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![Print, Mini collector Patch, Stéphane Gautier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2194150_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Sheep Flock, Menashe Kadishman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2170968_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Cheval Cubiste de Guernica Bois, Miguel Guía](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/402091_1_grid.jpg)
Cheval Cubiste de Guernica Bois
Miguel Guía
Sculpture - 56 x 25 x 20 cm Sculpture - 22 x 9.8 x 7.9 inch
$5,143
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![Painting, Purr love, Sweet Home series, Olha Vlasova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199821_1_grid.jpg)
Purr love, Sweet Home series
Olha Vlasova
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$559
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La fratrie n°3 a
Michel Bassompierre
Sculpture - 12 x 9 x 9.5 cm Sculpture - 4.7 x 3.5 x 3.7 inch
$4,248
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![Painting, Change and Growth 1, Oluwafemi Afolabi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2189303_1_grid.jpg)
Change and Growth 1
Oluwafemi Afolabi
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1 inch
$2,200
![Painting, Cubes III, Cathie Berthon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2216206_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Cubes, Cathie Berthon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2216204_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Les curios (oiseaux), Raimundo Bida](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209638_1_grid.jpg)
Les curios (oiseaux)
Raimundo Bida
Painting - 60 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$2,457
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![Painting, New Found Cockatoo Whisper, Hunt Slonem](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195415_1_grid.jpg)
New Found Cockatoo Whisper
Hunt Slonem
Painting - 112 x 193 x 3 cm Painting - 44.1 x 76 x 1.2 inch
$67,080
![Painting, Cockatoos Whisper Joy, Hunt Slonem](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195412_1_grid.jpg)
Cockatoos Whisper Joy
Hunt Slonem
Painting - 127 x 178 x 3 cm Painting - 50 x 70.1 x 1.2 inch
$67,080
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![Painting, Não Me Esqueça, Ritchelly Oliveira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2205522_1_grid.jpg)
Não Me Esqueça
Ritchelly Oliveira
Painting - 190 x 145 x 3 cm Painting - 74.8 x 57.1 x 1.2 inch
$18,447
![Painting, O Pouso Em Mim, Ritchelly Oliveira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2205367_1_grid.jpg)
O Pouso Em Mim
Ritchelly Oliveira
Painting - 150 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$15,093
![Painting, Metáfora, Ritchelly Oliveira](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2205359_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Meeting on the pond, Elena Lukina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2203780_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Love and tenderness. Lions, Lilya Volskaya](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198969_1_grid.jpg)
Love and tenderness. Lions
Lilya Volskaya
Painting - 20 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$671
![Painting, Iberico, Jeff Engberg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191798_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, I Am Beautiful - Swan - Lake, Trayko Popov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2189745_1_grid.jpg)
I Am Beautiful - Swan - Lake
Trayko Popov
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,012
![Painting, Fish, Federico Cortese](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2055036_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, White Pigeons in Love, Tamar Nazaryan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209153_1_grid.jpg)
White Pigeons in Love
Tamar Nazaryan
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$350
![Painting, Chat sur affiche, C215](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198706_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Split Panther, Arun A.](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198076_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Rustle of Birds, Katharina Husslein](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1325214_1_grid.jpg)
Rustle of Birds
Katharina Husslein
Painting - 110 x 170 x 3 cm Painting - 43.3 x 66.9 x 1.2 inch
$2,907
![Painting, Tropical Bliss, Sreya Gupta](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1311711_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Aviary nymphenburg, Gabriele Breu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212515_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Fujigoe no Ryu, Kusaba Kazuhisa](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2210704_1_grid.jpg)
Fujigoe no Ryu
Kusaba Kazuhisa
Painting - 38.8 x 46.2 x 2 cm Painting - 15.3 x 18.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,571
![Painting, She Lay in a Meadow 2/2, Nina Narimanishvili](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204522_1_grid.jpg)
She Lay in a Meadow 2/2
Nina Narimanishvili
Painting - 19 x 25 x 0.1 cm Painting - 7.5 x 9.8 x 0 inch
$1,230
![Painting, Vivent les animaux X Brigitte Bardot, Jérôme Mesnager](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2203849_1_grid.jpg)
Vivent les animaux X Brigitte Bardot
Jérôme Mesnager
