Beach Paintings for Sale
The beach has always been a destination we jump at the opportunity to explore. It's a destination that for many of us symbolises holidays, relaxation, calm or even excitement, adventure and stormy weather. Some are drawn to its crowded, noisy, buzzing atmosphere, whilst others are seduced by its silent, contemplative quality that allows for a deeply meditative experience. There is an ideal image of the beach for everyone; whether you're captivated by the chic Côte d'Azur deckchairs, surf lessons in Australia, the wild beaches in Brittany and Normandy, seaside resorts, small Italian coves or the more exotic and tropical locations.
Throughout time, artists have been inspired by the beach in many ways. Each artist has interpreted this huge theme in connection with their era, their artistic identity, the idea they wished to convey and what this location represented for them.
The beach has been depicted in paintings since the Dutch Golden Age, and is shown in works such as View of Delft by famous baroque artist, Johannes Vermeer. Two centuries later, Gustave Courbet would paint the shores of Trouville and Deauville in Normandy with dazzling realism. The Impressionists would then go on to capture the seaside bathed in light, and most notably would do so “sur le motif": the act of painting outside in natural light and in various weather conditions. This offered viewers a completely new representation of landscapes, and many Impressionists like Edgar Degas and Camille Pissarro remained attached to the seascapes of Normandy. However, other artists would focus on other shores, Van Gogh for example chose to represent La Camargue in his piece Fishing Boats on the Beach at Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer. Monet meanwhile, was inspired by the Côte D'Azur in his painting The Big Blue at Antibes, and Paul Gauguin was captivated by the exotic French Polynesia. Gauguin created many works inspired by beaches in Tahiti, which is evident in his iconic oil painting Tahitian Women on the Beach. Later, the light and beauty of the Mediterranean would seduce Matisse, who represented the beaches of Nice and the picturesque Collioure shores in his works. His rival Picasso also explored this area, his pieces, Woman Seated on the Beach and Bathers present completely new representations of the beach, where form and colour gradually move away from reality.
In modern and contemporary art, the beach loses its purpose as an inspiring natural environment and instead becomes a hub of human activity. Roy Lichtenstein's piece Nudes with Beach Ball, demonstrates how the beach has turned into a consumer product for the average holidaymaker. Similarly, Bernard Buffet also paints the seaside packed with human presence; beach cabins, bodies spread out on the sand and parasols dotted across the shores. More recently in 2011, Gianni Colosimo revealed a conceptual art piece called La jolie petite plage de Daniel (Daniel's Pretty Little Beach), which features striped deckchairs inspired by Daniel Buren's columns. Additionally, Ron Mueck installed hyper-realistic human figures made out of resin at the Fondation Cartier in 2013, which illustrated holidaymakers by the sea. Overall, one thing is certain: the beach has not ceased to inspire artistic creation. Artsper invites you to take a well-deserved break and lounge in front of some of the best contemporary art works that have been inspired by a location that is loved by us all.
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Low Tide in Pozzuoli (Naples)
Alex Bertaina
Painting - 80 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 2 inch
$3,618
The Colors of Atrani (Amalfi Coast)
Alex Bertaina
Painting - 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
$3,201
Etretat - Normandie
Patrick Marie
Painting - 65 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,872
Dunes
Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)
Painting - 90 x 150 x 0.3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 59.1 x 0.1 inch
$2,574
Au coucher du soleil (At sunset)
Evgeniya Buravleva
Painting - 80 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$3,744
Orange - Portrait
Anthony Shagan
Painting - 38.5 x 61.5 x 4 cm Painting - 15.2 x 24.2 x 1.6 inch
$1,480
Testing The Waters
William Oxer F.R.S.A.
