Joaquín Sorolla Boats

Cristina Berna, Eric Thomsen

• Publisher: Books on Demand
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN:
  9788413730219
• eBook ISBN:
  9788411746267
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Art
• Subtopic: Art General

Joaquín Sorolla (born in Valencia 1863 died in Cercedilla 1923) is one of the most successful Spanish painters ever. He was a genius in capturing the essence of the scene he was painting. He lived while photography was being invented and popularized. Some of his breathtaking seascapes show how he was familiar with and employed similar techniques as the photograph. His paintingsare also a great introduction to Spanish history. Most of his paintings of boats and the sea capture the fishermen in Valencia, who fished from the beach. He has painted several masterpieces of the returning boats being pulled to the beach. The oxen used to pull the boats are captured so strong, so life like, with so much love. He also painted the waiting fisherwomen and the children happily playing. He painted scenes from the lives of the fishermen. Sorollas paintings are extremely powerful and colorful and although he is usually labelled an impressionist, he is also often very naturalist and detailed. The reader is kindly referred to our book about Sorollas landscapes. This book is not a catalogue, the authors have put together a narrative and the reader may find some of the paintings in our other books as well.

Table of contents

• About the authors
• Also by the authors
• Contact the authors
• Table of Contents
• Introduction
• Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida
• Breakwater, San Sebastian
• “Rompeolas de San Sebastián”
• Estuary of the Nalon, Asturia
• El Nálon, Asturias
• “Paisaje asturiano”, Asturian landscape
• Galicia (Ría de Vigo)
• Fisherwomen from Valencia
• Pescadora con su hijo, Valencia
• The arrival of the boats
• Sol de la tarde, Afternoon Sun
• Llegada de la pesca, Arrival of the Catch
• Las tres velas, The Three Sails
• Las sardineras
• Fisherfrauen am Strand
• La Vuelta de la pescaBarcos e pescadores, Valéncia
• Bueyes en el mar, Oxen in the Sea
• La Vuelta de la pesca, Return from Fishing
• Y aún dicen que el pescado es caro!
• A Research
• Vuelta de la pesca
• Escena de playa
• Estudio de playa
• Beaching the Boat
• Ayamonte. La pesca del atún
• El Pescador, The Fisherman
• El Grumete, The Cabin Boy
• Sonnellino in barca, Sleeping in the Boat
• Remendando a vela, Valéncia, Mending the sail, Valencia
• Camino de la Pesca, Valencia, Setting out to sea
• Sewing the sails
• Cosiendo la red
• Pescadores Valencianos, Valencian Fishermen
• Viejo pescador en una barca, Old Fisherman in a Boat
• Study for La Vuelta de la pesca
• Cordeleros de Jávea
• Comida en la barca
• La sombra de la barca
• A la sombra de la barca, Valencia
• El Xiqet de Javea
• Chrisopher Columbus Leaving Palos
• Marina
• El niño de la barquita
• El balandrito
• The white boat, Jávea
• The smugglers
• “Rocas de Jávea y el bote blanco”
• Young girl in a silvery sea
• The cove at Jávea
• Hacindose a la mar
• Pescadores Valencianas
• Barca en la Albufera de Valencia
• Cala de San Vicente
• Elena at Cala San Vicente
• References
• Photo Credits
• Further information
• Copyright