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Les Ombres de la Nuit 2
Michel Saint-Luc
Painting - 50 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,228
Les Reflets du Silence 2
Michel Saint-Luc
Painting - 40 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$893
Symphonie Turquoise
Michel Saint-Luc
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,340
L'échappée belle 5
Michel Saint-Luc
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$893
Douceur d'Aquarelle 3
Michel Saint-Luc
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$893
Adrift (All at Sea)
Gordon Carmichael
Painting - 70 x 90 x 5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 35.4 x 2 inch
$2,567
Surface de la mer 31
LN Le Cheviller
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$474
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
Fist day and I was already feeling so good, released
Nathalie Pelisson
Painting - 61 x 45.7 x 3.8 cm Painting - 24 x 18 x 1.5 inch
$950
Floating on the Water
Nathalie Pelisson
Painting - 61 x 45.7 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 18 x 1 inch
$950
Stormy Tides
Ruslana Levandovska
Painting - 91.4 x 61 x 1.9 cm Painting - 36 x 24 x 0.75 inch
$2,500
Woman by the Sea
Ruslana Levandovska
Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 1.9 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 0.75 inch
$3,200
Surface de la mer 20
LN Le Cheviller
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$474
Surface de la mer 16
LN Le Cheviller
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$474
Ciel - petit - 2
LN Le Cheviller
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$474
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
Surface de la mer 29
LN Le Cheviller
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$474
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
Le Chemin des Iles 2
Michel Saint-Luc
Painting - 19 x 19 x 0.3 cm Painting - 7.5 x 7.5 x 0.1 inch
$212
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
Sunset over an ocean
Ruslana Levandovska
Painting - 61 x 76.2 x 1.9 cm Painting - 24 x 30 x 0.75 inch
$3,000
Sailboats at Evening Lake
Ruslana Levandovska
Painting - 76.2 x 61 x 1.9 cm Painting - 30 x 24 x 0.75 inch
$3,000
Iceberg and the Red Sail
Ruslana Levandovska
Painting - 90.2 x 69.9 x 1.9 cm Painting - 35.5 x 27.5 x 0.75 inch
$3,000
Amalfi Summer
Donna Carnahan
Photography - 50.8 x 76.2 x 3.8 cm Photography - 20 x 30 x 1.5 inch
$650
Confidences en bleu
Albena Vatcheva
Painting - 150 x 50 x 2.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 19.7 x 1 inch
$10,046 $9,544
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
Marine au grand large
Brigitte Rouzaud
Painting - 46 x 61 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 24 x 0.8 inch
$1,072
La barque solaire
Catherine Clare
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$2,567
Seascape at Blacksand Beach, Iceland
Ruslana Levandovska
Painting - 76.2 x 91.4 x 1.9 cm Painting - 30 x 36 x 0.75 inch
$5,600
Evening at the Lake, Zurich
Ruslana Levandovska
Painting - 61 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 24 x 36 x 1.5 inch
$8,000
Sunset at Sea
Ruslana Levandovska
Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 1.9 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 0.75 inch
$10,500
Entre terre et ciel
Christiane Bernais
Painting - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$547
Music of the sea
Vasyl Khodakivskyi
Painting - 80 x 85 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 33.5 x 0.8 inch
$3,349
The colors of sea
Stanislav Lazarov
Painting - 42 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 16.5 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$435
Tender Deep Vibes
Larissa Uvarova
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,775
Mystery of the green wind
Vasyl Khodakivskyi
Painting - 85 x 110 x 2 cm Painting - 33.5 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch
$6,586
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.