A dark steamer lying off an apricot headland on deep green water

A long dark steamer lies broadside across the middle of the panel, its hull black over a rust-orange waterline, two funnels and four thin red masts against a green-grey sky. The sea below is worked in heavy strokes of bottle green and blue-black; a bank of apricot rock closes the left edge and a shelf of yellow-ochre rock the foreground. The tone of the prepared board is left showing at the top. Signed and dated 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.

Printed as a museum-grade giclée on Hahnemühle fine art paper using 12-ink archival pigment printing. Available handframed in FSC-certified wood with optional float glass, or unframed. Ships worldwide with free delivery to 30+ countries.