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Sunny day on the coast - Positano painting (Italy) + frame
Gio Sannino
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$416
View of the gulf - Sorrento painting Italy
Gio Sannino
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$262
Flowery terrace vertical version - Amalfi painting (Italy)
Gio Sannino
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$262
View from the terrace large version - Positano painting seaside
Gio Sannino
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$359
Vertical gulf view - Sorrento painting seaside
Gio Sannino
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$359
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
$359
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
$359
Flowery belvedere - Sorrento painting seaside
Gio Sannino
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$359
Inspiré par Candice Renoir
Mike Jacobs
Painting - 122 x 92 x 2.4 cm Painting - 48 x 36.2 x 0.9 inch
$4,782
Cornwall, Cove at Tintagel
Zoe Elizabeth Norman
Painting - 39.9 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$347
Malibu Surf
Daniel Clarke
Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 45.7 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 18 x 0.1 inch
$218
Near Morro Bay
Daniel Clarke
Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 45.7 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 18 x 0.1 inch
$279
Coastal road
Daniel Clarke
Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 45.7 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 18 x 0.1 inch
$290
Lopez Island WA
Daniel Clarke
Fine Art Drawings - 40.6 x 50.8 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16 x 20 x 0.1 inch
$281
Coronado Beach Scene
Daniel Clarke
Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 45.7 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 18 x 0.1 inch
$259
Mt. Hood, Environs
Daniel Clarke
Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 45.7 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 18 x 0.1 inch
$260
Santorini Magic
Sokratis Evgenidis
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$6,263
Conversation with wave and the moon
Sokratis Evgenidis
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$7,857
The Curse of the Albatross
Ziad Dib Jreige
Painting - 22 x 16 x 0.5 cm Painting - 8.7 x 6.3 x 0.2 inch
$348
Flowered house on the sea - Capri Italy painting
Ernesto De Michele
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$427
Moonlight on the sea - Positano Italy painting
Ernesto De Michele
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$427
Flowered old road - Sorrento Italy painting
Ernesto De Michele
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$427
Belvedere on the sea - Ravello Italy painting
Ernesto De Michele
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$427
Flowery coast in Positano - Southern Italy
Gianni Di Guida
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$370
Flowering pointview (Vertical version)- Amalfi painting Italy
Gianni Di Guida
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$370
Flowering pointview (Horizontal version) - Amalfi painting Italy
Gianni Di Guida
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$370
Sunset on Setauket Harbor, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
Jonathan Van Brunt
Painting - 20.3 x 25.4 x 0.8 cm Painting - 8 x 10 x 0.3 inch
$335
Les flots bleus
Hervé Pezzini
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$284
Jeune femme au transat
Sophie de la Happy Funky Family
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
$512
Boats under the moon - Italy painting
Vittorio Colucci
Painting - 40 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$427
Sailing ships - Italian old painting
Gino Guidi
Painting - 50 x 70 x 1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
$285
Golden Foam (Ecume d'Or)
Frédérique Cantais
Painting - 65 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$342
Barbarian sea spit
Alexander Shandor
Painting - 70 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 27.6 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$3,200
The Feet in Water (Les Pieds dans l'Eau)
Frédérique Cantais
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$171
The Cornice (La Corniche)
Frédérique Cantais
Painting - 40 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$171
En algún lugar más allá del mar
Andrei Shchurok
Painting - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$3,569
Black sea
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 50 x 35 x 0.3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0.1 inch
$900
Red colors of sunset
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 35 x 50 x 0.3 cm Painting - 13.8 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$900
On the beach
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 35 x 50 x 0.3 cm Painting - 13.8 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$900
At midnight
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 50 x 31 x 0.3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 12.2 x 0.1 inch
$900
Cloudy night
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 50 x 35 x 0.3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0.1 inch
$900
White sun
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 45 x 65 x 1.8 cm Painting - 17.7 x 25.6 x 0.7 inch
$1,200
Alone with the sea
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,500
Night moment
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 45 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 17.7 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,200
Window on Amalfi - Italian seaside painting
Domenico Caiazza
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$359
Terrace with flowers - Capri seaside painting
Domenico Caiazza
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$359
Capri romantic sunset - Southern Italy painting + handmade frame gold leaf white background
Silvio Valli
Painting - 30 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$512
Venise - Étude sur la mer -
Noël Granger
Painting - 54 x 81 x 1.5 cm Painting - 21.3 x 31.9 x 0.6 inch
$1,002
Fragment (Grémille)
Nicolas Kennett
Sculpture - 21 x 46 x 15 cm Sculpture - 8.3 x 18.1 x 5.9 inch
$4,441
Venice Beach Purple Sea ll
P van Bolderick
Photography - 70 x 50 x 0.2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$399
Daft punk surfers paradise
Peter de Boer
Painting - 150 x 190 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 74.8 x 0.8 inch
$6,946
Petite fille au maillot rouge
Valérie-Anne Bertin
Painting - 18 x 24 x 2 cm Painting - 7.1 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch
$512
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
$147
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.