A line of beached boats under a heavy pearl-grey sky

Fishing boats are drawn up in a long row across the sand, their hulls black and dark blue above waterlines of scarlet and rose, one with a pale green interior. Behind them the sea comes in as a broad band of broken white and mauve under a heavy pearl-grey sky that fills the upper half of the canvas. Small figures move between the boats — a woman in pink carrying a basket, a child in white — and the sand is laid in with wide sweeps of warm ochre. 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.