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![Photography, Virgile, Muriel Bordier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2103231_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La marée, Benoît Guérin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1158360_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Poséidon, Christophe Charbonnel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/497864_1_grid.jpg)
Poséidon
Christophe Charbonnel
Sculpture - 105 x 60 x 37 cm Sculpture - 41.3 x 23.6 x 14.6 inch
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![Painting, Snack shark, Al Freno](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2147459_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Black Sea sperm whales, Ventzislav Dikov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1192158_1_grid.jpg)
Black Sea sperm whales
Ventzislav Dikov
Painting - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, Mimosa Harvest, Linda McCluskey](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1052931_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Voyage d'affaire, Paule Bernard Roussel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/550483_1_grid.jpg)
Voyage d'affaire
Paule Bernard Roussel
Painting - 40 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch
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![Painting, Sénégalais en ligne droite, Marcos Zrihen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/435486_1_grid.jpg)
Sénégalais en ligne droite
Marcos Zrihen
Painting - 81 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, Whispered Tales by the Sunlit Shore, Nadine Antoniuk](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2153821_1_grid.jpg)
Whispered Tales by the Sunlit Shore
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 95 x 110 x 0.1 cm Painting - 37.4 x 43.3 x 0 inch
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![Painting, Marine 2, Arthur Van Hecke](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1697067_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Stream Boiling Bubbles, Ronald Hunter](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1602894_1_grid.jpg)
Stream Boiling Bubbles
Ronald Hunter
Painting - 60 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, The Velvet season, Natalie Shiporina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2069571_1_grid.jpg)
The Velvet season
Natalie Shiporina
Painting - 60 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, Calanques - série Méditerranée, Françoise Lavenu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/913821_1_grid.jpg)
Calanques - série Méditerranée
Françoise Lavenu
Painting - 60 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
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![Sculpture, On the crest of the wave, Ventsislav Markov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/875187_1_grid.jpg)
On the crest of the wave
Ventsislav Markov
Sculpture - 12 x 30 x 8 cm Sculpture - 4.7 x 11.8 x 3.1 inch
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![Painting, Coral Reef Tropical Ocean, Olga Nikitina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2119548_1_grid.jpg)
Coral Reef Tropical Ocean
Olga Nikitina
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, Sailboats in the ocean, Natalia Sinkovsky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1583955_1_grid.jpg)
Sailboats in the ocean
Natalia Sinkovsky
Painting - 51 x 102 x 2.5 cm Painting - 20.1 x 40.2 x 1 inch
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![Painting, Sailboats in the ocean, Natalia Sinkovsky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1583946_1_grid.jpg)
Sailboats in the ocean
Natalia Sinkovsky
Painting - 51 x 102 x 2.5 cm Painting - 20.1 x 40.2 x 1 inch
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![Painting, Un lieu paisible en bord de mer, Âme Sauvage](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1378080_1_grid.jpg)
Un lieu paisible en bord de mer
Âme Sauvage
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2.4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.9 inch
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![Print, 3 Poissons rouges rayures bleues, Valérie Le Roux](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1275684_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sunset after summer, Dolores Dilova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/853338_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Force, Lionel Chevalier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2152682_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Waves, Evgeny Chernyakovsky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2054964_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sails, Arevik Gasparyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1982064_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Reflects water lovers, Pierre Riollet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1916055_1_grid.jpg)
Reflects water lovers
Pierre Riollet
Painting - 120 x 20 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 7.9 x 1.2 inch
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![Painting, Tuba bath, Pierre Riollet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1916052_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Derrière la vitre - série Paysage et mer, Nicolas Pizy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1624542_1_grid.jpg)
Derrière la vitre - série Paysage et mer
Nicolas Pizy
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, Série lignes blanches, Lionel Chevalier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1518618_1_grid.jpg)
Série lignes blanches
Lionel Chevalier
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, Stooba 2, Lionel Chevalier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1518612_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, The children's beach, Dolores Dilova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1192677_1_grid.jpg)
The children's beach
Dolores Dilova
Painting - 73 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, Coucher de soleil breton, Daniel Jung](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1008762_1_grid.jpg)
Coucher de soleil breton
Daniel Jung
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, La Marée, Benoît Guérin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2178415_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Crépuscule sur l'océan, Benoît Guérin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1470498_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sea, Atanas Marincheshki](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/695715_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Veiller au grain, Paule Bernard Roussel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/550480_1_grid.jpg)
Veiller au grain
Paule Bernard Roussel
Painting - 55 x 38 x 3 cm Painting - 21.7 x 15 x 1.2 inch
