Children at the Beach (Niños en el Mar)

Joaquín Sorolla

1908 · Oil on canvas · Private collection

Size4:3 ratio

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Children at the Beach (Niños en el Mar)

Madame Georges Charpentier and Her Children

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About this work

Artist: Joaquín Sorolla (1863–1923)
Year: 1908
Medium: Oil on canvas
Original size: 81 × 106 cm
Collection: Private collection
Movement: Impressionism

Naked children wade and splash in the shallows of the beach at Valencia under a hard midday sun, the water around their legs broken into flashes of white, violet and green. Sorolla painted it in 1908, at the height of his fame, during the summers he spent working on the sand near his native city, often finishing a canvas in a single session before the light changed. He signed and dated it in the lower left. The beach children were his most popular subject, and he painted them repeatedly for the international exhibitions that made his name in London in 1908 and New York in 1909, where the picture was sold to an American collector. It has remained in private hands and last appeared at auction in London in 2011.

This print reproduces the whole work, uncropped, from a high-resolution scan of the original. The original is in the public domain.

Where it works

Hard midday sun and flashes of white and violet in the water make this a bright picture for a bathroom, sunroom or coastal living room at 24×18. Natural wood on a white wall; it hangs best where adults gather, with the Bouguereau Wave as its beach companion.

Style, size & framing detail

Style: Impressionism painting
Era: 20th century (1908)
Orientation: Landscape
Mood: classic
Rooms: living room, bathroom, dining room
Good gift for: housewarming, art lovers

Size. We'd hang this one at 24×18. Prints at 16×12, 24×18 in — 16×12 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 24×18 above a console or sideboard.

Framing. The gallery ground is part of the print, so frame it without a mat — natural wood flatters the lighter palette; black sharpens it.

Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).

Details & materials

• Restored in-house from the original painting — cleaned and colour-trued at museum resolution • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 16×12, 24×18 in; every size also available framed • Framed option: wood frame in black or natural wood, 12 mm wide and 22 mm deep, with a plexiglass front and no mat; the print is mounted inside and the frame's outside measures the listed size • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

Shipping & returns

Printed after you order at the facility nearest you, then shipped. Standard delivery is free and takes 4–9 business days from order to door in the US, UK and EU (up to 10 elsewhere); Express takes 4–6 business days. Because each print is made to order we don't take change-of-mind returns, but if it arrives damaged or flawed we'll reprint or refund it — no return needed. Full policy →

Is this the whole painting, or a crop?

The whole work, uncropped. The image fills the print at the painting's own proportions; nothing is trimmed to fit a frame.

Is Children in the Sea, Valencia Beach (Niños en el Mar) in the public domain?

Yes. Joaquín Sorolla (1863–1923) died more than 70 years ago and the work was published before 1929, so the painting itself is public domain. This print is a reproduction made from a high-resolution scan of the original, which is held by Private collection.

What is it printed on?

Heavyweight matte fine-art paper with pigment inks, made to order in 16×12 and 24×18 inches; every size is also offered framed in black or natural wood, with plexiglass and no mat. Colours are matched to the scan, not brightened.

When was Children in the Sea, Valencia Beach (Niños en el Mar) painted, and in what medium?

Children in the Sea, Valencia Beach (Niños en el Mar) dates from 1908 and was made in oil on canvas; the original measures 81 × 106 cm.

What size works above a sofa or bed?

Across a three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 24×18 is the size that reads as one statement piece; 16×12 suits a narrower wall or a pair. For Children in the Sea, Valencia Beach (Niños en el Mar) we'd choose 24×18. It is a landscape print, wider than it is tall, at the painting's own proportions.

About this design

Children at the Beach (Niños en el Mar) (Joaquín Sorolla) — Children at the Beach (Niños en el Mar) · Joaquín Sorolla · 1908. This is a fine-art reproduction of a public-domain masterwork, shown whole and uncropped on a gallery ground, printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper. Every size is offered unframed or framed in black or natural wood. Part of the Madten Fine Art Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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