Fisherwomen carry their baskets barefoot across the wet sand

Three women come forward along the shore: the nearest barefoot in a white blouse with a dark neckerchief, a violet-grey overskirt and a white underskirt belted with a black cord; a second in a white headcloth carrying a bundle against her body; a third behind them with a wicker basket at her hip. Yellow-ochre basketwork and a tan skirt break up the whites. Behind them the sea runs in bands of blue and green with bathers in the surf. Signed at the lower right.

Joaquín Sorolla (1863–1923) was the painter of Spanish sunlight. From the 1890s he worked on the beaches of Valencia, painting bathers, fishermen, sails and children in the surf with a broad, rapid touch that caught the glare of the Mediterranean, and his exhibitions in Paris, London and New York made him one of the most celebrated painters of his day. His last great work was the Vision of Spain for the Hispanic Society of America. His paintings are held by the Museo Sorolla in Madrid, the Prado and the Hispanic Society.

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