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Positano by Ferry
Donna Carnahan
Photography - 61 x 86 x 4 cm Photography - 24 x 33.9 x 1.6 inch
$1,600
1282 Clearwater Beach
Roger König
Painting - 130 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$14,711
Falaises Quiberville sur mer
Laurence Gasior
Painting - 38 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 15 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,188
Green water - minimalism sea
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$3,395
When the sea merges with the sky.
Vik Schroeder
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$566
La Méduse - série scène de pêche en bâteau
Alain Arnouil
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$849
Douceur d'aquarelle 2
Michel Saint-Luc
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,584
Les Ombres de la Nuit 2
Michel Saint-Luc
Painting - 50 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,245
Symphonie Turquoise
Michel Saint-Luc
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,358
Sunny Wind
Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$792
L'échappée belle 5
Michel Saint-Luc
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$905
Sea Harbor
Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$792
Couleurs à l'horizon… (Esprit voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 40 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,924
Esperando que suba la marea
Jose Ramón Campomanes
Painting - 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$962
World spins madly on
Gisela Gaffoglio
Painting - 90 x 190 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 74.8 x 1.2 inch
$4,187
Through the trees
Rachael Dalzell
Painting - 70 x 200 x 6 cm Painting - 27.6 x 78.7 x 2.4 inch
$4,191
Allez à la drisse
Carine Dewavrin
Painting - 74 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 29.1 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,584
Le trio de pointus
Pedro Viana Parente
Painting - 40 x 50 x 0.2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$962
Bord de mer 1
Romain Reveau
Photography - 76 x 50 x 2 cm Photography - 29.9 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,018
Bord de mer 5
Romain Reveau
Photography - 50 x 76 x 2 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,018
Bord de mer 4
Romain Reveau
Photography - 50 x 76 x 2 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,018
Bord de mer 3
Romain Reveau
Photography - 50 x 76 x 2 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,018
The sky and the sea
Eva Hoffmann
Painting - 144.8 x 172.7 x 2.5 cm Painting - 57 x 68 x 1 inch
$16,000
Love of the Sky and Wave.
Vik Schroeder
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$509
Porthcurno Beach
Nicholas Robertson
Painting - 30.5 x 40.4 x 0.5 cm Painting - 12 x 15.9 x 0.2 inch
$523
The Power of Niagara, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Vitaliy Pryzant
Painting - 80 x 110 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 43.3 x 1.2 inch
$6,050
28° 14' 22.942'' N, 114° 6' 4.129'' W-6
Paola Dávila
Photography - 60 x 114 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23.63 x 44.89 x 0.1 inch
$3,600
La chapelle de la Joie à St Pierre
Richard Bouts
Painting - 30.2 x 64 x 2 cm Painting - 11.9 x 25.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,641
En approche des Glénan
Richard Bouts
Painting - 80 x 40 x 3.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 15.7 x 1.4 inch
$1,358
Dunepath to the sea (in exhibition)
Peter de Boer
Painting - 70 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,060
N.O.B.O.D.Y (Cottonou, Benin)
Harry Benhaiem
Photography - 80 x 120 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 inch
$1,697
Section portuaire
Ezelino Briante
Painting - 21 x 44 x 0.5 cm Painting - 8.3 x 17.3 x 0.2 inch
$1,369
Specific moment of morning
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 125 x 205 x 0.1 cm Painting - 49.2 x 80.7 x 0 inch
$3,904
La Plagette - Paysage de Méditerranée abstrait géométrique
Bénédicte Coffinières
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
$170
Embracing the Moment
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 155 x 110 x 0.1 cm Painting - 61 x 43.3 x 0 inch
$2,772
Vue sur un port animé
Ezelino Briante
Painting - 32.5 x 52.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 12.8 x 20.7 x 0.2 inch
$1,072
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
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
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.