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![Painting, Cactus, Galya Popova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207944_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Blue Fantasy (Lightbox), David Drebin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204472_1_grid.jpg)
Blue Fantasy (Lightbox)
David Drebin
Photography - 152.4 x 101.6 cm Photography - 60 x 40 inch
€34,843
![Photography, Blue Fantasy (L), David Drebin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204471_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Dog Three, Sandy Steele-Perkins](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191491_1_grid.jpg)
Dog Three
Sandy Steele-Perkins
Photography - 89 x 59 x 0.5 cm Photography - 35 x 23.2 x 0.2 inch
€801
![Photography, Lundy Lines, Merge, Sandy Steele-Perkins](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191490_1_grid.jpg)
Lundy Lines, Merge
Sandy Steele-Perkins
Photography - 89 x 59 x 0.5 cm Photography - 35 x 23.2 x 0.2 inch
€801
![Photography, Painted Island, Sandy Steele-Perkins](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191489_1_grid.jpg)
Painted Island
Sandy Steele-Perkins
Photography - 89 x 59 x 0.5 cm Photography - 35 x 23.2 x 0.2 inch
€801
![Painting, Three masted ship in Sète Harbor, Mike Jacobs](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2187622_1_grid.jpg)
Three masted ship in Sète Harbor
Mike Jacobs
Painting - 51 x 82 x 0.4 cm Painting - 20.1 x 32.3 x 0.2 inch
€1,600
![Painting, Boats under the moon n°2 - Southern Italy painting, Vittorio Colucci](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213131_1_grid.jpg)
Boats under the moon n°2 - Southern Italy painting
Vittorio Colucci
Painting - 40 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€425
![Photography, Pays #184, Philippe Bréson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198811_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Pays #207, Philippe Bréson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198796_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Movement of the night, Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2183266_1_grid.jpg)
Movement of the night
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 50 x 35 x 0.3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0.1 inch
€871
![Painting, Yellow mood, Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2180714_1_grid.jpg)
Yellow mood
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 40 x 50 x 1.8 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.7 inch
€1,065
![Painting, Splash, Ellie Sass (Sassayiannis)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208806_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Le Sens du Vent, Hugo Pondz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1298550_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Au loin, Richard Poumelin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195376_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Before falling asleep, Ulyana Korol](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2154950_1_grid.jpg)
Before falling asleep
Ulyana Korol
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€2,000
![Painting, Aurora, Ulyana Korol](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2148348_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, L'Envolée Secrète, Hugo Pondz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1298532_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sail Boats XL 2, Peter Nottrott](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209787_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, On the beach, Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209291_1_grid.jpg)
On the beach
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 30 x 40 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
€484
![Sculpture, Jamais deux sans trois... (Album d’enfants), Olivier Messas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195295_1_grid.jpg)
Jamais deux sans trois... (Album d’enfants)
Olivier Messas
Sculpture - 36 x 30 x 5 cm Sculpture - 14.2 x 11.8 x 2 inch
€2,000
![Painting, Vast sea, Elena Lukina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199675_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Orange sunset. Bali. Crete. Greece, Simon Kozhin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2193941_1_grid.jpg)
Orange sunset. Bali. Crete. Greece
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 20 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
€3,200
![Print, Paysage de la dune, Sophie Griotto](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2189069_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Paysage du bassin, Sophie Griotto](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2189068_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mareggiata, Agostino Cancogni](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211344_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Full moon night, Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211257_1_grid.jpg)
Full moon night
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 40 x 25 x 0.3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 9.8 x 0.1 inch
€387
![Painting, Blue morning, Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2210048_1_grid.jpg)
Blue morning
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 30 x 40 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
€484 €387
![Painting, Black sea, Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2203772_1_grid.jpg)
Black sea
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 50 x 35 x 0.3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0.1 inch
€871
![Photography, Vue sur mer, Alcúdia, Christelle Yambayisa](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195212_1_grid.jpg)
Vue sur mer, Alcúdia
Christelle Yambayisa
Photography - 105 x 70 x 1 cm Photography - 41.3 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
€1,900
![Painting, Horizontal view over the sea - Positano painting Italy, Gianni Di Guida](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209353_1_grid.jpg)
Horizontal view over the sea - Positano painting Italy
Gianni Di Guida
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€475
![Painting, Vertical view over the sea - Positano painting Italy, Gianni Di Guida](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209346_1_grid.jpg)
Vertical view over the sea - Positano painting Italy
Gianni Di Guida
