Animal

Painting, Midnight, Les Panchyshyn

Midnight

Les Panchyshyn

Painting - 40 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

$1,901

Sculpture, 40cm Collage, H Tribute Bear, Naor

40cm Collage, H Tribute Bear

Naor

Sculpture - 40 x 33 x 28 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 13 x 11 inch

$1,790

Design, Small Stainless Steel Bear - SAM, Irena Tone

Small Stainless Steel Bear - SAM

Irena Tone

Design - 20.5 x 13.5 x 16 cm Design - 8.1 x 5.3 x 6.3 inch

$671

Painting, Apparition X, Cécile Duchêne-Malissin

Apparition X

Cécile Duchêne-Malissin

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

$2,013

Painting, You are my answer, Stephanie Godann

You are my answer

Stephanie Godann

Painting - 33 x 41 x 2 cm Painting - 13 x 16.1 x 0.8 inch

$459

Painting, I'm extremely addictive babe, Stephanie Godann

I'm extremely addictive babe

Stephanie Godann

Painting - 41 x 33 x 2 cm Painting - 16.1 x 13 x 0.8 inch

$459

Painting, Love yourself darling, Stephanie Godann

Love yourself darling

Stephanie Godann

Painting - 33 x 41 x 2 cm Painting - 13 x 16.1 x 0.8 inch

$459

Painting, All you need is gold, Stephanie Godann

All you need is gold

Stephanie Godann

Painting - 41 x 33 x 2 cm Painting - 16.1 x 13 x 0.8 inch

$459

Painting, May I have your attention please, Stephanie Godann

May I have your attention please

Stephanie Godann

Painting - 41 x 33 x 2 cm Painting - 16.1 x 13 x 0.8 inch

$459

Painting, You'll never shine if you don't glow, Stephanie Godann

You'll never shine if you don't glow

Stephanie Godann

Painting - 41 x 33 x 2 cm Painting - 16.1 x 13 x 0.8 inch

$459

Painting, Life is not black or white, it's gold!, Stephanie Godann

Life is not black or white, it's gold!

Stephanie Godann

Painting - 41 x 33 x 2 cm Painting - 16.1 x 13 x 0.8 inch

$459

Painting, Hey gorgeous, Stephanie Godann

Hey gorgeous

Stephanie Godann

Painting - 30 x 30 x 3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch

$2,264

Painting, Galaxy Song, Ken Garduno

Galaxy Song

Ken Garduno

Painting - 29 x 26.5 x 0.1 cm Painting - 11.4 x 10.4 x 0 inch

$671

Painting, Morning Cloak Flight, Hunt Slonem

Morning Cloak Flight

Hunt Slonem

Painting - 91.4 x 121.9 cm Painting - 36 x 48 inch

$39,705

Painting, Green Peace, Hunt Slonem

Green Peace

Hunt Slonem

Painting - 25.4 x 20.3 cm Painting - 10 x 8 inch

$7,829

Painting, Blue Eyes, Hunt Slonem

Blue Eyes

Hunt Slonem

Painting - 25.4 x 20.3 cm Painting - 10 x 8 inch

$7,829

Painting, Cabbage Patch 5, Hunt Slonem

Cabbage Patch 5

Hunt Slonem

Painting - 25.4 x 20.3 cm Painting - 10 x 8 inch

$7,829

Sculpture, Neon Knights, Gaspard Mitz

Neon Knights

Gaspard Mitz

Sculpture - 24 x 34 x 6.5 cm Sculpture - 9.4 x 13.4 x 2.6 inch

$783

Painting, White sheep, Menashe Kadishman

White sheep

Menashe Kadishman

Painting - 67 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 26.4 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

