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La corse en noir et blanc
Valérie Dragacci
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
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Un ciel de liberté… (Esprit voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
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2 rocks and an ocean
Ilina Mustafina
Painting - 90 x 60 x 4 cm Painting - 35.4 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch
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Marilyn Monroe. La Plage. 1949
André de Dienes
Photography - 51 x 41 cm Photography - 20.1 x 16.1 inch
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Orage d'été à Fouesnant
Franck Dupire
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 1 inch
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Surfshack at the spot
Peter de Boer
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
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Mouvements de marée basse
Martine Grégoire
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
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Amalfi flowered seaside - Italy painting & handmade frame
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
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Infinito XCII
Paco Muñoz Santana
Painting - 50 x 140 x 3.3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 55.1 x 1.3 inch
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La beauté des mers glaciaires
Âme Sauvage
Painting - 35 x 35 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch
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Full moon night
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 50 x 35 x 0.3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0.1 inch
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Moon splashes
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 40 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
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Grand Canal
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 50 x 40 x 1.8 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.7 inch
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Specific moment of morning
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 125 x 205 x 0.1 cm Painting - 49.2 x 80.7 x 0 inch
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Bateaux à marée basse à Carteret
Gérard Desgranges
Painting - 60 x 73 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 28.7 x 1.6 inch
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Romantic Night Sailing L 1
Peter Nottrott
Painting - 85 x 155 x 4 cm Painting - 33.5 x 61 x 1.6 inch
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Master of disguise
Artush Voskanyan
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
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Fort DeSoto Fishing Pier, Tierra Verde, Fl.
Mike King
Fine Art Drawings - 38.1 x 53.3 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 21 x 0.1 inch
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Balade en voilier
Gil Froidevaux
Painting - 39.5 x 29.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 15.6 x 11.6 x 0.2 inch
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Late afternoon - Italian sea painting
Andrea Borella
Painting - 40 x 70 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
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Marina - Italian painting
Andrea Borella
Painting - 40 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
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Morning in the bay
Evgeny Kislenko
Painting - 40 x 30 x 1.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.6 inch
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Ancient seas - Synchrony
Valeri Tsenov
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
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Petit sentier menant à la Grande Bleue
Jiel
Painting - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
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The Velvet season
Alexander Shandor
Painting - 60 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
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En éclats de vagues bonheur
Caroline Degroiselle
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
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Infinito XCIII
Paco Muñoz Santana
Painting - 50 x 140 x 3.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 55.1 x 1.4 inch
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Sea swell n*4 - Italian painting
Bruno Di Giulio
Painting - 60 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
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Sea swell n*8 - Italian painting
Bruno Di Giulio
Painting - 100 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
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Le temps qui passe ... (Esprit voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
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Ensemble... (Esprit Voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
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Unveiling Life's Richness
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 110 x 205 x 0.1 cm Painting - 43.3 x 80.7 x 0 inch
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My tomorrow depends on me
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 235 x 150 x 0.1 cm Painting - 92.5 x 59.1 x 0 inch
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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.