Sea
Save your search and find it in your favorites
Saved search
Your search is accessible from the favorites tab > My favorite searches
Unsaved search
A problem occurred
Sueños adolescentes
Incerta Gloria
Photography - 60 x 45 x 0.5 cm Photography - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0.2 inch
$1,002 $753
L'envol
Philippe Grincourt
Photography - 39 x 59 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.4 x 23.2 x 0.1 inch
$1,054
That beach
Corinne Dubreuil
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$1,665
De Chlore et de Rosé
Christopher Barraja
Photography - 90 x 60 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 inch
$1,332
Invitation
Priska Walliman
Photography - 90 x 90 x 0.4 cm Photography - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.2 inch
$1,665
Don de soi XXVII
Feng Kaixuan
Photography - 80 x 120 x 1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch
$7,992
Loulou Cassis
Bernard Biancotto
Photography - 60 x 90 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
$666
Lost in The Fog, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Guilherme Licurgo
Photography - 58.4 x 88.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23 x 35 x 0.1 inch
$2,500
Le touareg
Françoise Lapierre
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$666
Transcoder - The Secret about Curves
Chien Hua Huang
Photography - 40 x 75 x 4 cm Photography - 15.7 x 29.5 x 1.6 inch
$3,330
And the Sea will be there 10
Arnaud Rinuccini
Photography - 80 x 120 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 inch
$1,665
Série : Pièces de mer de Castoul
Manfred Paul
Photography - 50 x 60 cm Photography - 19.7 x 23.6 inch
$1,998
Bern 1 2012
Patrick Messina
Photography - 50 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$2,775
With an Eye of Faith (Elephant Island, Antarctica)
Jessica Houston
Photography - 55.9 x 83.8 cm Photography - 22 x 33 inch
$3,330
Mediterranean Summer
Donna Carnahan
Photography - 61 x 86 x 4 cm Photography - 24 x 33.9 x 1.6 inch
$1,000
Knokke dreams I
Thierry Van Vreckem
Photography - 100 x 140 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch
$2,997
Drinks delivery Moure Rouge Cannes
Sandrine Darcos
Photography - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$333
Lis Lève toi et Marche
Olivier Rebecq
Photography - 75 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 29.5 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$644
Femme dans un paysage #1
Laurence Weislinger
Photography - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$988
Polka Dots
Mark MacKinnon
Photography - 102 x 102 x 3 cm Photography - 40.2 x 40.2 x 1.2 inch
$4,632
Phoebe, La Barque
André Carrara
Photography - 18 x 15 x 2 cm Photography - 7.1 x 5.9 x 0.8 inch
$832
Brushed Waves, Swim
Sandy Steele-Perkins
Photography - 89 x 59 x 0.5 cm Photography - 35 x 23.2 x 0.2 inch
$836
Dog Three
Sandy Steele-Perkins
Photography - 89 x 59 x 0.5 cm Photography - 35 x 23.2 x 0.2 inch
$836
Lundy Lines, Merge
Sandy Steele-Perkins
Photography - 89 x 59 x 0.5 cm Photography - 35 x 23.2 x 0.2 inch
$836
Painted Island
Sandy Steele-Perkins
Photography - 89 x 59 x 0.5 cm Photography - 35 x 23.2 x 0.2 inch
$836
Vue sur mer, Alcúdia
Christelle Yambayisa
Photography - 105 x 70 x 1 cm Photography - 41.3 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
$2,109
Patagonia Sea 3
Michael Filonow
Photography - 50.8 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.1 inch
$390
"3 Coques en l'air" - Grand Bê, Saint Malo
Vesna BECHA-BOJOVIC
Photography - 22 x 27 x 0.2 cm Photography - 8.7 x 10.6 x 0.1 inch
$216
L'heure bleue en route
Feng Hatat
Photography - 60 x 90 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
$1,110
De Chlore et de Rosé
Christopher Barraja
Photography - 90 x 60 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 inch
$1,332
Pampelonne
Antoine Rose
Photography - 77 x 175 x 0.5 cm Photography - 30.3 x 68.9 x 0.2 inch
$11,100
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
$4,182
Dark Materials VI
James Sparshatt
Photography - 100 x 150 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$3,796
Fluid horizon XXXIV
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,098
Fluid horizon XLVI
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,098
Fluid horizon IL
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,098
L'heure bleue 040817
Feng Hatat
Photography - 30 x 45 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch
$777
Tenerife, the palm trees
Fabien Olart
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$555
Deauville, the beach
Fabien Olart
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$555
Rovinj, mirror on the Adriatic
Fabien Olart
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$555
Shore Break
Bernard Biancotto
Photography - 60 x 90 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
$666
L'heure bleue 030817
Feng Hatat
Photography - 30 x 45 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch
$777
L'heure bleue à Venise II
Feng Hatat
Photography - 30 x 45 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch
$666
L'heure bleue à Venise
Feng Hatat
Photography - 30 x 45 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch
$666
Snorkelling In The Shallows
Slim Aarons
Photography - 76 x 76 cm Photography - 29.9 x 29.9 inch
$3,158
Manon à la fenêtre
Arnaud Ele
Photography - 110 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 43.3 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$888
Fluid horizon IV
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,098
Before the storm
Joost Wensveen
Photography - 50 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
$1,498
Boats in the Harbor, Rockport, Maine
Michael K. Yamaoka
Photography - 40.6 x 50.8 x 0.1 cm Photography - 16 x 20 x 0.04 inch
$2,500
AV_Adria_023
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 84 x 120 x 0.5 cm Photography - 33.1 x 47.2 x 0.2 inch
$2,209
Temporal Perception #114
Serge Hamad
Photography - 114.3 x 152.4 cm Photography - 45 x 60 inch
$3,600
Pointe de la Bonne Terre
José Nicolas
Photography - 40 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,665
Roches Escudelier 1
José Nicolas
Photography - 40 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,665
Crique de Bonporteau 2
José Nicolas
Photography - 40 x 40 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,665
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.