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Evolución II
Felisa Esteban - Maifx
Painting - 114 x 146 x 1 cm Painting - 44.9 x 57.5 x 0.4 inch
$3,053
Wild Atlantic Way Sunset, Ireland
Kirstin McCoy
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$3,393
Impressions au soleil couchant
Marianne Lefevre
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$667
Mosaic of the sunset
Vitaliy Pryzant
Painting - 59.9 x 89.9 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$3,550
Douceur d’un ciel rose
Martine Grégoire
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,018
Vue sur l’ile d’Aix
Martine Grégoire
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,018
Pointe de la Bonne Terre
José Nicolas
Photography - 40 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,696
Roches Escudelier 1
José Nicolas
Photography - 40 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,696
Crique de Bonporteau 2
José Nicolas
Photography - 40 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,696
Haze over the sea
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 90 x 205 x 0.1 cm Painting - 35.4 x 80.7 x 0 inch
$2,827
Gulls on Chesil Beach
Terry Watts
Painting - 44 x 63 x 0.3 cm Painting - 17.3 x 24.8 x 0.1 inch
$2,118
Le Roi de la baie
Philippe Grincourt
Photography - 39 x 59 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.4 x 23.2 x 0.1 inch
$509
Porte de l'Enfer
Philippe Grincourt
Photography - 39 x 59 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.4 x 23.2 x 0.1 inch
$509
Costa Daurada - Abstract seascape
Cristina Stefan
Painting - 40.6 x 50.8 x 2 cm Painting - 16 x 20 x 0.8 inch
$1,304
Altafulla, Spain - Seascape with Sailboarder
Cristina Stefan
Painting - 61 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 24 x 36 x 1.5 inch
$1,966
Seascape at Sunset in Spain
Cristina Stefan
Painting - 81.3 x 61 x 3.8 cm Painting - 32 x 24 x 1.5 inch
$1,852
Bora Bora
Alexandra Petropoulou
Painting - 99.8 x 149.9 x 2 cm Painting - 39.3 x 59 x 0.8 inch
$1,968
XXL Solace of Dawn
Susan Wooler
Painting - 70.1 x 100.1 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,277
XXL Tranquil Shores
Susan Wooler
Painting - 70.1 x 100.1 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,303
Glistening water - Modern abstract seascape
Suzanne Vaughan
Painting - 101.6 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Painting - 40 x 40 x 0.1 inch
$1,680
Glistening Water
Suzanne Vaughen
Painting - 101.6 x 101.6 x 0 cm Painting - 40 x 40 x 0.01 inch
$1,680
Voyage en outre mer
Eric Munsch
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,685 $1,433
Wave II
Lorna Holdcroft - Kirin
Fine Art Drawings - 56 x 76 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 29.9 x 0 inch
$1,588
Le dernier retour de la lune
Antoine Josse
Painting - 90 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$3,166
Boiling Bubbles North
Ronald Hunter
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,017
L I N E S - Grey Coast
Aurélie Trabaud
Fine Art Drawings - 19.8 x 30.2 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.8 x 11.9 x 0 inch
$509
Tallin, seascape, red, blue, water
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 21 x 29 cm Painting - 8.3 x 11.4 inch
$1,131 $1,018
Una stanza con vista
Alexander Daniloff
Painting - 55 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$814
Series “Between Heaven and Earth” - pastel, calm
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,827 $2,545
Series “Between Heaven and Earth” - turquoise blue
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 80 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
$3,958 $3,562
Blue Sea - action dripping painting
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 100 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
$4,524 $4,071
Series “Between Heaven and Earth” - turquoise blue
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,393 $3,053
La Mer Des Rêves - Round Edition
Vivianne Paris Panigiris
Sculpture - 40 x 40 x 5 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 15.7 x 2 inch
$1,696
La mer des Rêves round edition 1/50
Vivianne Paris Panigiris
Sculpture - 30 x 30 x 3 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
$792
Series “Between Heaven and Earth” - turquoise blue
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 100 x 180 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 70.9 x 1.6 inch
$5,654 $5,089
Fondo marino - corales
Charo Velasco
Painting - 100 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 2 inch
$1,470
The wild coast
Andrew Lever
Photography - 101.6 x 152.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 inch
$951
New rain in empty mountains
Alexandra Petropoulou
Painting - 99.8 x 149.9 x 2 cm Painting - 39.3 x 59 x 0.8 inch
$2,096
Series “Between Heaven and Earth” - turquoise blue
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,393 $3,053
Sunset on the sea - only together
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 190 x 290 x 4 cm Painting - 74.8 x 114.2 x 1.6 inch
$28,272
Light on the water 2.
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 60 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
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Ocean. Light on the water 6.
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 60 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
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L i n e s - Ink Lagoon
Aurélie Trabaud
Painting - 21.3 x 25.2 x 0.1 cm Painting - 8.4 x 9.9 x 0 inch
$396
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.