Strolling along the Seashore
Joaquín Sorolla, 1909
White dresses. Bare feet. The Mediterranean at noon. A mother and daughter walk where the wet sand shines. The wind is soft. Summer has nowhere else to be.
About this work
Strolling along the Seashore (Paseo a orillas del mar) is a 1909 painting by the Spanish artist Joaquín Sorolla, now in the Museo Sorolla in Madrid. It shows his wife, Clotilde García del Castillo, holding a parasol, walking with their eldest daughter, María, on the beach at Valencia while the sea breeze lifts their white dresses. Sorolla painted it in the summer of 1909, just after his exhibition at the Hispanic Society of America in New York, where 195 of the 356 paintings shown were sold. It is often grouped with Spanish Impressionism, but Spanish sources place it in Valencian Luminism, a style that aims to catch a single instant of light. Sorolla deliberately cuts off the top of Clotilde's hat at the edge of the canvas and gives the lower half of the picture to the shining wet sand. Born in Valencia in 1863, Sorolla married Clotilde in 1888; María was born in 1890. The painting, about 205 by 200 cm, has stayed in the painter's Madrid house since 1911. After his death his widow left many of his works to the Spanish public, and the house opened as the Museo Sorolla in 1932.
Sources: Wikipedia (Spanish): Paseo a orillas del mar · Google Arts & Culture: Paseo a orillas del mar (Museo Sorolla) · Wikipedia: Joaquín Sorolla
Print facts
- Native resolution
- 4,832 × 4,894 px
- Sharp at 150 ppi up to
- 32 × 32 in
- Sizes
- Small (20 × 20 in) · $100 · 242 ppi
Medium (24 × 24 in) · $150 · 201 ppi
Large (36 × 36 in) · $300 · 134 ppi - Price includes
- Frame and US shipping · 14–21 days · 30-day returns
FAQ
Where can I buy a framed print of Strolling along the Seashore?
Here. Strolling along the Seashore is available as a framed print in three sizes: Small (20 × 20 in) for $100, Medium (24 × 24 in) for $150 and Large (36 × 36 in) for $300. Prices include the frame and US shipping; delivery takes 14–21 days, with 30-day returns.
What size works best for Strolling along the Seashore?
The file is 4,832 × 4,894 px. Medium (24 × 24 in) is the largest size that prints at 150 ppi or more (201 ppi), the sharpest choice for close viewing; Large (36 × 36 in) prints at 134 ppi, fine from a few feet away but softer up close.
Is it legal to print Strolling along the Seashore?
Yes. Strolling along the Seashore is in the public domain: its copyright, if it ever had one, expired long ago. In the United States a faithful photograph of a public-domain painting does not create a new copyright (Bridgeman v. Corel, 1999), so the image can be printed and sold freely.
