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  1. "Greek Girls on the Shore," Joaquin Sorolla, 1895.

    This was a pivotal work in the career of Sorolla (1863-1923), one of the most popular Spanish painters of his time. This came just as he was achieving fame. A large canvas, "The Return from Fishing," had just won top honors at the Paris Salon and had been purchased by the French government; it still hangs in the Musee D'Orsay.

    This is one of a series of murals he painted at a time when Neo-Hellenism was in vogue. The idealized, sentimental views of beautifully clad women in classical Greek costume, picking perfect, fully-in-bloom flowers, was a huge draw and the first of one of many private commissions.

    This was also one of the murals that led to the opportunity to paint his masterpiece, a series of murals called "A Vision of Spain," visible today at the Hispanic Society of America in New York.

    From a private collection.

    #Art #JoaquinSorolla #Impressionism #NeoHellenism #WomenInArt

  2. Dziś wspominamy rocznicę urodzin Joaquína Sorolli, hiszpańskiego mistrza malarstwa, który na zawsze zmienił sposób, w jaki postrzegamy światło w sztuce. Jego prace to doskonała harmonia światła, koloru i emocji. "Dzieci na plaży" to dowód jego geniuszu - niepowtarzalne ujęcie chwili, która ożywa na płótnie. (fot. Wikipedia) #JoaquinSorolla #Hiszpania #Sztuka

  3. "Hall of the Ambassadors, Alhambra, Granada," Joaquin Sorolla, 1909.

    Sorolla (1863-1923) was THE great Spanish Impressionist. Early in his career he did a number of historical and allegorical works, but as he matured he also mellowed somewhat, and did many paintings of either Spaniards enjoying themselves (often at the beach) or scenes capturing the beauty of his homeland.

    Much of his later career was taken up by a project called "Vision of Spain," a series of monumental murals that captured the clothing, customs, and traditions of the various regions of Spain. These 14 murals can be seen at the Hispanic Society of American in NYC...but this is not one of them.

    Here we have a combo of his Impressionism with Luminism, which explored the play of light, especially light on water. The Alhambra is a huge palace/fortress that is one of the best examples of Islamic architecture existing in the world today. Begun in 1238, it had fallen into partial ruin by the 1800s & when this was painted had been restored to its former glory.

    From the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles.

    #Art #SpanishArt #Impressionism #JoaquinSorolla #Alhambra