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The art of Joaquín Sorolla

A slideshow of works auto-selected from multiple collections
Mother, 1895

This canvas is an exceptional technical feat and also one of the best examples of Sorolla's ability to transmit intense physical sensations and equally intense emotion through his handling of light...

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Clotilde on the Beach, 1904

In this canvas Sorolla blends the portrait with painting en plein air, a formula which he applied preferably to his family.

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Under the awning, on the Beach at Zarauz, 1905

This canvas, painted during the summer of 1910 on the beach at Zarauz, shows the whole Sorolla family, under an awning which is out of sight.

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María on the Beach at Biarritz or Contre-jour, 1906

The portraits of Maria were apparently particularly sought after and her family jokingly called her 'the breadwinner'.Sorolla's eternal fascination with the modulations of light is seen here in his...

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After Bathing, Valencia, 1909

Many versions of After the bathe or Coming out of the water can be found in Sorolla's work.

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Self Portrait, 1909

A few months earlier, in February 1909, Sorolla had held an individual exhibition at the Hispanic Society of America, which was acclaimed by critics and public and with unprecedented sales of his...

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Palace of Pond, Royal Gardens in Seville, 1910

A work where Sorolla started his garden paintings which would later become some of his most important works.

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Biarritz's beach, 1910

The firm ( J. Sorolla Bastida), is written in the lower right side

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Fifth Avenue, New York, 1911

Sorolla recognised these as signs of "modern life".

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Fisherwomen from Valencia, 1915

During the years when Sorolla was working on the commission for the Hispanic Society, his summer holidays let him go back to his real love : painting in his own home territory, in the open air, from...

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Joaquín, 1917

Joaquín Sorolla García, Sorolla's second child and only son, was born in Valencia in 1892. As his mother wished, he was made the first director of the Museo Sorolla, and in his will left an important...

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The Gardens at the Sorolla Family House, 1920

Sorolla highlights the explosion of colour and the play of light filtering through the plants in medium-sized canvases resolved with spontaneity.

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