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Man jumping our of the water, Two: From Motion Series
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 91.4 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36 x 24 x 0.1 inch
€2,131
Bodice of a man: from the Blanco series. Archival black and white Pigment print
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 91.4 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36 x 24 x 0.1 inch
€2,131
Bodice of Man: from the Blanco Series. Archival Pigment print, Sepia
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 91.4 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36 x 24 x 0.1 inch
€2,131
A la plage, l'heure du bain.
Nicolaï
Painting - 50 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,800
Tema marinero
Ernest Carneado Ferreri
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,100
Fire or Sunset? (II)
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 56 x 100 x 0.1 cm Photography - 22 x 39.4 x 0 inch
€250
Greenland landscape
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 56 x 100 x 0.1 cm Photography - 22 x 39.4 x 0 inch
€250
Fire or Sunset?
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 56 x 100 x 0.1 cm Photography - 22 x 39.4 x 0 inch
€250
David & Goliath
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 56 x 100 x 0.1 cm Photography - 22 x 39.4 x 0 inch
€190
Mist - Ice project
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 56 x 100 x 0.1 cm Photography - 22 x 39.4 x 0 inch
€190
David & Goliath II
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 56 x 100 x 0.1 cm Photography - 22 x 39.4 x 0 inch
€190
Big Rock & Small Rocks
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 56 x 100 x 0.1 cm Photography - 22 x 39.4 x 0 inch
€190
Lullaby time
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 56 x 100 x 0.1 cm Photography - 22 x 39.4 x 0 inch
€190
Toujours recommencer
Christophe Vilar
Painting - 117 x 90 x 5 cm Painting - 46.1 x 35.4 x 2 inch
€6,000
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
Fluid horizon XIV
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€1,890
Fluid horizon XLI
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€1,890
Pointe d'Aradon, Bretagne
Jules Robert Chatelain
Painting - 38 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 15 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
€630
Escale à Sanary-sur-mer
Béatrice Migliore
Painting - 46 x 55 x 2.5 cm Painting - 18.1 x 21.7 x 1 inch
€1,350
L'entrée du Port de Bretagne
Omar Logang
Painting - 38 x 46 x 3 cm Painting - 15 x 18.1 x 1.2 inch
€800
Toutes à l’eau – rose jaune
Valérie Betoulaud
Print - 70 x 50 x 1 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
€490
The emotional creation #229
Carla Sá Fernandes
Painting - 150 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
€8,440
En attendant la vague
Perrine Vilmot
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€2,200
Le café de la plage
Perrine Vilmot
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€2,200
Transats à l’anglaise
Sophie de la Happy Funky Family
Painting - 33 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 13 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
€590
Full Moon Over Ponza
Adriano Bernetti da Vila
Painting - 80 x 80 x 0.1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0 inch
€5,000
Australian Waves
Adriano Bernetti da Vila
Painting - 70 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
€3,000
Ciel et mer en Normandie
Sophie Dumont
Painting - 50 x 61 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 24 x 0.8 inch
€2,990
Horizon's embrace
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 115 x 205 x 0.1 cm Painting - 45.3 x 80.7 x 0 inch
€3,500
Brightlingsea Groyne
Lorna Kirin
Painting - 120 x 100 x 7 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 2.8 inch
€3,429
Toutes voiles dedans
Christophe Vilar
Painting - 117 x 90 x 5 cm Painting - 46.1 x 35.4 x 2 inch
€4,783
Hobie Red Cat
Bonnie Lammar
Photography - 30.5 x 30.5 x 0.5 cm Photography - 12 x 12 x 0.2 inch
€599
Les enfants sur la plage
Christophe Thiry
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€2,000
La mer sous la pluie
Qiongfei Zhang
Painting - 140 x 270 x 3 cm Painting - 55.1 x 106.3 x 1.2 inch
€15,200
Dans l’antre de la mer
Marie-Noëlle Deverre
Print - 50 x 40 x 3 cm Print - 19.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
€750
Les Vagues Blanches
Raymond Poulet
Painting - 81 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€14,100
Voilier à l’horizon… IV (Esprit voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 50 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
€2,500
Harbor near Bali. Crete.
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 90 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
€15,000
Evening. Aragon castle. Ischia. Italy
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 60 x 75 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch
€16,013
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
Evening in Marmaris
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 70 x 110 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch
€16,972
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
€6,712
Boats Paleokastritsa
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€15,821
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
€10,502
Floral Constellation
Michael K. Yamaoka
Photography - 61 x 91.4 x 0.3 cm Photography - 24 x 36 x 0.1 inch
€4,500
Unveiling Life's Richness
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 110 x 205 x 0.1 cm Painting - 43.3 x 80.7 x 0 inch
€2,870
My tomorrow depends on me
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 235 x 150 x 0.1 cm Painting - 92.5 x 59.1 x 0 inch
€4,850
Mini-monde, le retour de pêche
Yannick Le Bloas
Sculpture - 15 x 15 x 15 cm Sculpture - 5.9 x 5.9 x 5.9 inch
€310
N°9, Illusions
Matthieu Venot
Photography - 62.5 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 24.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€1,200
Boats on water - abstract Seascape
Cristina Stefan
Painting - 20.3 x 40.6 x 2 cm Painting - 8 x 16 x 0.8 inch
€471
The Riders of the Côte Fleurie, Calvados
Nathan Soulez-Larivière
Photography - 50 x 100 cm Photography - 19.7 x 39.4 inch
€500
The Fisherman, Calvados
Nathan Soulez-Larivière
Photography - 50 x 100 cm Photography - 19.7 x 39.4 inch
€500
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.