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$8,000 $6,800
Distance
Shui Qiu
Fine Art Drawings - 144 x 144 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 56.7 x 56.7 x 0 inch
$12,000 $10,200
Lithographie originale de Yves Brayer
Yves Brayer
Print - 54 x 57 x 0.3 cm Print - 21.3 x 22.4 x 0.1 inch
$280
Singe bleu au cigare
François Rambaud
Sculpture - 80 x 45 x 70 cm Sculpture - 31.5 x 17.7 x 27.6 inch
$2,636
URBANCAT MAGNIFICO : KITTY METROPOLIS MUSE
Hiro Ando
Sculpture - 150 x 90 x 60 cm Sculpture - 59.1 x 35.4 x 23.6 inch
$33,657
En Nage
Jean-Marc Teillon
Painting - 162 x 114 x 3 cm Painting - 63.8 x 44.9 x 1.2 inch
$6,731 $5,722
Portée Disparue
Jean-Marc Teillon
Painting - 162 x 114 x 4 cm Painting - 63.8 x 44.9 x 1.6 inch
$6,731
Bear behind a fern
Heikki Willamo
Photography - 37 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 14.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$3,702
Chien Voyageur
Joanna Glazer
Sculpture - 25 x 45 x 20 cm Sculpture - 9.8 x 17.7 x 7.9 inch
$550 $275
You are the next one
Zianko Vasili
Painting - 110 x 120 x 0.3 cm Painting - 43.3 x 47.2 x 0.1 inch
$6,888
Morning of the paradise bird sirin
Zianko Vasili
Painting - 140 x 100 x 0.3 cm Painting - 55.1 x 39.4 x 0.1 inch
$6,731
Boarding Masks
Danielle Le Bricquir
Painting - 81 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$9,424
Butterfly – Dreaming of Hope
Chang Im Choi
Painting - 116.8 x 91 x 2.8 cm Painting - 46 x 35.8 x 1.1 inch
$7,629
1 frozen sea bass.
Igor Shulman
Painting - 100.8 x 219.7 x 5.1 cm Painting - 39.7 x 86.5 x 2 inch
$12,000
Liberté… (Origami)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 59 x 59 x 2 cm Painting - 23.2 x 23.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,244
Under the Banana Tree
Liu Ziyu
Painting - 136 x 68 x 0.1 cm Painting - 53.5 x 26.8 x 0 inch
$6,170 $5,245
Rabbits Get Fat in Autumn
Liu Ziyu
Painting - 136 x 68 x 0.1 cm Painting - 53.5 x 26.8 x 0 inch
$6,170 $5,245
The Scenery of Coconut Grove
Liu Ziyu
Painting - 136 x 68 x 0.1 cm Painting - 53.5 x 26.8 x 0 inch
$6,170 $5,245
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.