30 Works, Today, February 27th. is artist Joaquín Sorolla’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #058
Feb 27, 2021
La playa de Valencia/ The beach at Valencia, c. 1908
Oil on canvas
50 × 65.5 cm (19.6 × 25.7 in)
Private collection
Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida (27 February 1863–10 August 1923) was a Spanish painter. Sorolla excelled in the painting of portraits, landscapes and monumental works of social and historical themes. His most typical works are characterized by a dexterous representation of the people and landscape under the bright sunlight of Spain and sunlit water…