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Tender Deep Vibes
Larissa Uvarova
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,775
Mystery of the green wind
Vasyl Khodakivskyi
Painting - 85 x 110 x 2 cm Painting - 33.5 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch
$6,672
Silhouettes à Mers-Les-Bains
Hégémon (Hedge) Chaignon
Print - 40 x 60 cm Print - 15.7 x 23.6 inch
$509
Penguins painting - March of the penguins
Oswin Gesselli
Painting - 120 x 200 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch
$8,142
Horses I WILL SURVIVE
Oswin Gesselli
Painting - 150 x 200 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch
$33,927
Horse BLACK BEAUTY
Oswin Gesselli
Painting - 100 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$8,142
Horses WE ARE FREE TO DELIGHT - Series Hidden Treasures
Oswin Gesselli
Painting - 180 x 200 x 4 cm Painting - 70.9 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch
$40,712
Quand la terre était plate
LN Le Cheviller
Print - 30 x 30 x 0.1 cm Print - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$147
Bétonisation I
Romain Liverato
Photography - 30 x 45 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch
$452
Sea(birds) XII
Ellie Sass (Sassayiannis)
Photography - 30 x 42 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 16.5 x 0 inch
$362
Seabirds XI
Ellie Sass (Sassayiannis)
Photography - 30 x 42 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 16.5 x 0 inch
$362
Seabirds II
Ellie Sass (Sassayiannis)
Photography - 30 x 42 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 16.5 x 0 inch
$362
Enlightenment
Ellie Sass (Sassayiannis)
Photography - 30 x 42 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 16.5 x 0 inch
$362
Balance
Ellie Sass (Sassayiannis)
Photography - 30 x 42 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 16.5 x 0 inch
$362
Earth
Ellie Sass (Sassayiannis)
Photography - 30 x 42 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 16.5 x 0 inch
$362
Le phare de Ploumanac'h
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 60 x 80 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
$305
Débordement XI
Romain Liverato
Photography - 30 x 45 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch
$283
Splasher In Paradise (Lightbox)
David Drebin
Photography - 121.9 x 152.4 cm Photography - 48 x 60 inch
$36,000
Splasher In Paradise (L)
David Drebin
Photography - 121.9 x 152.4 cm Photography - 48 x 60 inch
$14,500
Splasher In Paradise (M)
David Drebin
Photography - 76.2 x 95.3 cm Photography - 30 x 37.5 inch
$8,000
Mermaid In Paradise I (Lightbox)
David Drebin
Photography - 121.9 x 182.9 cm Photography - 48 x 72 inch
$36,000
Mermaid In Paradise I (L)
David Drebin
Photography - 121.9 x 182.9 cm Photography - 48 x 72 inch
$14,500
Mermaid In Paradise I (M)
David Drebin
Photography - 76.2 x 114.3 cm Photography - 30 x 45 inch
$8,000
Glisser dans l'onde d'un rêve
Alain Vintenon
Painting - 82.5 x 93 x 4 cm Painting - 32.5 x 36.6 x 1.6 inch
$6,031
Capri Selfie (Lightbox)
David Drebin
Photography - 121.9 x 182.9 cm Photography - 48 x 72 inch
$36,000
Beach Shower (Lightbox)
David Drebin
Photography - 121.9 x 162.6 cm Photography - 48 x 64 inch
$36,000
All Aboard (Lightbox)
David Drebin
Photography - 121.9 x 152.4 cm Photography - 48 x 60 inch
$36,000
Scythian Sea, Cycle of Being
Tetiana Pchelnykova
Painting - 80 x 110 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 43.3 x 1 inch
$2,047
Once Upon a Moonlit Night
Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)
Painting - 80 x 110 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch
$5,541
Art d'être IV
Cécile Baldewyns
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.04 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$905
Sad Sunrise
Artur Soletskyi
Painting - 100 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 2 inch
$2,826 $2,545
Marilyn Monroe 1962. New baby in silver
Bert Stern
Photography - 33 x 48 x 1 cm Photography - 13 x 18.9 x 0.4 inch
$5,541
Marina Playboy FotoErotica 2018
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 60 x 45 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0 inch
$848 $637
Homme nu sur la plage II
Bruno Fournier
Photography - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$1,131
Guerre froide
Bruno Fournier
Photography - 37 x 37 x 1 cm Photography - 14.6 x 14.6 x 0.4 inch
$2,036
Homme nu sur la plage
Bruno Fournier
Photography - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$1,131
Nu au Papillon
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$1,696
Nu Papillon 1
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$1,696
Nu Assis
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$1,696
Nu Assis au Papillon
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$1,696
Nu Assis 2
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$1,696
Mon Amour
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$1,696
Les Héspérides Le Souffle
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$1,696
Les Hespérides Eglé
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$1,696
Les Ailes
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$1,696
Le Rêve
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$1,696
La Danse Macabre
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$1,696
Guerrière courbée
Bruno Fournier
Photography - 25 x 25 x 1 cm Photography - 9.8 x 9.8 x 0.4 inch
$1,018
Brave and Free and Wild as the Sea
Marie Constantelli
Painting - 100 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$2,250
Le Rolleiflex - Série Les Caprices de Madame Bovary
Takala
Photography - 105 x 105 x 4 cm Photography - 41.3 x 41.3 x 1.6 inch
$1,696
Would you swim with me? XI
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 52.5 x 70 x 0.1 cm Photography - 20.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$215 $162
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.