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Pines près de la mer en Bretagne
Alexei Lantsev
Print - 26 x 39 x 0.1 cm Print - 10.2 x 15.4 x 0 inch
$153
Seagulls
Evgeny Chernyakovsky
Painting - 59.9 x 69.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 27.5 x 1 inch
$1,600
Boat, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Evgeny Chernyakovsky
Painting - 49.8 x 69.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 19.6 x 27.5 x 1 inch
$1,800
Horizon d'été... (Esprit Voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,924
Untitled (4235)
Jean-Charles Mandou
Photography - 40 x 120 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch
$2,037
August, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Valeria Radzievska
Painting - 40.6 x 71.1 x 2 cm Painting - 16 x 28 x 0.8 inch
$1,100
Effet de nuages Ref BDNW10733
Jacques Poncet
Painting - 73 x 92 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36.2 inch
$3,961
Matador Beach, Malibu
John Kilduff
Painting - 55.9 x 71.1 x 3.8 cm Painting - 22 x 28 x 1.5 inch
$1,670
La Mer XXXVII
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 120 x 90 x 3 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,139
The very moments (stretched)
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 50 x 60 x 1.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch
$532
Present moment (stretched)
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 60 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$532
Marée basse à Paimpol
Jacques Robert
Painting - 81 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$4,527
Le marchand de Sel
Sébastien Morasso
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$272
DEAUVILLE LES PARASOLS, ON ARRIVE
Sophie Petetin
Painting - 41 x 65 x 3 cm Painting - 16.1 x 25.6 x 1.2 inch
$1,013
Série : Pièces de mer de Castoul
Manfred Paul
Photography - 50 x 60 cm Photography - 19.7 x 23.6 inch
$2,037
Série : Pièces de mer de Castoul
Manfred Paul
Photography - 50 x 60 cm Photography - 19.7 x 23.6 inch
$2,037
Série : Pièces de mer de Castoul
Manfred Paul
Photography - 50 x 60 cm Photography - 19.7 x 23.6 inch
$2,037
Seascape Landscape, Sea Painting - Monet Cliff
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$566
Viens je t'emmène
Sophie Petetin
Painting - 150 x 50 x 2.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 19.7 x 1 inch
$1,358
PETIT MATIN A GRAND BAIE
Sophie Petetin
Painting - 54 x 65 x 2.5 cm Painting - 21.3 x 25.6 x 1 inch
$1,013
FLIC AND FLAC DESSINES MOI DES BATEAUX
Sophie Petetin
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 1 inch
$1,007
Coastal Impressions
Karen Hale
Painting - 101.6 x 101.6 x 3.8 cm Painting - 40 x 40 x 1.5 inch
$4,200
L'annonciation (Islande)
Vincent Citot
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$849
Phare au crépuscule (France)
Vincent Citot
Photography - 35 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 13.8 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$849
Pinède en bord de mer, Costa Brava
Alexei Lantsev
Print - 40 x 60 x 0.2 cm Print - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$221
The space between II
Claire Smith
Painting - 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
$2,129
Île Grecque de Santorin
Maria Raytcheva
Painting - 100 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,697
Balcony at the Mediterranean
AVEL Muñoz
Painting - 38 x 48 x 3 cm Painting - 15 x 18.9 x 1.2 inch
$1,132
Bord de mer a Cannes
Marie Tissot
Painting - 54 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 21.3 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,584
Grain of Island (Grain d'Ile)
Flo Lysine
Painting - 50 x 100 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
$1,641
The beginning – III
Alexander Levich
Painting - 75 x 75 x 2 cm Painting - 29.5 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch
$3,112
Moonlight surfing
Yaroslav Yasenev
Painting - 110 x 85 x 2 cm Painting - 43.3 x 33.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,358
Why does ice float on water?
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 100 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$283
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.