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Marine and Seascape Paintings

About this collection

Marine painting is the art of the sea, the harbor and the coast, practised by European painters from the great age of sail to the fishing ports and bright shores of the 20th century.

The water is never still for long. Painters caught harbors crowded with boats, lagoons under a high sky and coasts at the end of the day, most of them in oil and many of them signed.

Sunset over the rocky Esterel coast, French Impressionist oil on cardboard, early 20th century, in a carved gilt frame

Herve Le Loup de Sainville (1861-1930)

Esterel Coast at Sunset, 1900s
$3,400Signed
Boats in the port of Honfleur, signed 20th century French oil on canvas by Georges Berger, unframed

Georges Berger (1908-1976)

Port of Honfleur, 1900s
$1,800Signed
French oil on canvas of fishing boats moored in a harbour, in a gilt frame with carved corner ornaments

French School, early 20th century

Fishing Boats in a Harbor
$1,900
Signed Daniel Jaugey painting of fishing boats in a French harbour, oil on canvas, 20th century French school, in a gilt and blue frame with carved corners

Daniel Jaugey (born 1929)

Boats in a French Harbor
$1,900Signed

Guides · before you buy

How to Read Signatures and Inscriptions on Antique PaintingsA signature is a clue, not a verdict.Read the guideRelined, Restored, Craquelure, Understanding ConditionCraquelure is not damage and relined is not a defect.Read the guide
19th century French oil study of a fire by the coast with ships, oil on canvas in gilt frame

French School, 19th century

Fire by the Coast, 1800s
$5,600
Signed Venice lagoon scene by Pierre Forest, three lateen sails in ochre and rose above a blue hulled boat, oil on board in a carved giltwood frame

Pierre Forest (1881-1971)

Sailing Boats, Venice Lagoon
$2,900Signed
Signed Victor Philipsen view of Vesuvius from the Bay of Naples, oil on wood panel, 19th century French school, in a moulded gilt frame

Victor Philippe Philipsen (1841-1907)

Vesuvius from the Bay of Naples
$3,800Signed

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Marine and seascape paintings for sale at GalerieClub

The sea was painted long before it was a holiday view. For centuries it meant trade, fishing and danger, and painters recorded the ships and harbors a coastal town lived by. The original marine oil paintings in this collection carry that tradition from the 19th century into the 20th.

  • A harbor is a crowded subject. Hulls sit side by side at their moorings, masts cross against the sky and the water doubles everything in reflection. A French harbor oil painting sets the working port at the centre, fishing boats between two tides, painted from the quay or from the water.

  • The century changed how the sea was painted. A 19th century marine oil painting tends to build its scene carefully, with a low horizon, a wide sky and every sail placed with intent. A 20th century coastal oil painting loosens the brush and lets colour carry the light, thick paint for the sails and the reflections.

  • Some painters left the open sea for sheltered water. Sailing boats on a lagoon, a bay under a hazy sky and a coast lit by a fire at night all belong to the quieter side of marine painting, where the light matters more than the weather.

  • Many marine painters signed in a lower corner, sometimes with a date. A signed seascape painting can be placed in its painter's career, while an unsigned one is described by school and period, as our guide to reading an attribution explains. Several of these works keep carved gilt frames, and a few come unframed.