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Sailboats in the ocean
Natalia Sinkovsky
Painting - 51 x 102 x 2.5 cm Painting - 20.1 x 40.2 x 1 inch
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Sailboats in the ocean
Natalia Sinkovsky
Painting - 51 x 102 x 2.5 cm Painting - 20.1 x 40.2 x 1 inch
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Nouveaux horizons... (esprit voile 2022)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 120 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
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Des reflets d'argent
Marianne Lefevre
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
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Positano panorama - Southern Italy painting
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 60 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
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Amalfi by night - Southern Italy painting
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 60 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
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Coucher de soleil breton
Daniel Jung
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
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Reflets dans l’eau
Martine Grégoire
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
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Marée basse à l'ile d'Oléron
Martine Grégoire
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
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Marilyn Monroe. Bungalow
André de Dienes
Photography - 34 x 27 x 1 cm Photography - 13.4 x 10.6 x 0.4 inch
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Dawn dream desire
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 100 x 205 x 0.1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 80.7 x 0 inch
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Brise du matin… (Esprit voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
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Douceurs à l'horizon… (Esprit voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
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Régate à l'horizon... (Paysage abstrait 2022)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 30 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
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Suspendu entre ciel et mer...
Olivier Messas
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
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Horizon lointain... (Esprit voile 2022)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
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Horizon lointain... (Esprit voile 2021)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
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À le recherche du bonheur...
Olivier Messas
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
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Sur les bords de la ville illuminée
JPx
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
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Souvenir d’une après midi d’hiver
Bridg'
Painting - 27 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 10.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
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L'ouverture
Christophe Audebert
Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0 inch
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Etincelles Marines - Gravure & Poésie
Aurélie Trabaud
Painting - 22 x 22 x 3 cm Painting - 8.7 x 8.7 x 1.2 inch
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Black Sea sperm whales
Ventzislav Dikov
Painting - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
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Nuka-Hiva. The Bay of the Virgins
André Ragot
Painting - 49 x 69 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.3 x 27.2 x 0 inch
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The children's beach
Dolores Dilova
Painting - 73 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
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Sea swell - Italian painting
Agostino Cancogni
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
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End of summer - Italian sea painting
Agostino Cancogni
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
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La corse en noir et blanc
Valérie Dragacci
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
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Romantic Night Sailing L 1
Peter Nottrott
Painting - 85 x 155 x 4 cm Painting - 33.5 x 61 x 1.6 inch
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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.