Sorolla and the Paris Years

Exhibit 2016 in Giverny France, Museum of Impressionisms

From July 14th through November 6th, 2016

Joaquín Sorolla Instantané. Biarritz, 1906
Huile sur toile, 62 x 93,5 cm Madrid, Museo Sorolla, 776
© Madrid, Museo Sorolla

In 1906, Spanish painter Joaquín Sorolla exhibited for the first time at the galerie Georges Petit in Paris, one of the main impressionist galleries.

The exhibition was a resounding success and helped establish Sorolla’s international reputation.

Joaquín Sorolla Retour de la pêche : halage de la barque , 1894
Huile sur toile, 265 x 403 cm. Paris, musée d´Orsay, RF 948
© RMN-Grand Palais (musée d'Orsay)
Photo : Gérard Blot / Hervé Lewandowski

His masterful rendering of light effects led critics to view Sorolla as an impressionist painter.

The exhibition “Sorolla and the Paris Years” demonstrates how he created a surprising, innovatory style in late 19th-century Paris.

The musée des impressionnismes Giverny brings together around 100 paintings, including 50 oil sketches featuring landscapes, portraits and beach scenes, subjects for which he became famous.