Research Catalog

Title

Sorolla : Spanish master of light / Gabriele Finaldi.

Author

Finaldi, Gabriele

Publication

• London, England : National Gallery Company, 2019.
• New Haven, Connecticut : Distributed by Yale University Press
• ©2019

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Additional Authors

• Schofield, Linda
• Sorolla, Joaquín, 1863-1923.
• Barón, Javier
• Gerard Powell, Véronique
• Tostmann, Oliver
• Riopelle, Christopher
• Pons-Sorolla, Blanca
• National Gallery (Great Britain), issuing body, publisher, organizer, host institution
• National Gallery of Ireland, organizer, host institution
• Museo Sorolla, organizer
• Yale University Press, distributor

Description

264 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), portraits; 29 cm

Summary

"Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida (1863-1923) was the leading Spanish painter of his day, world-famous when Picasso was still struggling to establish a name. This sumptuously illustrated book traces Sorolla's career at home and abroad, focusing on more than 60 canvases. These include portraits, landscapes, the bathers and seascapes for which he is most famous, and genre scenes of Spanish life. His monumental early works established the artist's reputation as an unflinching social realist. Sending pictures strategically to major exhibitions across Europe, Sorolla depicted peasants, fishermen, and sail-makers eking out meager existences; young women forced into prostitution; and naked, disabled orphans. Rarely had Impressionist technique been turned to such provocative ends. As Sorolla found a wealthy clientele toward the turn of the century, his focus turned to sun-drenched scenes of leisure and elegant sociability: beautiful women stroll in fashionable resorts and children gambol on the seashore. Here, leading scholars offer a contemporary assessment of his career and explore Sorolla's relations with the most famous bravura painters of the day, including John Singer Sargent and the Swedish artist Anders Zorn. An illustrated chronology by Blanca Pons Sorolla, the artist's great-granddaughter, provides additional information."

Subject

• Sorolla, Joaquín, 1863-1923 > Exhibitions
• Sorolla, Joaquín, 1863-1923 > Criticism and interpretation
• Sorolla, Joaquín, 1863-1923 > Themes, motives
• Sorolla, Joaquín, 1863-1923
• 1800-1999
• Light in art > Exhibitions
• Impressionism (Art) > Spain > 19th century > Exhibitions
• Impressionism (Art) > Spain > 20th century > Exhibitions
• Figurative painting, Spanish > 19th century > Exhibitions
• Figurative painting, Spanish > 20th century > Exhibitions
• Portrait painting, Spanish > 19th century > Exhibitions
• Portrait painting, Spanish > 20th century > Exhibitions
• Male artists > Spain > 19th century > Exhibitions
• Male artists > Spain > 20th century > Exhibitions
• Themes, motives
• Portrait painting, Spanish
• Male artists
• Light in art
• Figurative painting, Spanish
• Impressionism (Art)
• Spain > In art > Exhibitions
• Spain

Genre/Form

• Exhibition catalogs.
• Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Note

• On the occassion of the exhibition Sorolla: Spanish master of light organized by the National Gallery, London 18 March-7 July 2019 and the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin 10 August-3 November 2019 in collaboration with Museo Sorolla, Madrid.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-253) and index.

Contents

Directors' preface -- 'The greatest thing in the world' / Gabrielle Finaldi -- Sorolla and the Spanish pictorial tradition / Javier Barón Thaidigsmann -- Sorolla and 'social painting' / Véronique Gerard Powell -- Sorolla's painterly style after 1900 / Oliver Tostmann -- Sorolla in search of his vision of Spain / Christopher Riopelle -- Catalogue -- Joaquín Sorolla, 1863-1923 : a chronology / Blanca Pons-Sorolla -- Bibliography.

Call Number

JQF 19-1154

ISBN

• 9781857096422
• 1857096428

LCCN

2018965395

OCLC

1084321786

Author

Finaldi, Gabriele, author.

Title

Sorolla : Spanish master of light / Gabriele Finaldi.

Publisher

London, England : National Gallery Company, 2019.

Distributor

New Haven, Connecticut : Distributed by Yale University Press

Copyright Date

©2019

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-253) and index.

Event

"Sorolla: Spanish Master of Light" : March 18-July 7, 2019, the National Gallery, London, England, United Kingdom.

"Sorolla: Spanish Master of Light" : August 10-November 3, 2019, the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.

Chronological Term

1800-1999

Place of Publication

United Kingdom England London.

Added Author

Schofield, Linda, editor.

Sorolla, Joaquín, 1863-1923. Works. Selections.

Barón, Javier, author.

Gerard Powell, Véronique, author.

Tostmann, Oliver, author.

Riopelle, Christopher, author.

Pons-Sorolla, Blanca, contributor.

National Gallery (Great Britain), issuing body, publisher, organizer, host institution.

National Gallery of Ireland, organizer, host institution.

Museo Sorolla, organizer.

Yale University Press, distributor.

Research Call Number

JQF 19-1154