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Under the surface
Christophe Vilar
Painting - 81 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 2 inch
$5,362
Cauchem Art Plastique n°5
Anne Eliayan et Christian Pic
Photography - 60 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,009
Aquaplaning II
Jean-Marie Gitard (Mr Strange)
Print - 49 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.3 x 27.6 x 0 inch
$335
The line between night and day
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$476 $429
Lumière de voile… (Esprit voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 60 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,803
Liberté à l’horizon... (Esprit Voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,251
A view of the bay and city of Sissi. Crete
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 25 x 35 x 0.3 cm Painting - 9.8 x 13.8 x 0.1 inch
$5,493
Rêverie... (Esprit Voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,139
Messe du pardon de la mer à Saint Briac
José Nicolas
Photography - 100 x 100 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
$1,682
L'œil
Christian Lefevre
Photography - 60 x 80 x 0.3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
$807 $726
Bain de soleil
Christian Lefevre
Photography - 45 x 80 x 0.3 cm Photography - 17.7 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
$718 $646
Horizon d'éternité... (Esprit Voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,229
Lumière du soir... (Esprit Voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,363
Évasion… (Expression libre)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,691
Aux premières lueurs du jour...
Olivier Messas
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,229
Battement d'ailes... (Paysage Abstrait)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 100 x 80 x 5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 2 inch
$3,363
Un ciel de liberté... (Paysage Abstrait 2022)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 100 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 2 inch
$4,372
L'envolée marine... (Paysage Abstrait)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,363
Un ciel de liberté... (Paysage Abstrait 2022)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 120 x 150 x 5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 59.1 x 2 inch
$4,372
En mer de Croatie... (Esprit voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 120 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$4,260
Les voiliers de Saint-Tropez... (Esprit voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 120 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$5,606
Les uns contre les autres... (Esprit voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 50 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,466
Vieux gréement en baie de Pors-Carn
Richard Bouts
Painting - 40 x 50 x 1.7 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.7 inch
$617
Marine - Mer de Cantabrie
Mercedes Aparicio
Painting - 30 x 30 x 1.8 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.7 inch
$5,493
Mer de Cantabrie
Mercedes Aparicio
Painting - 30 x 50 x 3.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 19.7 x 1.4 inch
$4,260
Miami_III_03
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 80 x 200 x 0.5 cm Photography - 31.5 x 78.7 x 0.2 inch
$3,352
Miami_II_003
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 118 x 150 x 4 cm Photography - 46.5 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
$3,240
Dialogue 06
Matthieu Venot
Photography - 62.5 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 24.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,345
Voyage DAmour
Kenneth Halvorsen
Painting - 76.2 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 30 x 48 x 1.5 inch
$2,950
New rain in empty mountains
Alexandra Petropoulou
Painting - 99.8 x 149.9 x 2 cm Painting - 39.3 x 59 x 0.8 inch
$2,096
Pecio IV
Felisa Esteban - Maifx
Painting - 100 x 130 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 51.2 x 0.4 inch
$2,354
Adria_Panorama_01
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 100 x 222 x 0.3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 87.4 x 0.1 inch
$3,576
Versilia_Panorama_04
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 100 x 270 x 0.3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 106.3 x 0.1 inch
$3,913
Versilia_Panorama_02
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 120 x 400 x 0.3 cm Photography - 47.2 x 157.5 x 0.1 inch
$4,361
Versilia_Panorama_01
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 120 x 288 x 0.3 cm Photography - 47.2 x 113.4 x 0.1 inch
$4,361
Good morning OZ
Anthony Horth
Photography - 50.8 x 86.4 x 2.5 cm Photography - 20 x 34 x 1 inch
$4,000
Bateaux près de Sète Marine
Pierre-Jean Llado
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,018
Getting To The Other Side
Lisa H Ridabock
Painting - 61 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 24 x 36 x 1.5 inch
$2,070
Santa Monica sunset
Carol Steinberg
Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 3.8 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 1.5 inch
$2,275
Fantasy of heaven
Vitaliy Pryzant
Painting - 70.1 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$4,750
Sunset against the backdrop of a thunderstorm
Vitaliy Pryzant
Painting - 70.1 x 89.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 35.4 x 1 inch
$4,650
Foggy morning
Vitaliy Pryzant
Painting - 59.9 x 89.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 35.4 x 1 inch
$5,150
Enthusiastic motive, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Vitaliy Pryzant
Painting - 59.9 x 95 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 37.4 x 1.2 inch
$4,550
Golden Moon, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Vitaliy Pryzant
Painting - 80 x 89.9 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$4,965
Palette of Freedom
Anne Ravliuc Bloomfield
Painting - 59.9 x 97 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 38.2 x 1.2 inch
$2,536
Another adventure
Anne Ravliuc Bloomfield
Painting - 74.9 x 89.9 x 3 cm Painting - 29.5 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$3,217
Black Pearl
Anne Ravliuc Bloomfield
Painting - 59.9 x 97 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 38.2 x 1.2 inch
$2,660
Nightbringer
Anne Ravliuc Bloomfield
Painting - 89.9 x 89.9 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$3,922
Gliding on waves
Anne Ravliuc Bloomfield
Painting - 59.9 x 97 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 38.2 x 1.2 inch
$2,413
A song to the sea
Sergeï Inkatov
Painting - 90 x 110 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch
$5,493
A piece of the sea
Kristina Malashchenko
Painting - 70 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$2,466
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.