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Barques vers l'infini
Franck Mugnie
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$279
Nature on the coast - Ravello Italy painting
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$352
Seaside lookout - Amalfi Italy painting
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$352
Pointview of the town - Positano Italy painting
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$352
View of the Stacks - Capri Italy painting
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$352
Terrace on the sea vertical - Amalfi Italy painting
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$352
Blue sea and lemons - panoramic version Sorrento painting
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 40 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$474
View of the sea town - panoramic version Positano painting
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 40 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$474
Overlooking the Gulf - panoramic version Sorrento painting
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 40 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$474
Seaside with boats - panoramic version Amalfi
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 40 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$474
Flowering on the coast - panoramic version Positano painting
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 40 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$474
Lemons & flowers - Positano painting
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$474
Auspicious fairy crane - 4
Jinxian Zhang
Painting - 69 x 139 x 0.5 cm Painting - 27.2 x 54.7 x 0.2 inch
$4,353
View from the terrace (vertical version) - Positano painting
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$352
Lemons on the coast - Amalfi painting seaside
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$474
Lights on the gulf - Sorrento painting
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$474
Fruit & flowers - Sorrento painting
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$352
Morning Rise
Drew Doggett
Photography - 45.7 x 68.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 18 x 27 x 0.1 inch
$2,121
Happy with sea ans sand
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 50 x 39.9 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$437
Flying with seagulls
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 39.9 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$440
Building the palace
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 39.9 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$433
Girl with a fishing net
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 39.9 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$439
Girl at the sea 3
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 39.1 x 39.1 x 1 cm Painting - 15.4 x 15.4 x 0.4 inch
$337
Children at the beach 2
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 1 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.4 inch
$391
Seaside by night - Amalfi vertical version painting
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$474
Amalfi flowery road - Southern Italy painting
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$352
Sorrento lookout on the gulf - Southern Italy painting
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$474
The town in bloom - Positano Italy painting
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$352
De chlore et de rosé
Christopher Barraja
Photography - 30 x 20 cm Photography - 11.8 x 7.9 inch
$502
Yantarnoe, 23/02/2021, 18h55
Evgeniya Buravleva
Painting - 85 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 33.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$3,126
Versilia_Panorama_01
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 120 x 288 x 0.3 cm Photography - 47.2 x 113.4 x 0.1 inch
$4,342
AV_Cruiseship_Panorma
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 100 x 400 x 0.7 cm Photography - 39.4 x 157.5 x 0.3 inch
$4,119
Horizon
Ellie Sass (Sassayiannis)
Photography - 30 x 42 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 16.5 x 0 inch
$357
Deux femmes à la plage
Sophie de la Happy Funky Family
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,567
Mer en violet
Iolanta Gondouin (Iola)
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$2,233
Régate série mer et voiliers
Bernard Relecom
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1.5 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch
$179
Régate série mer et voiliers
Bernard Relecom
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1.5 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch
$179
Régate série mer et voiliers
Bernard Relecom
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1.5 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch
$179
Régate série mer et voiliers
Bernard Relecom
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1.5 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch
$179
Régate série mer et voiliers
Bernard Relecom
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1.5 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch
$179
Baltic sea with south sea flair
Gary Westall
Painting - 24.1 x 30 x 0.5 cm Painting - 9.5 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
$500
Monastere fortifie
Louis Devienne
Painting - 79 x 118 x 2 cm Painting - 31.1 x 46.5 x 0.8 inch
$8,149
"3 Coques en l'air" - Grand Bê, Saint Malo
Vesna BECHA-BOJOVIC
Photography - 22 x 27 x 0.2 cm Photography - 8.7 x 10.6 x 0.1 inch
$218
La plage blanche VII
Nicolas Le Beuan Bénic
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$313
Seascape sailing impressions L 6
Peter Nottrott
Painting - 83 x 155 x 4 cm Painting - 32.7 x 61 x 1.6 inch
$2,445
The Blue of Sea Kefalonia Collection
Luca Bornoffi
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
$893
Lithographie originale de Spahn
Victor Spahn
Print - 60 x 80 x 0.3 cm Print - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
$335
Lithographie originale de Spahn
Victor Spahn
Print - 56 x 74 x 0.3 cm Print - 22 x 29.1 x 0.1 inch
$335
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.