Sorolla: A Vision of Spain

Sorolla: A Vision of Spain takes us through Joaquín Sorolla's unique journey, from his early career in Spain to the completion of his life's most prominent work for the Hispanic Society in New York. Art enthusiasts can discover what made the artist's use of light so singular, why he was so keen on painting in the outdoors and how he transformed unexpected sources of inspiration into notorious canvases. While the beaches of his hometown of Valencia inspired much of his work, Sorolla was a prolific artist who went beyond a single style of painting and a single source of inspiration. He captured moments with fast brushstrokes and painted quickly to capture the fleeting vibrations of light and moving waters of the sea, making him the ?Spanish master of light? he was known to be in his lifetime. Introduced by the words of the painter's great-granddaughter, this book presents more than a hundred artworks and narrates all there is to know to get a grasp of the Spanish master's extensive oeuvre, from his internationally acclaimed canvases to his more fortuitous pieces worth rediscovering. They are accompanied by photographs from José Ortiz-Echagu¨e, as well as numerous behind-the-scenes images of the painter at work. Both the author and Blanca Pons-Sorolla have taken part in the selection of artworks featured in the book. AUTHOR: Cristina Carrillo de Albornoz, a former diplomat to the United Nations, is an independent art curator for museums around the world. As an art critic and author, she has contributed to publications including Spanish, Italian, German and Mexican Vogue; The Art Newspaper and The Observer in the UK; Beaux Arts and L'?il in France; El País and AD in Spain; and La Repubblica in Italy. She has written twelve books, including Balthus, Santiago Calatrava, Ai Weiwei and Fernando Botero and Jorge Luis Borges & María Kodama: The Infinite Encounter for Assouline. She has curated exhibitions in major institutions around the world on Rubens, Balthus, Fernando Botero, Santiago Calatrava, Manolo Blahnik, Picasso, and 2000 Nobel Prize winner Gao Xingjian. Over the years, she has worked with Arthemisia, Italy's leading company for organizing art exhibitions, as well as photography archive management company Iconic Images. Her work includes partnerships with galleries such as Marlborough in New York and White Cube in London and collaborations with many artists, chief among them Robert Rauschenberg, Frank Stella, Ai Weiwei, Harland Miller, Tadao Ando and Zaha Hadid. 146 illustrations Silk Hardcover