Sailing Adventure XL 1
Peter Nottrott
Painting - 105 x 155 x 4 cm Painting - 41.3 x 61 x 1.6 inch
$2,968
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.
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100th Anniversary Celebration Coffret # 12 - By the sea
Fabrizio La Torre
Print - 29.7 x 21 x 0.3 cm Print - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
$775
Venice in silver
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 45 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 17.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,200
Evening Riomaggiore
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 45 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 17.7 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,200
Vent et voile... (Esprit Voile) (1)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$3,100
Dinner on the terrace in Provence
Natalya Mougenot
Painting - 60 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$811
Régate d'été... II (esprit voile 2016)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,576
Saint Gilles de Croix de Vie’s magical dunepath
Peter de Boer
Painting - 150 x 190 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 74.8 x 0.8 inch
$6,676
Regatta
Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)
Painting - 89 x 149 x 0.3 cm Painting - 35 x 58.7 x 0.1 inch
$2,980
Coucher de soleil sur les îles Lofoten
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,550
Lac Powell Arizona. Amérique du nord
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,311
Biarritz. Océan. France
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,550
Bleu Méditerranée. France
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,311
Chapelle en Bretagne
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,669
Lac en Patagonie. Chili
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,192
Falaises d'Etretat. France
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,550
Ghats de Pushkar 2. Inde
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,669
Baleine à bosse. Nouveau Mexique
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,669
Buffles sous le pont d'Agra. Inde
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,550
Crocodile. Pantanal. Brésil
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,550
Cap vers le large. Voile d'Antibes
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,669
Cap au large. Grande Armada du siècle. Voile
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,669
La grande Armada du siècle. Rouen. Voile 3
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,669
Morning by the coast
Evgeny Chernyakovsky
Painting - 90 x 75 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,900 $1,520
Jetty by the sea
Evgeny Chernyakovsky
Painting - 50 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,300 $975
Morning by the sea
Evgeny Chernyakovsky
Painting - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,900 $1,330
Langueurs océanes
Brigitte Dravet
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$4,172
City at the pier. Riomaggiore
Evgeny Chernyakovsky
Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,100 $770
New Horizon 182 - Ocean and Bougainvillea
Soos Roxana
Painting - 80 x 140 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,431
Underwater painting out of the fog (was made underwater)
Olga Nikitina
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,384
EFI_Beach_012
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 100 x 100 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
$3,934
EFI_Beach_013
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 100 x 150 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.4 inch
$4,649
EFI_Beach_011
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 107.7 x 150 x 1 cm Photography - 42.4 x 59.1 x 0.4 inch
$4,649
EFI_Beachchairs_012
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 80 x 160 x 0.1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 63 x 0 inch
$4,649
Baltic_Ice_II_Helsinki_018
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 225 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 88.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$4,172
Baltic_Ice_II_Helsinki_011
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 135 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 53.1 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,576
Clouds are floating
Ludmila Budanov
Painting - 99.1 x 78.7 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39 x 31 x 1 inch
$1,580
Le souffle. des rêves
Florence V. Henric
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,013
Black Sea. Ukraine
Nataliya Bagatskaya
Painting - 55 x 75 x 1.5 cm Painting - 21.7 x 29.5 x 0.6 inch
$1,550
Shell Design Sculpture
Dervis Akdemir
Sculpture - 28 x 32 x 15 cm Sculpture - 11 x 12.6 x 5.9 inch
$205
Sunny Wind
Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$834
Sea Harbor
Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$834
Looking into the Depth
Vik Schroeder
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,311
Dive into the Blue - Jumping
Trayko Popov
Painting - 55 x 38 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 15 x 0.8 inch
$620
Mer Rouge - Collection Vibrations
Géraldine Auret
Painting - 89 x 116 x 2 cm Painting - 35 x 45.7 x 0.8 inch
$3,815
Tempête - Collection Vibrations
Géraldine Auret
Painting - 116 x 89 x 2 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 0.8 inch
$3,815
Vibrations - Collection Vibrations
Géraldine Auret
Painting - 116 x 89 x 2 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 0.8 inch
$3,815
Mer - Collection Femme à la Peau Bleue
Géraldine Auret
Painting - 89 x 116 x 2 cm Painting - 35 x 45.7 x 0.8 inch
$5,961
Seagulls on the move
Peter de Boer
Painting - 140 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 55.1 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$4,769
Orage à Punta-Cana
Charlotte Pivard
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,265
Course en mer... (Esprit Voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 130 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$8,345
Arrival at the beach
Peter de Boer
Painting - 80 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$3,934
Les voiliers de Croatie... (Esprit voile 2021)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 150 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$8,345
Sunshine setwaves
Peter de Boer
Painting - 135 x 170 x 2 cm Painting - 53.1 x 66.9 x 0.8 inch
$5,961
Meeting at Sea
Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)
Painting - 48.5 x 64.5 x 1 cm Painting - 19.1 x 25.4 x 0.4 inch
$2,372
Venice is Beautiful
Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)
Painting - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,253
Sea Serenity
Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,061
Full Sails
Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)
Painting - 45 x 99 x 2 cm Painting - 17.7 x 39 x 0.8 inch
$1,311
Autumn Port
Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)
Painting - 125 x 60 x 0.3 cm Painting - 49.2 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,907
