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Wave II
Lorna Holdcroft - Kirin
Fine Art Drawings - 56 x 76 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 29.9 x 0 inch
€1,468
Varangeville - Cote normande
Patrick Marie
Print - 49 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.3 x 27.6 x 0 inch
€190
La Manneporte - Côte normande
Patrick Marie
Print - 49 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.3 x 27.6 x 0 inch
€190
Glistening water - Modern abstract seascape
Suzanne Vaughan
Painting - 101.6 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Painting - 40 x 40 x 0.1 inch
€1,604
Bottle, Belém do Pará
Guilherme Licurgo
Photography - 88.9 x 58.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 35 x 23 x 0.1 inch
€2,386
Lost in the Fog III, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Guilherme Licurgo
Photography - 88.9 x 58.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 35 x 23 x 0.1 inch
€2,386
Les barques admirent la mer
Josep Teixido
Painting - 50 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
€2,400
Where two worlds meet III
Laura Spring
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1.5 inch
€1,050
Land Before Time 1
Laura Spring
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1.5 inch
€1,002
Pareja paseando
Ernest Carneado Ferreri
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,000
Les cabanes de plage
Michèle Kaus
Painting - 50 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€1,500 €1,350
Le Fort National, St Malo
Franck Dupire
Painting - 46 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
€530
Lentement il bat
Philippe Huart
Fine Art Drawings - 18 x 24 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.1 x 9.4 x 0.1 inch
€650
Great big beautiful sea
SUZ Shippey Borski
Painting - 99.1 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Painting - 39 x 30 x 0.1 inch
€1,145
Le dernier retour de la lune
Antoine Josse
Painting - 90 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
€2,800
Boiling Bubbles North
Ronald Hunter
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€899
Coral's composition
Victoria Horkan
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
€3,914
Boiling Bubbles South
Ronald Hunter
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€899
Un peu plus haut sur la falaise
Severine Dietrich
Painting - 97 x 137 x 3 cm Painting - 38.2 x 53.9 x 1.2 inch
€1,800
Les vignobles de Myskhako. Printemps
Alexei Lantsev
Print - 36 x 28.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 14.2 x 11.2 x 0 inch
€135
Evolución II
Felisa Esteban - Maifx
Painting - 114 x 146 x 1 cm Painting - 44.9 x 57.5 x 0.4 inch
€2,700
Silence to hear
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 110 x 200 x 0.1 cm Painting - 43.3 x 78.7 x 0 inch
€2,250
Paysage imaginaire #5
Philippe Saucourt
Painting - 40 x 40 x 1.8 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.7 inch
€625
La force de la mer #1
Sylvie Garibaldi
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1 inch
€1,100
Le tourbillon en rouge
Dany Soyer
Painting - 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
€1,090
La ronde des poissons jaunes
Dany Soyer
Painting - 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
€1,090
Only Present moment (stretched)
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 100 x 70 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 inch
€1,380
Whispered Tales by the Sunlit Shore
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 95 x 110 x 0.1 cm Painting - 37.4 x 43.3 x 0 inch
€950
Sea
Majestic and tyrannical, the sea has never ceased to fascinate artists. Untameable, this force of nature seems to have a life of its own and has inspired many artists. Since antiquity, the sea has been represented in all its glory, century after century it is honoured through various styles and colours. However, this desire to escape to the great outdoors is certainly not only reserved for 21st century painters
Maritime art began at the same time as history painting - in the 15th century, and they share many common traits. Maritime painting mostly depicts scenes of combat, historical incidents and mythology where people play a crucial role. It wasn't until the 17th century that artists stopped depicting people in their seascapes and focused solely on the representation of the landscape itself instead.
In the Middle Ages, shipwrecks and storms terrorised citizens as they interpreted them as signs of God's wrath. he church even used images of the rough sea to hold power over its believers.
Representations in classical painting were strictly governed by academic rules, and often didn't manage to convey true emotion. Maritime scenes joined the mainstream in the 19th century, especially with the arrival of the Romantic period as emotions played a much greater role in marine painting. The two great masters of the period were J.M.W Turner and Caspar David Friedrich who captured the attention of their contemporaries and whose works continue to mesmerise us today.
For the impressionists, the sea was a sublimation of nature. During the 19th century, artists come out of their studios in order to paint and describe nature as they saw and feel it. By the end of the 19th century, the sea was no longer a simple, blue expanse but rather an eruption of emotions illuminated through painting.
Contemporary art offers a new insight into creation. Today, the technique is overrun by the message and intention of the work. Therefore, we find all varieties of sea illustrations where the sea becomes an image of contemporary creation. Even though the sea is sometimes reinvented, it remains true to reality.
The new generation of contemporary artists create works that depict freshness, escape, lost coves, waves, and that salty seaside air. Discover our selection inspired by ocean waters.