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![Painting, L'été indien #2, Marie Deforche](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1734045_1_grid.jpg)
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28° 50' 27.1314" N, 111° 58' 3.4674" W-13
Paola Dávila
Photography - 40 x 76 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.7 x 29.9 x 0.1 inch
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Balade sur un océan bleu
Eric Munsch
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
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A l’aube d’une belle journée
Eric Munsch
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
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Evening at Sea
Khrystyna Kozyuk
Painting - 73.7 x 118.1 x 3.8 cm Painting - 29 x 46.5 x 1.5 inch
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Sur la plage, en orange
Michèle Kaus
Painting - 73 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
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Unique story (stretched) (1)
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
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The ocean is calling and I must go
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 60 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
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Every drop of sunrise (stretched)
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
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Poséidon
Christophe Charbonnel
Sculpture - 105 x 60 x 37 cm Sculpture - 41.3 x 23.6 x 14.6 inch
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Plage de saint Egarec
Franck Dupire
Painting - 54 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 21.3 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
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Marée haute près de Deauville
Alexei Lantsev
Print - 28.5 x 36 x 0.1 cm Print - 11.2 x 14.2 x 0 inch
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Et ce doux rire de la lumière
Michele Charles Nicolas
Painting - 40 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
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Pétanque à Bordighera
Linda McCluskey
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
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Série lignes blanches
Lionel Chevalier
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
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Holiday, I forget everything
Patrick Cornée
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
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The summer that did not come
Zakhar Shevchuk
Painting - 150 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
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Voyage d'affaire
Paule Bernard Roussel
Painting - 40 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
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Black Sea sperm whales
Ventzislav Dikov
Painting - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
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Coral Reef Tropical Ocean
Olga Nikitina
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
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Derrière la vitre - série Paysage et mer
Nicolas Pizy
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
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Série lignes blanches
Lionel Chevalier
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
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Un lieu paisible en bord de mer
Âme Sauvage
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2.4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.9 inch
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Coucher de soleil breton
Daniel Jung
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
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Nuka-Hiva. The Bay of the Virgins
André Ragot
Painting - 49 x 69 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.3 x 27.2 x 0 inch
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![Painting, Every drop of sunrise (stretched), Nadine Antoniuk](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2162146_1_grid.jpg)
Every drop of sunrise (stretched)
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, The ocean is calling and I must go, Nadine Antoniuk](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144135_1_grid.jpg)
The ocean is calling and I must go
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 60 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
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The Velvet season
Natalie Shiporina
Painting - 60 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
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Evening Glow - Framed
Daniela Pasqualini
Painting - 61 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 30 x 1 inch
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The children's beach
Dolores Dilova
Painting - 73 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
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Marilyn Monroe. Bungalow
André de Dienes
Photography - 34 x 27 x 1 cm Photography - 13.4 x 10.6 x 0.4 inch
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Veiller au grain
Paule Bernard Roussel
Painting - 55 x 38 x 3 cm Painting - 21.7 x 15 x 1.2 inch
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On the crest of the wave
Ventsislav Markov
Sculpture - 12 x 30 x 8 cm Sculpture - 4.7 x 11.8 x 3.1 inch
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Reflects water lovers
Pierre Riollet
Painting - 120 x 20 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 7.9 x 1.2 inch
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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.