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Convergence animalière
Jean-Paul Jacquet
Sculpture - 40 x 70 x 15 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 27.6 x 5.9 inch
€1,400
Love turtle pink
Diederik Van Apple
Sculpture - 25 x 25 x 40 cm Sculpture - 9.8 x 9.8 x 15.7 inch
€1,100 €880
Red elephant
Karen Axikyan
Sculpture - 36 x 20 x 29 cm Sculpture - 14.2 x 7.9 x 11.4 inch
€1,312 €1,116
Tête de cheval impressionniste oxyde vert
Martín Duque
Sculpture - 53 x 21 x 30.5 cm Sculpture - 20.9 x 8.3 x 12 inch
€1,280
Divina Proportia
Dirk De Keyzer
Sculpture - 58 x 12 x 8 cm Sculpture - 22.8 x 4.7 x 3.1 inch
€12,450
Le Patriarche N°1
Michel Bassompierre
Sculpture - 12 x 13 x 11 cm Sculpture - 4.7 x 5.1 x 4.3 inch
€3,600
Panther Rouge Yeux Alu
Richard Orlinski
Sculpture - 34 x 70 x 15 cm Sculpture - 13.4 x 27.6 x 5.9 inch
€11,500
Twist, Gradient Ordinal Murmuration
Jake Michael Singer
Sculpture - 100 x 82 x 90 cm Sculpture - 39.4 x 32.3 x 35.4 inch
€27,000
La toilette - Sculpture bronze
Plaf
Sculpture - 15 x 12 x 8.5 cm Sculpture - 5.9 x 4.7 x 3.3 inch
€1,500
Bear with three fishes
Sophie Verger
Sculpture - 27 x 15 x 10 cm Sculpture - 10.6 x 5.9 x 3.9 inch
€2,700
Yellow Rabbit-large size
Viktor Zuk
Sculpture - 46 x 33 x 14 cm Sculpture - 18.1 x 13 x 5.5 inch
€550 €495
Big Végas pop art Hermès
Christophe Comerro
Sculpture - 65 x 52 x 106 cm Sculpture - 25.6 x 20.5 x 41.7 inch
€3,900
Le Cantique des oiseaux, Le Héron
Katia Kameli
Sculpture - 49 x 10 x 10 cm Sculpture - 19.3 x 3.9 x 3.9 inch
€7,500
The Godfather
Roy van der Laars
Sculpture - 112 x 120 x 30 cm Sculpture - 44.1 x 47.2 x 11.8 inch
€4,950
Lampadaire Harfang II
Christian Couaillier
Sculpture - 183 x 45 x 45 cm Sculpture - 72 x 17.7 x 17.7 inch
€12,000
La pieuvre boule - série sculpture animal marin
Naïg Oulhen dite AbeRaku
Sculpture - 25 x 34 x 35 cm Sculpture - 9.8 x 13.4 x 13.8 inch
€1,875
Childhood Perception Series
Serge Hamad
Sculpture - 48.3 x 29.2 x 7.6 cm Sculpture - 19 x 11.5 x 3 inch
€3,694
Spring
Hakob Vardanyan
Sculpture - 60 x 55 x 65 cm Sculpture - 23.6 x 21.7 x 25.6 inch
€5,300 €4,505
Tête de guepard 4/8
Isabelle Carabantes
Sculpture - 33 x 20 x 32 cm Sculpture - 13 x 7.9 x 12.6 inch
€6,500
Renard
Jean-François Gambino
Sculpture - 25.5 x 31 x 36 cm Sculpture - 10 x 12.2 x 14.2 inch
€14,800
Vive les fleurs et le pop art (1)
Seb Paul Michel
Sculpture - 30 x 9 x 9 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 3.5 x 3.5 inch
€220
Coeur argenté
Béatrice Bost Le Moël
Sculpture - 50 x 50 x 3 cm Sculpture - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
€2,500
Le centaure, Chiron
Christophe Charbonnel
Sculpture - 146 x 48 x 80 cm Sculpture - 57.5 x 18.9 x 31.5 inch
€60,000
Unity Blooming Bear
Juliana Berdugo
Sculpture - 53 x 33 x 23 cm Sculpture - 20.9 x 13 x 9.1 inch
€6,200
Moonwalk on wheels 1
Guillaume Nicolaou
Sculpture - 150 x 70 x 5 cm Sculpture - 59.1 x 27.6 x 2 inch
€3,200
2020_11 1 (GA43)
Guillaume Allemand
Sculpture - 43 x 43 x 3 cm Sculpture - 16.9 x 16.9 x 1.2 inch
€1,000
Teddy Love Red Emotion 50 cm
Nicolas Krauss
Sculpture - 50 x 35 x 20 cm Sculpture - 19.7 x 13.8 x 7.9 inch
€6,500
Ours marchant
Marie-Josèphe Stenne
Sculpture - 18 x 37.5 x 12.5 cm Sculpture - 7.1 x 14.8 x 4.9 inch
€600
Jellyfish blue
Olivier Coisne
Sculpture - 77 x 34 x 37 cm Sculpture - 30.3 x 13.4 x 14.6 inch
