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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
$2,217
To see with eyes unclouded
Mihaela Ivanova
Photography - 60 x 40 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 inch
$602
Life is a winking light in the darkness
Mihaela Ivanova
Photography - 40 x 60 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 inch
$602
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
$602 $482
Pines près de la mer en Bretagne
Alexei Lantsev
Print - 26 x 39 x 0.1 cm Print - 10.2 x 15.4 x 0 inch
$153
Seagulls
Evgeny Chernyakovsky
Painting - 59.9 x 69.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 27.5 x 1 inch
$1,600
Boat, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Evgeny Chernyakovsky
Painting - 49.8 x 69.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 19.6 x 27.5 x 1 inch
$1,800
Horizon d'été... (Esprit Voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,933
Effet de nuages Ref BDNW10733
Jacques Poncet
Painting - 73 x 92 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36.2 inch
$3,979
Untitled (4235)
Jean-Charles Mandou
Photography - 40 x 120 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch
$2,046
August, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Valeria Radzievska
Painting - 40.6 x 71.1 x 2 cm Painting - 16 x 28 x 0.8 inch
$1,100
Matador Beach, Malibu
John Kilduff
Painting - 55.9 x 71.1 x 3.8 cm Painting - 22 x 28 x 1.5 inch
$1,670
La Mer XXXVII
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 120 x 90 x 3 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,148
The very moments (stretched)
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 50 x 60 x 1.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch
$534
Present moment (stretched)
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 60 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$534
Marée basse à Paimpol
Jacques Robert
Painting - 81 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$4,547
Le marchand de Sel
Sébastien Morasso
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$273
DEAUVILLE LES PARASOLS, ON ARRIVE
Sophie Petetin
Painting - 41 x 65 x 3 cm Painting - 16.1 x 25.6 x 1.2 inch
$1,017
Série : Pièces de mer de Castoul
Manfred Paul
Photography - 50 x 60 cm Photography - 19.7 x 23.6 inch
$2,046
Série : Pièces de mer de Castoul
Manfred Paul
Photography - 50 x 60 cm Photography - 19.7 x 23.6 inch
$2,046
Série : Pièces de mer de Castoul
Manfred Paul
Photography - 50 x 60 cm Photography - 19.7 x 23.6 inch
$2,046
Viens je t'emmène
Sophie Petetin
Painting - 150 x 50 x 2.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 19.7 x 1 inch
$1,364
PETIT MATIN A GRAND BAIE
Sophie Petetin
Painting - 54 x 65 x 2.5 cm Painting - 21.3 x 25.6 x 1 inch
$1,017
FLIC AND FLAC DESSINES MOI DES BATEAUX
Sophie Petetin
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 1 inch
$1,012
Seascape Landscape, Sea Painting - Monet Cliff
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$568
Coastal Impressions
Karen Hale
Painting - 101.6 x 101.6 x 3.8 cm Painting - 40 x 40 x 1.5 inch
$4,200
The space between II
Claire Smith
Painting - 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
$2,136
L'annonciation (Islande)
Vincent Citot
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$853
Phare au crépuscule (France)
Vincent Citot
Photography - 35 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 13.8 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$853
Pinède en bord de mer, Costa Brava
Alexei Lantsev
Print - 40 x 60 x 0.2 cm Print - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$222
Île Grecque de Santorin
Maria Raytcheva
Painting - 100 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,705
Balcony at the Mediterranean
AVEL Muñoz
Painting - 38 x 48 x 3 cm Painting - 15 x 18.9 x 1.2 inch
$1,137
Bord de mer a Cannes
Marie Tissot
Painting - 54 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 21.3 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,591
Grain of Island (Grain d'Ile)
Flo Lysine
Painting - 50 x 100 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
$1,648
Moonlight surfing
Yaroslav Yasenev
Painting - 110 x 85 x 2 cm Painting - 43.3 x 33.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,364
The beginning – III
Alexander Levich
Painting - 75 x 75 x 2 cm Painting - 29.5 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch
$3,126
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.