Children at the Beach

Joaquín Sorolla

1908 · Oil on canvas · Private collection

Size2:3 ratio

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Complete the setHangs well with these two

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Children at the Beach

Beach at Trouville

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 exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. 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 16×24 or 24×36. 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: Exhibition poster of a Impressionism painting
Era: 20th century (1908)
Orientation: Portrait
Palette: cream & beige
Mood: classic
Rooms: living room, bathroom, dining room, hallway or entryway
Good gift for: housewarming, art lovers

Size. We'd hang this one at 16×24. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.

Framing. Exhibition posters sit best in a slim black frame with no mat — the typeset margin is the mat.

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

Details & materials

• Exhibition poster — original, drawn in-house • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 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 exhibition-poster edition sets the complete image above typography designed in-house.

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; 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, 24×36 is the size that reads as one statement piece; 16×24 suits a narrower wall or a pair. For Children in the Sea, Valencia Beach (Niños en el Mar) we'd choose 16×24.

About this design

An exhibition poster of Sorolla's Children at the Beach — the whole sunlit shore of bathing children shown under elegant gallery typography on a sampled-turquoise band. A dazzling display of Spanish Luminism, framed as a museum exhibition print. A gallery-style exhibition poster: a celebrated public-domain artwork shown whole and uncropped beneath original exhibition typography set in-house — 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 Exhibition Posters Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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Gallery-grade archival giclée. Rich pigment inks on heavyweight fine-art paper (or gallery-wrapped canvas) — built to last, not a poster-shop print.

Arrives perfect or we reprint it — free. Every piece is made to order; if it shows up damaged or flawed we remake it, no return needed.

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