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Ciel de traine en Normandie
Sophie Dumont
Painting - 54 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 21.3 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$3,524
Falaises Quiberville sur mer
Laurence Gasior
Painting - 38 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 15 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,194
Through the trees
Rachael Dalzell
Painting - 70 x 200 x 6 cm Painting - 27.6 x 78.7 x 2.4 inch
$4,205
Porthcurno Beach
Nicholas Robertson
Painting - 30.5 x 40.4 x 0.5 cm Painting - 12 x 15.9 x 0.2 inch
$557
Dunepath to the sea (in exhibition)
Peter de Boer
Painting - 70 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,069
Master of camouflage
Peter de Boer
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,876
Super special offer - 30% - The best day
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 110 x 200 x 0.1 cm Painting - 43.3 x 78.7 x 0 inch
$2,626
How do we get there?
Peter de Boer
Painting - 70 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,274
N.O.B.O.D.Y (Cottonou, Benin)
Harry Benhaiem
Photography - 80 x 120 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 inch
$1,705
Incandescence
Vassilia Kouboulis
Photography - 60 x 40 x 3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,933
Summer 2022 #1
Anyck Alvarez Kerloch
Painting - 83.8 x 58.9 x 0.5 cm Painting - 33 x 23.2 x 0.2 inch
$545
De Chlore et de Rosé
Christopher Barraja
Photography - 60 x 90 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 inch
$1,364
De Chlore et de Rosé
Christopher Barraja
Photography - 90 x 60 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 inch
$1,364
Kolvitsa. Bay on the White Sea
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 28 x 35 x 2 cm Painting - 11 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch
$3,751
Yachts in the port of Costa Adeje. Evening
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 30 x 40 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$4,661
Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Akkerman fortress
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 25 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 9.8 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$5,115
Coucher de soleil à Coutainville, France
Joseph Mittey
Painting - 16 x 27 x 2 cm Painting - 6.3 x 10.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,048
Le sentier de la côte
Myriam Démarez Gérat
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$739
Mielno Beach Naturystyczna
Gary Westall
Painting - 28.4 x 35.6 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.2 x 14 x 0.1 inch
$600
[Confiance], de la série La baltique
Irène Jonas
Photography - 19 x 28 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.5 x 11 x 0 inch
$1,023
Maine lighthouse
Jim Lagasse
Fine Art Drawings - 35.6 x 27.9 x 2.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14 x 11 x 1 inch
$525
LA COULEUR DE MES RÊVES
Sophie Petetin
Painting - 54 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 21.3 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,131
Fort DeSoto Fishing Pier, Tierra Verde, Fl.
Mike King
Fine Art Drawings - 38.1 x 53.3 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 21 x 0.1 inch
$589
Trait de côte - 2
Jean Valera
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$216
Dunes
Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)
Painting - 90 x 150 x 0.3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 59.1 x 0.1 inch
$2,501
Greenland dawn
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 56 x 100 x 0.1 cm Photography - 22 x 39.4 x 0 inch
$284
Paysage méditerranéen
Pierrick Tual
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$3,274
Crow's Nest Saugatuck, MI
John Kilduff
Fine Art Drawings - 29.5 x 41.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.6 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch
$545
Lockdown on the beach, Rabat Morocco
Kevin Jordan O'Shea
Photography - 15 x 22 x 0.3 cm Photography - 5.9 x 8.7 x 0.1 inch
$182
La Grande Plage, Biarritz France
Kevin Jordan O'Shea
Photography - 30 x 45 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.1 inch
$455
Untitled, Essaouira Morocco.
Kevin Jordan O'Shea
Photography - 30 x 45 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.1 inch
$477
Untilted, Marseille France.
Kevin Jordan O'Shea
Photography - 30 x 45 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.1 inch
$512
Le reflet du ciel
Valérie-Anne Bertin
Painting - 46 x 38 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 15 x 0.8 inch
$966
Fire or Sunset? (II)
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 56 x 100 x 0.1 cm Photography - 22 x 39.4 x 0 inch
$284
Greenland landscape
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 56 x 100 x 0.1 cm Photography - 22 x 39.4 x 0 inch
$284
Fire or Sunset?
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 56 x 100 x 0.1 cm Photography - 22 x 39.4 x 0 inch
$284
L'entrée du Port de Bretagne
Omar Logang
Painting - 38 x 46 x 3 cm Painting - 15 x 18.1 x 1.2 inch
$909
La mer sous la pluie
Qiongfei Zhang
Painting - 140 x 270 x 3 cm Painting - 55.1 x 106.3 x 1.2 inch
$17,279
Les Vagues Blanches
Raymond Poulet
Painting - 81 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$16,028
Unveiling Life's Richness
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 110 x 205 x 0.1 cm Painting - 43.3 x 80.7 x 0 inch
$3,263
Sunday's Early Morning
Joanna Glazer
Painting - 90 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$557
Evening in Marmaris
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 70 x 110 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch
$17,700
Mountains. Patagonia. Chile. Torres del Paine
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 40 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$7,000
Boats Paleokastritsa
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$16,500
Yachts in the bay of Bali
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 60 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$11,641
Plateau de Saclay
Bertrand De Cointet
Painting - 24 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 9.4 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$261
Le Selfie
Christophe Jacrot
Photography - 70 x 105 x 0.1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 41.3 x 0 inch
$3,638
Fabulous gentle sea.us gentle sea.
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 60 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,001 $1,801
Serenity on the Horizon
Michael Milkin
Painting - 61.5 x 91.5 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24.2 x 36 x 1 inch
$5,800
Aragonese castle. Ischia
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 20 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$3,410
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.