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A homage to the great Spanish painter of light and sea, among the innovators of Spanish painting, drawing from the Impressionist experience
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About the Author
Micol Forti is a modern and contemporary art scholar. Since 2000 she has been directing the Contemporary Art Collections of the Vatican Museums. She was curator of the Vatican Pavilion at the 56th Venice Biennale in 2015 and executive director of the first Vatican Pavilion at the 55th Venice Biennale in 2013.
Consuelo Luca de Tena is director of the Sorolla Museum in Madrid.
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Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida (Valencia, 1863 - Cercedilla, 1923) was one of the major Spanish painters at the turn of the 19th century; his paintings exude light, and appear modern and photographic-like, capturing dynamic moments of gentle and subtle realism, capable of staging the contemporary, without commenting it. An authentic visual poetry presenting a marine rural Spain rooted in tradition; an artistic style relevantly set between Goya and Picasso, marking a crucial milestone in the course of Spanish and European painting.
Published on the occasion of the exhibition at Palazzo Reale in Milan, this monograph documents the long and prolific artistic career of this important protagonist of the international art scene in the decades between the 19th and the 20th centuries: scenes of life by the sea, fishermen, beautiful and fleeting real-life moments (with children playing by the sea and women strolling along the beach), as well as portraits in the wake of the grand portraiture tradition established by Greco, Goya, Velázquez, interpreted with modern photographic take.
The main subject of the Spanish painter's art however was always the Mediterranean light, that the artist masterfully captured on his canvases with vibrant, light, bright palettes and pure dazzling whites; his extraordinary works en plein air by the sea make Sorolla an exponent of an accomplished Mediterranean impressionism.
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Joaquin Sorolla: Painter of Light
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Hardcover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. BRAND NEW. FACTORY SEALED. Out-of-Print. Scarce. Please disregard any white streaks created by glare from the shrink-wrap. Book is pristine. Carefully packed (heavy books will be double boxed) and shipped same day if purchased by 12 Noon EST, to arrive to USA customers in 2-5 business days.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. (shelf 5a). Seller Inventory # ofx1-4