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Jamais deux sans trois... (Esprit Voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
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Les mâts du crépuscule... (Esprit Voile 2022)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
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Bercé par l'Atlantique
Âme Sauvage
Painting - 30 x 40 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
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Voiliers en Méditerranée
Âme Sauvage
Painting - 30 x 40 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
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Les lumières du printemps... (Esprit voile 2022)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
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Jeux de mâts... (esprit voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
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Haute vague de l'océan
Âme Sauvage
Painting - 30 x 40 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
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Lumière intense sur la mer
Âme Sauvage
Painting - 40 x 50 x 0.3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
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Marine rochers
Jean-Jacques Gendron
Painting - 50 x 150 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
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Bateaux et sauvetage dans la tempête
Emile Maillard
Painting - 81 x 116 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 45.7 x 0.8 inch
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Golden Gondolas of Venice
Rakhmet Redzhepov (Ramzi)
Painting - 145 x 200 x 2 cm Painting - 57.1 x 78.7 x 0.8 inch
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A Place in the Sun
Alexander Levich
Painting - 70 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
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For the Babies at War
Teppei Ikehila
Painting - 162 x 162 x 5 cm Painting - 63.8 x 63.8 x 2 inch
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Mintex Calender
Hans Feurer
Photography - 57.8 x 48.9 x 0.3 cm Photography - 22.75 x 19.25 x 0.1 inch
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On the waves of the ocean.
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 60 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
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Warm sunset light 2.
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 70 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
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Reflection on the water.
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
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Ocean. Light on the water 6.
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 60 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
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Ocean. Summer evening.
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 120 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
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Les voiliers de la Liberté... (Esprit voile)
Olivier Messas
Painting - 100 x 250 x 5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 98.4 x 2 inch
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Ocean. Beach. California.
Iryna Kastsova
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
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Horizon de givre sur Encelade II
Frédérique Domergue
Painting - 80 x 100 x 6 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 2.4 inch
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Kioni magic (Ithaca)
Sokratis Evgenidis
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
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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
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Le banc de poissons en couleur
Dany Soyer
Painting - 20 x 40 x 4 cm Painting - 7.9 x 15.7 x 1.6 inch
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Morning light in Nice
Omar Logang
Painting - 130 x 230 x 2.5 cm Painting - 51.2 x 90.6 x 1 inch
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Beach with shells - Italian sea painting
Agostino Cancogni
Painting - 70 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
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Marina - Italian painting
Agostino Cancogni
Painting - 50 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
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Plage des Pierres Hautes
Louis Devienne
Painting - 69 x 35 x 2 cm Painting - 27.2 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch
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Ensemble et contre tous...
Olivier Messas
Painting - 29 x 29 x 0.1 cm Painting - 11.4 x 11.4 x 0 inch
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Retour au bercail...
Olivier Messas
Painting - 29 x 29 x 0.1 cm Painting - 11.4 x 11.4 x 0 inch
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Lithographie originale de Doutreleau
Pierre Doutreleau
Print - 56 x 75.5 x 0.3 cm Print - 22 x 29.7 x 0.1 inch
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The Return From The Trip
Andrea Vandoni
Painting - 70 x 90 x 4 cm Painting - 27.6 x 35.4 x 1.6 inch
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Grâce aux nimbus, le pas de coté qui changea la vie de Noé
François Pagé
Painting - 20 x 20 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 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.