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€475
![Painting, Descent to Ravello - Amalfitan Coast painting Italy, Gianni Di Guida](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209144_1_grid.jpg)
Descent to Ravello - Amalfitan Coast painting Italy
Gianni Di Guida
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€325
![Painting, View of the gulf - Sorrento painting Italy, Gianni Di Guida](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209106_1_grid.jpg)
View of the gulf - Sorrento painting Italy
Gianni Di Guida
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€325
![Sculpture, Summer Wind 11, Philip Hearsey](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1354299_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Transformation, Nadine Antoniuk](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202988_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Red colors of sunset, Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2194479_1_grid.jpg)
Red colors of sunset
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 35 x 50 x 0.3 cm Painting - 13.8 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
€871
![Painting, On the beach, Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2193467_1_grid.jpg)
On the beach
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 35 x 50 x 0.3 cm Painting - 13.8 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
€871
![Painting, At midnight, Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2193422_1_grid.jpg)
At midnight
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 50 x 31 x 0.3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 12.2 x 0.1 inch
€871
![Painting, Cloudy night, Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2189988_1_grid.jpg)
Cloudy night
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 50 x 35 x 0.3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0.1 inch
€871
![Painting, Sunset | Hot Summer, Trayko Popov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2188590_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sailing, Trayko Popov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2188586_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La mer en relief, Âme Sauvage](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182120_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, White sun, Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2181388_1_grid.jpg)
White sun
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 45 x 65 x 1.8 cm Painting - 17.7 x 25.6 x 0.7 inch
€1,161
![Painting, Volputé... (Origami), Olivier Messas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209843_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Purple day in harbour, Stanislav Lazarov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2203894_1_grid.jpg)
Purple day in harbour
Stanislav Lazarov
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€3,200
![Painting, Shrimp Boat Eagle,, Mike King](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2185095_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Sense, Simon Ledson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/894399_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Morning Heat, Simon Ledson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1051458_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Espace ouvert 1, Emmanuelle Vroelant](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/316222_1_grid.jpg)
Espace ouvert 1
Emmanuelle Vroelant
Painting - 40 x 120 x 3.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 47.2 x 1.4 inch
€1,100
![Painting, Water 1, Sophie Duplain](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202588_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, LA CIOTAT #5, Isabelle Litschig](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192721_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La ciotat #3, Isabelle Litschig](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192716_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Midnight Tide, Zakhar Shevchuk](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2139246_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Formentera, Parasol Rouge, Karine Bartoli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1030548_1_grid.jpg)
Formentera, Parasol Rouge
Karine Bartoli
Painting - 73 x 92 x 4 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36.2 x 1.6 inch
€1,350
![Painting, Baltic sea, Grazina Vitartaite](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209789_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, To meet the Sun, Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209295_1_grid.jpg)
To meet the Sun
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 40 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
€484
![Painting, Time to rest, Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208083_1_grid.jpg)
Time to rest
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 30 x 40 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
€484
![Painting, Green seascape, Nataliia Krykun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2196786_1_grid.jpg)
Green seascape
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 100 x 80 x 4.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.8 inch
€2,500
![Painting, Lake in the evening, Nataliia Krykun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2196784_1_grid.jpg)
Lake in the evening
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 120 x 100 x 4.5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.8 inch
€3,300
![Painting, Night lake in Ukraine, Nataliia Krykun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195460_1_grid.jpg)
Night lake in Ukraine
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 90 x 90 x 4.5 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 1.8 inch
€2,500
![Painting, Hallstatt am Hallstätter See, Nataliia Krykun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2194671_1_grid.jpg)
Hallstatt am Hallstätter See
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 100 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
€3,700
![Painting, Green dark lake, Nataliia Krykun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2194664_1_grid.jpg)
Green dark lake
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 120 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
€3,600
![Painting, The Promenade des Anglais, Nataliia Krykun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192847_1_grid.jpg)
