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The beauty of sunset. 3 impasto oil paintings
Vik Schroeder
Painting - 100 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$7,848
Les vieux - Personnages au bord de la mer
Nicolas Pizy
Painting - 25 x 25 x 0.3 cm Painting - 9.8 x 9.8 x 0.1 inch
$129
A magical world
Stanislav Lazarov
Painting - 170 x 170 x 3 cm Painting - 66.9 x 66.9 x 1.2 inch
$7,343
Sinnickson Landing
Matthew Green
Painting - 76.2 x 121.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 30 x 48 x 2 inch
$2,250
Femme dans un paysage #7
Laurence Weislinger
Photography - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$998
Femme dans un paysage #6
Laurence Weislinger
Photography - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$998
Femme dans un paysage #3
Laurence Weislinger
Photography - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$998
Femme dans un paysage #2
Laurence Weislinger
Photography - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$998
Golden sails at sunrise
Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)
Painting - 150 x 180 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 70.9 x 0.8 inch
$6,727
Migration 4, Jour 23
Patrice Palacio
Painting - 70 x 50 x 5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 2 inch
$3,588
Arrival at the beach
Peter de Boer
Painting - 80 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,775
Moon night on the sea
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 100 x 85 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 33.5 x 0.8 inch
$3,000 $2,400
La série : Orogenèse - Le Gray
Joan Fontcuberta
Photography - 75 x 100 cm Photography - 29.5 x 39.4 inch
$11,211
Light on water 60.
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,928
California. Ocean. Beach 3.
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 80 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,242
Laguna Beach (California) 69.
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 80 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,242
Beach. Ocean. Palms.
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,715
Landscape of Australia.
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 70 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,063
Australia. Beach. Ocean.
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 90 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,242
Ocean. Beach. California 2.
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,794
California. Palm trees. Beach.
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 60 x 140 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch
$2,186
Magic glare on the water.
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 80 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,220
Sea. Light on the water.
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 60 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,096
Gentle sea. Sunset.
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 80 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,973
Waves. Turquoise 6.
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 80 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,220
Ocean. Palm trees. Beach
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 70 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,940
California. Beach. Ocean.
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 70 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,242
Brouillard d'Automne
Ysabel Laffitte
Painting - 80 x 100 x 1.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.6 inch
$5,493
Regate Atlantique
Ysabel Laffitte
Painting - 60 x 80 x 1.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.6 inch
$3,251
Chichin Seahore (Vision of Taiwan)
Cheng Chang Wu
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.1 inch
$2,600
Pebbles and Shells V
Mark MacKinnon
Photography - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$4,773
Balade sur la Corniche d'Or
Louis Devienne
Painting - 59 x 74 x 2 cm Painting - 23.2 x 29.1 x 0.8 inch
$4,518
Château de Agecroft
Louis Devienne
Painting - 74 x 49 x 2 cm Painting - 29.1 x 19.3 x 0.8 inch
$3,896
Sentier du chateau
Louis Devienne
Painting - 79 x 59 x 2 cm Painting - 31.1 x 23.2 x 0.8 inch
$4,849
Château de la Napoule
Louis Devienne
Painting - 59 x 89 x 2 cm Painting - 23.2 x 35 x 0.8 inch
$5,393
Sea, the Way I Like It
Alexander Levich
Painting - 100 x 220 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 86.6 x 0.8 inch
$6,390
Ostréiculture et marais
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,570
Coucher de soleil sur les îles Lofoten
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,457
Lac Powell Arizona. Amérique du nord
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,233
Biarritz. Océan. France
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,457
Coucher de soleil sur les Backwaters. Kérala. Inde
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,457
Bleu Méditerranée. France
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,233
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.