Sorolla, Joaquín
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| Birthname | Joaquín Sorolla Bastida | ||||
| born on | 27 February 1863 at 05:00 (= 05:00 AM ) | ||||
| Place | Valencia, Spain, 39n28, 0w22 | ||||
| Timezone | LMT m0w22 (is local mean time) | ||||
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| Astrology data |   08°09'   26°25 Asc. 02°08'
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Biography
Spanish painter who excelled in creating portraits, landscapes and monumental works of social and historical themes. His most typical works are characterized by a dexterous representation of the people and landscape under the bright sunlight of Spain and sunlit water.
Joaquín Sorolla married Clotilde García del Castillo in 1888, and they had three children. He died on 10 August 1923 at age 60 in Cercedilla, Spain.
Events
- Relationship : Marriage 1888 (Clotilde García del Castillo)
Source Notes
Sy Scholfield quotes from the book Joaquín Sorolla: viajero a la luz by Abelardo Muñoz (Institució Alfons el Magnànim, 1998), page 20:
"Nuestro pintor , cuando ve la luz en casa de sus padres de la calle Nueva , número cuatro , a las cinco de la mañana de un 27 de febrero del 1863 , se enfrenta a una España que está en los últimos años del reinado de Isabel II ."
(Translation: Our painter, when he first saw the light in his parents' house at no. 4 Nueva Street, at five in the morning on 27 February 1863, he was faced with a Spain that was in the last years of the reign of Isabel II).
Categories
- Family : Childhood : Family traumatic event (Orphaned with sister in August 1865)
- Family : Parenting : Kids 1-3 (Three)
- Vocation : Art : Fine art artist (Painter)
