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Horizon de givre sur Encelade II
Frédérique Domergue
Painting - 80 x 100 x 6 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 2.4 inch
$3,108
"Espace ouvert 4" semi abstrait acrylique châssis lin 60x180cm livré caisse bois coût coutant 2017
Emmanuelle Vroelant
Painting - 60 x 180 x 5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 70.9 x 2 inch
$1,998
"Kerfi-zen" figuratif mer acrylique sur lin 100x100cm 2014
Emmanuelle Vroelant
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$1,998
Tranquil XVII - Large Blue Painting
Tiberiu Soos
Painting - 80 x 140 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 55.1 x 1.6 inch
$1,665
Seagulls on the move
Peter de Boer
Painting - 140 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 55.1 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$4,440
Couple at sea
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 80 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,500
Siesta
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,500
Inspiration by light 6.
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 80 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$3,175
Silence de l'aube
Emmanuelle Vroelant
Painting - 100 x 300 x 5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 118.1 x 2 inch
$10,323
The sun goes down - Positano painting seaside
Gio Sannino
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$350
Towards the village - Positano painting seaside
Gio Sannino
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$350
Flowery belvedere - Sorrento painting seaside
Gio Sannino
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$350
Nappes de brumes
Emmanuelle Vroelant
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$4,662
"Impact" abstrait acrylique oxydation sur lin 100x100cm 2021
Emmanuelle Vroelant
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$4,107 $3,696
"Au fil de l'eau" figuratif paysage marin acrylique sur lin 100x120cm 2018
Emmanuelle Vroelant
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$3,996
"L'Air iodé de Roscoff" abstrait collage oxydation sur lin 100x80cm 2021
Emmanuelle Vroelant
Painting - 100 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$3,663 $3,297
Patagonia Sea 3
Michael Filonow
Photography - 50.8 x 76.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.1 inch
$390
Santorini Magic
Sokratis Evgenidis
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$6,105
"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
$216
L'heure bleue en route
Feng Hatat
Photography - 60 x 90 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
$1,110
Relax your Dogs
Mariusz Makula
Painting - 100.1 x 70.1 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1 inch
$500
Future., Painting, Oil on Canvas, canvas art, stretched
Karina Antonczak
Painting - 70.1 x 100.1 x 2.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$1,260
Une touche de modernité
Eric Munsch
Painting - 73 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,165
Boat with Red Stripe
Melinda Patrick
Painting - 25.4 x 25.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 10 x 10 x 1.5 inch
$283
Inspiré par Candice Renoir
Mike Jacobs
Painting - 122 x 92 x 2.4 cm Painting - 48 x 36.2 x 0.9 inch
$4,662
La Goélette espagnole, gravure originale
Hervé Di Rosa
Print - 71 x 71 cm Print - 28 x 28 inch
$1,332
Tryptique: ondes marines
Clarisse Grenier Meynet
Painting - 75 x 75 x 5 cm Painting - 29.5 x 29.5 x 2 inch
$2,386
Paysage Minimal
Gabriel Riesnert
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 21 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
$444
Noirmoutier, plage de l'Anse rouge
Jacques Guillet
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,998
Ease your feet in the sea
Laëtitia Giraud
Painting - 50 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,498
Etretat - Normandie
Patrick Marie
Painting - 50 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,787
Envie de nager
Emmanuelle Vroelant
Painting - 60 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$1,887
Le bonheur à l'horizon (tryptiques)
Brigitte Dravet
Painting - 120 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$5,550
En tête à tête avec l'océan
Brigitte Dravet
Painting - 81 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,885
Toute la lumière du monde
Brigitte Dravet
Painting - 73 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
$3,330
Sans titre - Les Dieux aussi…
Julie Ruelle
Painting - 116 x 89 x 3 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 1.2 inch
$27,749
Tropical Coral Reef Underwater painting was made underwater at the depth of 8 meters
Olga Nikitina
Painting - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$2,220
Morning Breeze
Khrystyna Kozyuk
Painting - 76.2 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 30 x 48 x 1.5 inch
$1,400
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
$499
Régate au loin... (Esprit Voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
$444
Au bord de l'eau (série)
Gabriel Riesnert
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 21 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch
$444
A LA RECHERCHE DES EMBRUNS
Sophie Petetin
Painting - 50 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$993
Les calanques de marseille
Louis Magre
Painting - 36 x 48 x 3 cm Painting - 14.2 x 18.9 x 1.2 inch
$1,354
De Chlore et de Rosé
Christopher Barraja
Photography - 90 x 60 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 inch
$1,332
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
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.