Niña (1904).
Museo Sorolla en Madrid:
Paseo a orillas del mar (1909)
Reconocido en todo el mundo, la fama internacional le llega tras las exposiciones de París (1906) y Nueva York (1909), en las que alcanza un importante éxito de ventas y de crítica.
English:
Joaquín Sorolla was born in Valencia in 1863. He and his younger sister were orphaned 2 years later when both their parents died .
From an early age it was clear that Sorolla had a passion for art by the age of 15 he was winning major prizes for his paintings at the Academy of Valencia.
His extraordinary talent was brought to the attention of Antonia Garcia, a famous Valencian photographer, whose daughter, Clotilde, Sorolla would later marry.
By his mid 20s Sorolla had firmly established himself on the national stage and by 30 he had displayed paintings in international exhibitions in Madrid, Paris, Venice, Munich, Berlin, and Chicago. By the turn of the century Sorolla was recognised as one of the western world’s greatest living artists.
In 1909, the Hispanic Society of America hosted an exhibition of Sorolla’s works in New York City. Of the 356 paintings on show a total of 195 were sold.
In 1911 Sorolla started work on a a series of vast panels celebrating the life and customs of the different regions of Spain for the Hispanic Society’s new headquarters in New York. This enormous and exhausting endeavour was to dominate the next 8 years of Sorolla's life, although he still managed to find time to paint some of his most stunning beach scenes.
His extraordinary talent was brought to the attention of Antonia Garcia, a famous Valencian photographer, whose daughter, Clotilde, Sorolla would later marry.
By his mid 20s Sorolla had firmly established himself on the national stage and by 30 he had displayed paintings in international exhibitions in Madrid, Paris, Venice, Munich, Berlin, and Chicago. By the turn of the century Sorolla was recognised as one of the western world’s greatest living artists.
In 1909, the Hispanic Society of America hosted an exhibition of Sorolla’s works in New York City. Of the 356 paintings on show a total of 195 were sold.
In 1911 Sorolla started work on a a series of vast panels celebrating the life and customs of the different regions of Spain for the Hispanic Society’s new headquarters in New York. This enormous and exhausting endeavour was to dominate the next 8 years of Sorolla's life, although he still managed to find time to paint some of his most stunning beach scenes.
