Key works by the Spanish Impressionist painter of landscapes,
portraits and monumental, historically themed canvases
Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida was one of the most beloved and appreciated
artists of his day. In 1908, he was hailed as "the greatest living
painter in the world" for his extraordinary technique and the pleasing
nature of his subjects, rising to a level of fame that very soon went
well beyond national borders.
Joaquín Sorolla: Painter of Light recounts the extraordinary stylistic
development of this ambitious and determined painter, who made art his
reason for living. Sorolla's magnificent and passionate artistic journey
was one of joy, suffering, satisfaction and research. His main pursuit
and innovation in painting was the study of light, rigorously captured
from real life and en plein air, gradually evolving into an immediate,
spontaneous and sophisticated language.
Joaquín Sorolla (1863-1923) was born in Valencia, Spain, a city to
which he returned throughout his life. His fame as a painter was
established by 1890, with exhibitions in Munich, Paris, Chicago, Vienna,
Venice and Buenos Aires. By 1900, he was considered as the most famous
of all living Spanish artists; his work paved the transition from
Impressionism to Picasso.
