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Lost in the Fog III, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Guilherme Licurgo
Photography - 88.9 x 58.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 35 x 23 x 0.1 inch
€2,397
Les cabanes de plage
Michèle Kaus
Painting - 50 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€1,500 €1,350
Les vignobles de Myskhako. Printemps
Alexei Lantsev
Print - 36 x 28.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 14.2 x 11.2 x 0 inch
€135
Paysage imaginaire #5
Philippe Saucourt
Painting - 40 x 40 x 1.8 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.7 inch
€625
Entre ciel et terre
Françoise Laine
Painting - 60 x 60 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch
€550
Sweet summer memorials
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 90 x 145 x 0.1 cm Painting - 35.4 x 57.1 x 0 inch
€1,650
Silence is bliss, Painting, Acrylic on canvas
Ana Hefco
Painting - 25.4 x 25.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 10 x 10 x 1.5 inch
€331
Profondeurs marines
Agnès Tiollier
Fine Art Drawings - 70 x 100 x 0.18 cm Fine Art Drawings - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.1 inch
€1,200
Italy, Via di Streda
Vik Schroeder
Painting - 30 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,400 €1,008
Le sacre du printemps
Robert van Bolderick
Painting - 190 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 74.8 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
€1,350
La Baule frisquet, on sort
Sophie Petetin
Painting - 50 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 39.4 x 1 inch
€895
BONHEUR SOUS LES MIMOSAS
Sophie Petetin
Painting - 65 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€995
Or sur pointe bretonne
Richard Bouts
Painting - 70 x 50 x 1.6 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
€800
To the moon and back
Marianne Lefevre
Painting - 40 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€690
Venice Beach Blue Palmtrees II
P van Bolderick
Photography - 70 x 50 x 0.2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
€350
De Chlore et de Rosé (2)
Christopher Barraja
Photography - 60 x 90 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 inch
€1,200
Fairytale
Priska Walliman
Photography - 90 x 90 x 0.4 cm Photography - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.2 inch
€1,500
Cornwall Beach retreat
Gary Westall
Painting - 40.1 x 40.1 x 1.5 cm Painting - 15.8 x 15.8 x 0.6 inch
€911
Contemplation sur les rochers
Philippe De Lestrange
Print - 46 x 55 x 2 cm Print - 18.1 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,000
La plage de Biscarrosse
Philippe De Lestrange
Print - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Print - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
€1,000
Morning. View of the rocks Di Zaro
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 15 x 20 x 0.3 cm Painting - 5.9 x 7.9 x 0.1 inch
€1,598
1915 Mer et pierres Sea and stones
Eugène Druet
Photography - 43 x 54 cm Photography - 16.9 x 21.3 inch
€1,450
Mer en hiver - série Mer
Françoise Lavenu
Painting - 60 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,200
Côte sauvage - série Mer
Françoise Lavenu
Painting - 65 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
€1,050
Cap Canaille - série Méditerranée
Françoise Lavenu
Painting - 81 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,440
Calanques - série Méditerranée
Françoise Lavenu
Painting - 60 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
€1,440
Plage du Crouton 1
Jean-Jacques Venturini
Painting - 81 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€1,900
Face à la Mer 15 - 19 Mai
Nicolas Curmer
Painting - 40 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
€1,000
La série : Orogenèse - Hokusai
Joan Fontcuberta
Photography - 75 x 100 cm Photography - 29.5 x 39.4 inch
€10,000
In the Sea by the Shore
Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€1,499
Boats In Sunny Venice
Nikolay Dmitriev
Painting - 35 x 45 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch
€930
Cap au Sud, joli rêve
Sophie Petetin
Painting - 70 x 140 x 2.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 55.1 x 1 inch
€1,650
The guiding light, Painting, Acrylic on canvas
Amy Bernays
Painting - 30.5 x 40.6 x 0.3 cm Painting - 12 x 16 x 0.1 inch
€794
Fenêtre sur l'Italie - série mer et bateaux
Namy
Painting - 120 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€1,950
To see with eyes unclouded
Mihaela Ivanova
Photography - 60 x 40 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 inch
€530
Life is a winking light in the darkness
Mihaela Ivanova
Photography - 40 x 60 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 inch
€530
Now go, and don't look back
Mihaela Ivanova
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
€530
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.