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Bleu désir
Chiara Indelicato
Photography - 102 x 152 x 0.5 cm Photography - 40.2 x 59.8 x 0.2 inch
€3,200
Migration 4, Jour 6
Patrice Palacio
Painting - 70 x 50 x 5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 2 inch
€3,200
Migration 4, Jour 5
Patrice Palacio
Painting - 70 x 50 x 5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 2 inch
€3,200
Migration 4, Jour 4
Patrice Palacio
Painting - 70 x 50 x 5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 2 inch
€3,200
Boats on Lake Monroe
Kent Sullivan
Painting - 35.6 x 45.7 x 0.8 cm Painting - 14 x 18 x 0.3 inch
€2,685
Marée basse en vert et rose
Martine Grégoire
Painting - 55 x 38 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 15 x 0.8 inch
€390
Aiguillon Bay seaside road
Michel Tabanou
Print - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
€299
L'été sans fin III
Nicolas Le Beuan Bénic
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
€280
L'été sans fin II
Nicolas Le Beuan Bénic
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
€280
Sonho de Icaro
Geraldo Pestalozzi
Photography - 29.7 x 49 x 0.2 cm Photography - 11.7 x 19.3 x 0.1 inch
€400
La Baie des Songes
Michel Saint-Luc
Painting - 19 x 19 x 0.3 cm Painting - 7.5 x 7.5 x 0.1 inch
€190
From the terrace - Italian sea view painting
Andrea Borella
Painting - 40 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
€400
Daft punk surfers paradise
Peter de Boer
Painting - 150 x 190 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 74.8 x 0.8 inch
€6,100
At the beach Henkenhagen - Sarbinowo Morskie
Gary Westall
Painting - 24.1 x 30 x 0.5 cm Painting - 9.5 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
€431
Abstraction dans la baie de Sunchéon - Corée
Jean-Marc Stoeffler
Photography - 37 x 47 x 1 cm Photography - 14.6 x 18.5 x 0.4 inch
€250
Bath Houses
Jean-Marie Gitard (Mr Strange)
Print - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
€199
Cornwall, Cove at Tintagel
Zoe Elizabeth Norman
Painting - 39.9 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
€333
Malibu Surf
Daniel Clarke
Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 45.7 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 18 x 0.1 inch
€209
Near Morro Bay
Daniel Clarke
Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 45.7 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 18 x 0.1 inch
€268
Coastal road
Daniel Clarke
Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 45.7 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 18 x 0.1 inch
€278
Lopez Island WA
Daniel Clarke
Fine Art Drawings - 40.6 x 50.8 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16 x 20 x 0.1 inch
€269
Coronado Beach Scene
Daniel Clarke
Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 45.7 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 18 x 0.1 inch
€248
Mt. Hood, Environs
Daniel Clarke
Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 45.7 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 18 x 0.1 inch
€249
First Sell of Spirit
Gisèle Vacca
Painting - 100 x 140 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 55.1 x 1.6 inch
€11,000
Miami_III_03
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 80 x 200 x 0.5 cm Photography - 31.5 x 78.7 x 0.2 inch
€2,990
Miami_II_003
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 118 x 150 x 4 cm Photography - 46.5 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
€2,890
La série : Orogenèse - Anonymous (Gibraltar 01006)
Joan Fontcuberta
Photography - 75 x 100 cm Photography - 29.5 x 39.4 inch
€10,000
Tryptique: ondes marines
Clarisse Grenier Meynet
Painting - 75 x 75 x 5 cm Painting - 29.5 x 29.5 x 2 inch
€2,150
Glare on blue water.
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 90 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
€2,040
Blue ocean. Glare.
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 90 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
€2,500
Adria_Panorama_01
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 100 x 222 x 0.3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 87.4 x 0.1 inch
€3,190
Versilia_Panorama_04
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 100 x 270 x 0.3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 106.3 x 0.1 inch
€3,490
Versilia_Panorama_02
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 120 x 400 x 0.3 cm Photography - 47.2 x 157.5 x 0.1 inch
€3,890
Versilia_Panorama_01
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 120 x 288 x 0.3 cm Photography - 47.2 x 113.4 x 0.1 inch
€3,890
Inspiré par Candice Renoir
Mike Jacobs
Painting - 122 x 92 x 2.4 cm Painting - 48 x 36.2 x 0.9 inch
€4,200
Vertical Sète (triptyque)
Mike Jacobs
Painting - 138 x 61 x 2.4 cm Painting - 54.3 x 24 x 0.9 inch
€3,000
Conversation with wave and the moon
Sokratis Evgenidis
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
€6,900
Plage Notre Dame à Porquerolles
ZiB
Painting - 46 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,050
Summer sailing Regatta M 1
Peter Nottrott
Painting - 83 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 32.7 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
€1,390
Jeune femme au transat
Sophie de la Happy Funky Family
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
€450
The Curse of the Albatross
Ziad Dib Jreige
Painting - 22 x 16 x 0.5 cm Painting - 8.7 x 6.3 x 0.2 inch
€334
Coucher de soleil sur les voiles... (Esprit voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€2,800
Flowery coast in Positano - Southern Italy
Gianni Di Guida
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€325
Flowering pointview (Vertical version)- Amalfi painting Italy
Gianni Di Guida
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€325
Flowering pointview (Horizontal version) - Amalfi painting Italy
Gianni Di Guida
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€325
Sunset on Setauket Harbor, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
Jonathan Van Brunt
Painting - 20.3 x 25.4 x 0.8 cm Painting - 8 x 10 x 0.3 inch
€321
Couleurs en mer...
Olivier Messas
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€2,880
Les reflets du ciel et de la mer... (Esprit voile 2021)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 120 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
€5,000 €4,500
Paix à l'horizon... (esprit voile 2022)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€2,870
Horizon
Ellie Sass (Sassayiannis)
Photography - 30 x 42 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 16.5 x 0 inch
€320
Liquid Time
Christophe Audebert
Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0 inch
€225
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.