# Waiting for the Catch, Valencia Beach

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## Artwork

- Artist: [SOROLLA Y BASTIDA, Joaquín](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sorolla-y-bastida-joaqun-r2f675d139e2bf6>)
- Date: 1851-1900
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 89 x 111 cm

## Commentary

Sorolla&#39;s enthusiasm for painting en plein air on the Valencian Beaches is well documented. Here he paints one of his famous beach scenes with vigorous, staccato brush strokes. Though brightly coloured, the small figures on the beach in the foreground are dominated by the vast sea and endless sky.

## Related artworks

- [Boys on the beach](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sorolla-y-bastida-joaqun-r2f675d139e2bf6/boys-on-the-beach-r77b9833d336435>)
- [Eating on the Boat \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sorolla-y-bastida-joaqun-r2f675d139e2bf6/eating-on-the-boat-detail-r1e3c517db6e8cf>)
- [Eating on the Boat](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sorolla-y-bastida-joaqun-r2f675d139e2bf6/eating-on-the-boat-r606929e496b685>)
- [Elena and Maria in Old-Fashioned Valencian Costume](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sorolla-y-bastida-joaqun-r2f675d139e2bf6/elena-and-maria-in-old-fashioned-valencian-costume-r8f1c8afbe6332a>)
- [Kissing the Relic](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sorolla-y-bastida-joaqun-r2f675d139e2bf6/kissing-the-relic-rbb77fae8bf9cc3>)
- [Portrait of Alfonso XIII in the Uniform of a Hussar](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sorolla-y-bastida-joaqun-r2f675d139e2bf6/portrait-of-alfonso-xiii-in-the-uniform-of-a-hussar-r8f26f0a01c8bcb>)
- [Portrait of Aureliano Beruete the Elder](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sorolla-y-bastida-joaqun-r2f675d139e2bf6/portrait-of-aureliano-beruete-the-elder-r6e72bb59379e82>)
- [Portrait of the Wife of Aureliano Beruete the Elder](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sorolla-y-bastida-joaqun-r2f675d139e2bf6/portrait-of-the-wife-of-aureliano-beruete-the-elder-rc905149cb5582a>)
- [Return from Fishing](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sorolla-y-bastida-joaqun-r2f675d139e2bf6/return-from-fishing-rb92eec85408d4d>)
- [Selling the Catch at Valencia](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sorolla-y-bastida-joaqun-r2f675d139e2bf6/selling-the-catch-at-valencia-r75e1c7ab51d6d8>)
- [The Beach at Valencia](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sorolla-y-bastida-joaqun-r2f675d139e2bf6/the-beach-at-valencia-rda70defe7986a4>)

## Attribution

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