Paseo a orillas del mar

The water and sand at the seashore, executed with long blue, mauve and turquoise green brush strokes, conform an abstract background for the stylized figures of Clotilde and Maria, wife and daughter of the painter, Joaquín Sorolla. The waiving dresses and the chiffon from the hats –we must remember the elegant women were to keep their skin white- adds a decorative and curved emphasis to the compos…