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Falaises dans la brume
Patrick Marie
Painting - 50 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,787
Falaises à marée basse
Patrick Marie
Painting - 50 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,787
Chemin de la Valeuse
Patrick Marie
Painting - 65 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,776
Belle île – port Sauson
Patrick Marie
Painting - 50 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,787
Belle île – port coton
Patrick Marie
Painting - 50 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,787
L'eau échevelée
Emmanuelle Vroelant
Painting - 120 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$2,331
Les Gardiens du son
Carole Framezelle - Acmiya
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$997
À deux en mer... (Esprit Voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
$444
Un été en mer... (Esprit Voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
$444
Coque de bateau - Île d'Aix
Marie-Annick Priou
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,054
Dark Materials VIII
James Sparshatt
Photography - 100 x 150 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$4,182
Dark Materials VI
James Sparshatt
Photography - 100 x 150 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$3,796
Watkins Glen State Park in New York City. Impasto impressionism painting.
Vik Schroeder
Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,110
Un soir d’été… (Esprit voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,998
La vie en rose... (Esprit Voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 100 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,087
Le monde à l'envers
Carole Framezelle - Acmiya
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$3,076
Douceur d'aquarelle 2
Michel Saint-Luc
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,554
Les Ombres de la Nuit 2
Michel Saint-Luc
Painting - 50 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,221
Ensemble, au bord de l'eau
Jean-Philippe Berger
Painting - 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$555
Soleil couchant - série Paysage et mer
Nicolas Pizy
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.4 inch
$588
Fluid horizon XXXIV
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,098
Fluid horizon XLVI
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,098
Fluid horizon IL
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,098
L'heure bleue 040817
Feng Hatat
Photography - 30 x 45 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch
$777
Tenerife, the palm trees
Fabien Olart
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$555
Deauville, the beach
Fabien Olart
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$555
Rovinj, mirror on the Adriatic
Fabien Olart
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$555
My Ferrari, my Louboutins and my holidays
Patrick Cornée
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$3,552 $3,197
Full moon in the bay
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 35.1 x 69.9 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 27.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,200
Moon rise
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 69.9 x 59.9 x 2 cm Painting - 27.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,500
Silent Heights in Mist
Zakhar Shevchuk
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,110
Mountains at Sunset
Zakhar Shevchuk
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,110
Tip of the Iceberg
Zakhar Shevchuk
Painting - 55 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,443
Almost Abstract Landscape - 1 (Ocean)
Zakhar Shevchuk
Painting - 25 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 9.8 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$888
Amber skies over ocean
Olena Topliss
Painting - 100.1 x 100.1 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,741
Fort DeSoto Beach, Tierra Verde, Fl.
Mike King
Painting - 38.1 x 53.3 x 0.3 cm Painting - 15 x 21 x 0.1 inch
$609
Le gardien du désert salé
Yves Calméjane
Painting - 60 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,976
Promenade des Anglais
Karine Bartoli
Painting - 110 x 90 x 4 cm Painting - 43.3 x 35.4 x 1.6 inch
$1,665
Paix en mer... (esprit voile 2022)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,887
Va, vis et reviens !
Antoine Josse
Painting - 60 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$3,996
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.