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Poetic Landscape 9
Michel Saint-Luc
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$792
Ciel de traine en Normandie
Sophie Dumont
Painting - 54 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 21.3 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$3,506
Untitled
Francesc Genovés
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$628
Untitled
Francesc Genovés
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$628
Door to serenity - limited edition of 23
Valentin Zaharia
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$304
Le marchand de Sel
Sébastien Morasso
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$271
Série : Pièces de mer de Castoul
Manfred Paul
Photography - 50 x 60 cm Photography - 19.7 x 23.6 inch
$2,036
Série : Pièces de mer de Castoul
Manfred Paul
Photography - 50 x 60 cm Photography - 19.7 x 23.6 inch
$2,036
Série : Pièces de mer de Castoul
Manfred Paul
Photography - 50 x 60 cm Photography - 19.7 x 23.6 inch
$2,036
The very moments (stretched)
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 50 x 60 x 1.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch
$532
Moonrise IV
Miguel Winograd
Photography - 109.2 x 91.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 43 x 36 x 0.1 inch
$2,000
Moonrise I Cauquenes
Miguel Winograd
Photography - 109.2 x 91.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 43 x 36 x 0.1 inch
$2,000
Plage de la Fossette
Christian Lefevre
Photography - 72 x 128 x 0.3 cm Photography - 28.3 x 50.4 x 0.1 inch
$1,527
Coastal Impressions
Karen Hale
Painting - 101.6 x 101.6 x 3.8 cm Painting - 40 x 40 x 1.5 inch
$4,200
Aqua beach - Modern abstract beach, Painting, Acrylic on canvas
Suzanne Vaughan
Painting - 101.6 x 137.2 x 0.3 cm Painting - 40 x 54 x 0.1 inch
$2,400
Voiliers en mer
Ezelino Briante
Painting - 50.5 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.9 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,659
1915 Mer et pierres Sea and stones
Eugène Druet
Photography - 43 x 54 cm Photography - 16.9 x 21.3 inch
$1,640
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
$1,108
Velero con luna llena
Ernest Carneado Ferreri
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$905
MUJER EMBARAZADA
Ernest Carneado Ferreri
Painting - 100 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,583
Sunset. Glare on the water.
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 120 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,990
Light on the water 7.
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 70 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,115
Silver of the sea 3.
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 80 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,036
La desolación
Paco Muñoz Santana
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3.3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.3 inch
$1,074
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
$3,393
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
$565
The space between II
Claire Smith
Painting - 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
$2,118
The Woman of the Sea
Mario Pascual Cámara
Photography - 42.87 x 51 cm Photography - 16.9 x 20.1 inch
$1,131
Balcony at the Mediterranean
AVEL Muñoz
Painting - 38 x 48 x 3 cm Painting - 15 x 18.9 x 1.2 inch
$1,131
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
$1,117
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
$993
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.