Joaquín Sorolla

(1863–1923) spansk konstnär (1863–1923)

Joaquín Sorolla (Spain, 1863–1923) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Joaquín Sorolla belongs to the chapter ‘Post-Impressionism and Symbolism’ in this site’s history of art.

Joaquín Sorolla was born in Valencia and died in Madrid. Joaquín Sorolla trained at Reial Acadèmia de Belles Arts de Sant Carles de València. The teachers included Francisco Pradilla y Ortiz and Gonzalo Salvá Simbor. Joaquín Sorolla worked in Madrid, Paris, Rome, and Valencia. Wikidata associates Joaquín Sorolla with Post-impressionism, social realism, and naturalism. Joaquín Sorolla became a member of Académie des beaux-arts. The awards include Grand cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso XII, Knight of the Legion of Honour, Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic, and Officer of the Legion of Honour. The students included Vicente Santaolaria Montoro, Álvaro Alcalá Galiano, Fernando Amarika, and Teodoro Andreu.

The best-known works include ‘Sad Inheritance’, ‘White slave trade’, ‘Chapel on the Láchar estate’, and ‘Sewing the sail’. The works belong mainly to the genre portrait. The catalogue has 250 works by Joaquín Sorolla with free images. The dated works span the years 1881–1922. Works by Joaquín Sorolla are held by several collections, among them Hispanic Society of America, Museo Sorolla, Sorolla Museum, and Pradomuseet. Wikidata links 12 works to movements covered in the chapter ‘Post-Impressionism and Symbolism’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Miquel Utrillo, Maria de la Paz av Spanien, Mariano Benlliure y Gil, Otto Reiniger, and Hermann Pleuer.