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Barques vers l'infini
Franck Mugnie
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€250
Nature on the coast - Ravello Italy painting
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€325
Seaside lookout - Amalfi Italy painting
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€325
Pointview of the town - Positano Italy painting
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€325
View of the Stacks - Capri Italy painting
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€325
Terrace on the sea vertical - Amalfi Italy painting
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€325
Blue sea and lemons - panoramic version Sorrento painting
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 40 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€425
View of the sea town - panoramic version Positano painting
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 40 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€425
Overlooking the Gulf - panoramic version Sorrento painting
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 40 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€425
Seaside with boats - panoramic version Amalfi
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 40 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€425
Flowering on the coast - panoramic version Positano painting
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 40 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€425
Lovers at sunset
Karine Harutyunyan
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€290
Lemons & flowers - Positano painting
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€425
Auspicious fairy crane - 4
Jinxian Zhang
Painting - 69 x 139 x 0.5 cm Painting - 27.2 x 54.7 x 0.2 inch
€3,900
View from the terrace (vertical version) - Positano painting
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€325
Lemons on the coast - Amalfi painting seaside
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€425
Lights on the gulf - Sorrento painting
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€425
Fruit & flowers - Sorrento painting
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€325
Morning Rise
Drew Doggett
Photography - 45.7 x 68.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 18 x 27 x 0.1 inch
€1,900
Seaside by night - Amalfi vertical version painting
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€425
Amalfi flowery road - Southern Italy painting
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€325
Sorrento lookout on the gulf - Southern Italy painting
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€425
The town in bloom - Positano Italy painting
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€315
De chlore et de rosé
Christopher Barraja
Photography - 30 x 20 cm Photography - 11.8 x 7.9 inch
€450
Yantarnoe, 23/02/2021, 18h55
Evgeniya Buravleva
Painting - 85 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 33.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
€2,800
Versilia_Panorama_01
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 120 x 288 x 0.3 cm Photography - 47.2 x 113.4 x 0.1 inch
€3,890
AV_Cruiseship_Panorma
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 100 x 400 x 0.7 cm Photography - 39.4 x 157.5 x 0.3 inch
€3,690
Horizon
Ellie Sass (Sassayiannis)
Photography - 30 x 42 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 16.5 x 0 inch
€320
Deux femmes à la plage
Sophie de la Happy Funky Family
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€2,300
Mer en violet
Iolanta Gondouin (Iola)
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1 inch
€2,000
Régate série mer et voiliers
Bernard Relecom
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1.5 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch
€160
Régate série mer et voiliers
Bernard Relecom
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1.5 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch
€160
Régate série mer et voiliers
Bernard Relecom
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1.5 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch
€160
Régate série mer et voiliers
Bernard Relecom
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1.5 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch
€160
Régate série mer et voiliers
Bernard Relecom
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1.5 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch
€160
Baltic sea with south sea flair
Gary Westall
Painting - 24.1 x 30 x 0.5 cm Painting - 9.5 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
€483
Monastere fortifie
Louis Devienne
Painting - 79 x 118 x 2 cm Painting - 31.1 x 46.5 x 0.8 inch
€7,300
"3 Coques en l'air" - Grand Bê, Saint Malo
Vesna BECHA-BOJOVIC
Photography - 22 x 27 x 0.2 cm Photography - 8.7 x 10.6 x 0.1 inch
€195
Seascape sailing impressions L 6
Peter Nottrott
Painting - 83 x 155 x 4 cm Painting - 32.7 x 61 x 1.6 inch
€2,190
The Blue of Sea Kefalonia Collection
Luca Bornoffi
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
€800
Wet doggies, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 39.9 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
€422
The last day of summer
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 50 x 39.9 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
€423
Children at the sea
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 50 x 39.9 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
€425
Sicilial landscape
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 30 x 39.9 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
€309
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.