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Fire or Sunset?
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 56 x 100 x 0.1 cm Photography - 22 x 39.4 x 0 inch
$280
Why does ice float on water?
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 100 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$280
David & Goliath
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 56 x 100 x 0.1 cm Photography - 22 x 39.4 x 0 inch
$213
Mist - Ice project
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 56 x 100 x 0.1 cm Photography - 22 x 39.4 x 0 inch
$213
David & Goliath II
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 56 x 100 x 0.1 cm Photography - 22 x 39.4 x 0 inch
$213
Big Rock & Small Rocks
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 56 x 100 x 0.1 cm Photography - 22 x 39.4 x 0 inch
$213
Lullaby time
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 56 x 100 x 0.1 cm Photography - 22 x 39.4 x 0 inch
$213
Le petit bateau de l'Ile de Ré
Blanche Bérat
Painting - 61 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$880 $793
Sea swell n*1 - Italian painting
Bruno Di Giulio
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$673
Mon île en balade couleur de coeur
Caroline Degroiselle
Painting - 60 x 60 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch
$2,287
Serenity on the Horizon
Michael Milkin
Painting - 61.5 x 91.5 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24.2 x 36 x 1 inch
$5,800
Changement de cap... (Esprit Voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,570
Liberté... (Esprit Voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,570
Le temps suspendu... (Esprit voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,345
Course en mer... (Esprit Voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,682
Duo en mer... (Esprit Voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,457
Voile en Bretagne... (Esprit Voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,570
Vitalité en mer... (Esprit voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,018
Naviguer ensemble... (Esprit Voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,121
La traversée en envolée marine - Paysage marin de La Nouvelle Calédonie
Caroline Degroiselle
Painting - 60 x 60 x 3.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.4 inch
$2,382
Les voiliers de Belle île... (Esprit Voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,018
Aux premières lueurs de l’aube... (Esprit Voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,457
Le temps qui passe…III (Esprit voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,345
Couleurs de voile…II (Esprit voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 100 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,906
Flowery coast in Positano - Italy painting + handmade frame
Gianni Di Guida
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$561
Fous de Bassan dans les vagues
Hélène Legrand
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$4,484
Replis, entre passé et présent
Hélène Legrand
Painting - 81 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$5,381
Migration 4, Jour 11
Patrice Palacio
Painting - 70 x 50 x 5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 2 inch
$3,588
Migration 4, Jour 2
Patrice Palacio
Painting - 70 x 50 x 5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 2 inch
$3,588
Soleil et voiles, sur le pont
Hélène Legrand
Painting - 46 x 61 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 24 x 0.8 inch
$2,579
Jamais deux sans trois… (Esprit voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,018
Au lever du jour... (Esprit voile 2021)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,794
Les régates blanches... (Paysage abstrait 2022)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 30 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,121
À bon port... (Esprit voile 2022)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,570
Back to basic
Massimiliano Pelletti
Sculpture - 15 x 40 x 20 cm Sculpture - 5.9 x 15.7 x 7.9 inch
$17,938
Le village amarte
Daniel Couthures
Painting - 46 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,345
Le Chemin des Iles 2
Michel Saint-Luc
Painting - 19 x 19 x 0.3 cm Painting - 7.5 x 7.5 x 0.1 inch
$213
La passagère du 54 (d'après Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec)
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Print - 76 x 56 x 0.1 cm Print - 29.9 x 22 x 0 inch
$280
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.