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Ciel d'orage à Cabourg
Didier Colomès
Painting - 50 x 61 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 24 x 0.8 inch
$1,075
Love of the Sky and Wave.
Vik Schroeder
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$509 $458
Lets go with me!..
Nataliya Bagatskaya
Painting - 120 x 90 x 2.3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0.9 inch
$2,829
Sublime et silence
Marianne Lefevre
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$905
Cascais Beach, Portugal
Marco Santaniello
Painting - 60 x 92.5 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 36.4 x 1.2 inch
$3,169
And Now Summer Has Left…
Alexander Levich
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,007
Bon Voyage
Omoayo George Osoba
Painting - 105.9 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 41.7 x 30 x 1 inch
$2,000
Vue plage ile de Ré
Martine Grégoire
Painting - 40 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$566
La Plagette - Paysage de Méditerranée abstrait géométrique
Bénédicte Coffinières
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
$170
MUJER EMBARAZADA
Ernest Carneado Ferreri
Painting - 100 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,584
Dunes
Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)
Painting - 90 x 150 x 0.3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 59.1 x 0.1 inch
$2,490
La desolación
Paco Muñoz Santana
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3.3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.3 inch
$1,075
Permanencia efímera XI
Paco Muñoz Santana
Painting - 80 x 110 x 3.3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 43.3 x 1.3 inch
$1,075
Orage à Punta-Cana
Charlotte Pivard
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,150
Pamela Anderson baywatch
Peter Donkersloot
Painting - 120 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$4,809
La Plage - série bord de mer
Carla PM
Painting - 23 x 31 x 3 cm Painting - 9.1 x 12.2 x 1.2 inch
$441
A la plage, l'heure du bain.
Nicolaï
Painting - 50 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,037
Atardecer en Costa Brava
AVEL Muñoz
Painting - 38 x 46 x 3 cm Painting - 15 x 18.1 x 1.2 inch
$1,132
Desde mi playa
María Elena Olmo, del
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,119
Ciel de traine en Normandie
Sophie Dumont
Painting - 54 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 21.3 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$3,508
La Plage - série bord de mer
Carla PM
Painting - 31 x 23 x 2 cm Painting - 12.2 x 9.1 x 0.8 inch
$441
L'entrée du Port de Bretagne
Omar Logang
Painting - 38 x 46 x 3 cm Painting - 15 x 18.1 x 1.2 inch
$905
Des rochers au bord de la mer
Josep Teixido
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$4,527
Le reflet du ciel
Valérie-Anne Bertin
Painting - 46 x 38 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 15 x 0.8 inch
$962
The Calm of The Ocean
Paulina Szabra
Painting - 70 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,358
Transats à l’anglaise
Sophie de la Happy Funky Family
Painting - 33 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 13 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$668
Le café de la plage
Perrine Vilmot
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,490 $2,241
Les enfants sur la plage
Christophe Thiry
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,263
Wildcat Creek, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
John Kilduff
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 2 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 0.8 inch
$5,350
Plage Carlton 1940, Sikado
Chisa
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$5,092
Fitou - La Plage - Paysage de Méditerranée abstrait géométrique
Bénédicte Coffinières
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
$170
L'île - Paysage marin abstrait géométrique
Bénédicte Coffinières
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
$170
Sunday's Early Morning
Joanna Glazer
Painting - 90 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$554
On a Beach Between Cannes and Monaco
Joanna Glazer
Painting - 80 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$554
California. Ocean. Beach 3.
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 80 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,263
Laguna Beach (California) 69.
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 80 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,263
Beach. Ocean. Palms.
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,731
Sea. Yachts. Beach.
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 60 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,150
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Beach Paintings for Sale
The beach has always been a destination we jump at the opportunity to explore. It's a destination that for many of us symbolises holidays, relaxation, calm or even excitement, adventure and stormy weather. Some are drawn to its crowded, noisy, buzzing atmosphere, whilst others are seduced by its silent, contemplative quality that allows for a deeply meditative experience. There is an ideal image of the beach for everyone; whether you're captivated by the chic Côte d'Azur deckchairs, surf lessons in Australia, the wild beaches in Brittany and Normandy, seaside resorts, small Italian coves or the more exotic and tropical locations.
Throughout time, artists have been inspired by the beach in many ways. Each artist has interpreted this huge theme in connection with their era, their artistic identity, the idea they wished to convey and what this location represented for them.
The beach has been depicted in paintings since the Dutch Golden Age, and is shown in works such as View of Delft by famous baroque artist, Johannes Vermeer. Two centuries later, Gustave Courbet would paint the shores of Trouville and Deauville in Normandy with dazzling realism. The Impressionists would then go on to capture the seaside bathed in light, and most notably would do so “sur le motif": the act of painting outside in natural light and in various weather conditions. This offered viewers a completely new representation of landscapes, and many Impressionists like Edgar Degas and Camille Pissarro remained attached to the seascapes of Normandy. However, other artists would focus on other shores, Van Gogh for example chose to represent La Camargue in his piece Fishing Boats on the Beach at Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer. Monet meanwhile, was inspired by the Côte D'Azur in his painting The Big Blue at Antibes, and Paul Gauguin was captivated by the exotic French Polynesia. Gauguin created many works inspired by beaches in Tahiti, which is evident in his iconic oil painting Tahitian Women on the Beach. Later, the light and beauty of the Mediterranean would seduce Matisse, who represented the beaches of Nice and the picturesque Collioure shores in his works. His rival Picasso also explored this area, his pieces, Woman Seated on the Beach and Bathers present completely new representations of the beach, where form and colour gradually move away from reality.
In modern and contemporary art, the beach loses its purpose as an inspiring natural environment and instead becomes a hub of human activity. Roy Lichtenstein's piece Nudes with Beach Ball, demonstrates how the beach has turned into a consumer product for the average holidaymaker. Similarly, Bernard Buffet also paints the seaside packed with human presence; beach cabins, bodies spread out on the sand and parasols dotted across the shores. More recently in 2011, Gianni Colosimo revealed a conceptual art piece called La jolie petite plage de Daniel (Daniel's Pretty Little Beach), which features striped deckchairs inspired by Daniel Buren's columns. Additionally, Ron Mueck installed hyper-realistic human figures made out of resin at the Fondation Cartier in 2013, which illustrated holidaymakers by the sea. Overall, one thing is certain: the beach has not ceased to inspire artistic creation. Artsper invites you to take a well-deserved break and lounge in front of some of the best contemporary art works that have been inspired by a location that is loved by us all.
One famous artist who painted beaches is Claude Monet. An example of one of his beach paintings is La Plage à Trouville, which he painted in 1870 in Trouville, France.
Artists have represented the beach in paintings for decades. The beach was particularly a popular subject matter during the 20th century, at the beginning of which the beach became a popular holiday spot in France and other parts of Europe.
One famous example of a painting representing a beach is Salvador Dali's The Persistence of Memory, which the Surrealist painter produced in 1931. Not the typical idyllic holiday beach painting, Dali's work features enigmatic visual elements like his famous melted clock and a timer with ants crawling over it.