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N.O.B.O.D.Y (Cottonou, Benin)
Harry Benhaiem
Photography - 80 x 120 cm Photography - 31.5 x 47.2 inch
$1,705
Evanescence
Vassilia Kouboulis
Photography - 60 x 90 x 3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,103
Incandescence
Vassilia Kouboulis
Photography - 60 x 40 x 3 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,933
Summer 2022 #1
Anyck Alvarez Kerloch
Painting - 83.8 x 58.9 x 0.5 cm Painting - 33 x 23.2 x 0.2 inch
$545
De Chlore et de Rosé
Christopher Barraja
Photography - 60 x 90 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 inch
$1,364
De Chlore et de Rosé
Christopher Barraja
Photography - 90 x 60 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 inch
$1,364
De Chlore et de Rosé
Christopher Barraja
Photography - 60 x 90 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 inch
$1,364
De Chlore et de Rosé
Christopher Barraja
Photography - 90 x 60 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 inch
$1,364
Riflesso blue II
Daniela Pasqualini
Painting - 50.8 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 inch
$1,600
Adrift (All at Sea)
Gordon Carmichael
Painting - 70 x 90 x 5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 35.4 x 2 inch
$2,615
Vue plage ile de Ré
Martine Grégoire
Painting - 40 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$568
Kolvitsa. Bay on the White Sea
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 28 x 35 x 2 cm Painting - 11 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch
$3,751
Yachts in the port of Costa Adeje. Evening
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 30 x 40 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$4,661
Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Akkerman fortress
Simon Kozhin
Painting - 25 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 9.8 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$5,115
Coucher de soleil à Coutainville, France
Joseph Mittey
Painting - 16 x 27 x 2 cm Painting - 6.3 x 10.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,048
Orage à Punta-Cana
Charlotte Pivard
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,160
Le sentier de la côte
Myriam Démarez Gérat
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$739
Sea swell n*3 - Italian painting
Bruno Di Giulio
Painting - 70 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$739
Mielno Beach Naturystyczna
Gary Westall
Painting - 28.4 x 35.6 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.2 x 14 x 0.1 inch
$600
Seascape 22/07/2013 18:36h. (Identity testimonies series)
Imanol Marrodán
Photography - 30 x 45 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0 inch
$568
[Confiance], de la série La baltique
Irène Jonas
Photography - 19 x 28 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.5 x 11 x 0 inch
$1,023
Maine lighthouse
Jim Lagasse
Fine Art Drawings - 35.6 x 27.9 x 2.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14 x 11 x 1 inch
$525
Les voiliers de l'aurore... I (Esprit Voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$853
Reflets du matin... (Esprit Voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 3 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 1.2 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$682
Saga about Normans
Alexander Levich
Painting - 150 x 120 x 2.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 1 inch
$10,231
Aurore d'été... (Esprit voile 2021)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,046
Soleil sur la mer
Andrée De Frémont
Painting - 130 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$13,641
LA COULEUR DE MES RÊVES
Sophie Petetin
Painting - 54 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 21.3 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,131
Breaking The Surface
Anthony Dunphy
Painting - 40.6 x 50.8 x 0.8 cm Painting - 16 x 20 x 0.3 inch
$760
Fort DeSoto Fishing Pier, Tierra Verde, Fl.
Mike King
Fine Art Drawings - 38.1 x 53.3 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15 x 21 x 0.1 inch
$589
Les falaises grises
Sophie Dumont
Painting - 97 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 38.2 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$7,275
Tempête à Quiberon
Jean-Baptiste Itah
Painting - 39 x 106 x 3 cm Painting - 15.4 x 41.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,364
Trait de côte - 2
Jean Valera
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.3 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
$216
Boats in the Bay
Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)
Painting - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,615
Beautiful Time
Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)
Painting - 90 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$2,728
Boats and Fish
Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)
Painting - 150 x 90 x 0.3 cm Painting - 59.1 x 35.4 x 0.1 inch
$3,410
Dunes
Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)
Painting - 90 x 150 x 0.3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 59.1 x 0.1 inch
$2,501
Butterfly Effect (1)
Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)
Painting - 130 x 100 x 0.3 cm Painting - 51.2 x 39.4 x 0.1 inch
$2,671
Sunny and Windy
Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)
Painting - 80 x 110 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch
$2,387
Venetian Rhapsody
Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)
Painting - 90 x 150 x 0.3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 59.1 x 0.1 inch
$2,842
Element
Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)
Painting - 90 x 150 x 0.3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 59.1 x 0.1 inch
$2,842
Venice red
Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)
Painting - 90 x 150 x 0.3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 59.1 x 0.1 inch
$2,842
Greenland dawn
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 56 x 100 x 0.1 cm Photography - 22 x 39.4 x 0 inch
$284
Why Does Ice Float on Water?
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 56 x 100 x 0.1 cm Photography - 22 x 39.4 x 0 inch
$216
Paysage méditerranéen
Pierrick Tual
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$3,274
Cabo Rojo view Puerto Rico
John Kilduff
Fine Art Drawings - 29.5 x 41.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.6 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch
$545
Crow's Nest Saugatuck, MI
John Kilduff
Fine Art Drawings - 29.5 x 41.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.6 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch
$545
Lockdown on the beach, Rabat Morocco
Kevin Jordan O'Shea
Photography - 15 x 22 x 0.3 cm Photography - 5.9 x 8.7 x 0.1 inch
$182
La Grande Plage, Biarritz France
Kevin Jordan O'Shea
Photography - 30 x 45 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.1 inch
$455
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.