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![Painting, Cobalt 1, Cécile Labonne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2203067_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Transience, Ulyana Korol](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2143707_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Stormy Wave, Zakhar Shevchuk](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2142456_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Tendrement sur la plage, Eurgal](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1953501_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, New Day, Zakhar Shevchuk](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1770276_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Fluid horizon XXXIV, Sven Pfrommer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1554768_1_grid.jpg)
Fluid horizon XXXIV
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€1,890
![Photography, Fluid horizon XLVI, Sven Pfrommer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1554078_1_grid.jpg)
Fluid horizon XLVI
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€1,890
![Photography, Fluid horizon IL, Sven Pfrommer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1553976_1_grid.jpg)
Fluid horizon IL
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€1,890
![Painting, Caspiu, Karine Bartoli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2166467_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Promenade des Anglais, Karine Bartoli](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1975146_1_grid.jpg)
Promenade des Anglais
Karine Bartoli
Painting - 110 x 90 x 4 cm Painting - 43.3 x 35.4 x 1.6 inch
€1,500
![Painting, Soirée jaune 2, Juliette June](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1589310_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, La Couleur des Mers du Sud, Hugo Pondz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1298541_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Landscapes 152, Li Dongfeng](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/721800_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Untitled 42, Elias Moubarak](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/455578_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Les Senteurs du Sud, Hugo Pondz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1298556_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Geode Island, Maeva Drack](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208100_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Blue dream, Maeva Drack](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191227_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Côtes d'Armor, Jacques Robert](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1699431_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, September, Alexander Levich](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1620546_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Lavillo, Philippe Grincourt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213469_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Le Roi de la baie, Philippe Grincourt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213391_1_grid.jpg)
Le Roi de la baie
Philippe Grincourt
Photography - 34 x 51 x 0.1 cm Photography - 13.4 x 20.1 x 0 inch
€160
![Photography, L'envol, Philippe Grincourt](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2213358_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, L’estran, Klur](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2137685_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, My Ferrari, my Louboutins and my holidays, Patrick Cornée](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1950036_1_grid.jpg)
My Ferrari, my Louboutins and my holidays
Patrick Cornée
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€3,200 €2,880
![Painting, Coucher de soleil, Martine Fauve Dechavanne](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1578459_1_grid.jpg)
Coucher de soleil
Martine Fauve Dechavanne
Painting - 130 x 89 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 35 x 0.8 inch
€3,500
![Painting, Dream, Eric Munsch](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1549023_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Un soir dans la baie, Nat Stresser](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2205812_1_grid.jpg)
Un soir dans la baie
Nat Stresser
Painting - 120 x 240 x 2.5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 94.5 x 1 inch
€5,200
![Painting, Deep inside 10, Larysa Uvarova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2074770_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, L'heure bleue 040817, Feng Hatat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/203131_1_grid.jpg)
L'heure bleue 040817
Feng Hatat
Photography - 30 x 45 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch
€700
![Painting, French Riviera Series - turquoise seascape horizon impressionsm, Nataliia Krykun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2188874_1_grid.jpg)
French Riviera Series - turquoise seascape horizon impressionsm
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,500
![Painting, French Riviera Series 2024 - seascape horizon blue, Nataliia Krykun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2188867_1_grid.jpg)
French Riviera Series 2024 - seascape horizon blue
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€2,000
![Painting, Blue skyline - 3D, ocean, water wave, gold leaf, Nataliia Krykun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2182616_1_grid.jpg)
Blue skyline - 3D, ocean, water wave, gold leaf
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€2,000
![Painting, Turquoise blue horizon, Nataliia Krykun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2180277_1_grid.jpg)
Turquoise blue horizon
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€2,000
![Painting, Series “Between Heaven and Earth” - turquoise blue, Nataliia Krykun](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2173805_1_grid.jpg)
Series “Between Heaven and Earth” - turquoise blue
Nataliia Krykun
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€2,000
![Painting, Silent Heights in Mist, Zakhar Shevchuk](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2096949_1_grid.jpg)
Silent Heights in Mist
Zakhar Shevchuk
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,000
![Painting, Les idées bleues, Antoine Josse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1732542_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Almost Abstract Landscape - 1 (Ocean), Zakhar Shevchuk](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1630461_1_grid.jpg)
Almost Abstract Landscape - 1 (Ocean)
Zakhar Shevchuk
Painting - 25 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 9.8 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
€800
![Painting, Peaceful beach, Ana Hefco](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1830714_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Au de la des yeux, Ahmed Zaibi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1694517_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Poésie maritime, Eric Munsch](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1081527_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sail Boats And Clouds L 1, Peter Nottrott](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2193909_1_grid.jpg)
Sail Boats And Clouds L 1
Peter Nottrott
Painting - 155 x 85 x 4 cm Painting - 61 x 33.5 x 1.6 inch
€2,290
![Print, Landscape, Alex Katz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1887669_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, L’envolée bleue, Eric Munsch](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1487901_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mer bleu, Xiu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1153641_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La belle échappée, Eric Munsch](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1081536_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, L'eau échevelée, Emmanuelle Vroelant](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1325220_1_grid.jpg)
L'eau échevelée
Emmanuelle Vroelant
Painting - 120 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
€2,100
![Painting, Le gardien du désert salé, Yves Calméjane](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/523145_1_grid.jpg)
Le gardien du désert salé
Yves Calméjane
