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Only Present moment (stretched)
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 100 x 70 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 inch
£1,228 £1,056
Whispered Tales by the Sunlit Shore
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 95 x 110 x 0.1 cm Painting - 37.4 x 43.3 x 0 inch
£846 £761
Evening. Marmaris. Turkey
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 10 x 15 x 0.3 cm Painting - 3.9 x 5.9 x 0.1 inch
£1,230
Sans titre (diptyque)
Jacques Robert
Painting - 162 x 260 x 3 cm Painting - 63.8 x 102.4 x 1.2 inch
£10,680
Bright sunset
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 80 x 95 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 37.4 x 1 inch
£2,172
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
£2,225
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
£3,115
Every drop of sunrise (stretched)
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
£1,469
Canvas of Dawn (stretched)
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
£1,380
Villefranche sur mer, french riviera
Benoit Ruff
Painting - 40 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
£2,225
Blue Sea - action dripping painting
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 100 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
£3,560
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
£2,670
Éclats d'écume 120
Joëlle Kem Lika
Painting - 80 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
£2,563
Glow of summer days (stretched)
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 80 x 120 x 1.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.6 inch
£935
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
£579
Le jour va venir
Philippe Huart
Fine Art Drawings - 34 x 24 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.4 x 9.4 x 0.1 inch
£579
Italy, Via di Streda
Vik Schroeder
Painting - 30 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
£1,335
Pines près de la mer en Bretagne
Alexei Lantsev
Print - 26 x 39 x 0.1 cm Print - 10.2 x 15.4 x 0 inch
£120
Sweet summer memorials
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 90 x 145 x 0.1 cm Painting - 35.4 x 57.1 x 0 inch
£1,469
Everyday life of the Gondoliers
Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
£979
Lagoon
Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)
Painting - 40.7 x 75.3 x 6.5 cm Painting - 16 x 29.6 x 2.6 inch
£979
Venice, Italy
Behshad Arjomandi
Painting - 40.1 x 40.1 x 2 cm Painting - 15.8 x 15.8 x 0.8 inch
£668
Ombre et lumière
Lionel Chevalier
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1 inch
£1,469
Fragments d'émotion - Outre mer
Bonus
Painting - 54 x 65 x 0.5 cm Painting - 21.3 x 25.6 x 0.2 inch
£1,335
Algas 45-XIX
Paola Dávila
Photography - 45 x 45 x 0.3 cm Photography - 17.7 x 17.7 x 0.1 inch
£1,640
Esponjas 8, 11 y 16
Paola Dávila
Photography - 10.4 x 34 x 0.8 cm Photography - 4.1 x 13.4 x 0.3 inch
£820
Medusas 11, 12 y 13
Paola Dávila
Photography - 10.4 x 34.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 4.1 x 13.7 x 0.1 inch
£820
Sal 22, 23 y 24
Paola Dávila
Photography - 10.4 x 34.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 4.1 x 13.7 x 0.1 inch
£820
Algas 11, 22 y 67
Paola Dávila
Photography - 10.4 x 34.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 4.1 x 13.7 x 0.1 inch
£820
Algas 23, 63 y 64
Paola Dávila
Photography - 10.4 x 34.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 4.1 x 13.7 x 0.1 inch
£820
Algas 75, 83 Y 26
Paola Dávila
Photography - 10.4 x 34.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 4.1 x 13.7 x 0.1 inch
£820
Algas 14, 41 y 68
Paola Dávila
Photography - 10.4 x 34.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 4.1 x 13.7 x 0.1 inch
£820
Algas 88, 28, 87
Paola Dávila
Photography - 10.4 x 34.8 x 0.8 cm Photography - 4.1 x 13.7 x 0.3 inch
£820
Endless Surf. Summer. Ocean
Trayko Popov
Painting - 80 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
£3,293
Or sur pointe bretonne
Richard Bouts
Painting - 70 x 50 x 1.6 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
£712
Au large de Loctudy
Richard Bouts
Painting - 61.3 x 46.5 x 2.4 cm Painting - 24.1 x 18.3 x 0.9 inch
£1,068
Papillon Mon Amour
Jean-Michel Rousvoal
Photography - 120 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch
£1,335
Embrasement II
Gabriella Moussette
Painting - 80 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
£3,418
Wildclouds above purple sky
Peter de Boer
Painting - 30 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
£801
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
£689
To the moon and back
Marianne Lefevre
Painting - 40 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
£614
La force de la mer #2
Sylvie Garibaldi
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1 inch
£1,068
Les Iles Sanguinaires
Valérie Dragacci
Painting - 46 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
£979
De Chlore et de Rosé
Christopher Barraja
Photography - 90 x 60 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 inch
£1,068
De Chlore et de Rosé (2)
Christopher Barraja
Photography - 60 x 90 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 inch
£1,068
De Chlore et de Rosé
Christopher Barraja
Photography - 90 x 60 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 inch
£1,068
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.