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Magic sunset over the ocean.
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 70 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
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Souffle bleu 1 - Blue breath 1
Odile Pinto-Corbin
Painting - 40 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
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Au rythme du vent et des vagues... (Esprit voile 2019)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 60 x 180 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 70.9 x 0.8 inch
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Les voiles de la liberté... (Esprit voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 130 x 110 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch
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Santa Maria de la Salute
Georges Corominas
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
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Régate en Croatie...
Olivier Messas
Painting - 130 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
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Les lumières du printemps... (Esprit Voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
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Plage du Goh Velin
Odile Pinto-Corbin
Painting - 60 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
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Les voiliers de l’horizon... (Esprit voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
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Suspendu entre ciel et mer... (Esprit voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
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Ensemble en mer... (Esprit voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 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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Petit sentier menant à la Grande Bleue
Jiel
Painting - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
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Surface de la mer 28
LN Le Cheviller
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
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Ce que la sirène m'a confié...
Albena Vatcheva
Painting - 34 x 34 x 2 cm Painting - 13.4 x 13.4 x 0.8 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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Que c’est triste Venise
Romain Ozanon
Painting - 32 x 24 x 0.3 cm Painting - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0.1 inch
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L'été sans fin V
Nicolas Le Beuan Bénic
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
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Les chaudes couleurs du Cap d’Antibes
Jiel
Print - 49 x 40.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.3 x 15.9 x 0 inch
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Nu et sable
Edmond Li Bellefroid
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 76 x 0.01 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 29.9 x 0 inch
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Eve" - from the "New People
Nikolai Angelov-Gary
Painting - 90 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
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Immersió 204
Oriol Texidor
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 30 x 4 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.8 x 1.6 inch
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A Love Day By The Sea
Kirill Postovit
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 42 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 16.5 x 0 inch
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Baignade et Soucis
Gabrielle Rul
Fine Art Drawings - 23 x 15.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.1 x 6.1 inch
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La mer 20
Richard Pommier
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 21 x 0.8 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 8.3 x 0.3 inch
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Girl on the sea - Italian painting & handmade frame
Domenico Ronca
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
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Girl on the sea - Italian painting
Domenico Ronca
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
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La femme papillon
Duvert Gaël
Sculpture - 250 x 100 x 100 cm Sculpture - 98.4 x 39.4 x 39.4 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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Take me to the sea
Oswin Gesselli
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
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L'hermione sous escorte
Dirk Verdoorn
Painting - 120 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.8 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.