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Bleu désir
Chiara Indelicato
Photography - 102 x 152 x 0.5 cm Photography - 40.2 x 59.8 x 0.2 inch
$3,572
Bleu désir
Chiara Indelicato
Photography - 82 x 122 x 0.5 cm Photography - 32.3 x 48 x 0.2 inch
$2,735
Sonho de Icaro
Geraldo Pestalozzi
Photography - 29.7 x 49 x 0.2 cm Photography - 11.7 x 19.3 x 0.1 inch
$447
Free Spirit nº3
Pierre Cherix
Photography - 70 x 50 x 0.2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$502
Miami_III_03
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 80 x 200 x 0.5 cm Photography - 31.5 x 78.7 x 0.2 inch
$3,338
Miami_II_003
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 118 x 150 x 4 cm Photography - 46.5 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
$3,226
Adria_Panorama_01
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 100 x 222 x 0.3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 87.4 x 0.1 inch
$3,561
Versilia_Panorama_04
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 100 x 270 x 0.3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 106.3 x 0.1 inch
$3,896
Versilia_Panorama_02
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 120 x 400 x 0.3 cm Photography - 47.2 x 157.5 x 0.1 inch
$4,342
Seul au monde
Christophe Audebert
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$251
Liquid Time
Christophe Audebert
Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$251
Venice Beach Purple Sea ll
P van Bolderick
Photography - 70 x 50 x 0.2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$391
Biarritz - La grande plage #4
Didier Fournet
Photography - 130 x 180 x 1 cm Photography - 51.2 x 70.9 x 0.4 inch
$8,819
Biarritz - 0804
Didier Fournet
Photography - 100 x 100 x 5 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 2 inch
$6,307
Monterosso
Didier Fournet
Photography - 130 x 182 x 1 cm Photography - 51.2 x 71.7 x 0.4 inch
$8,819
Still life with exotic shells and a sea urchin
Charlotte Fröling
Photography - 70 x 100 x 1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
$4,186
La peau du jour
Chiara Indelicato
Photography - 82 x 122 x 0.5 cm Photography - 32.3 x 48 x 0.2 inch
$2,735
La peau du jour
Chiara Indelicato
Photography - 102 x 152 x 0.5 cm Photography - 40.2 x 59.8 x 0.2 inch
$3,572
Sans titre nº1
Julien Monteiro
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.1 inch
$377
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
$502
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
$949
Les flots bleus
Hervé Pezzini
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$278
Sunset Beach
Drew Doggett
Photography - 45.7 x 68.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 18 x 27 x 0.1 inch
$1,842
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
$268
Quand la mer s'efiloche
Sébastien Morasso
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$268
Sur le Sable
Sébastien Morasso
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$268
Vidareiri
Christophe Audebert
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$251
Majesty At Sea
Drew Doggett
Photography - 45.7 x 68.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 18 x 27 x 0.1 inch
$2,121
Positano by Ferry
Donna Carnahan
Photography - 61 x 86 x 4 cm Photography - 24 x 33.9 x 1.6 inch
$1,600
Tenerife, the palm trees
Fabien Olart
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$558
Deauville, the beach
Fabien Olart
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$558
Rovinj, mirror on the Adriatic
Fabien Olart
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$558
Enrochements à Trégastel /
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,083
Le phare de Ploumanac'h / S
Didier Cormillot
Photography - 60 x 80 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
$1,083
Seabirds : Connection
Ellie Sass (Sassayiannis)
Photography - 80 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$759
Seabirds : Distance
Ellie Sass (Sassayiannis)
Photography - 80 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$759
By The Sea
Ellie Sass (Sassayiannis)
Photography - 80 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$759
Black tears II
Romain Liverato
Photography - 69 x 69 x 0.5 cm Photography - 27.2 x 27.2 x 0.2 inch
$837
The pool, Hotel du Cap
Richard Dunkley
Photography - 50.8 x 40.6 x 2.5 cm Photography - 20 x 16 x 1 inch
$327
Gwada Tête Rouge "L'ile à Cabrit"
Hégémon (Hedge) Chaignon
Photography - 98 x 200 x 0.1 cm Photography - 38.6 x 78.7 x 0 inch
$5,358
Amalfi Summer
Donna Carnahan
Photography - 50.8 x 76.2 x 3.8 cm Photography - 20 x 30 x 1.5 inch
$650
Le grand bain IV
Nicolas Le Beuan Bénic
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$313
Le grand bain III
Nicolas Le Beuan Bénic
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$313
Le grand bain II
Nicolas Le Beuan Bénic
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$313
MAREE HAUTE
Nicolas Le Beuan Bénic
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$313
L'été sans fin III
Nicolas Le Beuan Bénic
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$313
L'été sans fin II
Nicolas Le Beuan Bénic
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$313
L'été sans fin I
Nicolas Le Beuan Bénic
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$313
La plage blanche III
Nicolas Le Beuan Bénic
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$313
La plage blanche II
Nicolas Le Beuan Bénic
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$313
Horizon bleu ciel
Nicolas Le Beuan Bénic
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$313
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.