Sorolla and the Paris Years

(Hardback)

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This is the first book to approach Sorolla's career from the point of view ofhis time in Paris. It is bigger than our Sorolla Masterworks, which was nottied to an exhibition. (The overlap is about 19 works.)

Published on the occasion of a major retrospective, this gorgeous new surveywill focus on the Sorolla paintings related to his years spent in Paris.

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"Sorolla and the Paris Yearsis a comprehensive study of the life and oeuvre of a naturalist painter who is known as one of baroque master Diego velaquez's best heirs. It explains not only his oeuvre as a whole but also includes analysy of individual paintings. This book is a gift for art lovers. . . It is simply a treat to hold this beautiful book in your hands."
-WASHINGTON BOOK REVIEW

Author Bio

Blanca Pons-Sorolla is the foremost scholar on the work of JoaqunSorolla and has written and contributed to numerous books, including Sorolla: TheMasterworks. She is the artist's great-granddaughter. She wasdeputy curator of the retrospective exhibition "Joaqun Sorolla (1863-1923) " (heldat the Prado in 2009).

Dominique Lobstein, former head of documentary studiesin the painting department of the Muse d'Orsay, Paris. Javier Barn, ChiefCurator of the Department of 19th Century Painting, at the Museo Nacional delPrado, Madrid. Vronique Gerard-Powell is chief curator and Senior Lecturer inthe History of Art at the University of Paris-Sorbonne, is a specialist in Spanishpainting and the history of collecting. Maria Lopez Fernandez, Mapfre Foundation.