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Ocean. Sunset 2.
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 100 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$3,322
Saint Pierre vue du ciel
Charlotte Pivard
Painting - 120 x 40 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 15.7 x 1.6 inch
$783
Long day's journey into tomorrow
Elena Raceala
Photography - 91.4 x 61 cm Photography - 36 x 24 inch
$1,342
Soleil sur la mer
Andrée De Frémont
Painting - 130 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$13,422
Bord de mer a Cannes
Marie Tissot
Painting - 54 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 21.3 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,566
LA COULEUR DE MES RÊVES
Sophie Petetin
Painting - 54 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 21.3 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,113
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
$1,622 $1,460
Diptych 4, From the series All the faults of the world
Rodrigo Etem
Photography - 94 x 100.3 x 0.3 cm Photography - 37 x 39.5 x 0.1 inch
$1,900
Moonlight surfing
Yaroslav Yasenev
Painting - 110 x 85 x 2 cm Painting - 43.3 x 33.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,342
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
$2,222
Sueños adolescentes
Incerta Gloria
Photography - 60 x 45 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0.2 inch
$1,010
An Island in the air
Urs Lüthi
Photography - 50 x 60 x 0.3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$559
Boulder Country
Despa Hondros
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 77 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 30.3 x 0 inch
$2,461
The beginning – III
Alexander Levich
Painting - 75 x 75 x 2 cm Painting - 29.5 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch
$3,076
Ebb and Flow
Angela Morris-Winmill
Painting - 120 x 152 x 8 cm Painting - 47.2 x 59.8 x 3.1 inch
$7,937
Les Lumière Pourpres
Sophie Duplain
Painting - 89 x 116 x 2.5 cm Painting - 35 x 45.7 x 1 inch
$2,125
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
$559
On est notre environnement (Valerie Galice)
Aline Part
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$671
Rêve sur toile
Christophe Vilar
Painting - 117 x 90 x 5 cm Painting - 46.1 x 35.4 x 2 inch
$6,711 $6,040
Procession laïque
Christophe Vilar
Painting - 90 x 117 x 5 cm Painting - 35.4 x 46.1 x 2 inch
$6,711 $6,040
Untilted - Naples.
Kevin Jordan O'Shea
Photography - 45 x 30 x 0.3 cm Photography - 17.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$447
Le Mont-Saint-Michel - série Paysage et mer
Nicolas Pizy
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.4 inch
$593
Cargo de nuit 1 - Paysage et mer
Nicolas Pizy
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.4 inch
$593
Les embruns - série Paysage et mer
Nicolas Pizy
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.4 inch
$593
Ciel de traine en Normandie
Sophie Dumont
Painting - 54 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 21.3 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$3,467
Laguna di Venezia
Andrea Benetti
Painting - 60 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,691
Positano by Ferry
Donna Carnahan
Photography - 61 x 86 x 4 cm Photography - 24 x 33.9 x 1.6 inch
$1,600
1282 Clearwater Beach
Roger König
Painting - 130 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$14,540
Falaises Quiberville sur mer
Laurence Gasior
Painting - 38 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 15 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,174
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
La Méduse - série scène de pêche en bâteau
Alain Arnouil
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$839
Sunset. Glare on the water.
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 120 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,968
Light on the water 7.
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 70 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,092
Silver of the sea 3.
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 80 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,013
Allez à la drisse
Carine Dewavrin
Painting - 74 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 29.1 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,566
Douceur d'aquarelle 2
Michel Saint-Luc
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,566
Les Ombres de la Nuit 2
Michel Saint-Luc
Painting - 50 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,230
L'échappée belle 5
Michel Saint-Luc
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$895
When the sea merges with the sky.
Vik Schroeder
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$559
Couleurs à l'horizon… (Esprit voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 40 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,901
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.