Rocks at the Lighthouse, Biarritz

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Rocks at the Lighthouse, Biarritz, 1906. Oil on canvas.

Oil on canvas · 61.5 × 103.2 cm · Art Institute of Chicago · Impressionism

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Museum title: Rocks at the Lighthouse, Biarritz
Artist: Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida (Spanish, 1863-1923)
Date: 1906
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 61.5 × 103.2 cm (23 5/8 × 40 1/2 in.); Framed: 82.6 × 125.1 × 5.8 cm (32 1/2 × 49 1/4 × 2 1/4 in.)
Credit line: Bequest of Maribel G. Blum
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: Art Institute of Chicago

Artist’s life 1863–1923

Impressionism c. 1860–1900

Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.