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Night in the sea
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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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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Sail boat Marina M 6
Peter Nottrott
Painting - 83 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 32.7 x 47.2 x 1.6 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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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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Golden Gondolas of Venice
Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)
Painting - 145 x 200 x 2 cm Painting - 57.1 x 78.7 x 0.8 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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Marina con columnas 2
Antonio Aguirre Pacheco
Photography - 50 x 70 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,786
Light on the water
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 90 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,344
The birth of a new day.
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 45 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 17.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,228
Boats under the moon - Italy painting
Vittorio Colucci
Painting - 40 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
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Slim: Stormy sailing Regatta 2
Peter Nottrott
Painting - 80 x 200 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch
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Le plongeon III
Jean-Philippe Berger
Painting - 60 x 30 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
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Un coin de paradis
Martine Fauve Dechavanne
Painting - 100 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
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Les pluies s'en vont, le village de pêcheurs
Alexei Lantsev
Painting - 42 x 62 cm Painting - 16.5 x 24.4 inch
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In the shades of transparency 2
Ulyana Korol
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 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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Harmonie... (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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La piscine et la mer
Didier Colomès
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
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Les Vents d'Ailleurs
Michel Saint-Luc
Painting - 40 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
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Seaside Rendezvous S 2
Peter Nottrott
Painting - 70 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
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Golden Venice under Tiffany
Marco Barberio
Painting - 69 x 98 x 3 cm Painting - 27.2 x 38.6 x 1.2 inch
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3 Personnages Bussaghia
Karine Bartoli
Painting - 65 x 81 x 3 cm Painting - 25.6 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch
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Santa Giulia - Sac Bleu
Karine Bartoli
Painting - 97 x 130 x 4 cm Painting - 38.2 x 51.2 x 1.6 inch
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Minorque, 25/10/2018, 20h56
Evgeniya Buravleva
Painting - 40 x 60 x 0.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch
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Minorque, 12/10/2018, 17h31
Evgeniya Buravleva
Painting - 40 x 60 x 0.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.2 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.