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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
Silver of the ocean 2
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 120 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€2,200
Coucher de soleil Ref BDNW10735
Jacques Poncet
Painting - 72 x 92 cm Painting - 28.3 x 36.2 inch
€3,500
Seascape sailing impressions L 5
Peter Nottrott
Painting - 83 x 155 x 4 cm Painting - 32.7 x 61 x 1.6 inch
€2,190
Poseïdon (Till human voices wakes us)
Kramer O'Neill
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
€450
Seaside Rendezvous L 18
Peter Nottrott
Painting - 83 x 155 x 4 cm Painting - 32.7 x 61 x 1.6 inch
€2,090
100 Marches #8 Spot Entry
Hégémon (Hedge) Chaignon
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
€850
Finistère la vague
Jean-Charles Gautier
Painting - 61 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€480
Trouville, le balcon - ref BDNW11481
Janie Michels
Painting - 100 x 73 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 28.7 x 0.4 inch
€3,950
Makarska Riviera
Alexander Shandor
Painting - 70 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€5,821
On the coast of the Adriatic
Alexander Shandor
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€5,821
The Mighty Sea
Ruslana Levandovska
Painting - 61 x 76.2 x 1.9 cm Painting - 24 x 30 x 0.75 inch
€1,940
La vieille jetée
Pierre Barillot
Painting - 81 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€2,800
Le chant des vagues et des voiles…
Olivier Messas
Painting - 120 x 120 x 5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 2 inch
€6,500
Les voiliers de Saint-Tropez…
Olivier Messas
Painting - 140 x 140 x 2 cm Painting - 55.1 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch
€14,000
Les voiliers de Croatie... (Esprit voile 2021)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 150 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€5,500
Maison du garde-côtes
Valérie-Anne Bertin
Painting - 14.5 x 15 x 0.8 cm Painting - 5.7 x 5.9 x 0.3 inch
€250
Pecheur d'Islande
Georges Corominas
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
€11,250
Le soir tombe sur le Marais
Sébastien Morasso
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
€240
Quand la mer s'efiloche
Sébastien Morasso
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
€240
Sur le Sable
Sébastien Morasso
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
€240
South of France rocks
Michael Sole
Painting - 155 x 240 x 4 cm Painting - 61 x 94.5 x 1.6 inch
€18,990
English gold no.54
Michael Sole
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
€8,139
Branksome chine no.4
Michael Sole
Painting - 150 x 170 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 66.9 x 1.6 inch
€14,921
Les Couleurs du Temps 8
Michel Saint-Luc
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€270
Ostréiculture et marais
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,400
Coucher de soleil sur les îles Lofoten
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,300
Lac Powell Arizona. Amérique du nord
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,100
Biarritz. Océan. France
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,300
Coucher de soleil sur les Backwaters. Kérala. Inde
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,300
Bleu Méditerranée. France
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,100
Chapelle en Bretagne
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,400
Lac en Patagonie. Chili
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,000
Falaises d'Etretat. France
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,300
Ghats de Pushkar 2. Inde
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,400
Baleine à bosse. Nouveau Mexique
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,400
Buffles sous le pont d'Agra. Inde
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,300
Crocodile. Pantanal. Brésil
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,300
Cap vers le large. Voile d'Antibes
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,400
Cap au large. Grande Armada du siècle. Voile
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,400
La grande Armada du siècle. Rouen. Voile 3
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,400
Vidareiri
Christophe Audebert
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0 inch
€225
Seul au monde
Christophe Audebert
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0 inch
€225
Liquid Time
Christophe Audebert
Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0 inch
€225
Le bonheur à l'horizon (tryptiques)
Brigitte Dravet
Painting - 120 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
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Cap Ferret - Étude sur la mer
Noël Granger
Painting - 60 x 90 x 1.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.6 inch
€970
Venise - Étude sur la mer -
Noël Granger
Painting - 54 x 81 x 1.5 cm Painting - 21.3 x 31.9 x 0.6 inch
€880
Cyanotypie Rascasse
Aurélie Trabaud
Painting - 45.5 x 30.5 x 0.1 cm Painting - 17.9 x 12 x 0 inch
€480
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.