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Sonho de Icaro
Geraldo Pestalozzi
Photography - 29.7 x 49 x 0.2 cm Photography - 11.7 x 19.3 x 0.1 inch
$452
Miami_III_03
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 80 x 200 x 0.5 cm Photography - 31.5 x 78.7 x 0.2 inch
$3,381
Miami_II_003
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 118 x 150 x 4 cm Photography - 46.5 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
$3,268
Blue ocean. Glare.
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 90 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,827
Seul au monde
Christophe Audebert
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$254
Liquid Time
Christophe Audebert
Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$254
Carré bleu - petit - 2
LN Le Cheviller
Painting - 50 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch
$577
Le port de La Ciotat
Pedro Viana Parente
Painting - 30 x 40 x 0.2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
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Music of the sea.
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 100 x 140 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch
$3,562
Sea. Waves. Glare.
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 80 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,318
Seascape. Summer.
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 70 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,601
Shining water and clear sky.
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
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Light on the water 10
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 80 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,488
Silver of the ocean 2
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 120 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,488
Ocean. Sky. Light 2.
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 130 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,612
Blue water. Light.
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 120 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,601
Music of the ocean 2.
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 120 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,827
Evening glare on the water 7
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 120 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,488
Glare of the sun on the water 5.
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 130 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,827
The silence of the ocean 2.
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 80 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,488
Awakening. Glare on the water.
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 120 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,827
Laguna Beach. California 3
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 90 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$4,410
Vidareiri
Christophe Audebert
Photography - 60 x 90 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0 inch
$254
Surface de la mer 31
LN Le Cheviller
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$481
Art d'être IV
Cécile Baldewyns
Photography - 60 x 60 x 0.04 cm Photography - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$905
Homme nu sur la plage II
Bruno Fournier
Photography - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$1,131
Guerrière courbée
Bruno Fournier
Photography - 25 x 25 x 1 cm Photography - 9.8 x 9.8 x 0.4 inch
$1,018
Le Rolleiflex - Série Les Caprices de Madame Bovary
Takala
Photography - 105 x 105 x 4 cm Photography - 41.3 x 41.3 x 1.6 inch
$1,696
Guerrière assise
Bruno Fournier
Photography - 25 x 25 x 1 cm Photography - 9.8 x 9.8 x 0.4 inch
$1,074
The film maker
Bruno Fournier
Photography - 22 x 22 x 1 cm Photography - 8.7 x 8.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,074
Guerrière avec 3 heaumes
Bruno Fournier
Photography - 25 x 25 x 1 cm Photography - 9.8 x 9.8 x 0.4 inch
$792
Useful Object Cut
Mihai Florea
Painting - 120 x 70 x 30 cm Painting - 47.2 x 27.6 x 11.8 inch
$2,601 $1,951
Useful Object Cover
Mihai Florea
Painting - 120 x 70 x 30 cm Painting - 47.2 x 27.6 x 11.8 inch
$2,601 $1,951
Le grand pareo
Jean Marie Drouet
Painting - 60 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
Price upon request
La barquette
Pedro Viana Parente
Painting - 100 x 73 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 28.7 x 1 inch
$1,809
Trio de bateaux
Pedro Viana Parente
Painting - 73 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
$1,074
Et ce doux rire de la lumière
Michele Charles Nicolas
Painting - 40 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
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Sénégalais en ligne droite
Marcos Zrihen
Painting - 81 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
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Aegean sea
Alexandra Petropoulou
Painting - 99.8 x 99.8 x 2 cm Painting - 39.3 x 39.3 x 0.8 inch
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Sur la plage, en orange
Michèle Kaus
Painting - 73 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
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Poséidon
Christophe Charbonnel
Sculpture - 105 x 60 x 37 cm Sculpture - 41.3 x 23.6 x 14.6 inch
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L'ouverture
Christophe Audebert
Photography - 90 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0 inch
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Orage d'été à Fouesnant
Franck Dupire
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2.5 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 1 inch
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Malibu. The last time. (1962)
George Barris
Photography - 40 x 40 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 inch
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Marilyn Monroe. La Plage. 1949
André de Dienes
Photography - 51 x 41 cm Photography - 20.1 x 16.1 inch
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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.