$3,500

Painting, Péché Mignon, Véronique Clanet

Péché Mignon

Véronique Clanet

Painting - 41 x 33 x 2 cm Painting - 16.1 x 13 x 0.8 inch

$1,416

Painting, Fais un voeu, Véronique Clanet

Fais un voeu

Véronique Clanet

Painting - 41 x 33 x 2 cm Painting - 16.1 x 13 x 0.8 inch

$1,416

Painting, Free, Serhii Cherniakovskyi

Free

Serhii Cherniakovskyi

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

$2,000

Sculpture, Standing Bear Tag (Ours Debut) | Unique, Richard Orlinski

Standing Bear Tag (Ours Debut) | Unique

Richard Orlinski

Sculpture - 35 x 70 x 20 cm Sculpture - 13.8 x 27.6 x 7.9 inch

$25,725

Sculpture, L’évolution profonde, Miguel Guía

L’évolution profonde

Miguel Guía

Sculpture - 19.5 x 32.5 x 5 cm Sculpture - 7.7 x 12.8 x 2 inch

$1,264

Painting, Ancêtre 2, Louis Vairel

Ancêtre 2

Louis Vairel

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

$1,454

Painting, Panda art, Vincent Bardou

Panda art

Vincent Bardou

Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

$3,132

Painting, Street monkey, Vincent Bardou

Street monkey

Vincent Bardou

Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

$3,132

Sculpture, Totem Oiseau Bleu II, Dominique Combe

Totem Oiseau Bleu II

Dominique Combe

Sculpture - 65 x 32 x 8 cm Sculpture - 25.6 x 12.6 x 3.1 inch

$1,253

Painting, Stream of Love, Maya Abashidze

Stream of Love

Maya Abashidze

Painting - 40 x 30 x 3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch

$895

Painting, Arbre de vie et papillons, Jean-francois Larrieu

Arbre de vie et papillons

Jean-francois Larrieu

Painting - 162 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 63.8 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch

$26,843

Design, Camel Original Wall Art, Irena Tone

Camel Original Wall Art

Irena Tone

Design - 42 x 52 x 2 cm Design - 16.5 x 20.5 x 0.8 inch

$503

Design, Giraffe Original Wall Art, Irena Tone

Giraffe Original Wall Art

Irena Tone

Design - 52 x 42 x 2 cm Design - 20.5 x 16.5 x 0.8 inch

$503

Painting, Etude, Franciszek Starowieyski

Etude

Franciszek Starowieyski

Painting - 21 x 30 x 0.2 cm Painting - 8.3 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch

$671

Painting, Clash of Titans, Stepan Ohanyan

Clash of Titans

Stepan Ohanyan

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

$600

Painting, Unique apprivoisée, Adélaïde Leferme

Unique apprivoisée

Adélaïde Leferme

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

$1,678 $1,510

Painting, Chrysomallos et Jason, Adélaïde Leferme

Chrysomallos et Jason

Adélaïde Leferme

Painting - 115 x 75 x 1 cm Painting - 45.3 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch

$1,510 $1,359

Painting, Léda, Adélaïde Leferme

Léda

Adélaïde Leferme

Painting - 40 x 120 x 2.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 47.2 x 1 inch

$895 $582

Painting, Papagena, Adélaïde Leferme

Papagena

Adélaïde Leferme

Painting - 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch

$895 $805

Painting, Monkey Business, Dianna Bonder

Monkey Business

Dianna Bonder

Painting - 122 x 46 x 4 cm Painting - 48 x 18.1 x 1.6 inch

$1,890

Painting, Nature morte aux rougets, Gopal Dagnogo

Nature morte aux rougets

Gopal Dagnogo

Painting - 50 x 61 cm Painting - 19.7 x 24 inch

$2,796

Sculpture, Chimere, Arno Sebban

Chimere

Arno Sebban

Sculpture - 70 x 45 x 20 cm Sculpture - 27.6 x 17.7 x 7.9 inch

$5,592

Print, Untitled, Leonor Fini

Untitled

Leonor Fini

Print - 32 x 24 x 0.1 cm Print - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0 inch

$671

Print, Untitled, Leonor Fini

Untitled

Leonor Fini

Print - 32 x 24 x 0.1 cm Print - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0 inch

