Yesterday, I had the pleasure of visiting the The Hispanic Society of America. What a delightful small museum. I went there to see the Sorolla Murals. Wow, I was delighted by the scale, brillance of color, compositions, and complexity of this series. The documentation of the diversity of culture in Spain is a treasure. His combination of color describing form, illumination were very inspiring. What really delighted me were to the Sorollas that were upstairs, the two children wading in the water and after the bath. To see the paint in person, the way he applied the highlights, and see the brushstrokes – it was really beautiful. I will be bringing my children and larger canvas’s to the beach.
Also there were works by Goya, Velasquez, and El Greco that I had only seen in books.
And I loved the knockers! Don’t miss them if you go there.
Detail of Sorrola Mural of Fisherman
Sorolla Mural