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Plage des Amiets (1)
Franck Dupire
Painting - 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,740
Light Surf, Chesil Beach
Terry Watts
Painting - 60 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$1,672
Golden Serenity
Andranik Harutyunyan
Painting - 100 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$600
Sea shells on the sea shore
Peter Goodhall
Painting - 94 x 120.9 x 4.1 cm Painting - 37 x 47.6 x 1.6 inch
$2,030
Mer Méditerranée
Olena Klymenko
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$3,479
La mer se fait d'azur
Yann Letestu
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,088
Sweet blue rock - Série Les Minérales
Dam Domido
Painting - 85 x 150 x 0.01 cm Painting - 33.5 x 59.1 x 0 inch
$3,711
Monemvasia, Greece
Michael Lekakis
Painting - 28.6 x 38.7 x 0.5 cm Painting - 11.25 x 15.25 x 0.2 inch
$2,500
Left | Behind (Turtle)
Marko Klomp
Painting - 100 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$5,219
Ballade matinale - Série Quelqu'un, quelque part... - paysage marin entre abstraction et figuration
Marianne Karl
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
$133
San Fruttuoso di Camogli - Bagnanti nel porticciolo dei pescatori
Leonida BELTRAME
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,331
Paysage de bord de mer
Raffaele De Grada
Painting - 31.5 x 43 x 0.5 cm Painting - 12.4 x 16.9 x 0.2 inch
$2,587
Mareggiata al tramonto
Mario Smeraglia
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$406
Capri, Marina piccola
Angelo Della Mura
Painting - 26 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 10.2 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
$5,912
The Dialogue - Act 2
Amogh Katyayan
Painting - 94 x 170.2 x 0.3 cm Painting - 37 x 67 x 0.1 inch
$1,700
La Plage - série bord de mer
Carla PM
Painting - 31 x 23 x 3 cm Painting - 12.2 x 9.1 x 1.2 inch
$452
Running from the wave 2
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 50.8 x 61 x 1.3 cm Painting - 20 x 24 x 0.5 inch
$536
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
$609
Playas en el mar de Seto
Isabel Momparler
Painting - 89 x 130 x 4 cm Painting - 35 x 51.2 x 1.6 inch
$2,320
Parasols arc en ciel
Clothilde Lasserre
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,204
Beach at twilight
Carol Steinberg
Painting - 91.4 x 45.7 x 3.8 cm Painting - 36 x 18 x 1.5 inch
$1,550
Coucher de soleil sur la mer - série Paysage de bord de mer
Jacqueline Clermont
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$1,380
Kites or Seagulls
Alex Bertaina
Painting - 73 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
$3,413 $3,072
Bateau à marée basse 2
Gérard Desgranges
Painting - 54 x 73 x 4 cm Painting - 21.3 x 28.7 x 1.6 inch
$696
Jeune enfant jouant
Ernest Samuel Geiger
Painting - 31 x 17 x 0.5 cm Painting - 12.2 x 6.7 x 0.2 inch
$2,069
Au bord du lagon à Moorea
Henri Dufaux
Painting - 35 x 47 x 2 cm Painting - 13.8 x 18.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,205
Under The Pink Umbrella
Bethany Harper Williams
Painting - 76 x 122 x 4 cm Painting - 29.9 x 48 x 1.6 inch
$3,538
Marines 3 - Paysage abstrait de bord de mer
Edith Heim
Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$139
Hommes puisant de l'eau dans des oasis
Spilioti
Painting - 21 x 26.2 x 1.5 cm Painting - 8.3 x 10.3 x 0.6 inch
$1,084
Coquillages et Crustacés
Anmarie Léon
Painting - 46 x 43 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 16.9 x 0.8 inch
$2,204
Survol des plages du mourillon
ZiB
Painting - 50 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,055
Vendeur de bouées avec ballon de Barcelone
Rosario Heins
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$9,278
What Lay in the Distance
Darlene Winfield
Painting - 76.2 x 152.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 30 x 60 x 1.5 inch
$2,495
Two figures by the Sea
Martha Erlebacher
Painting - 162.6 x 132.1 x 3.8 cm Painting - 64 x 52 x 1.5 inch
$7,500
Summer games - expression libre
Jean-Philippe Berger
Painting - 37.5 x 15.5 x 3 cm Painting - 14.8 x 6.1 x 1.2 inch
$110
Como Lake Italy
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,000
Morning calm
Alisa Onipchenko-Cherniakovska
Painting - 80 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,600
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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.