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Château de la Napoule
Louis Devienne
Painting - 59 x 89 x 2 cm Painting - 23.2 x 35 x 0.8 inch
$5,468
Monterosso 2
Didier Fournet
Photography - 100 x 100 x 5 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 2 inch
$6,423
Amalfi Coast - Atrani
Didier Fournet
Photography - 100 x 100 x 5 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 2 inch
$6,423
En famille - Promenade en bord de mer
Nicolas Pizy
Painting - 25 x 25 x 0.3 cm Painting - 9.8 x 9.8 x 0.1 inch
$131
Mediterranean city (inspired by cities in Greece)
Silvia Karamfilova
Painting - 30 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$3,410
Inspire
Didier de Radiguès
Photography - 110 x 110 x 0.8 cm Photography - 43.3 x 43.3 x 0.3 inch
$3,410
The Heart Beach
Didier de Radiguès
Photography - 100 x 150 x 0.8 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.3 inch
$5,229
Les bulles aquatiques
Andrée Bars
Painting - 30 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,842
Les voiliers de l’aurore...II (Esprit Voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$739
Les voiliers de l’aurore... (Esprit Voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$739
Jeux de mâts... (Esprit voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$853
Le temps qui passe... (Esprit voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$853
Girl on the beach rock - Italian painting & frame
Domenico Ronca
Painting - 30 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
$301
The Hidden - Katharina and Melanie (giclée)
Philipp Weber
Print - 140 x 218 cm Print - 55.1 x 85.8 inch
$16,483
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
$6,480
Ostréiculture et marais
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,591
Le grand bain IV
Nicolas Le Beuan Bénic
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$318
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
$1,478
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
$1,250
Biarritz. Océan. France
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,478
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
$1,478
Bleu Méditerranée. France
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,250
Chapelle en Bretagne
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,591
Lac en Patagonie. Chili
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,137
Falaises d'Etretat. France
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,478
Ghats de Pushkar 2. Inde
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,591
Baleine à bosse. Nouveau Mexique
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,591
Buffles sous le pont d'Agra. Inde
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,478
Crocodile. Pantanal. Brésil
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,478
Cap vers le large. Voile d'Antibes
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,591
Cap au large. Grande Armada du siècle. Voile
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,591
La grande Armada du siècle. Rouen. Voile 3
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,591
Les barques rouges
Jean-Pierre Douchez
Painting - 33 x 41 x 2 cm Painting - 13 x 16.1 x 0.8 inch
$426
Les retrouvailles
Jean-Pierre Douchez
Painting - 41 x 33 x 2 cm Painting - 16.1 x 13 x 0.8 inch
$426
Barques et pêcheurs
Sylvain Vigny
Painting - 50 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$3,341
Mar tormentoso
Francisca Morales Alliende
Painting - 34 x 49 x 1 cm Painting - 13.4 x 19.3 x 0.4 inch
$3,878
La Sérénité de L'instant
Sandrine Darcos
Photography - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$341
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
$354
Children at the beach 2
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 1 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.4 inch
$413
From my campervan to the Sea
Peter de Boer
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,387
AV_Miami_016
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 75 x 150 x 2 cm Photography - 29.5 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$3,285
Barques vers l'infini
Franck Mugnie
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$284
Seagulls on the move
Peter de Boer
Painting - 140 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 55.1 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$4,547
Bateaux en mer
Ezelino Briante
Painting - 39.5 x 79.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 15.6 x 31.3 x 0.2 inch
$2,328
Le grand port
Ezelino Briante
Painting - 43.5 x 62.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 17.1 x 24.6 x 0.2 inch
$2,293
Arrival at the beach
Peter de Boer
Painting - 80 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$3,751
Port de pêche animé
Ezelino Briante
Painting - 50 x 61 x 0.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 24 x 0.2 inch
$2,305
Arrival at the beach
Peter de Boer
Painting - 80 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,814
Sunshine setwaves
Peter de Boer
Painting - 135 x 170 x 2 cm Painting - 53.1 x 66.9 x 0.8 inch
$5,684
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.