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Boat on the mudflats
Peter de Boer
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$1,132
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Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 110 x 200 x 0.1 cm Painting - 43.3 x 78.7 x 0 inch
$2,614
Pointe d'Aradon, Bretagne
Jules Robert Chatelain
Painting - 38 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 15 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,803
Gaviotas
Felisa Esteban - Maifx
Painting - 162 x 130 x 1 cm Painting - 63.8 x 51.2 x 0.4 inch
$3,055
Kaleidoscopio Alado XIII
Felisa Esteban - Maifx
Painting - 90 x 116 x 1 cm Painting - 35.4 x 45.7 x 0.4 inch
$2,546
Kaleidosopio Alado X
Felisa Esteban - Maifx
Painting - 100 x 100 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
$2,546
Tronco y Mar
Felisa Esteban - Maifx
Painting - 100 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,584
How do we get there?
Peter de Boer
Painting - 70 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,263
Evanescence
Vassilia Kouboulis
Photography - 60 x 90 x 3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,094
Incandescence
Vassilia Kouboulis
Photography - 60 x 40 x 3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,924
Summer 2022 #1
Anyck Alvarez Kerloch
Painting - 83.8 x 58.9 x 0.5 cm Painting - 33 x 23.2 x 0.2 inch
$545
Kolvitsa. Bay on the White Sea
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 28 x 35 x 2 cm Painting - 11 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch
$3,734
Yachts in the port of Costa Adeje. Evening
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 30 x 40 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$4,640
Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Akkerman fortress
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 25 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 9.8 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$5,092
De Chlore et de Rosé
Christopher Barraja
Photography - 60 x 90 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 inch
$1,358
De Chlore et de Rosé
Christopher Barraja
Photography - 90 x 60 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 inch
$1,358
De Chlore et de Rosé
Christopher Barraja
Photography - 60 x 90 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 inch
$1,358
De Chlore et de Rosé
Christopher Barraja
Photography - 90 x 60 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 inch
$1,358
Riflesso blue II
Daniela Pasqualini
Painting - 50.8 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 inch
$1,600
Adrift (All at Sea)
Gordon Carmichael
Painting - 70 x 90 x 5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 35.4 x 2 inch
$2,603
Vue plage ile de Ré
Martine Grégoire
Painting - 40 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$566
Coucher de soleil à Coutainville, France
Joseph Mittey
Painting - 16 x 27 x 2 cm Painting - 6.3 x 10.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,027
Saga about Normans
Alexander Levich
Painting - 150 x 120 x 2.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 1 inch
$10,185
Le sentier de la côte
Myriam Démarez Gérat
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$736
Mielno Beach Naturystyczna
Gary Westall
Painting - 28.4 x 35.6 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.2 x 14 x 0.1 inch
$600
Orage à Punta-Cana
Charlotte Pivard
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,150
Maine lighthouse
Jim Lagasse
Fine Art Drawings - 35.6 x 27.9 x 2.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14 x 11 x 1 inch
$525
Les voiliers de l'aurore... I (Esprit Voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$849
Reflets du matin... (Esprit Voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 3 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 1.2 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$679
Aurore d'été... (Esprit voile 2021)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,037
Soleil sur la mer
Andrée De Frémont
Painting - 130 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$13,580
Boats in the Bay
Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)
Painting - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,603
Beautiful Time
Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)
Painting - 90 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$2,716
Boats and Fish
Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)
Painting - 150 x 90 x 0.3 cm Painting - 59.1 x 35.4 x 0.1 inch
$3,395
Dunes
Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)
Painting - 90 x 150 x 0.3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 59.1 x 0.1 inch
$2,490
Butterfly Effect (1)
Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)
Painting - 130 x 100 x 0.3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 39.4 x 0.1 inch
$2,659
Sunny and Windy
Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)
Painting - 80 x 110 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch
$2,376
Venetian Rhapsody
Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)
Painting - 90 x 150 x 0.3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 59.1 x 0.1 inch
$2,829
Element
Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)
Painting - 90 x 150 x 0.3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 59.1 x 0.1 inch
$2,829
Venice red
Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)
Painting - 90 x 150 x 0.3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 59.1 x 0.1 inch
$2,829
LA COULEUR DE MES RÊVES
Sophie Petetin
Painting - 54 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 21.3 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,126
[Confiance], de la série La baltique
Irène Jonas
Photography - 19 x 28 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.5 x 11 x 0 inch
$1,018
Breaking The Surface
Anthony Dunphy
Painting - 40.6 x 50.8 x 0.8 cm Painting - 16 x 20 x 0.3 inch
$760
Fort DeSoto Fishing Pier, Tierra Verde, Fl.
Mike King
Fine Art Drawings - 38.1 x 53.3 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 21 x 0.1 inch
$589
Les falaises grises
Sophie Dumont
Painting - 97 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 38.2 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$7,242
Tempête à Quiberon
Jean-Baptiste Itah
Painting - 39 x 106 x 3 cm Painting - 15.4 x 41.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,358
Greenland dawn
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 56 x 100 x 0.1 cm Photography - 22 x 39.4 x 0 inch
$283
Why Does Ice Float on Water?
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 56 x 100 x 0.1 cm Photography - 22 x 39.4 x 0 inch
$215
Paysage méditerranéen
Pierrick Tual
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$3,259
Cabo Rojo view Puerto Rico
John Kilduff
Fine Art Drawings - 29.5 x 41.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.6 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch
$545
Crow's Nest Saugatuck, MI
John Kilduff
Fine Art Drawings - 29.5 x 41.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.6 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch
$545
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.