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Yantarnoe, 23/02/2021, 18h55
Evgeniya Buravleva
Painting - 85 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 33.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$3,355
Venice Beach Purple Sea ll
P van Bolderick
Photography - 70 x 50 x 0.2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$391
Petite fille au maillot rouge
Valérie-Anne Bertin
Painting - 18 x 24 x 2 cm Painting - 7.1 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch
$503
Carré bleu - petit - 2
LN Le Cheviller
Painting - 50 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$570
Fragment (Grémille)
Nicolas Kennett
Sculpture - 21 x 46 x 15 cm Sculpture - 8.3 x 18.1 x 5.9 inch
$4,362
Biarritz - La grande plage #4
Didier Fournet
Photography - 130 x 180 x 1 cm Photography - 51.2 x 70.9 x 0.4 inch
$8,836
Biarritz - 0804
Didier Fournet
Photography - 100 x 100 x 5 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 2 inch
$6,319
Monterosso
Didier Fournet
Photography - 130 x 182 x 1 cm Photography - 51.2 x 71.7 x 0.4 inch
$8,836
Tarifa
Valérie Abadie
Fine Art Drawings - 11.5 x 17 x 0.01 cm Fine Art Drawings - 4.5 x 6.7 x 0 inch
$436
La peau du jour
Chiara Indelicato
Photography - 82 x 122 x 0.5 cm Photography - 32.3 x 48 x 0.2 inch
$2,740
La peau du jour
Chiara Indelicato
Photography - 102 x 152 x 0.5 cm Photography - 40.2 x 59.8 x 0.2 inch
$3,579
Bleu désir
Chiara Indelicato
Photography - 82 x 122 x 0.5 cm Photography - 32.3 x 48 x 0.2 inch
$2,740
Glare on blue water.
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 90 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,282
Silver of the ocean 2
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 120 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,461
Coucher de soleil Ref BDNW10735
Jacques Poncet
Painting - 72 x 92 cm Painting - 28.3 x 36.2 inch
$3,915
Seascape sailing impressions L 5
Peter Nottrott
Painting - 83 x 155 x 4 cm Painting - 32.7 x 61 x 1.6 inch
$2,449
Poseïdon (Till human voices wakes us)
Kramer O'Neill
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$503
Seaside Rendezvous L 18
Peter Nottrott
Painting - 83 x 155 x 4 cm Painting - 32.7 x 61 x 1.6 inch
$2,338
100 Marches #8 Spot Entry
Hégémon (Hedge) Chaignon
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$951
Finistère la vague
Jean-Charles Gautier
Painting - 61 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$537
Trouville, le balcon - ref BDNW11481
Janie Michels
Painting - 100 x 73 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 28.7 x 0.4 inch
$4,418
Makarska Riviera
Alexander Shandor
Painting - 70 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$6,000
On the coast of the Adriatic
Alexander Shandor
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$6,000
The Mighty Sea
Ruslana Levandovska
Painting - 61 x 76.2 x 1.9 cm Painting - 24 x 30 x 0.75 inch
$2,000
La vieille jetée
Pierre Barillot
Painting - 81 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,132
Le chant des vagues et des voiles…
Olivier Messas
Painting - 120 x 120 x 5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 2 inch
$7,270
Les voiliers de Saint-Tropez…
Olivier Messas
Painting - 140 x 140 x 2 cm Painting - 55.1 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch
$15,658
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
$6,152
Maison du garde-côtes
Valérie-Anne Bertin
Painting - 14.5 x 15 x 0.8 cm Painting - 5.7 x 5.9 x 0.3 inch
$280
Pecheur d'Islande
Georges Corominas
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$12,583
Le soir tombe sur le Marais
Sébastien Morasso
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$268
Quand la mer s'efiloche
Sébastien Morasso
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$268
Sur le Sable
Sébastien Morasso
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$268
South of France rocks
Michael Sole
Painting - 155 x 240 x 4 cm Painting - 61 x 94.5 x 1.6 inch
$20,390
English gold no.54
Michael Sole
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$8,738
Branksome chine no.4
Michael Sole
Painting - 150 x 170 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 66.9 x 1.6 inch
$16,021
Les Couleurs du Temps 8
Michel Saint-Luc
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$302
Vidareiri
Christophe Audebert
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$252
Seul au monde
Christophe Audebert
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$252
Liquid Time
Christophe Audebert
Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$252
Cap Ferret - Étude sur la mer
Noël Granger
Painting - 60 x 90 x 1.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.6 inch
$1,085
Venise - Étude sur la mer -
Noël Granger
Painting - 54 x 81 x 1.5 cm Painting - 21.3 x 31.9 x 0.6 inch
$984
Cyanotypie Rascasse
Aurélie Trabaud
Painting - 45.5 x 30.5 x 0.1 cm Painting - 17.9 x 12 x 0 inch
$537
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.