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Shimmer on the water 6
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 80 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,108
Santorini Magic (1)
Sokratis Evgenidis
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$6,166
Grande algue noire sur fond orangé
Valérie Le Roux
Print - 92 x 65 cm Print - 36.2 x 25.6 inch
$157 $141
Collection été Le grand bleu - "Junior suite sea view - Windy"
Thomas Jeunet
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.4 inch
$2,130
Flowers by the sea
Evgeny Chernyakovsky
Painting - 90 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,200
Douceur d’un autre soir
Nat Stresser
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,130
Ensemble, au bord de l'eau
Jean-Philippe Berger
Painting - 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$561
In the shades of transparency 1
Ulyana Korol
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,466
A LA RECHERCHE DES EMBRUNS
Sophie Petetin
Painting - 50 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$1,003
Seascape wave and cloud
Alvaro Petritoli
Painting - 72 x 103 x 3 cm Painting - 28.3 x 40.6 x 1.2 inch
$2,360
Antes de la Lluvia
Leticia Gonzalez
Painting - 50 x 50 x 0.3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$447
Cabane au bord de l'eau
Marianne Quinzin
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,803
Crimson Dusk on the Waterfront
Narek Qochunc
Painting - 24 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 9.4 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$199
The birth of a new day.
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 45 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 17.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,233
Light on the water 33
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 100 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,704
Le Roi de la baie
Philippe Grincourt
Photography - 34 x 51 x 0.1 cm Photography - 13.4 x 20.1 x 0 inch
$179
Marina Antibes. France
Andrey Chebotaru
Painting - 90 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 35.4 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$5,200
Plage de Tahiti, Carantec
Franck Dupire
Painting - 73 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,682
Seascape sailing impressions XL 26
Peter Nottrott
Painting - 105 x 155 x 4 cm Painting - 41.3 x 61 x 1.6 inch
$2,679
Envie de nager
Emmanuelle Vroelant
Painting - 60 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$1,682
Ease your feet in the sea
Laëtitia Giraud
Painting - 50 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,513
Flowery terrace horizontal version - Amalfi painting (Italy) + frame
Gio Sannino
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$409
Sunny day on the coast - Positano painting (Italy) + frame
Gio Sannino
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$409
View of the gulf - Sorrento painting Italy
Gio Sannino
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$258
Flowery terrace vertical version - Amalfi painting (Italy)
Gio Sannino
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$258
Patagonia Sea 3
Michael Filonow
Photography - 50.8 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.1 inch
$390
L'heure bleue en route
Feng Hatat
Photography - 60 x 90 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
$1,121
Une touche de modernité
Eric Munsch
Painting - 73 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,177
Future., Painting, Oil on Canvas, canvas art, stretched
Karina Antonczak
Painting - 70.1 x 100.1 x 2.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$1,260
"Espace ouvert 4" semi abstrait acrylique châssis lin 60x180cm livré caisse bois coût coutant 2017
Emmanuelle Vroelant
Painting - 60 x 180 x 5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 70.9 x 2 inch
$2,018
La Goélette espagnole, gravure originale
Hervé Di Rosa
Print - 71 x 71 x 0.05 cm Print - 28 x 28 x 0 inch
$1,345
Lumière d'été sur les rochers
Marianne Quinzin
Painting - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$448
"Kerfi-zen" figuratif mer acrylique sur lin 100x100cm 2014
Emmanuelle Vroelant
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,018
Santorini Magic
Sokratis Evgenidis
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$6,166
Stormy sailing Regatta M 1
Peter Nottrott
Painting - 85 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 33.5 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$1,558
Lights on the coast - Southern Italy painting & frame
Vittorio Colucci
Painting - 25 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 9.8 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$392
Paysage Minimal
Gabriel Riesnert
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 21 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
$448
Lovely Bretagne
Sophie Petetin
Painting - 50 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 24 x 1 inch
$1,401 $1,108
Silence de l'aube
Emmanuelle Vroelant
Painting - 100 x 300 x 5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 118.1 x 2 inch
$10,426
Nappes de brumes
Emmanuelle Vroelant
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$4,709
"Impact" abstrait acrylique oxydation sur lin 100x100cm 2021
Emmanuelle Vroelant
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$4,148 $3,733
"Au fil de l'eau" figuratif paysage marin acrylique sur lin 100x120cm 2018
Emmanuelle Vroelant
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$4,036
"L'Air iodé de Roscoff" abstrait collage oxydation sur lin 100x80cm 2021
Emmanuelle Vroelant
Painting - 100 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$3,700 $3,330
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.