Croquet on the beach
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About Reproduction
Bring the timeless beauty of Joan Roig Soler's Croquet on the beach into your home with a handmade oil painting reproduction. Carefully recreated on canvas by skilled artists using traditional techniques, this piece captures the delicate brushwork, subtle light, and vibrant color of the original masterpiece. With museum-level quality and rich texture, it brings elegance and artistic depth to any space. Enjoy free shipping and make this masterpiece a part of your personal collection.
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Original Description
Joan Roig Soler's "Croquet on the Beach" (1888) captures the golden-hour glow of Barcelona's Sant Sebastiá beach with remarkable luminosity. The oil painting depicts bourgeois leisure through delicate Impressionist brushstrokes that dissolve boundaries between sea, sky and sand – a hallmark of the Catalan Luminism movement Soler co-founded. Sun-dappled figures playing croquet radiate warmth against turquoise waves, their parasols and dresses rendered in powdery pinks and creams that mirror the coastal light. This work exemplifies Soler's pioneering plein-air technique, developed alongside contemporaries like Ramon Casas during Barcelona's modernist renaissance. As one of Spain's earliest adopters of Impressionism, Soler's seaside scenes occupy a crucial place in Iberian art history, bridging academic traditions with avant-garde light studies decades before Sorolla's fame.
For interior spaces, the painting's soft coastal palette invites sophisticated yet relaxed styling. A medium/large reproduction (24x36") above a linen-upholstered sofa creates an instant focal point in nautical or Hamptons-style living rooms. Frame it in unbleached oak with museum glass to enhance the sun-bleached tones, flanked by sconces with bone china shades echoing the artwork's luminous quality. In home offices, the composition's horizon line at eye-level promotes calm focus when paired with bleached walnut furnishings and seagrass textures. The croquet mallet's diagonal forms subtly guide toward reading nooks, while the sandy neutrals allow bold accent colors like cerulean or coral in adjacent decor. For commercial spaces, oversized prints (40x60") in lobbies complement travertine floors and rattan lounge chairs, their historical leisure motif reinforcing hospitality branding.
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Lead Time & Shipping
When you order this oil painting replica, it typically takes 2-3 weeks to paint. If the artwork is more complex, it might need a little more time to ensure the best quality. Once it's ready, we'll send you a photo for your approval. After you give the green light, we'll ship it to you for free.
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Return & Refund
We believe in the quality of our hand-painted oil painting reproductions, and your satisfaction is our priority. If for any reason, you are not completely satisfied with your purchase, we offer a 45-day return policy. You can return your artwork within 45 days of receipt and receive a full refund. Please note that the artwork must be returned in the original packaging and in the same condition as it was received.
