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BB.AA MUSEUM. Saint Pius V, 9
That of the Masaveu family is the private collection with the most works by Joaquín Sorolla and the third largest in terms of volume and importance worldwide, only behind two public institutions with a lot of weight, the Sorolla Museum in Madrid and the Hispanic Society of America in New York. To commemorate the centenary of the death of the distinguished Valencian painter, one more time, the Fundación María Cristina Masaveu Peterson and the Museum of Fine Arts of Valencia have organized this exhibition that brings together 46 canvases (of which the seams are visible) painted by Sorolla between 1882, when he was still a young painter in training, i 1917, three years before his death. abound in Masaveu Collection. Sorolla the bathing scenes on the beach and those related to work at sea (Sorolla's favorite motifs), for example, Valencia Beach, painting the 1902 with fast brushstrokes and violas that capture the agitated movement of the sea and the sails that the boats spread out to sea during the arrival of the fishermen on the beach. Within the genre, the turning point occurred with Swimmers, Javea (1905), where the artist shows his expertise in the treatment of lighting effects. There is also room for rarities such as The preparation of raisins in Jávea (1900), painted with a photographic framing from top to bottom that gives dynamism to the scene, and for outdoor portraits that play with light and shadow, com My wife and daughters in the garden (1919), or society portraits, more elegant, com The family of Don Rafael Errázuriz Urmentea (1905) that remembers Las Meninas by Velazquez. This sample and the immersive proposal Sorolla, a new dimension that digitally introduces the visitor to the paintings of the Valencian master are the noisy dishes that we will be able to taste in the summer of the centenary. AU