€2,849
Little lion blue
Cyril Maccioni
Sculpture - 30 x 7 x 4.5 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 2.8 x 1.8 inch
€3,000
Méduses des mers d'aciers
Looki
Sculpture - 68 x 70 x 21 cm Sculpture - 26.8 x 27.6 x 8.3 inch
€1,450
Triptyque crocodile - Série sculpture bois animaux
Matthieu Libault
Sculpture - 87 x 40 x 12 cm Sculpture - 34.3 x 15.7 x 4.7 inch
€1,000
BadassBear on Wood Turquoise
Zach (Oreo)
Sculpture - 60 x 60 x 5 cm Sculpture - 23.6 x 23.6 x 2 inch
€1,950
Ourson Améthyste
Elodie Dengreville
Sculpture - 20 x 12 x 7 cm Sculpture - 7.9 x 4.7 x 2.8 inch
€800
Hommage à Pompon
Michel Audiard
Sculpture - 25 x 50 x 16 cm Sculpture - 9.8 x 19.7 x 6.3 inch
€1,300
T-Rex Cyborg Dinosaur Figure Silver
Hajime Sorayama
Sculpture - 23 x 65 x 15 cm Sculpture - 9.1 x 25.6 x 5.9 inch
€3,402
Ours Pompon
François Pompon et Yves Klein
Sculpture - 27 x 49 x 19 cm Sculpture - 10.6 x 19.3 x 7.5 inch
€8,950
Tourteau aux pignons
Thierry Benenati
Sculpture - 28 x 53 x 38.2 cm Sculpture - 11 x 20.9 x 15 inch
€30,000
Majestic nishikigoi in metal splendor : aqueous grandeur azure
Hiro Ando
Sculpture - 80 x 75 x 100 cm Sculpture - 31.5 x 29.5 x 39.4 inch
€24,000
Deep Bless (les dents de la mère)
FabEnt (Fabrice Entemeyer)
Sculpture - 25 x 12 x 11 cm Sculpture - 9.8 x 4.7 x 4.3 inch
€700
Dynaste Hercule
Edouard Martinet
Sculpture - 22 x 60 x 20 cm Sculpture - 8.7 x 23.6 x 7.9 inch
€12,800
Bado Mecambo
François Vandenberghe
Sculpture - 60 x 37 x 52 cm Sculpture - 23.6 x 14.6 x 20.5 inch
€23,500
Petit Léopard sur le rocher
Patrick Villas
Sculpture - 29 x 23 x 16 cm Sculpture - 11.4 x 9.1 x 6.3 inch
€6,000
Black and gold panther
Shan Project
Sculpture - 120 x 80 x 70 cm Sculpture - 47.2 x 31.5 x 27.6 inch
€12,000 €10,200
The walking cheetah
Marie Ackers
Sculpture - 46 x 100 x 35 cm Sculpture - 18.1 x 39.4 x 13.8 inch
€19,000
Dardo I green
Javier de la Rosa
Sculpture - 150 x 20 x 20 cm Sculpture - 59.1 x 7.9 x 7.9 inch
€1,587
Cloned Griffon Bruxellois with Pet Bottle
William Sweetlove
Sculpture - 40 x 40 x 18 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 15.7 x 7.1 inch
€1,400
Jongetje met hond (Little boy with dog)
Babette Degraeve
Sculpture - 20 x 8 x 11 cm Sculpture - 7.9 x 3.1 x 4.3 inch
€875
Angel Bear - 24K Gold Plated
Richard Texier
Sculpture - 22 x 18 x 16.5 cm Sculpture - 8.7 x 7.1 x 6.5 inch
€900
Swarovski Panther
Yves & Yulia Pires
Sculpture - 24 x 67 x 16 cm Sculpture - 9.4 x 26.4 x 6.3 inch
€15,000
The Elephant
Zdenek Legner
Sculpture - 68 x 20 x 20 cm Sculpture - 26.8 x 7.9 x 7.9 inch
€1,500 €1,005
Grand taureau brun
Richard Pommier
Sculpture - 26 x 28 x 19 cm Sculpture - 10.2 x 11 x 7.5 inch
€600
Vache couchée I
François-Xavier Lalanne
Sculpture - 16 x 43 x 19.5 cm Sculpture - 6.3 x 16.9 x 7.7 inch
€195,000
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L'envole I - préchauffage
Patricia Dubois
Painting - 93 x 70 x 3.5 cm Painting - 36.6 x 27.6 x 1.4 inch
€2,200
Convergence animalière
Jean-Paul Jacquet
Sculpture - 40 x 70 x 15 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 27.6 x 5.9 inch
€1,400
Dance of The Moth
Svetlana Martin
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,600
Animal Sculpture for Sale
Animal sculpture is a sculptural style in its own right. This specific genre deserves the same recognition as nude, marble, bronze and resin sculptures.
