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Gulls on Chesil Beach
Terry Watts
Painting - 44 x 63 x 0.3 cm Painting - 17.3 x 24.8 x 0.1 inch
€1,973
Les estrans (série)
Jacques Robert
Painting - 130 x 162 x 3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 63.8 x 1.2 inch
€9,500
Rauba Capeu N°1
Omar Logang
Painting - 65 x 81 x 3 cm Painting - 25.6 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch
€3,000 €2,700
Haze over the sea
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 90 x 205 x 0.1 cm Painting - 35.4 x 80.7 x 0 inch
€2,500
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
€1,239
XXL Tranquil Shores
Susan Wooler
Painting - 70.1 x 100.1 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,264
Glistening Water
Suzanne Vaughen
Painting - 101.6 x 101.6 x 0 cm Painting - 40 x 40 x 0.01 inch
€1,630
Costa Daurada - Abstract seascape
Cristina Stefan
Painting - 40.6 x 50.8 x 2 cm Painting - 16 x 20 x 0.8 inch
€1,265
Altafulla, Spain - Seascape with Sailboarder
Cristina Stefan
Painting - 61 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 24 x 36 x 1.5 inch
€1,907
Bora Bora
Alexandra Petropoulou
Painting - 99.8 x 149.9 x 2 cm Painting - 39.3 x 59 x 0.8 inch
€1,909
Varangeville - Cote normande
Patrick Marie
Print - 49 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.3 x 27.6 x 0 inch
€190
La Manneporte - Côte normande
Patrick Marie
Print - 49 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.3 x 27.6 x 0 inch
€190
Falaises près de Dieppe
Patrick Marie
Print - 49 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.3 x 27.6 x 0 inch
€190 €133
Les barques admirent la mer
Josep Teixido
Painting - 50 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
€2,400
Where two worlds meet III
Laura Spring
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1.5 inch
€1,067
Land Before Time 1
Laura Spring
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1.5 inch
€1,019
Pareja paseando
Ernest Carneado Ferreri
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,000
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
€1,630
Boiling Bubbles North
Ronald Hunter
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€899
Vibrant sunrise (stretched)
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 100 x 70 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 inch
€1,350
Lentement il bat
Philippe Huart
Fine Art Drawings - 18 x 24 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.1 x 9.4 x 0.1 inch
€650
Great big beautiful sea
SUZ Shippey Borski
Painting - 99.1 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Painting - 39 x 30 x 0.1 inch
€1,164
Boiling Bubbles South
Ronald Hunter
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€899
Les cabanes de plage
Michèle Kaus
Painting - 50 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€1,500
Coast of the sea - 3D, ocean, brown, beach, gold leaf
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 70 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€2,500
Blue seascape - 3D, ocean, water wave, gold leaf
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€2,500
Spring on Côte d'Azur , Marine, seascape. Sunset, skyline, turquoise waves
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 120 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
€3,500
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
€2,500
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
€3,500
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
€2,800
Blue Sea - action dripping painting
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 100 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
€4,000
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
€3,000
MERVEILLEUX SUD,DU BLEU DANS LA MER
Sophie Petetin
Painting - 81 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 1 inch
€1,650
Coral's composition
Victoria Horkan
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
€3,946
Le tourbillon en rouge
Dany Soyer
Painting - 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
€1,090
La ronde des poissons jaunes
Dany Soyer
Painting - 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
€1,090
Mysteres du Fond Marin
Joanna Glazer
Painting - 40 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
€290 €160
Les voiliers de l'aurore... (Esprit voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€1,880
Sunday's Early Morning
Joanna Glazer
Painting - 90 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
€290
On a Beach Between Cannes and Monaco
Joanna Glazer
Painting - 80 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
€290
Grain of Island (Grain d'Ile)
Flo Lysine
Painting - 50 x 100 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
€1,450 €1,305
Le port de Sète
Raymond Berthelot
Painting - 65 x 92 x 4 cm Painting - 25.6 x 36.2 x 1.6 inch
€600 €540
Le village amarte
Daniel Couthures
Painting - 46 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,200
Under the surface
Christophe Vilar
Painting - 81 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 2 inch
€4,783 €4,305
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.