Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida was a Spanish painter best known to have excelled in portraits and landscapes.
Early in his artistic career, he painted historical and social realistic works like the Otra Margarita (1892). Where he has received the most recognition is for his genre paintings and landscapes. For these, he used techniques of heavy impastoed pigments and impressionist manner and anecdotal themes.
In 1909 he debuted in a United States exhibition at the Hispanic Society in New York City. There he won the opportunity to paint president William Howard Taft. Once Sorella returned to Spain, he focused on illustrating what inspired him most. For the rest of his career, he the dazzling beach waters of the Mediterranean shore.
I enjoy the detail of the water in his beach scenes. The highlights of the water and the texture and swirls of foam bring life to the painting. I’m also impressed at the way he portrays transparency and ripples in water.
The contrasts of light and shade, vibrant colours, and brushstrokes successfully give the water a sense of movement and depth.
November 1, 2021 at 7:06 pm
Samantha,
Okay I believe this is your second blog post for 131. That era was suppose to be Baroque & Dutch Golden Age/ Rococo, Neoclassicism, Romanticism and I think Sorolla falls into the third blog post on Realism, Pre-Impressionism, Pre-Raphaelites/ Impressionism, Post Impressionism. Possibly for the third post you can circle back and submit on the second post. Anyhow I’ll give you a 2/2 on these first two.
Jeff
November 9, 2021 at 11:07 pm
Samantha,
Still waiting for your post on the second blog periods (please see the above message). Please get this in asap.
Jeff