Painting - 50 x 30 x 0.2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$3,913
![Print, You will not stop me, David Shrigley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2201279_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, To Hell With Zoos, David Shrigley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200877_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Stop Panicking, David Shrigley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200871_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Swallow's Dance, Arevik Gasparyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200805_1_grid.jpg)
The Swallow's Dance
Arevik Gasparyan
Painting - 60 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$750
![Print, Old Dog..., David Shrigley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199501_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, I've Got Your Lipstick, David Shrigley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199438_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, I hate human beings, David Shrigley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199411_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Black Cats, David Shrigley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198756_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Before you can entertain, David Shrigley](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198755_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Cool et vive les fleurs, Seb Paul Michel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198507_1_grid.jpg)
Cool et vive les fleurs
Seb Paul Michel
Painting - 60 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$503
![Painting, Earth dragonfly, Alvaro Petritoli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198147_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, 12 series - Spring ladybird, Alvaro Petritoli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197210_1_grid.jpg)
12 series - Spring ladybird
Alvaro Petritoli
Painting - 45 x 45 x 3 cm Painting - 17.7 x 17.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,565
![Sculpture, Moonwalk on wheels 2, Guillaume Nicolaou](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191904_1_grid.jpg)
Moonwalk on wheels 2
Guillaume Nicolaou
Sculpture - 150 x 70 x 12 cm Sculpture - 59.1 x 27.6 x 4.7 inch
$3,578
![Painting, Untitled, Noyem Khachatryan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2161984_1_grid.jpg)
Untitled
Noyem Khachatryan
Painting - 165 x 123 x 2 cm Painting - 65 x 48.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,124 $1,806
![Painting, A dream of imperfections / totem 1, Black, Guillaume Nicolaou](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2138924_1_grid.jpg)
A dream of imperfections / totem 1, Black
Guillaume Nicolaou
Painting - 160 x 110 x 4 cm Painting - 63 x 43.3 x 1.6 inch
$2,348
![Painting, A dream of imperfections / Totem 2, White, Guillaume Nicolaou](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2137979_1_grid.jpg)
A dream of imperfections / Totem 2, White
Guillaume Nicolaou
Painting - 160 x 110 x 5 cm Painting - 63 x 43.3 x 2 inch
$2,348
![Painting, Retrato de caballo, Carlos Hugo Lezcano](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2214213_1_grid.jpg)
Retrato de caballo
Carlos Hugo Lezcano
Painting - 46 x 34 x 0.1 cm Painting - 18.1 x 13.4 x 0 inch
$514
![Sculpture, Shadow Guardian, Guldhart](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2205492_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Banana Republic #17 (Oeuvre unique), Karl Kox](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2201659_1_grid.jpg)
Banana Republic #17 (Oeuvre unique)
Karl Kox
Print - 75 x 70 x 0.3 cm Print - 29.5 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
$839
![Print, Banana Republic # (Oeuvre unique), Karl Kox](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2201652_1_grid.jpg)
Banana Republic # (Oeuvre unique)
Karl Kox
Print - 75 x 70 x 0.3 cm Print - 29.5 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
$839
![Painting, Mon little paradise, Sophie Petetin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2201119_1_grid.jpg)
Mon little paradise
Sophie Petetin
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 1 inch
$1,666
![Painting, Moon River, Svetlana Maksimenko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2196817_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Flamingos, Svetlana Maksimenko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2196816_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Peace and hope (a tribute to Picasso), Dr. Love](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2193832_1_grid.jpg)
Peace and hope (a tribute to Picasso)
Dr. Love
Painting - 40 x 30 x 0.2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$56
![Sculpture, Scottish Blackface Ram (Ovis Aries), Barry Davies](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192625_1_grid.jpg)
Scottish Blackface Ram (Ovis Aries)
Barry Davies
Sculpture - 60 x 62 x 42 cm Sculpture - 23.6 x 24.4 x 16.5 inch
$6,932
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Tête de guepard 4/8
Isabelle Carabantes
Sculpture - 33 x 20 x 32 cm Sculpture - 13 x 7.9 x 12.6 inch
$7,267
![Sculpture, Tête d'aigle, Jean-François Gambino](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192954_1_grid.jpg)
Tête d'aigle
Jean-François Gambino
Sculpture - 22.5 x 17 x 20 cm Sculpture - 8.9 x 6.7 x 7.9 inch
$9,615
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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.