Catalogues
"Joaquín Sorolla (1863-1923)" to be celebrated between 26 may and 6 september 2009 is the first major, monographic exhibition to be devoted to the artist and 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 will bring 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 will offer 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. This catalogue, published with the ocassion of the exhibition, has been coordinated by the exhibition curators, José Luis Díez, Head of 19th Painting Department and Javier Barón, 19th Painting Department and counts with 5 in-depth essays by the curators and different specialists such as Francisco Javier Pérez Rojas, Carlos Reyero, Blanca Pons-Sorolla, Felipe Garín and Facundo Tomás. It also includes a detailed chronological biography, list of exhibitions, work and names indexes, a complete bibliography and over 350 illustrative images besides the 102 from the catalogue entries in which is probably the most complete volume on Sorolla ever published.
Binding: Hardbound
Language: Spanish
536 pages
24 x 30 cm.
