Museo Sorolla on Google Art Project

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5 responses to “Museo Sorolla on Google Art Project”

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   Daniel van Benthuysen

   May 2, 2013

   My wife and I spent a week in Madrid last spring visiting the most significant art museums in that city (and there are a lot.) The two afternoons that made the greatest impressions on us were our trips to Sorolla’s home and studio (repository for 1400 of his paintings and drawings) and our trip to the brilliantly restored Goya frescos in the chapel of San Antonio de Florida. Spain’s economy may be on the ropes at present but her artistic heritage has never been more conspicuous.
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   David Holcomb

   May 2, 2013

   Sorolla is one of those artists who somehow gets overlooked much of the time — a little too facile, a little too much of a crowd-pleaser, a sort of turn-of-the-century Norman Rockwell. That’s a shame, because his technical brilliance is easily on a par with Sargent or Whistler, and his painting deserves much more attention than it gets. Thanks for this reminder that the dozen or so French, English and American painters in our Art History 101 textbooks aren’t always the end of the story. Nice work.
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   Jeremy

   May 2, 2013

   So Awesome.

   Must. Study. Brush strokes.
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   Gabor

   May 4, 2013

   Thanks so much for posting this. It is always great to see his works especially in high res.
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   Susanne E.

   May 12, 2013

   This is good news, thanks for posting the link! Sorolla’s paintings are so exuberant and sensual and filled with sunlight, really pure joy to look at, I love them.

   At a short visit to Madrid last year I had just one short hour to see the Sorolla Museum, but I am so glad I did! Not just for the impressive paintings and interesting small studies exhibited there, but the house itself, the garden and Sorolla’s studio are very beautiful. Really a small gem of a Museum…