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Fish concert at theater of the sea
Mike Jacobs
Painting - 61 x 46 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 18.1 x 1 inch
£872
Velero con luna llena
Ernest Carneado Ferreri
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
£712
MUJER EMBARAZADA
Ernest Carneado Ferreri
Painting - 100 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
£1,246
Sunset. Glare on the water.
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 120 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
£1,566
Light on the water 7.
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 70 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
£1,664
Silver of the sea 3.
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 80 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
£1,602
La desolación
Paco Muñoz Santana
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3.3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.3 inch
£846
Seascape 22/07/2013 18:36h. (Identity testimonies series)
Imanol Marrodán
Photography - 30 x 45 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0 inch
£445
The space between II
Claire Smith
Painting - 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
£1,600
Île Grecque de Santorin
Maria Raytcheva
Painting - 100 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
£1,335
The Woman of the Sea
Mario Pascual Cámara
Photography - 42.87 x 51 cm Photography - 16.9 x 20.1 inch
£890
Balcony at the Mediterranean
AVEL Muñoz
Painting - 38 x 48 x 3 cm Painting - 15 x 18.9 x 1.2 inch
£890
Romper de Olas 1
María Elena Olmo, del
Painting - 54 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 21.3 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
£879
Reflejos en e mar
María Elena Olmo, del
Painting - 54 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 21.3 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
£781
Desde mi playa
María Elena Olmo, del
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
£880
Horizonte azul ultramar
Jose Ramón Campomanes
Painting - 100 x 70 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
£1,024
S U N S E T in the style of Claude Monet Art: 130123
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 140 x 95 x 0.1 cm Painting - 55.1 x 37.4 x 0 inch
£2,003
Saint Pierre vue du ciel
Charlotte Pivard
Painting - 120 x 40 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 15.7 x 1.6 inch
£623
Long day's journey into tomorrow
Elena Raceala
Photography - 91.4 x 61 cm Photography - 36 x 24 inch
£1,068
Bord de mer a Cannes
Marie Tissot
Painting - 54 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 21.3 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
£1,246
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
£1,291
Boulder Country
Despa Hondros
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 77 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 30.3 x 0 inch
£1,958
Diptych 4, From the series All the faults of the world
Rodrigo Etem
Photography - 94 x 100.3 x 0.3 cm Photography - 37 x 39.5 x 0.1 inch
£1,558
The beginning – III
Alexander Levich
Painting - 75 x 75 x 2 cm Painting - 29.5 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch
£2,448
Sans titre (Côtes d'Armor)
Jacques Robert
Painting - 80 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
£5,251
Moonlight surfing
Yaroslav Yasenev
Painting - 110 x 85 x 2 cm Painting - 43.3 x 33.5 x 0.8 inch
£1,068
Ebb and Flow
Angela Morris-Winmill
Painting - 120 x 152 x 8 cm Painting - 47.2 x 59.8 x 3.1 inch
£5,995
La Baule frisquet, on sort
Sophie Petetin
Painting - 50 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 39.4 x 1 inch
£797
On est notre environnement (Valerie Galice)
Aline Part
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
£534
Why does ice float on water?
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 100 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 29.5 x 0 inch
£223 £167
Procession laïque
Christophe Vilar
Painting - 90 x 117 x 5 cm Painting - 35.4 x 46.1 x 2 inch
£5,340
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.