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Harmonie en rose et violet
Martine Grégoire
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$895
Le chemin vers la mer
Martine Grégoire
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$895
Marée basse aux portes en ré
Martine Grégoire
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$895
Marée basse en rose
Martine Grégoire
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$895
Fenêtre sur l'Italie - série mer et bateaux
Namy
Painting - 120 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,181
To see with eyes unclouded
Mihaela Ivanova
Photography - 60 x 40 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 inch
$593 $534
Life is a winking light in the darkness
Mihaela Ivanova
Photography - 40 x 60 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 inch
$593
Now go, and don't look back
Mihaela Ivanova
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$593
Venice Beach Purple Sea
P van Bolderick
Photography - 100 x 70 x 0.2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
$503
Seagulls
Evgeny Chernyakovsky
Painting - 59.9 x 69.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 27.5 x 1 inch
$1,600
Boat, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Evgeny Chernyakovsky
Painting - 49.8 x 69.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 19.6 x 27.5 x 1 inch
$1,800
Sunset Over The Lake - original sunny landscape, painting
Nikolay Dmitriev
Painting - 25 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting - 9.8 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$1,040
Boats In Sunny Venice
Nikolay Dmitriev
Painting - 35 x 45 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,040
Pines près de la mer en Bretagne
Alexei Lantsev
Print - 26 x 39 x 0.1 cm Print - 10.2 x 15.4 x 0 inch
$151
Untitled
Francesc Genovés
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$621
Contemplum #013
Dani Garcia Sarabia
Photography - 19 x 29 x 0.03 cm Photography - 7.5 x 11.4 x 0 inch
$727
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
$3,355
En tête à tête... (Esprit Voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,454
En solitaire… (paysage abstrait 2020)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,678
Transparent Wave
Anyck Alvarez Kerloch
Painting - 64.8 x 99.1 x 2.5 cm Painting - 25.5 x 39 x 1 inch
$1,740
Seascape Untitled (f66) (Identity promises series)
Imanol Marrodán
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$951
Sans titre (Côtes d'Armor)
Jacques Robert
Painting - 80 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$6,599
Silence
Maksym Kisilov
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 42.9 x 2.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 16.9 x 1 inch
$1,000
Water and boat 03
Helal Uddin
Fine Art Drawings - 38.1 x 55.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 22 x 0.1 inch
$1,710
À contre-courant...
Olivier Messas
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,013
Régate à l'horizon... II (Paysage abstrait 2022)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 30 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,118
Passion en mer... (Esprit Voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,901
Horizon d'été... (Esprit Voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,901
Les mâts du soleil levant... (Esprit voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 50 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,790
Les voiliers de l'aurore... (Esprit voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,103
Effet de nuages Ref BDNW10733
Jacques Poncet
Painting - 73 x 92 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36.2 inch
$3,915
Sans titre 15, de la série "un été sans fin"
Irène Jonas
Photography - 30 x 45 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,342
Untitled (4235)
Jean-Charles Mandou
Photography - 40 x 120 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch
$2,013
AV_Fishfarms_002
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 90 x 64 x 0.5 cm Photography - 35.4 x 25.2 x 0.2 inch
$995
AV_Adria_020
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 85 x 120 x 0.5 cm Photography - 33.5 x 47.2 x 0.2 inch
$2,226
Praias_De_Formas_024
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 40 x 56 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 22 x 0 inch
$1,342
Praias_De_Formas_023
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$1,342
Praias_De_Formas_012
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$1,678
Dana Point, Baby Beach II
Grace Diehl
Painting - 27.9 x 35.6 x 1.8 cm Painting - 11 x 14 x 0.7 inch
$923
Sunday's Early Morning
Joanna Glazer
Painting - 90 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$324
On a Beach Between Cannes and Monaco
Joanna Glazer
Painting - 80 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$324
Matador Beach, Malibu
John Kilduff
Painting - 55.9 x 71.1 x 3.8 cm Painting - 22 x 28 x 1.5 inch
$1,670
August, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Valeria Radzievska
Painting - 40.6 x 71.1 x 2 cm Painting - 16 x 28 x 0.8 inch
$1,100
Shrimp Boats, Tampa, Fl.
Mike King
Fine Art Drawings - 55.9 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 30 x 0.1 inch
$1,309
Caribbean Daydream XL 2
Peter Nottrott
Painting - 105 x 155 x 4 cm Painting - 41.3 x 61 x 1.6 inch
$2,449
From The River To The Sea
Lisa H Ridabock
Painting - 45.7 x 61 x 3.8 cm Painting - 18 x 24 x 1.5 inch
$980
Sea Spaces
Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)
Painting - 90 x 150 x 0.3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 59.1 x 0.1 inch
$3,020
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.