The Promenade des Anglais
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 120 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
€4,700
![Painting, Coastline - Impressionist abstraction blue seascape, Nataliia Krykun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192800_1_grid.jpg)
Coastline - Impressionist abstraction blue seascape
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 70 x 99 x 4 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39 x 1.6 inch
€2,300
![Painting, Voiliers colorés #5, JPx](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2189014_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Window into my soul, Ana Hefco](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2002374_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Une Belle Journée, Hugo Pondz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1298553_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Poise (S), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2201147_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Coastal Sentinels, Narek Qochunc](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200707_1_grid.jpg)
The Coastal Sentinels
Narek Qochunc
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€368
![Painting, Coral Reef Painting Ocean Art Underwater Seascape Original Painting, Olga Nikitina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199901_1_grid.jpg)
Coral Reef Painting Ocean Art Underwater Seascape Original Painting
Olga Nikitina
Painting - 75 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 29.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€2,250
![Painting, La guerre des couleurs, Antoine Josse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1521138_1_grid.jpg)
La guerre des couleurs
Antoine Josse
Painting - 40 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
€800
![Painting, Vue du ciel, Âme Sauvage](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199027_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La mer rouge, Âme Sauvage](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2196949_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Awaiting the Unseen, Nadine Antoniuk](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195666_1_grid.jpg)
Awaiting the Unseen
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 155 x 110 x 0.1 cm Painting - 61 x 43.3 x 0 inch
€2,450
![Painting, The hour in which the state of the world is changing, Nadine Antoniuk](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195664_1_grid.jpg)
The hour in which the state of the world is changing
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 110 x 205 x 0.1 cm Painting - 43.3 x 80.7 x 0 inch
€3,500
![Painting, Balade sur l'ocean, Eric Munsch](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1117791_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Rampant horse on the sea - Italian painting & frame, Romano Mussolini](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199269_1_grid.jpg)
Rampant horse on the sea - Italian painting & frame
Romano Mussolini
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€650
![Painting, Eternity, Stanislav Lazarov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192981_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Infinitude, Brigitte Dravet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212307_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, "Lumière 1er Avril" abstrait acrylique châssis lin 2019, Emmanuelle Vroelant](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/976065_1_grid.jpg)
"Lumière 1er Avril" abstrait acrylique châssis lin 2019
Emmanuelle Vroelant
Painting - 70 x 70 x 3 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
€1,100
![Painting, Espace ouvert, Emmanuelle Vroelant](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/316228_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Water 3, Sophie Duplain](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202594_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Water 2, Sophie Duplain](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202590_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Small dream, Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202499_1_grid.jpg)
Small dream
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 30 x 20 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.1 inch
€290
![Painting, Black night sunset , gray minimalism landscape, Nataliia Krykun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2196202_1_grid.jpg)
Black night sunset , gray minimalism landscape
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 150 x 150 x 4.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 x 1.8 inch
€8,200
![Painting, Black-white Lake, modern minimalism painting, Nataliia Krykun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2196201_1_grid.jpg)
Black-white Lake, modern minimalism painting
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 120 x 180 x 4.5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 70.9 x 1.8 inch
€8,200
![Painting, Blausee - Bergsee, navy semi abstraction, impressions minimalism seascape, Nataliia Krykun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192853_1_grid.jpg)
Blausee - Bergsee, navy semi abstraction, impressions minimalism seascape
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 120 x 180 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 70.9 x 1.6 inch
€7,000
![Painting, Dark blue landscape / seascape - large navy black oil painting, Nataliia Krykun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192851_1_grid.jpg)
Dark blue landscape / seascape - large navy black oil painting
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 120 x 180 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 70.9 x 1.6 inch
€7,000
![Painting, Ocean. Glare on the water 9, Iryna Kastsova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206436_1_grid.jpg)
Ocean. Glare on the water 9
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 90 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
€2,350
![Photography, Poise (XXL), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2201151_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Poise (XL), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2201150_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Poise (L), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2201149_1_grid.jpg)
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.