Catalog of an exhibition held December 13, 2013 to April 19, 2014 at the Meadows Museum, Southern Methodist University; May 30 to August 26, 2014 at the San Diego Museum of Art; and September 23, 2014 to January 11, 2015 at FUNDACIÓN MAPFRE in Madrid. Includes bibliographical references (page 320-332) and index.
Contents:
Sorolla and America / Blanca Pons-Sorolla -- Sorolla and the Hispanic Society of America / Mitchell A. Codding -- Ryan and Sorolla: rediscovering the rich life of an American patron / Mark A. Roglán -- Extending the artist's family: teaching, photography, and uxoriousness in the paintings of William Merritt Chase and Joaquín Sorolla / M. Elizabeth Boone -- Sorolla and Hispanism in California / Roxana Velasquez.
Summary:
Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida (1863-1923) first achieved major international success with his painting Otra Margarita! (Another Marguerite!) (1892), for which he received first prize at the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 in Chicago. Sorolla's fame in America grew; in 1909, more than 150,000 visitors attended an exhibition of Sorolla's art at The Hispanic Society of America in New York in 1909. The landmark exhibition of 1909 was followed two years later by another major show of more than 150 of his paintings held at the Art Institute of Chicago and the St. Louis Art Museum. 'Sorolla and America' explores the artist's relationship with early twentieth century America through the lens of those who commissioned him, those who collected his works, and those artists, such as John Singer Sargent and William Merritt Chase, with whom Sorolla closely associated.
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