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Malibu Surf
Daniel Clarke
Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 45.7 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 18 x 0.1 inch
$218
Near Morro Bay
Daniel Clarke
Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 45.7 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 18 x 0.1 inch
$279
Coastal road
Daniel Clarke
Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 45.7 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 18 x 0.1 inch
$290
Lopez Island WA
Daniel Clarke
Fine Art Drawings - 40.6 x 50.8 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16 x 20 x 0.1 inch
$281
Coronado Beach Scene
Daniel Clarke
Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 45.7 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 18 x 0.1 inch
$259
Mt. Hood, Environs
Daniel Clarke
Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 45.7 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 18 x 0.1 inch
$260
First Sell of Spirit
Gisèle Vacca
Painting - 100 x 140 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 55.1 x 1.6 inch
$12,279
Miami_III_03
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 80 x 200 x 0.5 cm Photography - 31.5 x 78.7 x 0.2 inch
$3,338
Miami_II_003
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 118 x 150 x 4 cm Photography - 46.5 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
$3,226
Bath Houses
Jean-Marie Gitard (Mr Strange)
Print - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$222
Plage Notre Dame à Porquerolles
ZiB
Painting - 46 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,172
Cornwall, Cove at Tintagel
Zoe Elizabeth Norman
Painting - 39.9 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$347
Adria_Panorama_01
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 100 x 222 x 0.3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 87.4 x 0.1 inch
$3,561
Versilia_Panorama_04
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 100 x 270 x 0.3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 106.3 x 0.1 inch
$3,896
Versilia_Panorama_02
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 120 x 400 x 0.3 cm Photography - 47.2 x 157.5 x 0.1 inch
$4,342
Coucher de soleil sur les voiles... (Esprit voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,567
Les deux frères
Anne Oléron
Sculpture - 26.5 x 20 x 0.5 cm Sculpture - 10.4 x 7.9 x 0.2 inch
$212 $191
Couleurs en mer...
Olivier Messas
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,215
Jeune femme au transat
Sophie de la Happy Funky Family
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
$502
Les reflets du ciel et de la mer... (Esprit voile 2021)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 120 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$5,581
Paix à l'horizon... (esprit voile 2022)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,204
The Curse of the Albatross
Ziad Dib Jreige
Painting - 22 x 16 x 0.5 cm Painting - 8.7 x 6.3 x 0.2 inch
$348
Seul au monde
Christophe Audebert
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$251
Liquid Time
Christophe Audebert
Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$251
Flowered house on the sea - Capri Italy painting
Ernesto De Michele
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$407
Moonlight on the sea - Positano Italy painting
Ernesto De Michele
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$407
Flowered old road - Sorrento Italy painting
Ernesto De Michele
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$407
Sunset on Setauket Harbor, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
Jonathan Van Brunt
Painting - 20.3 x 25.4 x 0.8 cm Painting - 8 x 10 x 0.3 inch
$335
Bright afternoon
Olena Topliss
Painting - 39.9 x 39.9 x 4.6 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.8 inch
$354
Window on Amalfi - Italian seaside painting
Domenico Caiazza
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$352
Terrace with flowers - Capri seaside painting
Domenico Caiazza
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$352
Capri romantic sunset - Southern Italy painting + handmade frame gold leaf white background
Silvio Valli
Painting - 30 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$474
Positano terrace with flowers - Southern Italy painting + handmade frame gold leaf blue background
Silvio Valli
Painting - 20 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$352
Positano terrace with flowers - Southern Italy
Silvio Valli
Painting - 20 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$207
Golden Foam (Ecume d'Or)
Frédérique Cantais
Painting - 65 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$335
The Feet in Water (Les Pieds dans l'Eau)
Frédérique Cantais
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$167
The Cornice (La Corniche)
Frédérique Cantais
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$167
Carré bleu - petit - 2
LN Le Cheviller
Painting - 50 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$569
Cyanotypie Rascasse
Aurélie Trabaud
Painting - 45.5 x 30.5 x 0.1 cm Painting - 17.9 x 12 x 0 inch
$536
Flowery coast in Positano - Italy painting + handmade frame gold leaf white background
Gianni Di Guida
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$536
Sailing Adventure XL 1
Peter Nottrott
Painting - 105 x 155 x 4 cm Painting - 41.3 x 61 x 1.6 inch
$2,780
Evening storm - Italian sea painting
Mario Smeraglia
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$279
Flowery coast in Positano - Southern Italy
Gianni Di Guida
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$352
Petite fille au maillot rouge
Valérie-Anne Bertin
Painting - 18 x 24 x 2 cm Painting - 7.1 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch
$502
Fragment (Grémille)
Nicolas Kennett
Sculpture - 21 x 46 x 15 cm Sculpture - 8.3 x 18.1 x 5.9 inch
$4,353
Venice Beach Purple Sea ll
P van Bolderick
Photography - 70 x 50 x 0.2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$391
Biarritz - La grande plage #4
Didier Fournet
Photography - 130 x 180 x 1 cm Photography - 51.2 x 70.9 x 0.4 inch
$8,819
Biarritz - 0804
Didier Fournet
Photography - 100 x 100 x 5 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 2 inch
$6,307
Monterosso
Didier Fournet
Photography - 130 x 182 x 1 cm Photography - 51.2 x 71.7 x 0.4 inch
$8,819
En algún lugar más allá del mar
Andrei Shchurok
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$3,498
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.