Sorolla

Perspectives from The Artist's Road

My Wife and Daughters in the Garden Joaquin Sorolla

“There is nothing truer than truth. All the mistakes committed by great artists are due to their having separated themselves from truth, believing that their imagination is stronger... There is nothing stronger than nature.
With nature in front of us we can do everything well.” - Joaquin Sorolla

Upon the opening of the 1906 Paris exhibition of Sorolla’s work, Camille Mauclair wrote, “Artists of France, I beg you to visit this exhibition, where you will learn all the lessons of plein air, line, colour, impasto, and originality.”

A birthday present to John this week of the catalog, The Painter Joaquin Sorolla (Edmund Peel) from the 1989 exhibition of Sorolla’s work, has left us both, once again, in awe of the talent, energy and mastery of this great artist. John was fortunate enough to see the exhibition when it was in New York at the IBM Gallery, and to see in person the large canvases, many painted entirely outdoo…