The representation of animals and anthropomorphism has long been a source of inspiration for sculptural creations and yet it was once considered a minor genre in Western European decorative arts. Ironically, animal sculpture was of the utmost importance to Ancient civilizations. Countless ancient Egyptian buildings for example were adorned with animal sculptures, from grandiose representations of felines to Sphinxes. More generally within the visual arts, animals were rarely represented in their own right, and were often depicted accompanying or symbolizing mythological figures or even character traits.
Aside from its mythical representations, animal sculptures were also popular with suzerain states who used monumental bronze sculptures of lions or eagles to symbolise the immensity of their power.
However, it wasn't until 1831 that the sculptor Antoine-Louis Barye finally established animal sculpture as a noble art, thanks to his work "Tiger devouring a Gavial Crocodile" at the Salon de Paris. It was no longer fashionable to depict animals as unreal, mythological creatures in the decorative arts and instead naturalism and realistic representations of animals characterized the sculpture of the period. Ideas about nature's wealth and abundance meant that all creatures deserved to be carefully and meticulously recreated in the closest likeness possible. Mythical animal interpretations were left behind and artists concentrated on capturing the finer details of an animal's fur, muscles or mouth.
A new wave of renowned animal sculptors emerged. Pierre-Jules Mêne, Antoine Aigon and Jean Germain Demay are just a few examples of some of these pioneering artists. Particularly interested in 'exotic' species (snakes, gazelles, elephants, giraffes, hippopotamuses…), they all explored representing the natural world in a variety of different ways.
In the 20th century, realist tendencies gradually faded away and a new group of creative minds began to experiment with animal sculpture as part of the shift towards modern sculpture.
Numerous artists tried their hand at animal sculpture whilst applying new aesthetic criteria which was largely influenced by modern and contemporary art movements: Abstract art, Impressionism, Cubism, Expressionism. Guided by key surrealist influences, which could not have been further removed from the traditional styles of the past century, a new bestiary was created. Pablo Picasso and Alberto Giacometti were among the key figures who helped to reinvent the way artists endeavored to sculpt animals.
In contemporary animal sculpture, radically redefining artistic techniques and the way we represent living beings has taken precedence over realistic proportion sizes and lifelike features. Artists no longer refrain from accentuating a particular body part, removing a limb for example or creating an entirely new hybrid beast. However, many artists are also skilled at creating hyper-realistic animals that seem so real they almost appear to be alive.
To help you get an idea of the latest animal sculptures, take a look at Artsper's collection of sculpted animals, selected from some of the best contemporary art galleries and made by artists including Jaques Dufrane, Raymundo Fabian Melchor and Roxana y Jesus Hernandez.
What is the most famous animal sculpture?
Some of the most famous animal sculptures in the world are Charging Bull by Arturo di Modica, The Last Three by Gillie and Marc Schattner, and Lions by Edward Kemeys.
Who is the most famous animal sculptor?
The most famous sculptors who produced animal sculptures include Edward Kemeys, who is credited as being the first animal sculptor (animalier) in America, and Antoine-Louis Barye, a French Romantic sculptor who lived during the late 18th and 19th centuries.
What is Jeff Koons rabbit made of?
Jeff Koons' Rabbit series consists of three stainless steel animal sculptures.