Art Of The Day Weekly

#438 - from 7 July 2016 to 7 September 2016


Joaquín Sorolla, The White Boat. Jávea, 1905, oil on canvas, 105 x 150 cm. Private Collection. © Madrid, avec l’aimable autorisation de Blanca Pons Sorolla

Sorolla, a triumph in Paris

GIVERNY - He is without a doubt the greatest Spanish impressionist and his links with Paris helped confirm his reputation. This exhibition shows it by tracing the Parisian chronology of Joaquín Sorolla (1863-1923). After a first stay in 1885, the Spanish painter from Valencia was awarded a gold medal at the Universal Exhibition in 1900. He was then crowned by a retrospective at the galerie Georges Petit in 1906, after which he received the French Légion d’Honneur (Legion of Honour). He was recognized for his beach scenes and then became one of the main portrait artists of the bourgeoisie of the Belle Epoque.
Sorolla, un peintre espagnol à Paris, at the musée des Impressionnismes, from 14 July to 6 November 2016.

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