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Charlestown Port, Cornwall
James Presley
Painting - 30 x 41.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch
$371
Girl on the Beach, Clovelly, North Devon
James Presley
Painting - 30 x 40.9 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 16.1 x 0.1 inch
$371
Gathering under umbrellas
Lisa Golightly
Painting - 40 x 40 x 1.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.6 inch
$6,337
Midnight Shore
Shawn Marshall
Painting - 101.6 x 101.6 x 3.8 cm Painting - 40 x 40 x 1.5 inch
$3,275
At the beach Henkenhagen - Sarbinowo Morskie
Gary Westall
Painting - 24.1 x 30 x 0.5 cm Painting - 9.5 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
$450
Plage Notre Dame à Porquerolles
ZiB
Painting - 46 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,188
Bateaux à marée basse
Gérard Desgranges
Painting - 50 x 61 x 4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 24 x 1.6 inch
$543
Bord de mer à marée basse
Gérard Desgranges
Painting - 50 x 61 x 4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 24 x 1.6 inch
$543
Plage du fort de Penthievre
Jean-Baptiste Itah
Painting - 33 x 46 x 5 cm Painting - 13 x 18.1 x 2 inch
$396
Marbled water
Shanna Kuratli-Fröhlich
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$4,074
On a warm summers day
Gordon Barker
Painting - 30 x 51.1 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 20.1 x 0.1 inch
$445
The pirates are coming
Gordon Barker
Painting - 30 x 51.1 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 20.1 x 0.1 inch
$445
Balloons over the beach
Gordon Barker
Painting - 29 x 29 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.4 x 11.4 x 0.1 inch
$272
Concierto para una nube
Carolina Ayala
Painting - 80 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$3,112
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
$509
Evening storm - Italian sea painting
Mario Smeraglia
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$283
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
$509
Au port de pêche de Conakry 2
Ibrahima Barry
Painting - 45 x 65 x 3 cm Painting - 17.7 x 25.6 x 1.2 inch
$509
Finistère la vague
Jean-Charles Gautier
Painting - 61 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$543
Douceurs plagistes
Clothilde Lasserre
Painting - 73 x 116 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 45.7 x 0.8 inch
$4,527
San Diego La Jolla
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 60 x 140 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch
$2,490
Palms. Expression.
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 120 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,410
San Diego Beach. California.
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$3,282
Ocean. Sunset 16.
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 90 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,376
Nice. Azure coast
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 120 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,490
Laguna Beach. California 3
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 90 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
$4,413
Maison du garde-côtes
Valérie-Anne Bertin
Painting - 14.5 x 15 x 0.8 cm Painting - 5.7 x 5.9 x 0.3 inch
$283
M'enfin la plage
Clothilde Lasserre
Painting - 120 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$7,695
Breakfast in the sand
Maud Merouze
Painting - 60 x 80 x 3.7 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 1.5 inch
$939
Paysage marin breton
Lionel le Jeune
Painting - 35 x 24 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 9.4 x 0.8 inch
$339
Donnant, Belle-île-en-Mer
Simon Kroug
Painting - 110 x 80 x 0.01 cm Painting - 43.3 x 31.5 x 0 inch
$1,654
Bikini Lines, Triptych 2
Marian Williams
Painting - 25 x 75 x 3 cm Painting - 9.8 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
$283
Bikini Lines, Triptych 1
Marian Williams
Painting - 25 x 75 x 3 cm Painting - 9.8 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch
$283
At the Beach
Ruslana Levandovska
Painting - 55.9 x 71.1 x 1.9 cm Painting - 22 x 28 x 0.75 inch
$3,900
Stormy Tides
Ruslana Levandovska
Painting - 91.4 x 61 x 1.9 cm Painting - 36 x 24 x 0.75 inch
$2,500
The Ocean Shore in Italy
Ruslana Levandovska
Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 1.9 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 0.75 inch
$4,500
La barque solaire
Catherine Clare
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$2,603
Seascape at Blacksand Beach, Iceland
Ruslana Levandovska
Painting - 76.2 x 91.4 x 1.9 cm Painting - 30 x 36 x 0.75 inch
$5,600
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Beach Paintings for Sale
The beach has always been a destination we jump at the opportunity to explore. It's a destination that for many of us symbolises holidays, relaxation, calm or even excitement, adventure and stormy weather. Some are drawn to its crowded, noisy, buzzing atmosphere, whilst others are seduced by its silent, contemplative quality that allows for a deeply meditative experience. There is an ideal image of the beach for everyone; whether you're captivated by the chic Côte d'Azur deckchairs, surf lessons in Australia, the wild beaches in Brittany and Normandy, seaside resorts, small Italian coves or the more exotic and tropical locations.
Throughout time, artists have been inspired by the beach in many ways. Each artist has interpreted this huge theme in connection with their era, their artistic identity, the idea they wished to convey and what this location represented for them.
The beach has been depicted in paintings since the Dutch Golden Age, and is shown in works such as View of Delft by famous baroque artist, Johannes Vermeer. Two centuries later, Gustave Courbet would paint the shores of Trouville and Deauville in Normandy with dazzling realism. The Impressionists would then go on to capture the seaside bathed in light, and most notably would do so “sur le motif": the act of painting outside in natural light and in various weather conditions. This offered viewers a completely new representation of landscapes, and many Impressionists like Edgar Degas and Camille Pissarro remained attached to the seascapes of Normandy. However, other artists would focus on other shores, Van Gogh for example chose to represent La Camargue in his piece Fishing Boats on the Beach at Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer. Monet meanwhile, was inspired by the Côte D'Azur in his painting The Big Blue at Antibes, and Paul Gauguin was captivated by the exotic French Polynesia. Gauguin created many works inspired by beaches in Tahiti, which is evident in his iconic oil painting Tahitian Women on the Beach. Later, the light and beauty of the Mediterranean would seduce Matisse, who represented the beaches of Nice and the picturesque Collioure shores in his works. His rival Picasso also explored this area, his pieces, Woman Seated on the Beach and Bathers present completely new representations of the beach, where form and colour gradually move away from reality.
In modern and contemporary art, the beach loses its purpose as an inspiring natural environment and instead becomes a hub of human activity. Roy Lichtenstein's piece Nudes with Beach Ball, demonstrates how the beach has turned into a consumer product for the average holidaymaker. Similarly, Bernard Buffet also paints the seaside packed with human presence; beach cabins, bodies spread out on the sand and parasols dotted across the shores. More recently in 2011, Gianni Colosimo revealed a conceptual art piece called La jolie petite plage de Daniel (Daniel's Pretty Little Beach), which features striped deckchairs inspired by Daniel Buren's columns. Additionally, Ron Mueck installed hyper-realistic human figures made out of resin at the Fondation Cartier in 2013, which illustrated holidaymakers by the sea. Overall, one thing is certain: the beach has not ceased to inspire artistic creation. Artsper invites you to take a well-deserved break and lounge in front of some of the best contemporary art works that have been inspired by a location that is loved by us all.
One famous artist who painted beaches is Claude Monet. An example of one of his beach paintings is La Plage à Trouville, which he painted in 1870 in Trouville, France.
Artists have represented the beach in paintings for decades. The beach was particularly a popular subject matter during the 20th century, at the beginning of which the beach became a popular holiday spot in France and other parts of Europe.
One famous example of a painting representing a beach is Salvador Dali's The Persistence of Memory, which the Surrealist painter produced in 1931. Not the typical idyllic holiday beach painting, Dali's work features enigmatic visual elements like his famous melted clock and a timer with ants crawling over it.