SOROLLA, A HUNDRED YEARS OF MODERNITY

One hundred years after his death, Sorolla’s legacy remains highly relevant, with his enduring modernity increasingly admired and recognized. This exhibition, which marks the grand finale of the Sorolla Centenary celebrations, has been conceived as a tribute to his painting, his mastery, his beauty, and his unbroken power to captivate.

The exhibition is curated by Blanca Pons-Sorolla, Sorolla’s great-granddaughter and the foremost expert on his work, alongside Consuelo Luca de Tena, former director of the Sorolla Museum, and Enrique Varela Agüí, the museum’s current director.

Organized by Patrimonio Nacional and Light Art Exhibitions in collaboration with the Sorolla Museum and the Sorolla Museum Foundation, the exhibition brings together 77 significant works spanning all stages of Sorolla’s career and encompassing the major themes of his oeuvre. It also features some pieces rarely or never before seen in Spain, such as Boulevard de París, a large-format painting depicting “modern life” that was last exhibited in 1890 and thought to have been lost.

The works on display come from institutions housing the finest collections of Sorolla’s art: the Sorolla Museum and the Sorolla Museum Foundation, the Hispanic Society of America, the Prado Museum, and the Museum of Fine Arts of Asturias. Additionally, they include pieces from renowned museums like the Musée d’Orsay, as well as other public and private collections from Spain, the United States, and Mexico.

The exhibition is divided into the following five sections:

• I. Path to Success
• II. The Ever-changing Sea
• III. Feeling the Portrait
• IV. Vision of Spain
• V. From Landscape to Garden