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Le Mont Saint-Michel
Raluca Vulcan
Painting - 89 x 116 x 2 cm Painting - 35 x 45.7 x 0.8 inch
£3,105
D'après La Joconde de Léonard de Vinci
Françoise Leblond
Painting - 81 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
£2,865
La danseuse étoile
Françoise Leblond
Painting - 60 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
£2,741
40cm Bear Guc, Brown Collar
Naor
Sculpture - 40 x 20 x 30 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 7.9 x 11.8 inch
£1,109
Collection Papillon n°1261
Patrick Salamone
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
£1,242
Mara en de Ara
Dirk De Keyzer
Sculpture - 114 x 32 x 26 cm Sculpture - 44.9 x 12.6 x 10.2 inch
£15,524
Ours inox Ajouré
Richard Orlinski
Sculpture - 75 x 49 x 62 cm Sculpture - 29.5 x 19.3 x 24.4 inch
£60,323
Bucéphale (série cabinet de curiosité)
Philippe Buil
Sculpture - 34 x 47 x 18 cm Sculpture - 13.4 x 18.5 x 7.1 inch
£1,331
Lesidren - The Shepherdess
Reneta Isin
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
£62,097
Banc de poissons #14
David Jehan (B.boss)
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
£577
Call of the vibrance II
Sreya Gupta
Painting - 59.7 x 59.7 x 0.3 cm Painting - 23.5 x 23.5 x 0.1 inch
£532
Horses on the beach
Elena Done
Painting - 130 x 97 x 1.5 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 0.6 inch
£3,455
Nocturnal brilliance IV
Sreya Gupta
Painting - 76.2 x 50.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 30 x 20 x 0.1 inch
£550
40cm Teddy Ferrari Tribute
Naor
Sculpture - 40 x 25 x 15 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 9.8 x 5.9 inch
£1,419
NAOR - 30cm Teddy Ferrari Tribute
Naor
Sculpture - 30 x 25 x 15 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 9.8 x 5.9 inch
£1,020
Le propanolol monégasque
Yohan Storti
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 1 inch
£1,952
My kitten is a rapper
Patrick Cornée
Sculpture - 26 x 20 x 12 cm Sculpture - 10.2 x 7.9 x 4.7 inch
£2,040
Le Chimere d'Horace from Dalinean Horses
Salvador Dali
Print - 67.9 x 50.2 x 0.5 cm Print - 26.75 x 19.75 x 0.2 inch
£2,439
Banc de poissons #12
David Jehan (B.boss)
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
£577
Banc de poissons #11
David Jehan (B.boss)
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
£577
Natural Predators in Captivity
Teona Yamanidze
Painting - 25 x 20 x 3 cm Painting - 9.8 x 7.9 x 1.2 inch
£710
Natural Predators in Captivity
Teona Yamanidze
Painting - 20 x 25 x 3 cm Painting - 7.9 x 9.8 x 1.2 inch
£710
Dentelle Panther
Richard Orlinski
Sculpture - 38 x 80 x 17 cm Sculpture - 15 x 31.5 x 6.7 inch
£42,581
Migrateurs
Tung-Wen Margue
Painting - 120 x 200 x 7 cm Painting - 47.2 x 78.7 x 2.8 inch
£4,258 £3,619
Raw Orange, Epreuve d'artiste
Richard Orlinski
Print - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
£878
Les oiseaux migrateurs
Nathanael Koffi
Painting - 46 x 38 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 15 x 0.8 inch
£1,419
Le Mouton
Christophe Jacrot
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0 inch
£2,395
Gems in Brazil
Russell Edward Vanecek
Painting - 76.2 x 101.6 x 5.08 cm Painting - 30 x 40 x 2 inch
£2,362
Sans-titre
Vladimir Velickovic
Fine Art Drawings - 38 x 25 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 9.8 inch
£621
Pesce nel paesaggio
Alexander Daniloff
Painting - 75 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 29.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
£710
Vulve-monde - Fruit Défendu
Julie Ruelle
Painting - 89 x 116 x 3 cm Painting - 35 x 45.7 x 1.2 inch
£3,371
Peach Tree
Minako Asakura
Fine Art Drawings - 130.3 x 97 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 51.3 x 38.2 x 1.2 inch
£12,774
Le fumeur de cigarette et le cheval, ca.
Alekos Fassianos
Print - 24 x 21.5 x 0.2 cm Print - 9.4 x 8.5 x 0.1 inch
£488
Crane at Pine Tree
Janice Toulouse
Painting - 31 x 31 x 1.4 cm Painting - 12.2 x 12.2 x 0.6 inch
£444
PANDASAN’S FLOWER POWER AMBERGLOW SYMPHONY
Hiro Ando
Sculpture - 100 x 90 x 90 cm Sculpture - 39.4 x 35.4 x 35.4 inch
£18,629
Cat with pet bottle
William Sweetlove
Sculpture - 54 x 42 x 27 cm Sculpture - 21.3 x 16.5 x 10.6 inch
£1,508
Infusion
João Almeida (xUEkA)
Painting - 130 x 195 x 1.5 cm Painting - 51.2 x 76.8 x 0.6 inch
£8,871
Intellect
Amrita Bilimoria
Photography - 88.9 x 98 x 0.5 cm Photography - 35 x 38.6 x 0.2 inch
£2,439
Burning Ember
Amrita Bilimoria
Photography - 93.2 x 114.3 x 0.5 cm Photography - 36.7 x 45 x 0.2 inch
£2,439
Kinetic
Amrita Bilimoria
Photography - 75.2 x 114.3 x 0.5 cm Photography - 29.6 x 45 x 0.2 inch
£2,439
Momentum
Amrita Bilimoria
Photography - 91.9 x 106.7 x 0.5 cm Photography - 36.2 x 42 x 0.2 inch
£2,439
Le cheval Blanc !
Noël Granger
Painting - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
£133 £120
Light Weaver
Amrita Bilimoria
Photography - 91.7 x 99.1 x 0.5 cm Photography - 36.1 x 39 x 0.2 inch
£2,439
Les chevaux sauvages !
Noël Granger
Painting - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
£133 £120
Le paradis dans mes pensées
Joseph Piermatteo
Painting - 60 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
£2,306
Before the mess
Tanguy Mendrisse
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
£701
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.