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![Painting, Skyscape 7425, Nick Vivian](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1287279_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Digital Lavender romantic sunset, Nataliia Krykun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2194676_1_grid.jpg)
Digital Lavender romantic sunset
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 70 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$2,803
![Painting, Golden brown autumn in Bavaria, Nataliia Krykun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2194668_1_grid.jpg)
Golden brown autumn in Bavaria
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 80 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$2,803
![Painting, Turquoise ocean, waves, water, seascape, summer, Nataliia Krykun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2188066_1_grid.jpg)
Turquoise ocean, waves, water, seascape, summer
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 20 x 20 x 1.5 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch
$448
![Painting, Reflections of the Harbor, Vahe Bagumyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192208_1_grid.jpg)
Reflections of the Harbor
Vahe Bagumyan
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,200
![Painting, Contemporary portrait - Once by the Sea, Nataliya Bagatskaya](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207805_1_grid.jpg)
Contemporary portrait - Once by the Sea
Nataliya Bagatskaya
Painting - 100 x 70 x 2.3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.9 inch
$2,803
![Painting, Un soir dans la baie, Nat Stresser](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2205812_1_grid.jpg)
Un soir dans la baie
Nat Stresser
Painting - 120 x 240 x 2.5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 94.5 x 1 inch
$5,830
![Painting, Paysage Marin 10, Christine Barrès](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2189460_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Paysage Marin 13, Christine Barrès](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2189457_1_grid.jpg)
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Summer in California
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,794
![Painting, Green lake in summer, Nataliia Krykun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2196762_1_grid.jpg)
Green lake in summer
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,121
![Painting, The sea in the evening, Nataliia Krykun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2196760_1_grid.jpg)
The sea in the evening
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 60 x 80 x 4.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.8 inch
$2,018
![Painting, Blue sea, Nataliia Krykun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195464_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Blue Bodensee, seascape, water, sky, Nataliia Krykun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192926_1_grid.jpg)
Blue Bodensee, seascape, water, sky
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
$2,242
![Painting, Under the sea, Jessica Renault jrbrush](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2181715_1_grid.jpg)
Under the sea
Jessica Renault jrbrush
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.37 x 39.37 x 1 inch
$2,242
![Painting, Gentle Shore, Andrey Chebotaru](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2211929_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Dive into the water, Elena Lukina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206182_1_grid.jpg)
Dive into the water
Elena Lukina
Painting - 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$5,269
![Painting, Seaside Play, Elena Lukina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2203990_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Scalyfish, Lionel Le Coq](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2194201_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Lumière du matin... (Esprit Voile), Olivier Messas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2193425_1_grid.jpg)
Lumière du matin... (Esprit Voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,121
![Painting, A Peaceful Day Of August, Delyafruz Bagirova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2180583_1_grid.jpg)
A Peaceful Day Of August
Delyafruz Bagirova
Painting - 45 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 17.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,110
![Painting, Bathed in Light, Fintan Whelan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2174248_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, A pod of Killer Whale, Evgeny Chernyakovsky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199747_1_grid.jpg)
A pod of Killer Whale
Evgeny Chernyakovsky
Painting - 80 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,700
![Painting, French Riviera Series 2024 - seascape horizon blue, Nataliia Krykun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2189330_1_grid.jpg)
French Riviera Series 2024 - seascape horizon blue
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
$448
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![Painting, Tropical Coral Reef Painting Original Ocean Art, Olga Nikitina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2201457_1_grid.jpg)
Tropical Coral Reef Painting Original Ocean Art
Olga Nikitina
Painting - 60 x 85 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 33.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,018
![Painting, Red Fish Symphony on Grey, Olga Nikitina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199701_1_grid.jpg)
Red Fish Symphony on Grey
Olga Nikitina
Painting - 60 x 85 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 33.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,794
![Painting, Red Fish in Coral Reef, Olga Nikitina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191898_1_grid.jpg)
Red Fish in Coral Reef
Olga Nikitina
Painting - 60 x 85 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 33.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,018
![Painting, Beautiful Sea Sunset, Nikolay Dmitriev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191845_1_grid.jpg)
Beautiful Sea Sunset
Nikolay Dmitriev
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,906
![Painting, Florida Keys Fish Painting Coral Reef Impasto Painting Palette Knife Art, Olga Nikitina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191464_1_grid.jpg)
Florida Keys Fish Painting Coral Reef Impasto Painting Palette Knife Art
Olga Nikitina
Painting - 60 x 85 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 33.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,794
![Painting, Green abstract landscape and sea, mountains, forest, Nataliia Krykun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2196203_1_grid.jpg)
Green abstract landscape and sea, mountains, forest
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 150 x 150 x 4.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 59.1 x 1.8 inch
$9,193
![Painting, Black-white Lake, Nataliia Krykun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2194663_1_grid.jpg)
Black-white Lake
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 120 x 180 x 4.5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 70.9 x 1.8 inch
$7,848
![Painting, Blue Reflexe blau yellow large abstraction XXL, with love for Ukraine, Nataliia Krykun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192843_1_grid.jpg)
Blue Reflexe blau yellow large abstraction XXL, with love for Ukraine
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 150 x 200 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch
$11,211
