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A new survey of the best works by the elusive and spectacular
Spanish Impressionist Joaquin Sorolla. Often compared to his
contemporary, the American artist John Singer Sargent, Joaquin
Sorolla (1863-1923) was a master draftsman and painter of
landscapes, formal portraits, and monumental, historically themed
canvases. Highly influenced by French Impressionism, the Valencian
artist was a master plein-air painter known for his luminous
seaside scenes of frolicking youths and for vivid depictions of
Spanish rural life and its pleasures and customs. This beautifully
designed and produced volume brings together one hundred of
Sorolla's major paintings, selected by his great-granddaughter
Blanca Pons-Sorolla, the foremost authority on the artist.
Benefiting from close proximity to the artist and his personal
archives, she presents an in-depth essay that explores Sorolla's
life, work, and remarkable international legacy. With virtually all
of the artist's previous publications now out of print, this
much-anticipated volume is an important addition to the literature
on this great Spanish master.
Like Claude Monet s celebrated plein air landscapes at Giverny, the
series collected in this book represents among the best-loved
examples of Joaquin Sorolla s (1863-1923) work, and a window into
the Spanish painter s quest to capture the essence of a garden.
Described by Monet as the master of light, Sorolla and his
landscapes, formal portraits, and historically themed canvases drew
comparisons to contemporary American painter John Singer Sargent.
Sorolla had achieved renown on both sides of the Atlantic for grand
scenes of Spanish life when he began a personal series of garden
works, presented completely for the first time in this publication.
Painted at the palaces of La Granja and the Alcazar in Seville, the
Alhambra and Generalife in Granada, and at the painter s home in
Madrid, these Impressionist works allowed Sorolla to apply his
signature loose brushwork and training as a photographer s lighting
assistant to gardens and the sculptures, architecture, and sitters
that frame and animate them. Sorolla depicted reflections in
fountains and pools, the sunlight dappling his glamorous sitters,
sprays of orange blossoms, and shaded blue-and-white tile as he
endeavoured to render the radiant peace of a summer afternoon.
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Sorolla and the Paris Years (Hardcover)
Blanca Pons-sorolla, Veronique Gerard-Powell, Dominique Lobstein, Maria Lopez Fernandez
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A native of Valencia, Spanish Impressionist Joaquin Sorolla
(1863-1923) first went to Paris in 1885 as a young artist at the
age of twenty-three. He exhibited at the international salons,
winning the Grand Prix at the Exposition Universelle in 1900, and
in 1906, he exhibited for the first time at the Galerie Georges
Petit, one of the principal galleries of the Impressionists. The
exhibition was a resounding success and helped establish Sorolla's
international reputation. Known for his vigorous compositions,
unusual color palette, and loose, radiant brush strokes, Sorolla's
sundrenched landscapes, beach scenes, and luminous portraits even
impressed such contemporaries as Claude Monet. Richly illustrated
and with newly researched essays by noted scholars, this important
book reveals much new information about Sorolla's activities and
relationships with other artists in Europe. Included are more than
one hundred paintings reflecting the artist's career, from his
early work in Paris in which the influence of the French
Impressionists is clearly evident, to the distinctive pictures that
reflect his mature and celebrated style.
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