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Light on the water 2.
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 60 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
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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
$1,990
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
$622
Le Selfie
Christophe Jacrot
Photography - 70 x 105 x 0.1 cm Photography - 27.6 x 41.3 x 0 inch
$3,619
Surf, Sun & Sand XIV
Peter Goodhall
Painting - 77 x 127 x 3 cm Painting - 30.3 x 50 x 1.2 inch
$2,554
Back to basic
Massimiliano Pelletti
Sculpture - 15 x 40 x 20 cm Sculpture - 5.9 x 15.7 x 7.9 inch
$18,094
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
$2,307
Changement de cap... (Esprit Voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,583
Liberté... (Esprit Voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,583
Le temps suspendu... (Esprit voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,357
Course en mer... (Esprit Voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,696
Unveiling Life's Richness
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 110 x 205 x 0.1 cm Painting - 43.3 x 80.7 x 0 inch
$3,246
Whispers at the edge of daybreak
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 140 x 100 x 0.1 cm Painting - 55.1 x 39.4 x 0 inch
$2,375
The uncertainty of transience
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 235 x 150 x 0.1 cm Painting - 92.5 x 59.1 x 0 inch
$5,598
Duo en mer... (Esprit Voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,470
Voile en Bretagne... (Esprit Voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,583
Vitalité en mer... (Esprit voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,036
The precious, nº2
Fabienne Decornet
Painting - 78 x 78 x 0.5 cm Painting - 30.7 x 30.7 x 0.2 inch
$2,375
Naviguer ensemble... (Esprit Voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,131
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
$2,403
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
$2,036
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
$1,470
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
$1,357
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
$1,923
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
$888
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
$4,524
Replis, entre passé et présent
Hélène Legrand
Painting - 81 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$5,428
Migration 4, Jour 11
Patrice Palacio
Painting - 70 x 50 x 5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 2 inch
$3,619
Migration 4, Jour 2
Patrice Palacio
Painting - 70 x 50 x 5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 2 inch
$3,619
Soleil et voiles, sur le pont
Hélène Legrand
Painting - 46 x 61 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 24 x 0.8 inch
$2,601
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
$2,036
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
$1,809
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
$1,131
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
$1,583
Light Wind
Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)
Painting - 90 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$2,714
Marine Evening
Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)
Painting - 80 x 110 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch
$2,601
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
$215
Rain on the Horizon
Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)
Painting - 80 x 110 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch
$2,601
Morning Walk on the Sea
Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)
Painting - 80 x 110 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch
$2,488
Wonderful Space
Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)
Painting - 80 x 120 x 0.3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.1 inch
$2,488
White Whale
Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)
Painting - 150 x 90 x 0.3 cm Painting - 59.1 x 35.4 x 0.1 inch
$2,827
Boat Trip
Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)
Painting - 80 x 115 x 0.3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 45.3 x 0.1 inch
$2,488
Three feet under keel
Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)
Painting - 150 x 90 x 0.3 cm Painting - 59.1 x 35.4 x 0.1 inch
$2,714
Venice gold
Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)
Painting - 90 x 150 x 0.3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 59.1 x 0.1 inch
$2,827
Le surfer solitaire
Alain Longeaud
Photography - 120 x 96 x 0.5 cm Photography - 47.2 x 37.8 x 0.2 inch
$3,562
Canzone Napoletana
Alexander Levich
Painting - 120 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$4,863
Heart of the sea
Alexander Levich
Painting - 100 x 200 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 78.7 x 0.8 inch
$5,541
Nocturne seaside with sails - Southern Italy painting & frame
Vittorio Colucci
Painting - 25 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 9.8 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$582
Light painting
Jan Brunclík
Photography - 60 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$1,301
Night sea
Jan Brunclík
Photography - 60 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$1,515 $1,228
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.