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Léa Bon
Photography - 83 x 55 x 0.3 cm Photography - 32.68 x 21.65 x 0.1 inch
$3,500
Hamburg, Elbphilharmonie, Wellengang
Frank Suplie
Painting - 110 x 135 x 4 cm Painting - 43.3 x 53.1 x 1.6 inch
$17,190
Plage de Portzic, cordon
Franck Dupire
Painting - 38 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 15 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$486 $414
Besando la orilla
María Elena Olmo, del
Painting - 30 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$509
Vieux gréement avant l'orage
Richard Bouts
Painting - 73 x 60.3 x 2.2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.7 x 0.9 inch
$2,488
Cyanotypie Herbier sous marin N°1
Aurélie Trabaud
Painting - 100 x 148 x 1.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 58.3 x 0.6 inch
$1,448
Fishing boats night version - Amalfi painting seaside
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$368
Bubble Bath I, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Guilherme Licurgo
Photography - 88.9 x 58.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 35 x 23 x 0.1 inch
$2,500
Tres, Rio de Janeiro
Guilherme Licurgo
Photography - 88.9 x 58.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 35 x 23 x 0.1 inch
$2,500
Tres II, Rio de Janeiro
Guilherme Licurgo
Photography - 88.9 x 58.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 35 x 23 x 0.1 inch
$2,500
Cry Me a River Belem Do Para
Guilherme Licurgo
Photography - 88.9 x 58.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 35 x 23 x 0.1 inch
$2,500
La série : Orogenèse - Le Gray
Joan Fontcuberta
Photography - 75 x 100 cm Photography - 29.5 x 39.4 inch
$11,309
Seaside with flowers vertical version - Positano painting
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$368
Les voix de l'océan... (Paysage Abstrait)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 120 x 150 x 5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 59.1 x 2 inch
$9,047
Glare on waves 8.
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,488
Les voiliers de la Liberté... (Esprit voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 100 x 250 x 5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 98.4 x 2 inch
$20,356
Waltz of glare on the water.
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 120 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,488
Brouillard d'Automne
Ysabel Laffitte
Painting - 80 x 100 x 1.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.6 inch
$5,541
Regate Atlantique
Ysabel Laffitte
Painting - 60 x 80 x 1.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.6 inch
$3,280
Chichin Seahore (Vision of Taiwan)
Cheng Chang Wu
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.1 inch
$2,600
Serenity on the Horizon
Michael Milkin
Painting - 61.5 x 91.5 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24.2 x 36 x 1 inch
$5,800
La pêche à pied
Jean-Pierre Douchez
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$564
Un été bleu azur - Série Les femmes et la mer
Françoise Lucq
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$198
Femme assise sur le rocher bleu - Série Les femmes et la mer
Françoise Lucq
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$198
Outremer - Série Les femmes et la mer
Françoise Lucq
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$198
Paysage aux rochers mauves - Série Les femmes et la mer
Françoise Lucq
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$198
Les Dames de la côte - Série Les femmes et la mer
Françoise Lucq
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$198
Les dames de la côte - Série Les femmes et la mer
Françoise Lucq
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$198
Femme au chapeau blanc - Série Les femmes et la mer
Françoise Lucq
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$198
Plage à la dune - Série Les femmes et la mer
Françoise Lucq
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$198
Zeeland horizons - North sea dreaming 1
Joost Verhagen
Painting - 100 x 140 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch
$4,410
Zeeland horizons - North sea dreaming 4
Joost Verhagen
Painting - 100 x 140 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch
$4,410
Vit-elle toujours là-bas ?
Jean-Pierre Douchez
Painting - 26 x 47 x 0.3 cm Painting - 10.2 x 18.5 x 0.1 inch
$338
Je partirai avec la marée
Jean-Pierre Douchez
Painting - 27 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 10.6 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$338
Storm at Sea
Roberto Cuccaro
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 69.8 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 27.5 x 0 inch
$3,393
Sortie en Mer
Maïté Martinez
Sculpture - 18.5 x 32 x 35 cm Sculpture - 7.3 x 12.6 x 13.8 inch
$6,898
Pebbles and Shells V
Mark MacKinnon
Photography - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$4,765
Horizon de givre sur Encelade II
Frédérique Domergue
Painting - 80 x 100 x 6 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 2.4 inch
$3,166
Confluences II
Frédérique Domergue
Painting - 150 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$5,315
English gold no.68
Michael Sole
Painting - 120 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$6,552
It's you & me
Katrina Avotina
Painting - 100.1 x 119.9 x 4.1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$6,547
Wally Ghost 02
Thomas Campion
Photography - 75 x 50 x 2 cm Photography - 29.5 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$622
Régate série mer et voiliers
Bernard Relecom
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1.5 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch
$181
Kanan Dune Road Malibu
John Kilduff
Painting - 111.8 x 162.6 x 3.8 cm Painting - 44 x 64 x 1.5 inch
$8,000
The Stone and the blue sea
Åsa Elisa Dahlbeck
Painting - 108 x 132 cm Painting - 42.5 x 52 inch
$4,071
Deep inside 41
Larysa Uvarova
Painting - 199.9 x 149.9 x 2 cm Painting - 78.7 x 59 x 0.8 inch
$6,450
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.