Museo Sorolla

Had a playdate with the SIL the other day.  We went to the Sorolla Museum on a rainy March morning, where I have been meaning to go since seeing the 2006 Sargent/Sorolla exposition at the Thyssen-Bornemisza.

The museum is his 1910 house, surrounded by a lovely courtyard garden.

The museum is quite small, but the house is lovely with beautiful furnishings and decorative pieces of porcelain and sculpture. Getting in is a little confusing, you have to go through the garden, past the pergola and downstairs to get an entrance ticket, then go outside again and upstairs to start your visit.

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Joaquín Sorolla (1863-1920) was a very successful Valencian painter.  His early academic and historical work eventually gave way to a freer style with brilliant brushwork that deftly captures his fascination with sunlight.

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The museum has a current exhibition of his paintings of his patio garden called Jardines de Luz or Gardens of Light, until May. 

My favorite?  Hard to choose, but this one is a symphony in not-white.  Simply. brilliant.

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