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.
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The sound of the sea
Eugene Poliarush
Painting - 60.96 x 91.44 x 2.54 cm Painting - 24 x 36 x 1 inch
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The town in bloom - Positano Italy painting & frame
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
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Blue sea and lemons - panoramic version Sorrento painting & frame
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 40 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
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Terrace with flowers - Sorrento painting landscape + handmade frame gold leaf white background
Gianni Di Guida
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
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Flowery coast in Positano - Italy painting + handmade frame
Gianni Di Guida
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
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Sea storm in Amalfi - Italian painting
Bruno Di Giulio
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
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Sea storm in Capri - Italian painting
Bruno Di Giulio
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
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Sunset on the coast - Positano painting
Domenico Ronca
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
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Sorrento seaside with lemons - Southern Italy painting
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
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Capri romantic sunset - Italy painting & frame
Silvio Valli
Painting - 30 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
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Positano flowering seaside - Italy painting + frame
Silvio Valli
Painting - 30 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
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Positano flowering seaside - Southern Italy painting
Silvio Valli
Painting - 30 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
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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
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Sorrento panorama view - Southern Italy painting + handmade frame gold leaf white background
Silvio Valli
Painting - 20 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
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Evening storm - Italian sea painting
Mario Smeraglia
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
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Swell at sunset - Italian sea painting
Mario Smeraglia
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
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Sailing ships - Italian old painting
Gino Guidi
Painting - 50 x 70 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
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Marina with boats - Italian old painting
Renzo Martini
Painting - 50 x 70 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
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Underwater painting out of the fog (was made underwater)
Olga Nikitina
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,381
Yacht at the pier
Evgeny Chernyakovsky
Painting - 59.9 x 79.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.4 x 1 inch
$1,900
Le souffle. des rêves
Florence V. Henric
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,012
Black Sea. Ukraine
Nataliya Bagatskaya
Painting - 55 x 75 x 1.5 cm Painting - 21.7 x 29.5 x 0.6 inch
$1,548
Yachts at sea
Evgeny Chernyakovsky
Painting - 89.9 x 59.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 35.4 x 23.6 x 1 inch
$1,600
La mer
Graciela Castellano-Saavedra
Painting - 60 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,071
2 ère danse des poissons rouges japonais
Catherine Clare
Painting - 54 x 65 x 1 cm Painting - 21.3 x 25.6 x 0.4 inch
$893
Dinner on the terrace in Provence
Natalya Mougenot
Painting - 60 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$810
Orage à Punta-Cana
Charlotte Pivard
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,262
Course en mer... (Esprit Voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 130 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$8,334
Les voiliers de Croatie... (Esprit voile 2021)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 150 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$8,334 $7,500
Après la tempête (After the storm)
Evgeniya Buravleva
Painting - 80 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$3,810
Cloudy night
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 90 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$3,000
Walk along the embankment
Helen Shukina
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$900
In the dark
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 50.8 x 40.64 x 0.3 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.1 inch
$900
Night in blue
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 50.8 x 40.64 x 0.3 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.1 inch
$900
Full moon time
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 50.8 x 40.64 x 0.3 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.1 inch
$900
Blue abstract painting BC458
Radek Smach
Painting - 89.9 x 89.9 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,600
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
$3,333
Moonlit night at sea
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 50.8 x 40.64 x 0.3 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.1 inch
$900
Night storm
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 50.8 x 40.64 x 0.3 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.1 inch
$900
Sunset in the Port
Mariam Dashtoyan
Painting - 120 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,900
Thrilling Essence of Race
Tatiana Kyriakidou
Painting - 76 x 61 x 2 cm Painting - 29.9 x 24 x 0.8 inch
$1,191 $1,071
Looking into the Depth
Vik Schroeder
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,310
Temporal Perception #37
Serge Hamad
Photography - 91.4 x 121.9 x 1.3 cm Photography - 36 x 48 x 0.5 inch
$2,250
Le marchand d’épices
Jean-francois Larrieu
Painting - 114 x 146 x 2 cm Painting - 44.9 x 57.5 x 0.8 inch
$23,810
Morning calm
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 80 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,600
Abstract Navigation
Artyom Basenci
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$4,000
Océan au Crépuscule
Muriel Deumie
Painting - 150 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
$1,429 $1,257
Black night sunset
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.8 inch
$5,476
Green lake in summer
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,667
Blue water - 3d minimalism impressionist seascape
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 60 x 60 x 5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 2 inch
$3,572
Night lake in Ukraine
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$3,572