Genre
Sea & Coast
Where land meets water the painter gets surf, spray, and the long line of the shore. The coastal scene runs from the calm tidal flat to the cliff battered by waves, and the painters of the North Sea and the Mediterranean made the edge of the land a subject as moody as the open sea.
Key artists
Works
The Harvesters
Bacchante by the Sea
The Woman in the Waves
Beach in Normandy
Garden at Sainte-Adresse
Return from the Hunt by Piero di Cosimo
The Gulf Stream
Bacchus and Ariadne
Portrait of Jan van Nes (1631-80). Vice admiral of Holland and West-Friesland
The Aegean Sea
Regatta at Sainte-Adresse
Fatata te Miti (By the Sea)
The Manneporte near Étretat
Two Women Chatting by the Sea, St. Thomas
The Pearl and the Wave
Venus, Mars and Cupid
The Two Bathers
En route pour la pêche (Setting Out to Fish)
Perseus Freeing Andromeda
Morning Ride on the Beach
On the Beach at Trouville
Harbour at Sunrise
Lobster Fishermen
The Birth of Venus
Children Playing on the Beach
Mother and Child by the Sea
Seashore, Morning
Villas at Trouville
Landscape with a Scene of the Conquest of America
Seascape
Market by the Seashore
Eagle Head, Manchester, Massachusetts (High Tide)
The Kearsarge at Boulogne
At the Seaside
Consolation of Ariadne
Crowd at the Seashore
Figures on the Beach
Bateaux en Mer, Golfe de Gascogne
The Deliverance of Arsinoe
Princess Pauline Metternich (1836–1921) on the Beach
New Jersey Beach
Figures on the Beach
The Gulf of Marseilles Seen from L'Estaque
Cannon Rock
View of the Seacoast near Wargemont in Normandy
A Beach with Fishing Boats
Eaton's Neck, Long Island
Landing the Shore End of the Atlantic Cable
Sunset after a Storm on the Coast of Sicily
Renbjærg Tileworks by Flensburg Fiord
The Much Resounding Sea
Fiskere trækker våd på Skagen Nordstrand
Men of Skagen on a Summer Evening in Fair Weather
Low Tide at Pourville, near Dieppe, 1882
Pointe de Cabellou, Brittany
Beaulieu: The Bay of Fourmis
On the Beach, Sunset
The Bay of Naples
Study for Eagle Head, Manchester, Massachusetts
Arrival of the Boats
A Coastal Ruin in Italy
Venus Anadyomene
A Beach by the Sound
Boys Bathing at Skagen. Summer Evening
Port by the Sea
The toilette of Venus
Bluff-bowed Fishing Boat on the Beach at Scheveningen
Self-Portrait
Untitled
The Russian Ship of the Line "Asow" and a Frigate at Anchor in the Roads of Elsinore
Sea Cove
Kystboerne drager vod i landingen
The Beach, Late Afternoon
Lair of the Sea Serpent
Shellfishing
An extensive seascape with figures by a boat on a shore near Huisduinen
Der læsses tang ved Hornbæk Strand
Reverie
The Stranded Boat
Lady at Karrebæksminde Beach, Zealand
Fishermen at Skagen Beach
Ships on the Sea off Amsterdam
Evening on the Sea Shore
Ships in Stormy Seas
Kynance
The Beach at Sainte-Adresse
Beach at evening
Castles in Spain (Chateaux en Espagne)
Étretat
Landscape with the Fall of Icarus
Seascape with a Wreck
Højerup Church on the Cliffs of Stevns, Zealand
Sjællands nordkyst med udsigt til Kronborg
Nude Boy on the Beach at Portici
A Night at the Sea
Seascape. Skagen
A coastline. Amalfi, Italy
Seashore
Calm Sea at Ebb Tide
Seascape
Rest on the Flight into Egypt
Replenishing the Ship's Larder with Codfish off the Newfoundland Coast
Bataille d'Aboukir, 25 Juillet 1799
Beach Scene
Seascape, View of Sorrento
On the high seas
The Cliffs at Étretat
Harbor Landscape
Seashore: Grey and Black
Storm at sea
Henri Gauthier, count of Rigny, vice-admiral (1783-1835)
A Corvette Reefing Sails in a Freshening Wind and some other Ships
Strand
An Early Summer Morning in the Roads of Elsinore
Mouth of the Stream
Hammershus på Bornholm
Strandparti ved Helgenæs
Etretat, Rough Seas
Warship and Dutch Sailboats near the Shore
The Return of the Fishing Boats, Étretat
Moema
Beach at Ebb Tide
View of Genoa
Morning
Approaching Storm: Beach near Newport
Odysseus and Nausicaa
Fisherman's Cottage on the Cliffs at Varengeville
Hunting Still Life
Fishing Boats in a Calm
Louis-Antoine d'Artois, Duke of Angoulême (1775-1844)
Seascape with a Rainbow
千絵の海 下総登戸|Noboto at Shimōsa (Shimōsa Noboto), from the series One Thousand Pictures of the Sea (Chie no umi)
Portrait of Marquis Bernard-François de Chauvelin
Saint Bride
The Cliffs of the Island of Møn
The Coast of Vedbæk, North of Copenhagen
Ice Pack near Taarbæk, North of Copenhagen
Bañistas
Shipping in a Calm
The Birth of Venus
New York Harbor
A Dutch Flagship Coming to Anchor
Story of Minerva - Minerva Watering her Horses into the Sea
Impression, Sunrise
Havengezicht
View of a Beach
Rivierlandschap
Naked Couple on the Beach
Nude Couple on the Beach
View from the Dunes to the Sea
Moonlight on the Beach
Barmouth Moonlight
Llangrannog
Ship off Carmel Head
Holidays, Village Girls at Llangrannog
Three Fishing Boats
すだれ貝|The Curtain Clam
A Coastal View Porth y Nant, Lleyn
Clouds over the Sea
The Mouth of the River Ogmore
Havengezicht
Las tres velas
Flight in Egypt
Antibes, Afternoon Effect
Ships on a Calm Sea
Nude Figures on the Beach
Three Small Girls on the Beach
Étretat Harbor
Beach Study
Caradoc
Sea Battle between Dutch and British ships in 1623
The mole
Borth-y-Gest
Zeegezicht
La promenade
Barmouth Evening
Tremadog Bay
View of the Ripa Grande in Rome
Needles
Ships in the Roads
Seascape
Boats on a Stormy Sea
The Downpour. Santoña Bay
Three Damloopers in a Fresh Breeze
Young Man on the Beach
Young Man on the Beach
Woelige zee
Cocklewomen
Memory
Portrait of Maria Smit, wife of Gideon de Wildt
La Barque rouge
Sea-piece, a calm
After the Storm
Sea-piece, a breeze near a Dutch port
The 'Eendracht' and Other Ships of the Dutch Fleet
The voyage of the prince from Barcelona to Genoa, 1634-1635
From the Riviera
Starry Night
Sea from a sandy beach
Botafogo. Rio
Frequently asked questions
What is Sea & Coast?
Sea & Coast is a motif in painting. Where land meets water the painter gets surf, spray, and the long line of the shore.
How many Sea & Coast works does Artifact World Gallery have?
Artifact World Gallery holds 252 public-domain Sea & Coast works, all free to view and download.
Who are the key Sea & Coast artists?
Key Sea & Coast artists in the collection include Titian, Jean Baptiste Camille Corot and Gustave Courbet.