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L'Hawaïenne, le crabe aux pinces d'or
Eric Liot
Painting - 150 x 120 x 10 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 3.9 inch
$17,950
AROUSAL SCIENCE - Series Hidden Treasures
Oswin Gesselli
Painting - 70 x 85 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 33.5 x 0.8 inch
$4,005
Santa Giulia Ponton 02
Karine Bartoli
Painting - 97 x 130 x 4 cm Painting - 38.2 x 51.2 x 1.6 inch
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"Lumière" figuratif mer acrylique sur lin 70x70cm 2016
Emmanuelle Vroelant
Painting - 70 x 70 x 3 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
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"La liberté dans mon atelier" figuratif oiseaux acrylique sur lin 73x100cm 2013
Emmanuelle Vroelant
Painting - 73 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 28.7 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
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Brave the elements
Pauline Guillemard
Painting - 97 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting - 38.2 x 51.2 x 1 inch
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Shark (Combat avec le requin)
AKET
Painting - 130 x 154 x 0.2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 60.6 x 0.1 inch
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Balade sur un océan bleu
Eric Munsch
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
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A l’aube d’une belle journée
Eric Munsch
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
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Evening at Sea
Khrystyna Kozyuk
Painting - 73.7 x 118.1 x 3.8 cm Painting - 29 x 46.5 x 1.5 inch
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Un lieu paisible en bord de mer
Âme Sauvage
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2.4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.9 inch
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Les 3 petits poissons jaunes
Dany Soyer
Painting - 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
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Marée basse à l'ile d'Oléron
Martine Grégoire
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
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Black Sea sperm whales
Ventzislav Dikov
Painting - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
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The children's beach
Dolores Dilova
Painting - 73 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
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Les belles du bord de mer
Christiane Guerry
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
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For the Babies at War
Teppei Ikehila
Painting - 162 x 162 x 5 cm Painting - 63.8 x 63.8 x 2 inch
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Marine rochers
Jean-Jacques Gendron
Painting - 50 x 150 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
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LA PLAGE EST UN TRESOR
Sophie Petetin
Painting - 27 x 35 x 1.5 cm Painting - 10.6 x 13.8 x 0.6 inch
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WILD HORSES ON THE BEACH
Oswin Gesselli
Painting - 120 x 200 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch
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Nude & Nature FREE YOUR MIND
Oswin Gesselli
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
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Bottle, Belém do Pará
Guilherme Licurgo
Photography - 88.9 x 58.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 35 x 23 x 0.1 inch
$2,500
Lost in the Fog III, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Guilherme Licurgo
Photography - 88.9 x 58.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 35 x 23 x 0.1 inch
$2,500
Les barques admirent la mer
Josep Teixido
Painting - 50 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$2,693
Le Roi de la baie
Philippe Grincourt
Photography - 39 x 59 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.4 x 23.2 x 0.1 inch
$505
Porte de l'Enfer
Philippe Grincourt
Photography - 39 x 59 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.4 x 23.2 x 0.1 inch
$505
Pareja paseando
Ernest Carneado Ferreri
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,122
L I N E S - Grey Coast
Aurélie Trabaud
Fine Art Drawings - 19.8 x 30.2 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.8 x 11.9 x 0 inch
$505
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.