Seascape Oil Paintings

Seascape paintings have been created by many artists in almost every art movement.

Seascape wall art is sometimes also known as Maritime art which depicts the ocean with its crashing waves or coastlines and beaches. The term seascape also encompasses nautical oil paintings.

Gustave Courbet’s Wave series of famous seascapes, The Wave 1869 1 and Wave 1869 III are perfect examples of stormy seas and cloudy skies.

John Peter Russell was a very interesting artist. He was an Australian Impressionist who worked alongside the French Impressionist artists. Russell’s seascape painting Rough Sea Morestil c1900 with its vibrant colors and broad brushstrokes is just one of our seascape paintings for sale.

A very popular oil painting reproduction is Renoir’s The Wave Seascape canvas. However, Monet seascape paintings are well known and Impression Sunrise is his most famous painting.

Jan Toorop’s seascape canvas The Sea at Katwijk is a seascape oil painting which can be purchased as an oil painting reproduction from our online catalogue. Why not take a look at a finished painting of Jan Toorop’s impasto painting of the Sea at Katwijk along with many other samples of our beautiful artwork.

Abstract seascape paintings were painted by Wassily Kandinsky with his Improvisation 31 Sea Battle 1913 and by Piet Mondrian with Pier, Ocean Sea and Starry Sky 1914

Classic seascape art was painted by William-Adolphe Bouguereau with The Wave 1986 and Stormy Sea by Armenian artist Ivan Aivazovksy. Symbolism Art Movement seascape art is depicted in Caspar Friedrich’s Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog 1818.

American painter Fitz Hugh Lane (Nathanial Rogers Lane) is known for his tranquil seascape paintings of the coastal scenes around Massachusetts and Maine.

The great empires in history have been based on colonial wars and trade. In most European countries there is a long maritime tradition of exploration, colonization, and the carriage of goods over the oceans. Many seascapes oil paintings are steeped in history. The 15th century saw artists creating seascapes paintings depicting battles and merchant ships returning to the great European city ports. Seascapes artists have been creating scenes of the sea for many centuries and examples can be seen on Egyptian and Roman murals and pottery.

Oil painting reproductions are the perfect décor choice for your home or office. Many of our customers order our seascape paintings so let them tell you about the great service we offer

Enjoy browsing some of our famous seascape art and choose your art reproductions on canvas from our extensive catalogue.