Artists Joaquin Sorolla (1863-1923) and Illinois-born Jane Peterson (1876-1965) did not share the same style of painting, but the Spanish Sorolla was one of Peterson's instructors and they both seemed to love their beach scenes. Sorolla offers a beautiful use of white here and a fine sense of rippling breezes and rushing tides in his work, but Peterson's beach bunch looks more relaxed and sun-splashed -- and much less encumbered by unnecessary clothing.
Pictured: Walk on the Beach -- Joaquin Sorolla, 1909 and Beach Scene -- Jane Peterson, 1935
