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![Painting, Hissez les voiles, Sylvie Eudes](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1926429_1_grid.jpg)
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Gulls on Chesil Beach
Terry Watts
Painting - 44 x 63 x 0.3 cm Painting - 17.3 x 24.8 x 0.1 inch
€1,973
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Les estrans (série)
Jacques Robert
Painting - 130 x 162 x 3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 63.8 x 1.2 inch
€9,500
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Rauba Capeu N°1
Omar Logang
Painting - 65 x 81 x 3 cm Painting - 25.6 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch
€3,000 €2,700
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Haze over the sea
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 90 x 205 x 0.1 cm Painting - 35.4 x 80.7 x 0 inch
€2,500
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XXL Solace of Dawn
Susan Wooler
Painting - 70.1 x 100.1 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,239
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XXL Tranquil Shores
Susan Wooler
Painting - 70.1 x 100.1 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,264
![Painting, Glistening Water, Suzanne Vaughen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1534593_1_grid.jpg)
Glistening Water
Suzanne Vaughen
Painting - 101.6 x 101.6 x 0 cm Painting - 40 x 40 x 0.01 inch
€1,630
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Costa Daurada - Abstract seascape
Cristina Stefan
Painting - 40.6 x 50.8 x 2 cm Painting - 16 x 20 x 0.8 inch
€1,265
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Altafulla, Spain - Seascape with Sailboarder
Cristina Stefan
Painting - 61 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 24 x 36 x 1.5 inch
€1,907
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Bora Bora
Alexandra Petropoulou
Painting - 99.8 x 149.9 x 2 cm Painting - 39.3 x 59 x 0.8 inch
€1,909
![Print, Varangeville - Cote normande, Patrick Marie](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1952850_1_grid.jpg)
Varangeville - Cote normande
Patrick Marie
Print - 49 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.3 x 27.6 x 0 inch
€190
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La Manneporte - Côte normande
Patrick Marie
Print - 49 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.3 x 27.6 x 0 inch
€190
![Print, Falaises près de Dieppe, Patrick Marie](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1922364_1_grid.jpg)
Falaises près de Dieppe
Patrick Marie
Print - 49 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.3 x 27.6 x 0 inch
€190 €133
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Les barques admirent la mer
Josep Teixido
Painting - 50 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
€2,400
![Painting, Where two worlds meet III, Laura Spring](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2167669_1_grid.jpg)
Where two worlds meet III
Laura Spring
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1.5 inch
€1,067
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Land Before Time 1
Laura Spring
Painting - 91.4 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 36 x 36 x 1.5 inch
€1,019
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Pareja paseando
Ernest Carneado Ferreri
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,000
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Glistening water - Modern abstract seascape
Suzanne Vaughan
Painting - 101.6 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Painting - 40 x 40 x 0.1 inch
€1,630
![Painting, Boiling Bubbles North, Ronald Hunter](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1570656_1_grid.jpg)
Boiling Bubbles North
Ronald Hunter
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€899
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Vibrant sunrise (stretched)
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 100 x 70 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 inch
€1,350
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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
€650
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Great big beautiful sea
SUZ Shippey Borski
Painting - 99.1 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Painting - 39 x 30 x 0.1 inch
€1,164
![Painting, Boiling Bubbles South, Ronald Hunter](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1570662_1_grid.jpg)
Boiling Bubbles South
Ronald Hunter
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€899
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Les cabanes de plage
Michèle Kaus
Painting - 50 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€1,500
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Coast of the sea - 3D, ocean, brown, beach, gold leaf
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 70 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€2,500
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Blue seascape - 3D, ocean, water wave, gold leaf
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€2,500
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Spring on Côte d'Azur , Marine, seascape. Sunset, skyline, turquoise waves
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 120 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
€3,500
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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
€2,500
![Painting, Series “Between Heaven and Earth” - turquoise blue, Nataliia Krykun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2173803_1_grid.jpg)
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
€3,500
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Le dernier retour de la lune
Antoine Josse
Painting - 90 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
€2,800
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Blue Sea - action dripping painting
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 100 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
€4,000
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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
€3,000
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MERVEILLEUX SUD,DU BLEU DANS LA MER
Sophie Petetin
Painting - 81 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 1 inch
€1,650
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Plage du Crouton 3
Jean-Jacques Venturini
Painting - 81 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€1,900
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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
€950
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Mysteres du Fond Marin
Joanna Glazer
Painting - 40 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
€290
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Super special offer - 30% - The best day
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 110 x 200 x 0.1 cm Painting - 43.3 x 78.7 x 0 inch
€2,310
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Ciel et mer en Normandie
Sophie Dumont
Painting - 50 x 61 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 24 x 0.8 inch
€2,990
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Coral's composition
Victoria Horkan
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
€3,946
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Le Fort National, St Malo
Franck Dupire
Painting - 46 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
€530
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Warm electricity
Nora Ampova
Painting - 13.5 x 13.5 x 3 cm Painting - 5.3 x 5.3 x 1.2 inch
€210 €189
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BONHEUR SOUS LES MIMOSAS
Sophie Petetin
Painting - 65 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€995
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Un peu plus haut sur la falaise
Severine Dietrich
Painting - 97 x 137 x 3 cm Painting - 38.2 x 53.9 x 1.2 inch
€1,800
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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.