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.
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Mediterranean landscape expressionist abstract # 01
Patrick Cornée
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$3,810
Beauty of Stillness II
Daniela Pasqualini
Painting - 30.5 x 30.5 x 2.5 cm Painting - 12 x 12 x 1 inch
$500
At the edge of the earth
Liubou Sas
Painting - 90 x 72 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 28.3 x 1.2 inch
$2,345
Turquoise Blue Wave XL 3
Peter Nottrott
Painting - 105 x 155 x 4 cm Painting - 41.3 x 61 x 1.6 inch
$2,726
Seaside Rendezvous XL 19
Peter Nottrott
Painting - 105 x 155 x 4 cm Painting - 41.3 x 61 x 1.6 inch
$2,845
Rêverie... (Esprit Voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$4,167
À marée basse... (Esprit Voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,333
Horizon d'éternité... (Esprit Voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,429
Lumière du soir... (Esprit Voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,572
Passion en mer... (Esprit Voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$3,095
Boats in the Harbor, Rockport, Maine
Michael K. Yamaoka
Photography - 40.6 x 50.8 x 0.1 cm Photography - 16 x 20 x 0.04 inch
$2,500
Breath of the Storm
Tatiana Malinovscaia
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1 inch
$800
Mer et silhouettes
Laurence Malidor
Painting - 40 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 15.7 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
$595
Sunset as the fall approaches
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 46 x 61 x 0.2 cm Print - 18.1 x 24 x 0.1 inch
$500
Light on the water 46.
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 60 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,262
Light on the water 45
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,143
Laguna Beach. California 9
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,786
Evening Dubrovnik
Andrii Chebotaru
Painting - 89.9 x 99.8 x 2.5 cm Painting - 35.4 x 39.3 x 1 inch
$4,000
Pin canne de Provence et figuier de barbarie - Boite à clé
Aurélie Trabaud
Painting - 15 x 15 x 5 cm Painting - 5.9 x 5.9 x 2 inch
$691 $621
Becoming Marilyn (1945)
André de Dienes
Photography - 51 x 41 x 1 cm Photography - 20.1 x 16.1 x 0.4 inch
$821
Abstract charts
Stanislav Lazarov
Painting - 60 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$1,786
Reflets du matin... (Esprit voile 2024)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,976
Dark Materials VIII
James Sparshatt
Photography - 100 x 150 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$4,590
La mer. diptych
Alexandra Djokic
Painting - 101 x 144 x 0.1 cm Painting - 39.8 x 56.7 x 0 inch
$2,619
Les pieds dans l’eau
Brigitte Dravet
Painting - 50 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch
$1,191
Summer seascape - skyline, water, sunset, ocean
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 30 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,191
Your symphony- blue, white colorful expressionism abstraction
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,976
Venice, Italy
Behshad Arjomandi
Painting - 40.1 x 40.1 x 2 cm Painting - 15.8 x 15.8 x 0.8 inch
$815
Magical Venice, Painting, Oil on canvas
Behshad Arjomandi
Painting - 46 x 55.1 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
$840
Dinard une belle journée
Sophie Petetin
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,060
Mer, comme on est bien ici
Sophie Petetin
Painting - 81 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$2,018
Scarlet Sail
Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)
Painting - 42 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 16.5 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,060
Hello Saint Tropez
Sophie Petetin
Painting - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,012
A Thousand Years
Michael Grine
Painting - 90.8 x 60.3 x 3.8 cm Painting - 35.75 x 23.75 x 1.5 inch
$1,000
Magic of the French Riviera
Andrii Chebotaru
Painting - 100 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$6,548
Vernazza Cinque Terre
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 45 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 17.7 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,100
Golden sunset of Monaco
Andrii Chebotaru
Painting - 120 x 180 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 70.9 x 0.8 inch
$23,810
Sans faute - collection spéciale Grands Formats
Philippe Matine
Print - 140 x 140 x 7 cm Print - 55.1 x 55.1 x 2.8 inch
$1,429
Nice warm day
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 50 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,200