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Soleil sur la mer
Andrée De Frémont
Painting - 130 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$13,395
Les Couleurs du Vent
Michel Saint-Luc
Painting - 40 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,228
El pez rojo XII
Paco Muñoz Santana
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.4 inch
$614
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
$670
Breaking The Surface
Anthony Dunphy
Painting - 40.6 x 50.8 x 0.8 cm Painting - 16 x 20 x 0.3 inch
$760
Maine lighthouse
Jim Lagasse
Fine Art Drawings - 35.6 x 27.9 x 2.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14 x 11 x 1 inch
$525
Cabo Rojo view Puerto Rico
John Kilduff
Fine Art Drawings - 29.5 x 41.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.6 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch
$545
Crow's Nest Saugatuck, MI
John Kilduff
Fine Art Drawings - 29.5 x 41.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.6 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch
$545
Fort DeSoto Fishing Pier, Tierra Verde, Fl.
Mike King
Fine Art Drawings - 38.1 x 53.3 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 21 x 0.1 inch
$589
Tempête à Quiberon
Jean-Baptiste Itah
Painting - 39 x 106 x 3 cm Painting - 15.4 x 41.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,340
Man jumping our of the water, Two: From Motion Series
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 91.4 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36 x 24 x 0.1 inch
$2,222
Bodice of a man: from the Blanco series. Archival black and white Pigment print
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 91.4 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36 x 24 x 0.1 inch
$2,222
Bodice of Man: from the Blanco Series. Archival Pigment print, Sepia
Ricky Cohete
Photography - 91.4 x 61 x 0.3 cm Photography - 36 x 24 x 0.1 inch
$2,222
Paysage méditerranéen
Pierrick Tual
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$3,215
Untilted - Naples.
Kevin Jordan O'Shea
Photography - 45 x 30 x 0.3 cm Photography - 17.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$447
Lockdown on the beach, Rabat Morocco
Kevin Jordan O'Shea
Photography - 15 x 22 x 0.3 cm Photography - 5.9 x 8.7 x 0.1 inch
$179
La Grande Plage, Biarritz France
Kevin Jordan O'Shea
Photography - 30 x 45 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.1 inch
$447
Off to the Field of dreams 7
Thein Shwe
Painting - 89 x 74 x 1 cm Painting - 35 x 29.1 x 0.4 inch
$8,651
Untitled, Essaouira Morocco.
Kevin Jordan O'Shea
Photography - 30 x 45 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.1 inch
$469
Untilted, Marseille France.
Kevin Jordan O'Shea
Photography - 30 x 45 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.1 inch
$502
Le reflet du ciel
Valérie-Anne Bertin
Painting - 46 x 38 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 15 x 0.8 inch
$949
Never Know If It’s Real
Henri Venne
Photography - 96.5 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Photography - 38 x 48 x 1 inch
$6,474
Fire or Sunset?
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 56 x 100 x 0.1 cm Photography - 22 x 39.4 x 0 inch
$279
David & Goliath
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 56 x 100 x 0.1 cm Photography - 22 x 39.4 x 0 inch
$212
Mist - Ice project
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 56 x 100 x 0.1 cm Photography - 22 x 39.4 x 0 inch
$212
David & Goliath II
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 56 x 100 x 0.1 cm Photography - 22 x 39.4 x 0 inch
$212
Lullaby time
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 56 x 100 x 0.1 cm Photography - 22 x 39.4 x 0 inch
$212
Fluid horizon XIV
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,110
Fluid horizon XLI
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,110
Pointe d'Aradon, Bretagne
Jules Robert Chatelain
Painting - 38 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 15 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$686
Escale à Sanary-sur-mer
Béatrice Migliore
Painting - 46 x 55 x 2.5 cm Painting - 18.1 x 21.7 x 1 inch
$1,507
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
$536
The precious, nº2
Fabienne Decornet
Painting - 78 x 78 x 0.5 cm Painting - 30.7 x 30.7 x 0.2 inch
$2,344
L'entrée du Port de Bretagne
Omar Logang
Painting - 38 x 46 x 3 cm Painting - 15 x 18.1 x 1.2 inch
$893
The emotional creation #229
Carla Sá Fernandes
Painting - 150 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
$9,421
Les enfants sur la plage
Christophe Thiry
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,233
En attendant la vague
Perrine Vilmot
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,456
Le café de la plage
Perrine Vilmot
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,456
Transats à l’anglaise
Sophie de la Happy Funky Family
Painting - 33 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 13 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$659
Evening glare on the water 6.
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 60 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,920
Element
Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)
Painting - 90 x 150 x 0.3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 59.1 x 0.1 inch
$2,791
Brightlingsea Groyne
Lorna Kirin
Painting - 120 x 100 x 7 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 2.8 inch
$3,664
Toutes voiles dedans
Christophe Vilar
Painting - 117 x 90 x 5 cm Painting - 46.1 x 35.4 x 2 inch
$5,339
Hobie Red Cat
Bonnie Lammar
Photography - 30.5 x 30.5 x 0.5 cm Photography - 12 x 12 x 0.2 inch
$625
Light on the water 2.
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 60 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,087
Fabulous gentle sea.us gentle sea.
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 60 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$1,965
The Riders of the Côte Fleurie, Calvados
Nathan Soulez-Larivière
Photography - 50 x 100 cm Photography - 19.7 x 39.4 inch
$558
The Fisherman, Calvados
Nathan Soulez-Larivière
Photography - 50 x 100 cm Photography - 19.7 x 39.4 inch
$558
In the wake of a giant 02, Tadoussac
Nathan Soulez-Larivière
Photography - 51 x 90 cm Photography - 20.1 x 35.4 inch
$558
Uapameku, Tadoussac
Nathan Soulez-Larivière
Photography - 56.25 x 90 cm Photography - 22.1 x 35.4 inch
$558
In the wake of a giant, Tadoussac
Nathan Soulez-Larivière
Photography - 51 x 90 cm Photography - 20.1 x 35.4 inch
$558
Dans l’antre de la mer
Marie-Noëlle Deverre
Print - 50 x 40 x 3 cm Print - 19.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
$837
Les Vagues Blanches
Raymond Poulet
Painting - 81 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$15,739
Cap au Sud, joli rêve
Sophie Petetin
Painting - 70 x 140 x 2.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 55.1 x 1 inch
$1,842
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.