Children in the Sea, Valencia Beach (Niños en el Mar)

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Unframed at this size — framing is available on 16×24 and 24×36.

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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.

Details & materials

• Restored in-house from the original plate — cleaned and colour-trued at museum resolution • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 16×12, 24×18 in • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

Shipping & returns

Produced in 2–4 business days, then shipped from the facility nearest you. Delivery is typically 3–6 business days (US/UK/EU) and 5–12 worldwide. 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 12×18, 16×24 and 24×36 inches; the two larger sizes are also offered framed. 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?

For a standard three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 24×36 inches reads as a single statement piece; 16×24 suits a narrower wall or a pairing. The print's proportions follow the original, so a landscape-format painting is wider than it is tall.

About this design

Children in the Sea, Valencia Beach (Niños en el Mar) (Joaquín Sorolla) — the painting printed edge-to-edge at its own proportions. 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. Three sizes (12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in); the 16×24 and 24×36 are also offered framed. Part of the Madten Fine Art Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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