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Sorolla and the Paris years

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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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Skira Rizzoli
0847848353 / 9780847848355
Hardback
759.6
03/05/2016
United States
English
247 pages : illustrations (colour)
29 cm
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Published on the occasion of the exhibition Joaquiân Sorolla - Spaniens Meister des Lichts held at Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich, 4th March-3rd July 2016 ; Sorolla, un peintre espagnol áa Paris held at Musâee des impressionnismes Giverny, 14th July-6th November 2016 ; Sorolla en Parâis