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Light on the water
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 90 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
€2,100
La guerre des couleurs
Antoine Josse
Painting - 40 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
€800
Awaiting the Unseen
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 155 x 110 x 0.1 cm Painting - 61 x 43.3 x 0 inch
€2,450
The hour in which the state of the world is changing
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 110 x 205 x 0.1 cm Painting - 43.3 x 80.7 x 0 inch
€3,500
Shimmer on the water 6
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 80 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
€1,880
Douceur d’un autre soir
Nat Stresser
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€1,900
Série bleu et blanc #2
Pedro Viana Parente
Painting - 39 x 28.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 15.4 x 11.2 x 0.2 inch
€350
La pointe du Gaou - Cyanotype
Aurélie Trabaud
Painting - 21 x 29 x 0.1 cm Painting - 8.3 x 11.4 x 0 inch
€98
Opaque and transparent
Alvaro Petritoli
Painting - 70 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€2,635
Green seascape
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 100 x 80 x 4.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.8 inch
€2,500 €2,250
Lake in the evening
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 120 x 100 x 4.5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.8 inch
€3,300 €2,970
Night lake in Ukraine
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 90 x 90 x 4.5 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 1.8 inch
€2,500
Hallstatt am Hallstätter See
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 100 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
€3,700 €3,330
Green dark lake
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 120 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
€3,600 €3,240
The Promenade des Anglais
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 120 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
€4,700
Coastline - Impressionist abstraction blue seascape
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 70 x 99 x 4 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39 x 1.6 inch
€2,300 €2,070
Santorini Magic (1)
Sokratis Evgenidis
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
€5,500
After sunset over Vancouver Island
Charlie Easton
Painting - 122 x 122 x 4 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1.6 inch
€3,565 €3,209
Urban Forest Spruce infront of Ferry Waters to Vancouver Island, BC
Chrissy Nickerson
Painting - 92 x 183 x 4 cm Painting - 36.2 x 72 x 1.6 inch
€3,740 €3,366
Small island out from Mackenzie Beach. GoldFortheWin.
Chrissy Nickerson
Painting - 102 x 152 x 4 cm Painting - 40.2 x 59.8 x 1.6 inch
€3,460 €2,941
Barclay Sound Lifting
Charlie Easton
Painting - 102 x 102 x 4 cm Painting - 40.2 x 40.2 x 1.6 inch
€2,920 €2,482
Helby view morning
Charlie Easton
Painting - 122 x 122 x 4 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1.6 inch
€3,565 €3,031
Kodak sunset Vancouver Island
Charlie Easton
Painting - 127 x 193 x 4 cm Painting - 50 x 76 x 1.6 inch
€2,105 €1,895
Pachena breaker
Charlie Easton
Painting - 122 x 122 x 4 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1.6 inch
€3,565 €3,031
I Put a Spell on You
Carl White
Painting - 92 x 92 x 4 cm Painting - 36.2 x 36.2 x 1.6 inch
€3,120 €2,652
Light on the water 33
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 100 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,520
Le Mont Saint Michel
Jacques Guillet
Painting - 146 x 114 x 2 cm Painting - 57.5 x 44.9 x 0.8 inch
€6,000
Getting To The Other Side
Lisa H Ridabock
Painting - 61 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 24 x 36 x 1.5 inch
€2,466
In the shades of transparency 1
Ulyana Korol
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€2,200
Envie de nager
Emmanuelle Vroelant
Painting - 60 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€1,500
Marina Antibes. France
Andrey Chebotaru
Painting - 90 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 35.4 x 39.4 x 1 inch
€4,989
Black night sunset , gray minimalism landscape
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 150 x 150 x 4.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 x 1.8 inch
€8,200
Black-white Lake, modern minimalism painting
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 120 x 180 x 4.5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 70.9 x 1.8 inch
€8,200
Blausee - Bergsee, navy semi abstraction, impressions minimalism seascape
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 120 x 180 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 70.9 x 1.6 inch
€7,000
Dark blue landscape / seascape - large navy black oil painting
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 120 x 180 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 70.9 x 1.6 inch
€7,000
Pointview from the terrace - Amalfi Italy painting
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€325
Where the sea meets the night sky
Alvaro Petritoli
Painting - 77 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 30.3 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€2,635
Seascape wave and cloud
Alvaro Petritoli
Painting - 72 x 103 x 3 cm Painting - 28.3 x 40.6 x 1.2 inch
€2,105
Crimson Dusk on the Waterfront
Narek Qochunc
Painting - 24 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 9.4 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€191
Waves of Love
Alexander Grinshpun
Painting - 76 x 41 x 2 cm Painting - 29.9 x 16.1 x 0.8 inch
€2,111
View from the terrace large version - Positano painting seaside
Gio Sannino
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€315
Vertical gulf view - Sorrento painting seaside
Gio Sannino
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€315
Plage de Tahiti, Carantec
Franck Dupire
Painting - 73 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
€1,500
Sunny Croatia. Dubrovnik, Croatia
Andrey Chebotaru
Painting - 100 x 120 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 1 inch
€5,181
"Espace ouvert 4" semi abstrait acrylique châssis lin 60x180cm livré caisse bois coût coutant 2017
Emmanuelle Vroelant
Painting - 60 x 180 x 5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 70.9 x 2 inch
€1,800
Wings of the moon
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 100 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€2,878
Cloudy night
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 90 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€2,878
Moon night on the sea
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 100 x 85 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 33.5 x 0.8 inch
€2,878
"Kerfi-zen" figuratif mer acrylique sur lin 100x100cm 2014
Emmanuelle Vroelant
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€1,800
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.