![Painting, Red & Cheese, Natalie Shiporina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2206455_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Glaz I, Anthony Caer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2201889_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Bébé requin se marre - série animaux marins fantaisistes, Alain Arnouil](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2190400_1_grid.jpg)
Bébé requin se marre - série animaux marins fantaisistes
Alain Arnouil
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,054
![Painting, En équilibre, Jean-Philippe Berger](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2180949_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, A bold expectation, Stanislav Lazarov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199994_1_grid.jpg)
A bold expectation
Stanislav Lazarov
Painting - 60 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$1,570
![Painting, Sunrise, Nataliia Krykun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2196779_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Black night sunset, Nataliia Krykun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2196775_1_grid.jpg)
Black night sunset
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.8 inch
$4,933
![Painting, Berth, Serhii Cherniakovskyi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2194793_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Last rays of the sun, Serhii Cherniakovskyi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2190424_1_grid.jpg)
Last rays of the sun
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 80 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,579
![Painting, Paysage Marin 12, Christine Barrès](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2189458_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The coasts of dreams, Stanislav Lazarov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2187979_1_grid.jpg)
The coasts of dreams
Stanislav Lazarov
Painting - 108 x 48 x 2 cm Painting - 42.5 x 18.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,244
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![Painting, Le repos du marin, Daniel Jung](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195063_1_grid.jpg)
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![Photography, Brushed Waves, Swim, Sandy Steele-Perkins](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191476_1_grid.jpg)
Brushed Waves, Swim
Sandy Steele-Perkins
Photography - 89 x 59 x 0.5 cm Photography - 35 x 23.2 x 0.2 inch
$862
![Painting, The present moment is all you have (stretched), Nadine Antoniuk](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199046_1_grid.jpg)
The present moment is all you have (stretched)
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 100 x 170 x 0.1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 66.9 x 0 inch
$2,859
![Painting, Don't close your eyes, Nadine Antoniuk](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195759_1_grid.jpg)
Don't close your eyes
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 100 x 205 x 0.1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 80.7 x 0 inch
$3,868
![Painting, Scarlet Horizons, Arto Mkrtchyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192272_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sea horizon - Sunset, turquoise waves, Nataliia Krykun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2188598_1_grid.jpg)
Sea horizon - Sunset, turquoise waves
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 7 x 7 x 1 cm Painting - 2.8 x 2.8 x 0.4 inch
$112
![Painting, 9. Saint Gilles de Croix de Vie’s magical dunepath, Peter de Boer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202237_1_grid.jpg)
9. Saint Gilles de Croix de Vie’s magical dunepath
Peter de Boer
Painting - 150 x 190 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 74.8 x 0.8 inch
$6,278
![Painting, Côte rose. Matinée près de la mer, Alexei Lantsev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1535487_1_grid.jpg)
Côte rose. Matinée près de la mer
Alexei Lantsev
Painting - 42 x 61 x 0.1 cm Painting - 16.5 x 24 x 0 inch
$1,009
![Photography, By The Sea (Lightbox), David Drebin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204484_1_grid.jpg)
By The Sea (Lightbox)
David Drebin
Photography - 101.6 x 149.4 cm Photography - 40 x 58.8 inch
$36,000
![Photography, By The Sea (M), David Drebin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204482_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Blue Fantasy (M), David Drebin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204470_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, La clique de la flotte - série Musique et paysage de bord de mer, Alain Arnouil](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2190398_1_grid.jpg)
La clique de la flotte - série Musique et paysage de bord de mer
Alain Arnouil
Painting - 73 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$774
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![Painting, Silent magic, Stanislav Lazarov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199998_1_grid.jpg)
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La tête dans les nuages... (Album d’enfants)
Olivier Messas
Sculpture - 36 x 30 x 5 cm Sculpture - 14.2 x 11.8 x 2 inch
$2,242
![Painting, Deep blue water - 3d plaster minimalism impressionist seascape navy black, Nataliia Krykun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195270_1_grid.jpg)
Deep blue water - 3d plaster minimalism impressionist seascape navy black
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 60 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$2,803
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![Painting, Breath of Nature, Serhii Cherniakovskyi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2193843_1_grid.jpg)
Breath of Nature
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 80 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 51.2 x 1 inch
$2,500
![Painting, Stormy Sea, Serhii Cherniakovskyi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2190502_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Evening sea, Serhii Cherniakovskyi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182740_1_grid.jpg)
Evening sea
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 80 x 95 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 37.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,354
![Painting, Sea Lagoon, Serhii Cherniakovskyi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182660_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Flowering and blue sea - Positano painting Italy, Vincenzo Somma](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209364_1_grid.jpg)
Flowering and blue sea - Positano painting Italy
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$476
![Painting, Lemons & flowers - Positano painting Italy, Vincenzo Somma](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208936_1_grid.jpg)
Lemons & flowers - Positano painting Italy
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$364
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Collection été Le grand bleu - "Hamptons"
Thomas Jeunet
Painting - 30 x 120 x 1.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 47.2 x 0.6 inch
$1,065
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An evening in the Mediterranean
Trayko Popov
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,466
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La presqu'île de cassis
Chantal Buissart
Painting - 80 x 56 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 22 x 0.8 inch
$1,009
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Sea sunset swell n*8 - Italian painting
Bruno Di Giulio
Painting - 40 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$364
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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.