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Marée basse à Paimpol
Jacques Robert
Painting - 81 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$4,484
Solar Regatta
Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)
Painting - 90 x 150 x 0.3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 59.1 x 0.1 inch
$2,803
Regatta
Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)
Painting - 89 x 149 x 0.3 cm Painting - 35 x 58.7 x 0.1 inch
$2,803
Destination Amalfi
Katrina Avotina
Painting - 50 x 59.9 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$917
A warm summer's day
Katrina Avotina
Painting - 39.9 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$965
Sensitive stories from Italy 1
Geert Lemmers
Photography - 81.3 x 99.1 x 2.5 cm Photography - 32 x 39 x 1 inch
$1,220
Matador Beach, Malibu
John Kilduff
Painting - 55.9 x 71.1 x 3.8 cm Painting - 22 x 28 x 1.5 inch
$1,670
Venice. Grand Canal
Irina Alexandrina
Painting - 61 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 30 x 1 inch
$1,480
Sans titre (Côtes d'Armor)
Jacques Robert
Painting - 65 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,803
Sans titre (Côtes d'Armor)
Jacques Robert
Painting - 73 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
$3,251
Sans titre (Côtes d'Armor)
Jacques Robert
Painting - 70 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,251
La Mer XXXVII
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 120 x 90 x 3 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,119
Fluid horizon V
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,119
Fluid horizon XI
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,119
Fluid horizon X
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,119
Fluid horizon XVII
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,119
Fluid horizon XVIII
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,119
Fluid horizon XIX
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,119
Fluid horizon XXIX
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,119
Fluid horizon XXVIII
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,119
Fluid horizon XXVII
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,119
Fluid horizon XXV
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,119
Fluid horizon XX
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,119
Fluid horizon XXII
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,119
Fluid horizon XXIII
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,119
Fluid horizon XXIV
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,119
Fluid horizon XXX
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,119
Fluid horizon XXXI
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,119
Fluid horizon XXXII
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,119
Fluid horizon XXXIII
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,119
Fluid horizon XXXV
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,119
Fluid horizon XXXVI
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,119
Fluid horizon XXXVII
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,119
Fluid horizon XXXVIII
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,119
Fluid horizon XL
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,119
Fluid horizon XLII
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,119
Fluid horizon XLIII
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,119
Fluid horizon XLIV
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,119
Fluid horizon XLVII
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,119
Fluid horizon XLVIII
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,119
Fluid horizon L
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,119
Fluid horizon XLV
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,119
Seaflower II
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,119
L'éclaircie après la tempête
Brigitte Dravet
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$4,484
Le marchand de Sel
Sébastien Morasso
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$269
Poetic Landscape 9
Michel Saint-Luc
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$785
Symphonie Turquoise
Michel Saint-Luc
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,345
Green water - minimalism sea
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$3,363
Santorini evening
Elena Georgieva
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$1,401
Santorini evening
Elena Georgieva
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$1,401
Sky sea / abstraction sea
Natalie Shiporina
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,635
Untitled
Francesc Genovés
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$622
Untitled
Francesc Genovés
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$622
Door to serenity - limited edition of 23
Valentin Zaharia
Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$302
DEAUVILLE LES PARASOLS, ON ARRIVE
Sophie Petetin
Painting - 41 x 65 x 3 cm Painting - 16.1 x 25.6 x 1.2 inch
$1,003
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.