Cultural significance thumb|European bison monument in Hajnówka Representations of the European bison from different ages, across millennia of human society's existence, can be found throughout Eurasia in the form of drawings and rock carvings; one of the oldest and most famous instances of the latter can be found in the Cave of Altamira, present-day Spain, where cave art featuring the wisent from the Upper Paleolithic was discovered. The bison has also been represented in a wide range of art in human history, such as sculptures, paintings, photographs, glass art, and more. Sculptures of the wisent constructed in the 19th and 20th centuries continue to stand in a number of European cities; arguably the most notable of these are the zubr statue in Spała from 1862 designed by Mihály Zichy and the two bison sculptures in Kiel sculpted by August Gaul in 1910–1913. However, a number of other monuments to the animal also exist, such as those in Hajnówka and Pszczyna or at the Kyiv Zoo entrance. Mikołaj Hussowczyk, a poet writing in Latin about the Grand Duchy of Lithuania during the early 16th century, described the bison in a historically significant fictional work from 1523.
cultural significance thumb|european bison monument in hajnówka representations of the european bison from different ages across millennia of human society's existence can be found throughout eurasia in the form of drawings and rock carvings; one of the oldest and most famous instances of the latter can be found in the cave of altamira present-day spain where cave art featuring the wisent from the upper paleolithic was discovered the bison has also been represented in a wide range of art in human history such as sculptures paintings photographs glass art and more sculptures of the wisent constructed in the 19th and 20th centuries continue to stand in a number of european cities; arguably the most notable of these are the zubr statue in spała from 1862 designed by mihály zichy and the two bison sculptures in kiel sculpted by august gaul in 1910–1913 however a number of other monuments to the animal also exist such as those in hajnówka and pszczyna or at the kyiv zoo entrance mikołaj hussowczyk a poet writing in latin about the grand duchy of lithuania during the early 16th century described the bison in a historically significant fictional work from 1523