$671

Print, Untitled, Leonor Fini

Untitled

Leonor Fini

Print - 32 x 24 x 0.1 cm Print - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0 inch

$671

Print, Untitled, Leonor Fini

Untitled

Leonor Fini

Print - 32 x 24 x 0.1 cm Print - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0 inch

$671

Print, Untitled, Leonor Fini

Untitled

Leonor Fini

Print - 32 x 24 x 0.1 cm Print - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0 inch

$671

Print, Untitled, Leonor Fini

Untitled

Leonor Fini

Print - 32 x 24 x 0.1 cm Print - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0 inch

$671

Print, Untitled, Leonor Fini

Untitled

Leonor Fini

Print - 32 x 24 x 0.1 cm Print - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0 inch

$671

Print, Untitled, Leonor Fini

Untitled

Leonor Fini

Print - 32 x 24 x 0.1 cm Print - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0 inch

$671

Print, Untitled, Leonor Fini

Untitled

Leonor Fini

Print - 32 x 24 x 0.1 cm Print - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0 inch

$671

Painting, Koala, Angélique Dufossé

Koala

Angélique Dufossé

Painting - 61 x 50 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 1 inch

$951 $856

Painting, Émotion Panda, Angélique Dufossé

Émotion Panda

Angélique Dufossé

Painting - 92 x 73 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 1 inch

$1,901 $1,711

Painting, Contemporary portrait - Coffee with the President, Nataliya Bagatskaya

Contemporary portrait - Coffee with the President

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting - 90 x 70 x 1.8 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.7 inch

$2,461

Sculpture, Frame Small Tiny Stainless Steel Bear 1, Irena Tone

Frame Small Tiny Stainless Steel Bear 1

Irena Tone

Sculpture - 20 x 15 x 4.5 cm Sculpture - 7.9 x 5.9 x 1.8 inch

$280 $252

Painting, Naturalis, Antonio Presti

Naturalis

Antonio Presti

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

$1,342

Painting, Nodo Trinitario 2, Antonio Presti

Nodo Trinitario 2

Antonio Presti

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

$2,125

Sculpture, King Lion Pop, FMZ Fred Morgan

King Lion Pop

FMZ Fred Morgan

Sculpture - 40 x 40 x 12 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 15.7 x 4.7 inch

$917

Sculpture, Blue Guitare, Shelby

Blue Guitare

Shelby

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

$3,355

Painting, Cubes III, Cathie Berthon

Cubes III

Cathie Berthon

Painting - 30 x 30 x 15 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 5.9 inch

$425

Painting, Cubes, Cathie Berthon

Cubes

Cathie Berthon

Painting - 30 x 30 x 15 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 5.9 inch

$425

Painting, Moya Land fond bleu, Patrick Moya

Moya Land fond bleu

Patrick Moya

Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch

$995

Painting, Moya Land fond rouge, Patrick Moya

Moya Land fond rouge

Patrick Moya

Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch

$995

Painting, Dolly fond noir, Patrick Moya

Dolly fond noir

Patrick Moya

Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch

$995

Painting, Dolly tatoué, Patrick Moya

Dolly tatoué

Patrick Moya

Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch

$995

Painting, Dolly, Patrick Moya

Dolly

Patrick Moya

Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch

$995

Painting, Eléphant tatoué, Patrick Moya

Eléphant tatoué

Patrick Moya

Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch

$995

Painting, Dolly, Patrick Moya

Dolly

Patrick Moya

Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch

$995

Painting, Contemporary portrait Guardians, Nataliya Bagatskaya

Contemporary portrait Guardians

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting - 80 x 60 x 1.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch

