The Mouth of the Bidasoa River, 1872 by Martin Rico y Ortega
Canvas Print - 14954-OYR
Location: Prado Museum, Madrid, SpainOriginal Size: 39.3 x 72 cm
Giclée Canvas Print | $48.80 USD
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*Max printing size: 19.1 x 35.4 in
*Max framing size: Long side up to 28"
"The Mouth of the Bidasoa River" will be custom-printed for your order using the latest giclée printing technology. This technique ensures that the Canvas Print captures an exceptional level of detail, showcasing vibrant and vivid colors with remarkable clarity.
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Painting Information
"The Mouth of the Bidasoa River", 1872. Martín Rico y Ortega - one of those artists who quietly goes about his business, creating these astonishingly serene scenes, and yet somehow the wider world forgets to shout his name from the rooftops. Look at this one. You could almost miss the magic at first glance, it’s so calm, so unassuming. But take a moment - soak it in - and you’ll see it’s all about atmosphere. Rico doesn’t paint a river mouth; he paints a mood. The man’s obsessed with light and air. It’s everywhere in this canvas, rolling off the sea, bouncing off the clouds, making the boats practically float in suspension.
The colors are muted but potent. He’s got that Spanish mastery of light down, hasn’t he? The sky is enormous - almost too big for the scene - but that’s exactly the point. Those billowing clouds are full of life, yet somehow weightless. You can almost smell the dampness in the air. It’s all these soft blues, whites, and greys up above, and then the water echoes it, like a quieter cousin reflecting the heavens. It’s not the sunniest day, but that’s where the charm is - in this in-between moment, somewhere between dawn and dusk.
The beach below is where the humans skitter about - tiny figures in comparison to the rest of the scene, but look how they’re integrated. The boats are heavy, their dark shapes like anchors, literally and visually, against the lightness of everything else. Rico’s brushstrokes are neat but never precious - there’s no fussy detail here. He’s all about the composition: those boats lining up as if they know they’re part of a perfectly balanced act. Everything’s in its place, but with that hint of randomness that makes it feel alive, like a snapshot of something ongoing. It’s quiet. It’s understated. And yet, it's quietly monumental.
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