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Mediterranean Sea, Composition III
Isabelle Fournet
Painting - 116 x 116 x 2 cm Painting - 45.7 x 45.7 x 0.8 inch
£2,426
Logs - Middle Beach - AGAIN. Zoom out.
Chrissy Nickerson
Painting - 64 x 92 x 4 cm Painting - 25.2 x 36.2 x 1.6 inch
£1,465
Red Fish Symphony on Grey
Olga Nikitina
Painting - 60 x 85 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 33.5 x 0.8 inch
£1,438
Les estrans (série)
Jacques Robert
Painting - 114 x 146 x 2 cm Painting - 44.9 x 57.5 x 0.8 inch
£6,739
Pins au bord de la mer, Bretagne
Alexei Lantsev
Print - 26.5 x 39.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 10.4 x 15.6 x 0 inch
£121
Vibration spirituelle… (Expression libre)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 40 x 40 x 7 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 2.8 inch
£1,078
Rampant horse on the sea - Italian painting & frame
Romano Mussolini
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
£584
Invisible sea
Stanislav Lazarov
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
£1,932
The Coastal Sentinels
Narek Qochunc
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
£320
Ravello sea pointview - Amalfitan Coast painting (Italy) + frame
Gio Sannino
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
£328
Ceci n'est pas une Porsche Barbie
Moi.
Painting - 115 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 45.3 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
£3,594
Villefranche sur mer, french riviera
Benoit Ruff
Painting - 40 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
£1,123
Série silence #1
Lionel Chevalier
Painting - 65 x 81 x 2.5 cm Painting - 25.6 x 31.9 x 1 inch
£1,348
French Terrace Tranquility
Alexander Grinshpun
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
£1,687
La tête dans les nuages... (Album d’enfants)
Olivier Messas
Sculpture - 36 x 30 x 5 cm Sculpture - 14.2 x 11.8 x 2 inch
£1,797
Village de pêcheurs
Jean-Pierre Douchez
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
£562
Lights on the coast - Southern Italy painting & frame
Vittorio Colucci
Painting - 25 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 9.8 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
£315
Bord de mer, Bretagne
William Goliasch
Painting - 43 x 53.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 16.9 x 21.1 x 0.2 inch
£1,147
Tropiques, oiseaux blancs
Bernard Marie Collet
Painting - 100 x 70 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
£1,707
Santorini Magic (1)
Sokratis Evgenidis
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
£4,942
Into the Waves, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Livia Mosanu
Painting - 27.9 x 35.6 x 2 cm Painting - 11 x 14 x 0.8 inch
£439
Suspension entre deux mondes
Carole Framezelle - Acmiya
Painting - 96 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 37.8 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
£1,617
Boats on the beach vertical version - Amalfi Italy painting
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
£283
Volviendo de Alojera
Antoine Renault
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
£2,696
Under the sea
Jessica Renault jrbrush
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.37 x 39.37 x 1 inch
£1,797
Light Wind in the Sails
Andrei Belaichuk
Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
£1,662
La Terre est ronde
Frédérique Domergue
Painting - 35 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 13.8 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
£1,707
Sueños adolescentes
Incerta Gloria
Photography - 60 x 45 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0.2 inch
£811 £609
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
£764
Sea swell n*3 - Italian painting
Bruno Di Giulio
Painting - 70 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
£571
Blue Moonlight
Marija Tanaskovic Papadopoulos
Painting - 102 x 122 x 3 cm Painting - 40.2 x 48 x 1.2 inch
£17,971
Pêcheurs à la marée basse
Carlo Follini
Painting - 90 x 141 x 2.5 cm Painting - 35.4 x 55.5 x 1 inch
£4,533
That beach
Corinne Dubreuil
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0 inch
£1,348
Saint Malo III - série Paysage et mer
Nicolas Pizy
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
£899
La déferlante en mer
Philippe De Lestrange
Print - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Print - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
£899
De Chlore et de Rosé
Christopher Barraja
Photography - 90 x 60 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 inch
£1,078
Invitation
Priska Walliman
Photography - 90 x 90 x 0.4 cm Photography - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.2 inch
£1,348
Don de soi XXVII
Feng Kaixuan
Photography - 80 x 120 x 1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch
£6,470
Poetic Landscape 9
Michel Saint-Luc
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
£629
Loulou Cassis
Bernard Biancotto
Photography - 60 x 90 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
£539
Coque de bateau - Cargo Tamago
Marie-Annick Priou
Painting - 80 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
£854
Lost in The Fog, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Guilherme Licurgo
Photography - 58.4 x 88.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23 x 35 x 0.1 inch
£2,108
Sans titre
Odonchimeg Davaadorj
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 41.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 16.3 inch
£988
A good day fishing
Mike King
Fine Art Drawings - 53.3 x 38.1 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 15 x 0.1 inch
£514
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.