I know there are a few forum members who share my love of Sorolla's paintings. I always try to make it to the Museo de Sorolla in Madrid when I am there. The museum is located inside his home and it is just about as perfect as a small art museum can be. http://www.mecd.gob.es/msorolla/inicio.html;jsessionid=2922DB0CF515DD75CB89D2933E47EC32
Now the Prado is going to have a huge Sorolla show, May 26-Sept. 13.
https://www.museodelprado.es/actual...-america/c1b08f10-d0d9-499f-8969-160e74000d5b
https://www.museodelprado.es/actual...-america/c1b08f10-d0d9-499f-8969-160e74000d5b
The collection it is showing is permanently displayed in New York City's Hispanic Society of America, in one of the least visited major art collections in the US. (It probably used to be second to the Barnes in Philadelphia, but now that that museum has moved to the central city, I'll bet the Hispanic Society takes the honors). This free museum, which houses works by all of the Spanish masters, gets about 20,000 visitors a year. The Prado, in contrast, gets more than 2,000,000 a year. When the Hispanic Society closed for renovations in January, they announced plans to send 200 of Sorolla's paintings to the Prado.
I have seen the works exhibited in NYC, and the major Sorolla paintings are a series depicting average people in regional dress from the late 19th-early 20th century.
Kind of ironic that many more Americans will undoubtedly see this exhibition this year than in an average year when the collection is at home. But in any event, if you are in Madrid, I think it is not to be missed! Buen camino, Laurie
Now the Prado is going to have a huge Sorolla show, May 26-Sept. 13.
https://www.museodelprado.es/actual...-america/c1b08f10-d0d9-499f-8969-160e74000d5b
https://www.museodelprado.es/actual...-america/c1b08f10-d0d9-499f-8969-160e74000d5b
The collection it is showing is permanently displayed in New York City's Hispanic Society of America, in one of the least visited major art collections in the US. (It probably used to be second to the Barnes in Philadelphia, but now that that museum has moved to the central city, I'll bet the Hispanic Society takes the honors). This free museum, which houses works by all of the Spanish masters, gets about 20,000 visitors a year. The Prado, in contrast, gets more than 2,000,000 a year. When the Hispanic Society closed for renovations in January, they announced plans to send 200 of Sorolla's paintings to the Prado.
I have seen the works exhibited in NYC, and the major Sorolla paintings are a series depicting average people in regional dress from the late 19th-early 20th century.
Kind of ironic that many more Americans will undoubtedly see this exhibition this year than in an average year when the collection is at home. But in any event, if you are in Madrid, I think it is not to be missed! Buen camino, Laurie