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Looking into the Depth
Vik Schroeder
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,358 $1,018
Pendant que je t'aimais
Alexandra Battezzati
Painting - 120 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$6,224
Ma liberté
Alexandra Battezzati
Painting - 120 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$6,224
You are always on my mind
Ana Hefco
Painting - 61 x 61 x 3.8 cm Painting - 24 x 24 x 1.5 inch
$1,200
Flying over The Bahamas #1
Ana Hefco
Painting - 61 x 45.7 x 3.8 cm Painting - 24 x 18 x 1.5 inch
$1,150
Aerial Australia - Shark Bay #2
Ana Hefco
Painting - 91.4 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 36 x 48 x 1.5 inch
$5,000
Aerial Australia - Shark Bay
Ana Hefco
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1.5 inch
$5,000
MERVEILLEUX SUD,DU BLEU DANS LA MER
Sophie Petetin
Painting - 81 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$1,867
Before the storm
Joost Wensveen
Photography - 50 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
$1,528
Jeux de reflets et de lumière…
Olivier Messas
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,490
Côte d'azur, enfin les vacances
Sophie Petetin
Painting - 65 x 54 x 2.5 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.3 x 1 inch
$1,013
Plage de Saint-Aubin
Sophie Dumont
Painting - 27 x 35 x 2 cm Painting - 10.6 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch
$1,120
Plage à marée basse
Sophie Dumont
Painting - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$2,252
Boiling Bubbles North
Ronald Hunter
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,017
Wild Atlantic Way Sunset, Ireland
Kirstin McCoy
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$3,395
Haze over the sea
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 90 x 205 x 0.1 cm Painting - 35.4 x 80.7 x 0 inch
$2,829
Impressions au soleil couchant
Marianne Lefevre
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$668
Mosaic of the sunset
Vitaliy Pryzant
Painting - 59.9 x 89.9 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$3,550
Les couleurs du ciel
Dany Soyer
Painting - 65 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
$781 $664
Boiling Bubbles South
Ronald Hunter
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,017
Douceur d’un ciel rose
Martine Grégoire
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,018
Vue sur l’ile d’Aix
Martine Grégoire
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,018
Una stanza con vista
Alexander Daniloff
Painting - 55 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$815
Gulls on Chesil Beach
Terry Watts
Painting - 44 x 63 x 0.3 cm Painting - 17.3 x 24.8 x 0.1 inch
$2,129
Costa Daurada - Abstract seascape
Cristina Stefan
Painting - 40.6 x 50.8 x 2 cm Painting - 16 x 20 x 0.8 inch
$1,304
Altafulla, Spain - Seascape with Sailboarder
Cristina Stefan
Painting - 61 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 24 x 36 x 1.5 inch
$1,966
Seascape at Sunset in Spain
Cristina Stefan
Painting - 81.3 x 61 x 3.8 cm Painting - 32 x 24 x 1.5 inch
$1,852
Bora Bora
Alexandra Petropoulou
Painting - 99.8 x 149.9 x 2 cm Painting - 39.3 x 59 x 0.8 inch
$1,968
XXL Solace of Dawn
Susan Wooler
Painting - 70.1 x 100.1 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,277
XXL Tranquil Shores
Susan Wooler
Painting - 70.1 x 100.1 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,303
Glistening Water
Suzanne Vaughen
Painting - 101.6 x 101.6 x 0 cm Painting - 40 x 40 x 0.01 inch
$1,680
Wave II
Lorna Holdcroft - Kirin
Fine Art Drawings - 56 x 76 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 29.9 x 0 inch
$1,597
L'annonciation (Islande)
Vincent Citot
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$849
Le naufrage (Namibie)
Vincent Citot
Photography - 35 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 13.8 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$849
Lovers at sunset
Karine Harutyunyan
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$300 $255
Abstraction dans la baie de Sunchéon - Corée
Jean-Marc Stoeffler
Photography - 37 x 47 x 1 cm Photography - 14.6 x 18.5 x 0.4 inch
$283
Portofino Nights (Lightbox)
David Drebin
Photography - 101.6 x 243.8 cm Photography - 40 x 96 inch
Price upon request
Portofino Nights (L)
David Drebin
Photography - 101.6 x 243.8 cm Photography - 40 x 96 inch
Price upon request
Portofino Nights (M)
David Drebin
Photography - 76.2 x 182.9 cm Photography - 30 x 72 inch
Price upon request
Tempestuous Waters
Lilith Tonakanyan
Painting - 70 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,200
My unforgettable moments at the beach
Natalya Mougenot
Painting - 30.5 x 23 x 0.1 cm Painting - 12 x 9.1 x 0 inch
$407
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.