Joaquin Sorolla, "Strolling the Seashore"

Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida, Strolling Along the Seashore, 1909; Museo Sorolla, Madrid.

The reproduction below has been painted in a modern style that's very typical of recently created copies — with falsely smoothed edges, lack of precise detail, blurred elements with little differentiation, and an overall sense of a quickly executed work lacking emotion and substance. The original of this famous Sorolla painting, sometimes called Walking On the Beach, is much more expressive, communicating in wonderfully thoughtful brushstrokes the beautiful qualities of light, life, wind, beach and sea. There's a real sense of movement in the authentic painting, and only artificiality in the copy. Also note the company logo lower right — a sure sign that it would be wise to look elsewhere for a more accurate photo.

Altered, modern reproduction of a painting by Joaquin Sorolla.