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Triptych Blåvand Waves of the North sea
Nadezda Stupina
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,345
Landscape painting, impasto modern art
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 50 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,121
Morning Breeze
Khrystyna Kozyuk
Painting - 76.2 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 30 x 48 x 1.5 inch
$1,400
Dark Materials VI
James Sparshatt
Photography - 100 x 150 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$3,911
Série bleu et blanc #2
Pedro Viana Parente
Painting - 39 x 28.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 15.4 x 11.2 x 0.2 inch
$392
L'émotion de la mer
Brigitte Dravet
Painting - 50 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,027
Le bonheur à l'horizon (tryptiques)
Brigitte Dravet
Painting - 120 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$5,606
De Chlore et de Rosé
Christopher Barraja
Photography - 90 x 60 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 inch
$1,345
La déferlante en mer
Philippe De Lestrange
Print - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Print - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,121
Light on the water
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 90 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,354
Road to the ocean 3
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 120 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,354
La vie en rose... (Esprit Voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 100 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,108
Tropical Coral Reef Underwater painting was made underwater at the depth of 8 meters
Olga Nikitina
Painting - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$2,242
Evening silence
Vasyl Khodakivskyi
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,018
Watkins Glen State Park in New York City. Impasto impressionism painting.
Vik Schroeder
Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,121
Coque de bateau - Île d'Aix
Marie-Annick Priou
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,065
Temporal Perception #37
Serge Hamad
Photography - 91.4 x 121.9 x 1.3 cm Photography - 36 x 48 x 0.5 inch
$1,800
Dark Materials VIII
James Sparshatt
Photography - 100 x 150 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$4,309
Morning Venice and the Gondolier
Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,345
On sort les voiles
Sophie Petetin
Painting - 60 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,626
Pins au bord de la mer, Bretagne
Alexei Lantsev
Print - 26.5 x 39.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 10.4 x 15.6 x 0 inch
$151
Vibration spirituelle… (Expression libre)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 40 x 40 x 7 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 2.8 inch
$1,345
AV_Adria_023
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 84 x 120 x 0.5 cm Photography - 33.1 x 47.2 x 0.2 inch
$2,231
Seascape sailing impressions XL 25
Peter Nottrott
Painting - 105 x 155 x 4 cm Painting - 41.3 x 61 x 1.6 inch
$2,679
Suspension entre deux mondes
Carole Framezelle - Acmiya
Painting - 96 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 37.8 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,614
Fluid horizon XXXIV
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,119
Fluid horizon XLVI
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,119
Fluid horizon IL
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,119
L'heure bleue 040817
Feng Hatat
Photography - 30 x 45 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch
$785
Promenade des Anglais
Karine Bartoli
Painting - 110 x 90 x 4 cm Painting - 43.3 x 35.4 x 1.6 inch
$1,682
My Ferrari, my Louboutins and my holidays
Patrick Cornée
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$3,588
Coucher de soleil
Martine Fauve Dechavanne
Painting - 130 x 89 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 35 x 0.8 inch
$3,924
Le monde à l'envers
Carole Framezelle - Acmiya
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,485
Turquoise blue horizon
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,242
Series “Between Heaven and Earth” - turquoise blue
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,242
Silent Heights in Mist
Zakhar Shevchuk
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,121
Mountains at Sunset
Zakhar Shevchuk
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,121
Almost Abstract Landscape - 1 (Ocean)
Zakhar Shevchuk
Painting - 25 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 9.8 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$897
L'eau échevelée
Emmanuelle Vroelant
Painting - 120 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$2,354
Sail Boats And Clouds L 1
Peter Nottrott
Painting - 155 x 85 x 4 cm Painting - 61 x 33.5 x 1.6 inch
$2,567
Le gardien du désert salé
Yves Calméjane
Painting - 60 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,996
Soleil couchant - série Paysage et mer
Nicolas Pizy
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.4 inch
$594
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.