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Seaside by night - Amalfi vertical version painting
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€425
Amalfi flowery road - Southern Italy painting
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€325
Sorrento lookout on the gulf - Southern Italy painting
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€425
The town in bloom - Positano Italy painting
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€315
Bateaux en mer
Ezelino Briante
Painting - 39.5 x 79.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 15.6 x 31.3 x 0.2 inch
€2,107
Le grand port
Ezelino Briante
Painting - 43.5 x 62.5 x 0.5 cm Painting - 17.1 x 24.6 x 0.2 inch
€2,076
Arrival at the beach
Peter de Boer
Painting - 80 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
€3,300
Port de pêche animé
Ezelino Briante
Painting - 50 x 61 x 0.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 24 x 0.2 inch
€2,086
Arrival at the beach
Peter de Boer
Painting - 80 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€2,475
Sunshine setwaves
Peter de Boer
Painting - 135 x 170 x 2 cm Painting - 53.1 x 66.9 x 0.8 inch
€5,000
Lovers at sunset
Karine Harutyunyan
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€288
Auspicious fairy crane - 4
Jinxian Zhang
Painting - 69 x 139 x 0.5 cm Painting - 27.2 x 54.7 x 0.2 inch
€3,900
Morning Rise
Drew Doggett
Photography - 45.7 x 68.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 18 x 27 x 0.1 inch
€1,900
De chlore et de rosé
Christopher Barraja
Photography - 30 x 20 cm Photography - 11.8 x 7.9 inch
€450
Yantarnoe, 23/02/2021, 18h55
Evgeniya Buravleva
Painting - 85 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 33.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
€2,800
Melodie Monocromatiche - Aqua
Daniela Pasqualini
Painting - 22.9 x 22.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 9 x 9 x 1 inch
€336
Versilia_Panorama_01
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 120 x 288 x 0.3 cm Photography - 47.2 x 113.4 x 0.1 inch
€3,890
AV_Cruiseship_Panorma
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 100 x 400 x 0.7 cm Photography - 39.4 x 157.5 x 0.3 inch
€3,690
Deux femmes à la plage
Sophie de la Happy Funky Family
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€2,300
Mer en violet
Iolanta Gondouin (Iola)
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1 inch
€2,000
Régate série mer et voiliers
Bernard Relecom
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1.5 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch
€160
Régate série mer et voiliers
Bernard Relecom
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1.5 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch
€160
Régate série mer et voiliers
Bernard Relecom
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1.5 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch
€160
Régate série mer et voiliers
Bernard Relecom
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1.5 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch
€160
Régate série mer et voiliers
Bernard Relecom
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1.5 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch
€160
Baltic sea with south sea flair
Gary Westall
Painting - 24.1 x 30 x 0.5 cm Painting - 9.5 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
€480
Monastere fortifie
Louis Devienne
Painting - 79 x 118 x 2 cm Painting - 31.1 x 46.5 x 0.8 inch
€7,300
PLAGE DE L'OUEST, DOUCE MAREE
Sophie Petetin
Print - 40 x 40 x 0.5 cm Print - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch
€129
"3 Coques en l'air" - Grand Bê, Saint Malo
Vesna BECHA-BOJOVIC
Photography - 22 x 27 x 0.2 cm Photography - 8.7 x 10.6 x 0.1 inch
€195
Lithographie originale de Spahn
Victor Spahn
Print - 60 x 80 x 0.3 cm Print - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
€300
Lithographie originale de Spahn
Victor Spahn
Print - 56 x 74 x 0.3 cm Print - 22 x 29.1 x 0.1 inch
€300
The Blue of Sea Kefalonia Collection
Luca Bornoffi
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
€800
Wet doggies, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 39.9 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
€419
The last day of summer
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 50 x 39.9 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
€420
Children at the sea
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 50 x 39.9 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
€422
Sicilial landscape
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 30 x 39.9 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
€307
Wet dog with a red ball
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 40.6 x 50.8 x 1.3 cm Painting - 16 x 20 x 0.5 inch
€383
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.