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Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida (Valencian: Joaquim Sorolla i Bastida, 27 February 1863 – 10 August 1923) [a] was a Spanish painter. Sorolla excelled in the painting of portraits, landscapes, and monumental works of social and historical themes. His most typical works are characterized by a dexterous representation of the people and landscape ...
Clotilde en la playa, 1904 Paseo del faro, 1906 Elena en la playa, 1909. Born in Valencia, Joaquín Sorolla had been familiar since his youth with life on the sea. In his early work, there is the traditional port view Marina, Barcos en el Puerto with which he made his debut in the art exhibition Expsoición National in Madrid in 1881. [17]
In fact, he numbered most of the great Spanish artists of the day among his friends. After his death in 1912 in Madrid, Joaquín Sorolla organized the first retrospective of Beruete's works, held at Sorolla's mansion. His son, Aureliano de Beruete y Moret, a critic and art historian, served as Director of the Museo del Prado from 1918 to 1922.
Vision of Spain, (Spanish: Visión de España) and also known as The Provinces of Spain, is a 1913–19 series of fourteen monumental canvases by Spanish painter Joaquín Sorolla depicting the customs, costumes, and traditions of regions of Spain.
The Sorolla Museum (Spanish: Museo Sorolla) is a single-artist museum in Madrid, Spain, devoted to the work and life of Joaquín Sorolla and the members of his family, such as his daughter Elena. [1] The museum is located in the house that was the artist's home and workshop, which was converted into a museum after the death of his widow.
Painting of Raquel Meller by Joaquín Sorolla (1918) Around that time she met a famous singer, Marta Oliver, a regular at the clothes shop. [7] Under the tutelage of Oliver, the young singer made her debut in the lounge La Gran Peña in February 1908 under the name La Bella Rachel. [citation needed] Subsequently, she changed her name to Raquel ...
The Return from Fishing: Hauling the Boat (French: Retour de la pêche: halage de la barque, Spanish: El regreso de la pesca: remolcando el barco) is an oil on canvas by the Spanish painter Joaquín Sorolla in 1894.
Study given to William Laparra, sold in 2014. Sad Inheritance! (Spanish: ¡Triste herencia!) is an 1899 oil painting by Spanish artist Joaquín Sorolla.The painting was held by Episcopal Church of the Ascension in New York for many years, until it was bought in 1981 by the Savings Bank of Valencia (now part of Bankia).