$1,454

Painting, La poule, Martin

La poule

Martin

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

$783

Painting, Contemporary painting with Mona Lisa - Spring, Nataliya Bagatskaya

Contemporary painting with Mona Lisa - Spring

Nataliya Bagatskaya

Painting - 90 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch

$2,237

Painting, Expectation, Serhii Cherniakovskyi

Expectation

Serhii Cherniakovskyi

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

$3,579

Painting, Dialog, Serhii Cherniakovskyi

Dialog

Serhii Cherniakovskyi

Painting - 60 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch

$3,244

Painting, In the rays of the sun, Serhii Cherniakovskyi

In the rays of the sun

Serhii Cherniakovskyi

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

$2,796

Print, Waiting for infinity, Rolanda Jongerius

Waiting for infinity

Rolanda Jongerius

Print - 40 x 60 x 2 cm Print - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

$2,013

Painting, Homeland, Rolanda Jongerius

Homeland

Rolanda Jongerius

Painting - 29.7 x 21 x 1 cm Painting - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0.4 inch

$1,118

Painting, Le chat, Serge Plagnol

Le chat

Serge Plagnol

Painting - 50 x 65 x 0.2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0.1 inch

$727

Print, Nos espèces en péril, Annie Franklin

Nos espèces en péril

Annie Franklin

Print - 122 x 80.5 cm Print - 48 x 31.7 inch

$1,566

Painting, Troie, Franciszek Starowieyski

Troie

Franciszek Starowieyski

Painting - 21 x 30 x 0.2 cm Painting - 8.3 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch

$671

Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Franciszek Starowieyski

Sans titre

Franciszek Starowieyski

Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 30 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch

$671

Fine Art Drawings, Sans titre, Franciszek Starowieyski

Sans titre

Franciszek Starowieyski

Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 30 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch

$671

Fine Art Drawings, Etudes pour un paysage idéal n°2, Franciszek Starowieyski

Etudes pour un paysage idéal n°2

Franciszek Starowieyski

Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 20 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.1 inch

$671

Painting, Unforgettable Night, Akio Harada

Unforgettable Night

Akio Harada

Painting - 30.5 x 30.5 x 3.8 cm Painting - 12 x 12 x 1.5 inch

$1,342

Painting, Slimming festival, Akio Harada

Slimming festival

Akio Harada

Painting - 30.5 x 30.5 x 3.8 cm Painting - 12 x 12 x 1.5 inch

$1,342

Painting, Shhhhhhhh, Akio Harada

Shhhhhhhh

Akio Harada

Painting - 30.5 x 30.5 x 3.8 cm Painting - 12 x 12 x 1.5 inch

$1,342

Painting, Smell of beard, Akio Harada

Smell of beard

Akio Harada

Painting - 40.6 x 40.6 x 3.8 cm Painting - 16 x 16 x 1.5 inch

$1,790

Painting, Guri and Guri, Akio Harada

Guri and Guri

Akio Harada

Painting - 40.6 x 40.6 x 3.8 cm Painting - 16 x 16 x 1.5 inch

$1,790

Painting, Curl and straight, Akio Harada

Curl and straight

Akio Harada

Painting - 40.6 x 40.6 x 3.8 cm Painting - 16 x 16 x 1.5 inch

$1,790

Painting, Brother and sister, Akio Harada

Brother and sister

Akio Harada

Painting - 40.6 x 40.6 x 3.8 cm Painting - 16 x 16 x 1.5 inch

$1,790

Painting, Climbing Tears, Akio Harada

Climbing Tears

Akio Harada

Painting - 40.6 x 40.6 x 3.8 cm Painting - 16 x 16 x 1.5 inch

$1,790

Painting, Harlequin Macaw, Kane Mclay

Harlequin Macaw

Kane Mclay

Painting - 30 x 30 x 3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch

$1,063

Painting, Night lights, Albena Vatcheva

Night lights

Albena Vatcheva

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

$1,900 $1,806

Painting, Amazon, Hunt Slonem

Amazon

Hunt Slonem

Painting - 22.9 x 20.3 x 1 cm Painting - 9 x 8 x 0.4 inch

$7,268

Painting, Banded Blue, Hunt Slonem

Banded Blue

Hunt Slonem

Painting - 24.4 x 20.3 x 1 cm Painting - 9.6 x 8 x 0.4 inch

$7,829

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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