Introduction
Joaquín Sorolla (1863-1923) is
the first major, monographic exhibition
to be devoted to the artist since the one
also organised in the Casón del Buen
Retiro by the Ministry of Science and
Education in 1963. It is also one of the
most important ever organised, in Spain
and abroad on this great 19th-century
painter, both with regard to the number
of works and their quality. The
exhibition brings together around one
hundred paintings by Sorolla, the most
internationally known Spanish artist of
his day and one of the key figures in the
history of Spanish art. It offers a
comprehensive survey based on examples of
his finest works and includes the
fourteen panels known as the Vision
of Spain painted for The
Hispanic Society of America, which
were brought to Spain in 2007 by Bancaja,
sponsor of the present exhibition
Besides the collaboration of numerous
private collections and institutions all
around the world, the contribution of the
Museo
Sorolla (Madrid) deserves a special
thanks, since it loans a group of
fourteen works among them some of the
artist's masterpieces.
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Joaquín Sorolla, The Photographer Christian Franzen , Oil on canvas, 100 x 66 cm. 1903. Lorenzana Collection