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![Painting, The Sailor, Gabrielle Rul](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2046246_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Vue d'oiseau, Hélène Legrand](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1962117_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, At the Start, Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2151848_1_grid.jpg)
At the Start
Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)
Painting - 64 x 88 x 2 cm Painting - 25.2 x 34.6 x 0.8 inch
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![Print, Côte de l'estuaire, Alexei Lantsev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2012817_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, End of summer - Italian sea painting, Agostino Cancogni](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1963935_1_grid.jpg)
End of summer - Italian sea painting
Agostino Cancogni
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
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![Print, Marée haute à Saint-Valery, Normandie, Alexei Lantsev](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1900143_1_grid.jpg)
Marée haute à Saint-Valery, Normandie
Alexei Lantsev
Print - 40 x 60 x 0.2 cm Print - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch
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![Painting, Serenité, Martine Grégoire](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1769295_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Reverie, Martine Grégoire](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1769280_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, L'Aquarium, Robert Combas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1554150_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Reflets dans l’eau, Martine Grégoire](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1548189_1_grid.jpg)
Reflets dans l’eau
Martine Grégoire
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, Etincelles Marines - Gravure & Poésie, Aurélie Trabaud](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1471692_1_grid.jpg)
Etincelles Marines - Gravure & Poésie
Aurélie Trabaud
Painting - 22 x 22 x 3 cm Painting - 8.7 x 8.7 x 1.2 inch
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![Painting, Marée basse à l'ile d'Oléron, Martine Grégoire](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1342575_1_grid.jpg)
Marée basse à l'ile d'Oléron
Martine Grégoire
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
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Tallin, seascape, red, blue, water
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 21 x 29 cm Painting - 8.3 x 11.4 inch
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![Painting, Tallin, sea, Nataliia Krykun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2147689_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La piscine du Vallon des Auffes, Sébastien Arcouet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2128345_1_grid.jpg)
La piscine du Vallon des Auffes
Sébastien Arcouet
Painting - 61 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
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![Painting, Or bleu no.2, Pauline Guillemard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1285221_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The ocean is calling and I must go, Nadine Antoniuk](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144135_1_grid.jpg)
The ocean is calling and I must go
Nadine Antoniuk
Painting - 60 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, Port, Narek Qochunc](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2064870_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Evening Glow - Framed, Daniela Pasqualini](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1660155_1_grid.jpg)
Evening Glow - Framed
Daniela Pasqualini
Painting - 61 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 24 x 30 x 1 inch
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![Painting, Les falaises bleues, Sophie Dumont](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1607649_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Va, vis et reviens !, Antoine Josse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2152923_1_grid.jpg)
Va, vis et reviens !
Antoine Josse
Painting - 60 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
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![Painting, La villa Malaparte, Moi.](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1637094_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Adam and Eve?, Alexander Levich](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1621782_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, plage normande, Sophie Dumont](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1596447_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Souvenir d’une après midi d’hiver, Bridg'](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1473144_1_grid.jpg)
Souvenir d’une après midi d’hiver
Bridg'
Painting - 27 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 10.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, The Velvet season, Alexander Shandor](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1253139_1_grid.jpg)
The Velvet season
Alexander Shandor
Painting - 60 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, Yellow Boat, Alexander Shandor](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1252803_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sunny day at sea, Alexander Shandor](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1252740_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Les 3 petits poissons jaunes, Dany Soyer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1372146_1_grid.jpg)
Les 3 petits poissons jaunes
Dany Soyer
Painting - 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch
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![Painting, Regate et spis, Dany Soyer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1129764_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sur les bords de la ville illuminée, JPx](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1648059_1_grid.jpg)
Sur les bords de la ville illuminée
JPx
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
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![Painting, Positano panorama - Southern Italy painting, Vincenzo Somma](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1961427_1_grid.jpg)
Positano panorama - Southern Italy painting
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 60 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, Amalfi by night - Southern Italy painting, Vincenzo Somma](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1961424_1_grid.jpg)
Amalfi by night - Southern Italy painting
Vincenzo Somma
Painting - 60 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
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![Painting, The Sail and the Sea, Ruslana Levandovska](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1272684_1_grid.jpg)
The Sail and the Sea
Ruslana Levandovska
Painting - 69.9 x 90.2 x 1.9 cm Painting - 27.5 x 35.5 x 0.75 inch
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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.