Aivazovsky is widely considered as one of the greatest seascape painters of all times.

IN some New England fishing towns, the seascape painters far outnumber the fishermen.

Jan Peeters I, Flemish seascape painter (died 1677)

Jan Peeters I, Flemish seascape painter (born 1624)

The town's reputation as a centre for marine painting was largely due to Julius Olsson, who became a prominent British seascape painter.

Wigerus Vitringa (October 8, 1657 - January 18, 1725), was a Dutch seascape painter.

May 5 - Ivan Aivazovsky, seascape painter (b. 1817)

Tako Tanabe, a seascape painter and also a judge, said, "There are too many polite artists in the world."

John Foulger (1960-2006) was an established landscape and seascape painter, specialising in oils and acrylics.

His later work is comparable to the Dutch seascape painter Willem van de Velde the Younger.