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Gondoles sur la lagune et vue sur Venise
Carlo Vason
Painting - 50 x 70 x 0.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.2 inch
$2,154
La Plagette - Paysage de Méditerranée abstrait géométrique
Bénédicte Coffinières
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
$171
Route côtière du sud avec cèdres et pins
Pietro Toretti
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,360
Baie de Naples et vue sur le Vésuve
Ugo Maresca
Painting - 50 x 69 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,166
The precious, nº2
Fabienne Decornet
Painting - 78 x 78 x 0.5 cm Painting - 30.7 x 30.7 x 0.2 inch
$2,391
After the rain
Bilyana Stoyanova
Painting - 73 x 116 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 45.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,594
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
$182
Douceur de vivre a Sanary
Pierre-Jean Llado
Painting - 38 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 15 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,253
Into the Waves, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Livia Mosanu
Painting - 27.9 x 35.6 x 2 cm Painting - 11 x 14 x 0.8 inch
$520
The sound of the sea
Eugene Poliarush
Painting - 60.96 x 91.44 x 2.54 cm Painting - 24 x 36 x 1 inch
$2,945
Drinks delivery Moure Rouge Cannes
Sandrine Darcos
Photography - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Photography - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$342
Knokke dreams I
Thierry Van Vreckem
Photography - 100 x 140 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch
$3,074
Lis Lève toi et Marche
Olivier Rebecq
Photography - 75 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 29.5 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$660
Polka Dots
Mark MacKinnon
Photography - 102 x 102 x 3 cm Photography - 40.2 x 40.2 x 1.2 inch
$4,787
Marine phare rochers
Jean-Jacques Gendron
Painting - 120 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$8,996
The Minoans of Knossos
France Courpotin
Painting - 116 x 89 x 2 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 0.8 inch
$4,555
Femme dans un paysage #1
Laurence Weislinger
Photography - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,013
DIP (white series)
Federico Alibrio
Sculpture - 25 x 33 x 10 cm Sculpture - 9.8 x 13 x 3.9 inch
$228
Ecologia Profonda, Selfportrait
Chiara Mazzocchi
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
$564
Sports nautiques pointe d'Esny 01
Regis Lesieur
Photography - 33.5 x 80 x 0.2 cm Photography - 13.2 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
$2,790
Pêcheurs à la marée basse
Carlo Follini
Painting - 90 x 141 x 2.5 cm Painting - 35.4 x 55.5 x 1 inch
$5,895
De la série "The Other Place"
Vajid Amini
Painting - 150 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$6,263
Sailing ship in the storm - Italian old painting
Gino Guidi
Painting - 70 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$285
De chlore et de rosé
Christopher Barraja
Photography - 30 x 20 cm Photography - 11.8 x 7.9 inch
$512
Flowering panorama - Amalfitan coast painting
Domenico Caiazza
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$512
Capri romantic sunset - Southern Italy
Silvio Valli
Painting - 30 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$313
Nocturnal seaside Marina - Italian old painting
Alfredo Stengher
Painting - 50 x 70 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
$245
Edition en réalité augmentée La Passerelle du Mont Saint Michel
Hégémon (Hedge) Chaignon
Print - 50 x 70 cm Print - 19.7 x 27.6 inch
$1,116
Phoebe, La Barque
André Carrara
Photography - 18 x 15 x 2 cm Photography - 7.1 x 5.9 x 0.8 inch
$854
The caress of water (giclée)
Aurelio Rodriguez López
Print - 140 x 190 x 8 cm Print - 55.1 x 74.8 x 3.1 inch
$12,810
The ocean stirs the heart, inspires ...
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 95 x 120 x 0.3 cm Painting - 37.4 x 47.2 x 0.1 inch
$1,765
Meet me where the sky touches the sea
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 95 x 120 x 0.3 cm Painting - 37.4 x 47.2 x 0.1 inch
$1,765
Sunny Beach, pine trees and agaves
Helen Shukina
Painting - 70 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,200
Blue abstract painting BC458
Radek Smach
Painting - 89.9 x 89.9 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,600
Your symphony- blue, white colorful expressionism abstraction
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,107
Comme un Poisson Dans l'Eau
Sylvie Eudes
Painting - 60 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$3,188
La mer
Graciela Castellano-Saavedra
Painting - 60 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$911
Always choose Delight
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 50 x 150 x 1.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 59.1 x 0.6 inch
$1,002
Seaside Rendezvous M 5
Peter Nottrott
Painting - 85 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 33.5 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$1,355
Sail boat Marina M 7
Peter Nottrott
Painting - 85 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 33.5 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$1,355
Baltic_Ice_Kakumaee_002
Bernhard Lang
Photography - 90 x 72 x 1.5 cm Photography - 35.4 x 28.3 x 0.6 inch
$2,050
Step by step like wave by wave
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 95 x 135 x 0.3 cm Painting - 37.4 x 53.1 x 0.1 inch
$2,027
Catch the fair wind
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 135 x 95 x 0.3 cm Painting - 53.1 x 37.4 x 0.1 inch
$1,993
The Power of Knowledge
Milada Dureckova
Painting - 80 x 110 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 43.3 x 1 inch
$1,082
Melody of the Country
Milada Dureckova
Painting - 80 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$1,179
Sunshine coast
Serhii Cherniakovskyi
Painting - 75 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 29.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,900
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.