Synopsis:
Joaquin Sorolla is considered one of the greatest masters of Spanish modern painting and a key referent in the history of art. This view is now being endorsed by the Museo del Prado as it organizes an ambitious anthological exhibition that aims to place this master artist among the pantheon of great Spanish painters that include El Greco, Velázquez and Goya.

The 138 works that are now being gathered together in the new halls of the leading Spanish museum between spring and summer 2009 make up the most far-reaching exhibition project devoted to a 19th-century painter that the Prado has ever embarked upon - in its entire history. The show will include paintings from collections and major museums in Valencia, Barcelona, Madrid, London, Venice, Paris, New York, Boston, Dallas and Saint Louis - including most notably his exceptional set of fourteen panels entitled La Visión de España, which will be presented alongside the bulk of his masterpieces. Included are also his scenes of beaches bathed by the light of the Mediterranean. These panels are 12 to 14 feet high and if placed end to end, would measure 260 feet.

The forthcoming Prado catalog features detailed and up-to-date information on the works, along with texts by the leading Sorolla specialists, who explore and analyze his painting, his personality and his position both in Spanish art and on the international scene.

The publisher is planning to begin distributing the book to America in September, 2009, but...

Barnsite will be provided with advanced release copies of the catalog in the third week of May, 2009 through special arrangements.