# Selling the Catch at Valencia

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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, 93 x 126 cm

## Commentary

The dramatic immediacy of the present painting derives from the gradation of its harmonious palette and the broad, solid forms established by its brushwork. In this picture Sorolla captured both the strong light of the south and the everyday life of Spanish fishing folk.

## 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>)
- [The Beach at Valencia](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sorolla-y-bastida-joaqun-r2f675d139e2bf6/the-beach-at-valencia-rda70defe7986a4>)
- [Waiting for the Catch, Valencia Beach](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sorolla-y-bastida-joaqun-r2f675d139e2bf6/waiting-for-the-catch-valencia-beach-r5e34eade2750ea>)

## Attribution

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