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Wildclouds above purple sky
Peter de Boer
Painting - 30 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,009
Venice, Italy
Behshad Arjomandi
Painting - 40.1 x 40.1 x 2 cm Painting - 15.8 x 15.8 x 0.8 inch
$815
Magical Venice, Painting, Oil on canvas
Behshad Arjomandi
Painting - 46 x 55.1 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
$840
To the moon and back
Marianne Lefevre
Painting - 40 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$774
La force de la mer #2
Sylvie Garibaldi
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1 inch
$1,345
Les Iles Sanguinaires
Valérie Dragacci
Painting - 46 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,233
De Chlore et de Rosé
Christopher Barraja
Photography - 90 x 60 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 inch
$1,345
De Chlore et de Rosé (2)
Christopher Barraja
Photography - 60 x 90 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 inch
$1,345
De Chlore et de Rosé
Christopher Barraja
Photography - 90 x 60 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 inch
$1,345
De Chlore et de Rosé
Christopher Barraja
Photography - 90 x 60 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 inch
$1,345
De Chlore et de Rosé
Christopher Barraja
Photography - 90 x 60 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 inch
$1,345
Fairytale
Priska Walliman
Photography - 90 x 90 x 0.4 cm Photography - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.2 inch
$1,682
Venice Beach Blue Palmtrees II
P van Bolderick
Photography - 70 x 50 x 0.2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$392
Le Port d'Honfleur
Philippe De Lestrange
Print - 46 x 55 x 2 cm Print - 18.1 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,121
Series “Between Heaven and Earth” - turquoise blue
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 100 x 180 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 70.9 x 1.6 inch
$5,606
Morning. View of the rocks Di Zaro
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 15 x 20 x 0.3 cm Painting - 5.9 x 7.9 x 0.1 inch
$1,792
À l'unisson... (Esprit Voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,345
Evening near Malia. Crete
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 15 x 20 x 0.3 cm Painting - 5.9 x 7.9 x 0.1 inch
$1,794
Through nine seas – cover
Tekla Aleksieva
Painting - 15 x 29 x 0.2 cm Painting - 5.9 x 11.4 x 0.1 inch
$1,031
Couleurs de voile... (Esprit Voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 60 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,018
Brushed oceanic in brown
Ronald Hunter
Painting - 90 x 180 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 70.9 x 0.8 inch
$2,422
Ciel d'été... (Esprit Voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,906
Le Village du Vendée Globe
Philippe De Lestrange
Print - 46 x 55 x 2 cm Print - 18.1 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,121
Contemplation sur les rochers
Philippe De Lestrange
Print - 46 x 55 x 2 cm Print - 18.1 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,121
La plage de Biscarrosse
Philippe De Lestrange
Print - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Print - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,121
Temporal Perception # 330A
Serge Hamad
Photography - 91.4 x 182.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36 x 72 x 0.1 inch
$3,375
Mer en hiver - série Mer
Françoise Lavenu
Painting - 60 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,345
Côte sauvage - série Mer
Françoise Lavenu
Painting - 65 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
$1,177
Cap Canaille - série Méditerranée
Françoise Lavenu
Painting - 81 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,614
Abstract Clouds n°307
Harry James Moody
Painting - 76.2 x 76.2 x 5.1 cm Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 inch
$3,200
Whispered Tales by the Sunlit Shore
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 95 x 110 x 0.1 cm Painting - 37.4 x 43.3 x 0 inch
$1,065
Blue Fish Sardines
Olga Nikitina
Painting - 75 x 100 x 0.1 cm Painting - 29.5 x 39.4 x 0 inch
$1,794
The Black Sea - summer seascape painting
Nikolay Dmitriev
Painting - 25 x 25 x 0.3 cm Painting - 9.8 x 9.8 x 0.1 inch
$897
Un été ocre jaune - séries Les Dames de la côte
Françoise Lucq
Painting - 60 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,099
Un été grenadine - série Les Dames de la côte
Françoise Lucq
Painting - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,099
Un été outre-mer - série Les Dames de la côte
Françoise Lucq
Painting - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,099
Série lignes blanches 2
Lionel Chevalier
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,915
Vacances en Provence
Martine Fauve Dechavanne
Painting - 19 x 27 x 2 cm Painting - 7.5 x 10.6 x 0.8 inch
$325
Solitaire - série Paysage et mer
Nicolas Pizy
Painting - 75 x 115 x 2 cm Painting - 29.5 x 45.3 x 0.8 inch
$1,682
Face à la Mer 15 - 19 Mai
Nicolas Curmer
Painting - 40 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,121
1915 Mer et pierres Sea and stones
Eugène Druet
Photography - 43 x 54 cm Photography - 16.9 x 21.3 inch
$1,626 $813
La série : Orogenèse - Hokusai
Joan Fontcuberta
Photography - 75 x 100 cm Photography - 29.5 x 39.4 inch
$11,211
Canvas of Dawn (stretched)
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,738
An invitation to the present moment (stretched)
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 100 x 70 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 inch
$1,435
Mes doux frissons de mer - Paysage marin de La Nouvelle Calédonie
Caroline Degroiselle
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,102
Le vent s'est levé sur l'eau toute ourlée - Paysage marin de La Nouvelle Calédonie
Caroline Degroiselle
Painting - 40 x 40 x 3.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.4 inch
$1,542
A pleines voiles le marin joueur - Paysage marin de La Nouvelle Calédonie
Caroline Degroiselle
Painting - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,895
Force matin en musique bleue - Paysage marin de La Nouvelle Calédonie
Caroline Degroiselle
Painting - 46 x 38 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 15 x 0.8 inch
$1,334
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.