Painting - 40.6 x 30.5 x 2.5 cm Painting - 16 x 12 x 1 inch
$1,953
Tossa de Maria
Lusie Schellenberg
Painting - 50 x 70 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,989
Laguna Beach. California 3
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 90 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$4,563
Meeting the sea
Vasyl Khodakivskyi
Painting - 90 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$4,212
Light Surf, Chesil Beach
Terry Watts
Painting - 60 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$1,670
Glare on the waves. Original painting
Lusie Schellenberg
Painting - 60 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,170
Plage de Tahiti, Carantec
Franck Dupire
Painting - 73 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,755
Moon night by the sea
Schagen Vita
Painting - 29.5 x 21 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.6 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
$269
Au bout du Cap Coz
Frédéric Cadiou
Painting - 81 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$3,159
Morbihan, Bretagne Ref CPBD1006
Lucien Gondret
Painting - 33 x 41 x 2 cm Painting - 13 x 16.1 x 0.8 inch
$643
Walking on the beach
Trayko Popov
Painting - 55 x 75 x 0.5 cm Painting - 21.7 x 29.5 x 0.2 inch
$638
Sunset for Surfing
July Kinart (Prykina)
Painting - 70 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$1,638
Lonely seaside moment
Natalya Mougenot
Painting - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$526
Travel with seagulls
Svetla Koseva
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,498
Composition XL
Florian Maiorescu
Painting - 110 x 90 x 0.1 cm Painting - 43.3 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$1,217 $1,095
Des rochers au bord de la mer
Josep Teixido
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$4,680
White sun
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 45 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 17.7 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,200
Como Lake Italy
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,000
Ahead of the wind
Vasyl Khodakivskyi
Painting - 85 x 75 x 1 cm Painting - 33.5 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
$2,925
Gulls on Chesil Beach
Terry Watts
Painting - 44 x 63 x 0.3 cm Painting - 17.3 x 24.8 x 0.1 inch
$2,227
Sunset Joy on the Shore
Vahe Bagumyan
Painting - 30 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$250 $200
Un chapeau à la mer N°1
Aurélie Trabaud
Painting - 10 x 10 x 1 cm Painting - 3.9 x 3.9 x 0.4 inch
$129
Enjoying the roses
Katrina Avotina
Painting - 30 x 39.9 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$786
Away From The Crowd
Katrina Avotina
Painting - 30 x 39.9 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$655
Ambiance de plage
Clothilde Lasserre
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$784
Landscape / exotic
Karl-Karol Chrobok
Painting - 59 x 75.4 x 0.4 cm Painting - 23.2 x 29.7 x 0.2 inch
$1,053
Colours of happiness
Katrina Avotina
Painting - 24.9 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 9.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$680
Beach in Low Visibility
Terry Watts
Painting - 60 x 60 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch
$1,670
Meilleur cliché (Best shot)
Evgeniya Buravleva
Painting - 40 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,989
À l’aube de la saison (Before the season)
Evgeniya Buravleva
Painting - 40 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,989
Umbrellas 50 IV
Carlos Martin Jimenez
Painting - 49.8 x 49.8 x 4.1 cm Painting - 19.6 x 19.6 x 1.6 inch
$990
My never ending love for you
Ana Hefco
Painting - 25.4 x 20.3 x 3.8 cm Painting - 10 x 8 x 1.5 inch
$330
Above Santa Monica
John Kilduff
Painting - 53.3 x 87.6 x 0.5 cm Painting - 21 x 34.5 x 0.2 inch
$1,060
Susanna and the Elders
Alexander Levich
Painting - 45 x 35 x 2 cm Painting - 17.7 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch
$807
Enigma - scène de vie onirique inspiré du paysage d'Hourtin plage, presqu'île du Médoc
Ti Ban
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1 inch
$2,925
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Méandres bleu et sable
Sophie Dumont
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$3,393
Arone 6 Personnages
Karine Bartoli
Painting - 97 x 130 x 3 cm Painting - 38.2 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch
$2,340
Femme au bord de l'eau, 1910 | Woman at the Shoreline, 1910
Léon Spilliaert
Print - 59 x 72 cm Print - 23.2 x 28.3 inch
$877
Mer et silhouettes 056
Laurence Malidor
Painting - 60 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
$585
Quiet afternoon Whitstable
Terry Watts
Painting - 60 x 60 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch
$1,670
Need help with Beach Paintings ?
Which artist paints beaches?
One famous artist who painted beaches is Claude Monet. An example of one of his beach paintings is La Plage à Trouville, which he painted in 1870 in Trouville, France.
Why paint the beach?
Artists have represented the beach in paintings for decades. The beach was particularly a popular subject matter during the 20th century, at the beginning of which the beach became a popular holiday spot in France and other parts of Europe.
What is an example of a beach painting?
One famous example of a painting representing a beach is Salvador Dali's The Persistence of Memory, which the Surrealist painter produced in 1931. Not the typical idyllic holiday beach painting, Dali's work features enigmatic visual elements like his famous melted clock and a timer with ants crawling over it.