Painting - 60 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
€1,780
![Painting, On the beach, Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209291_1_grid.jpg)
On the beach
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 30 x 40 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
€485
![Painting, Ultramarine sky, Ulyana Korol](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2154701_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Transience 2, Ulyana Korol](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2145111_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Vers de nouveaux horizons, Meskar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1975347_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Soleil couchant - série Paysage et mer, Nicolas Pizy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1624455_1_grid.jpg)
Soleil couchant - série Paysage et mer
Nicolas Pizy
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.4 inch
€530
![Sculpture, Golden Hour, Maeva Drack](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208081_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Surfboard, Maeva Drack](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200376_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Flight, Peto Poghosyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1305483_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Shore Break, Bernard Biancotto](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/475672_1_grid.jpg)
Shore Break
Bernard Biancotto
Photography - 60 x 90 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
€600
![Print, Echo, Maude Ovize](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1764900_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Best wave I, Tommy Schultz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/151138_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Le surfer solitaire, Alain Longeaud](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2131651_1_grid.jpg)
Le surfer solitaire
Alain Longeaud
Photography - 120 x 96 x 0.5 cm Photography - 47.2 x 37.8 x 0.2 inch
€3,150
![Painting, Ocean, Ad Van Riel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1252059_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Land 06, Painting, Oil on Canvas, canvas art, stretched, Karina Antonczak](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1771089_1_grid.jpg)
Land 06, Painting, Oil on Canvas, canvas art, stretched
Karina Antonczak
Painting - 70.1 x 100.1 x 2.5 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 1 inch
€1,223
![Painting, Jumping into Water, Trayko Popov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1577658_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le chant des sirenes, Milla Laborde](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1533183_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, On sort les voiles, Sophie Petetin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1374906_1_grid.jpg)
On sort les voiles
Sophie Petetin
Painting - 60 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
€1,450
![Photography, Marbella house party, Slim Aarons](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1364919_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, L'heure bleue 030817, Feng Hatat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/203128_1_grid.jpg)
L'heure bleue 030817
Feng Hatat
Photography - 30 x 45 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch
€700
![Print, Red Sails, 2008, Alex Katz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1503633_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Pêcheurs, Feng Hatat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/8326_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, People in brown, Marcos Zrihen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/457675_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, En route 2, Feng Hatat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/4222_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Lumière d'été sur les rochers, Marianne Quinzin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208390_1_grid.jpg)
Lumière d'été sur les rochers
Marianne Quinzin
Painting - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
€400
![Photography, L'heure bleue à Venise II, Feng Hatat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/204277_1_grid.jpg)
L'heure bleue à Venise II
Feng Hatat
Photography - 30 x 45 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch
€600
![Photography, L'heure bleue à Venise, Feng Hatat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/204274_1_grid.jpg)
L'heure bleue à Venise
Feng Hatat
Photography - 30 x 45 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.4 inch
€600
![Painting, Promenade nocturne, Corinne Foucouin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1633278_1_grid.jpg)
Promenade nocturne
Corinne Foucouin
Painting - 51 x 76 x 2 cm Painting - 20.1 x 29.9 x 0.8 inch
€1,500
![Print, Varangeville - Côte normande, Patrick Marie](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/779454_1_grid.jpg)
Varangeville - Côte normande
Patrick Marie
Print - 49 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.3 x 27.6 x 0 inch
€190
![Painting, Paix en mer... (esprit voile 2022), Olivier Messas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1545468_1_grid.jpg)
Paix en mer... (esprit voile 2022)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€1,700
![Print, La Grande Guerre, René Magritte](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1214391_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, L'étendue flamboyante, Eric Munsch](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/840759_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ambiance Jazzy, Alione](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2138810_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Energy of the sea., Vik Schroeder](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1909647_1_grid.jpg)
Energy of the sea.
Vik Schroeder
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€450 €405
![Painting, Fort DeSoto Beach, Tierra Verde, Fl., Mike King](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1815225_1_grid.jpg)
Fort DeSoto Beach, Tierra Verde, Fl.
Mike King
Painting - 38.1 x 53.3 x 0.3 cm Painting - 15 x 21 x 0.1 inch
€591
![Painting, Just a blue dream, Eric Munsch](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1470360_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Magique trip, Eric Munsch](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1081539_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, They were breakwaters, Gergana Balabanova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2141576_1_grid.jpg)
They were breakwaters
Gergana Balabanova
Painting - 80 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
€860
![Painting, Landscape, Areg Vahramyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2134249_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, To meet the Sun, Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2209295_1_grid.jpg)
To meet the Sun
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 40 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
€485
![Painting, Time to rest, Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208083_1_grid.jpg)
Time to rest
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 30 x 40 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
€485
![Painting, Mes îles rêvées, Milla Laborde](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1975728_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Fluid horizon IV, Sven Pfrommer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1555368_1_grid.jpg)
Fluid horizon IV
Sven Pfrommer
Photography - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€1,890
![Painting, Lueur bretonne, Daniel Jung](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1380531_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Les aurores marginales - série mer et plage, Elfrid Auvray](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/712245_1_grid.jpg)
Les aurores marginales - série mer et plage
Elfrid Auvray
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€1,380
![Photography, Manon à la fenêtre, Arnaud Ele](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/623109_1_grid.jpg)
Manon à la fenêtre
Arnaud Ele
Photography - 110 x 80 x 0.1 cm Photography - 43.3 x 31.5 x 0 inch
€800
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.