Introducing Joaquin Sorolla Y Bastida

Regular readers volition yell back that Who Painted This? #42 was virtually the ikon of the Torre de los Picos / Los Picos Tower La Alhambra, Granada - past times Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida.

The Gardens at the Sorolla Family House (1920)
Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida
Museo Sorolla

I looked at a lot of Sorolla paintings spell doing that post too decided to brand a website virtually him - which yous tin hand notice abide by at About Joaquin Sorolla.

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He was an extraordinarily prolific painter - I empathize at that topographic point are virtually 2,200 paintings inwards total. The video below is a tour of his menage - which is forthwith a museum - too it gives yous a feel of both the comport upon of the paintings too their size. I was amazed at how big approximately of them are.

This is approximately other video Museo Nacional del Prado: Comments on the exhibition past times Jose Luis Díez too Javier Barón (video) made by the Prado Museum for the retropsective exhibition of Sorolla's operate inwards 2009 which is inwards Castilian - simply does bring subtitles - too has approximately really great images of the paintings which besides gives yous a rigid feel of the size too comport upon of his paintings..

I similar his paintings of boats too people at operate too leisure on the beach - he has a specially fine optic for the colours associated alongside the H2O too the marine atmosphere inwards a sunny climate. His brushwork is besides rattling seductive - it's looks rattling relaxed - simply the approach too science grade approaches that of John Singer Sargent.

Lime trees, Jardines de los Reales Alcazares, Seville
(Pastel 25.5" x 19.5" )
past times Katherine Tyrrell
Houses & Gardens - fine fine art drawings past times Katherine Tyrrell

However I'm besides rattling partial to his paintings of gardens. That's non unexpected given I'm besides rather partial to sketching gardens equally those who know my sketchbook weblog volition appreciate.

He typically painted these subsequently inwards life. Like Monet he painted his ain garden. You don;'t bring to motion the easel rattling far!

His mode is sketchy simply his purpose of colours is almost e'er impeccable. I specially similar the means he varies his greens. So many people pigment gardens too forget how many greens at that topographic point actually are.

Sorolla did approximately fantabulous views of the pools too fountains inwards the palace - such as this fountain and the the puddle of the Alcazar.

I've besides created fine art inwards i of the gardens he used to pigment in.

My pastel drawing (above right) was done plein air spell sat on the shady verandah of a edifice inwards the grounds of the Real Alcazar de Sevilla - which is a Castilian palace which started out life equally a Moorish fort. It remind me of the rut of the twenty-four hours too the value of the shade. (BTW I know the pillar is leaning! I bring an awful work alongside verticals... specially when working plein air!)

Introducing Joaquin Sorolla Y Bastida

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