UNTIL SUNDAY 13/11
F. BANCAJA. Pl. Tetouan, 23
And again Sorolla, reviewed a thousand times because it is profitable—the Valencian public always responds—and because, indeed, He is one of the great artists that this earth has given. This time the Bancaja Foundation has focused on childhood, about how the Valencian artist represented childhood, a constant throughout his entire career that gave him the greatest recognitions of his career. Children running on the beach, resting in the sand, climbing the rocks and enjoying the sea. This is how this journey of more than 86 works that begin in the painter's intimate family, father of three children —María Clotilde, Joaquín and Elena—whom he portrayed on many occasions, exploiting the familiarity with the model and the freedom that painting for oneself grants.. You can also see commissioned children's portraits where Sorolla bends to the buyers' taste without giving up naturalism and the quality with which he captures children's features.. The artist portrays the joyful childhood of children from wealthy families engaged in their lessons or enjoying their toys., but also, without a hint of social criticism, to sick children or children from more humble classes who must work to contribute to the family's sustenance. and infant mortality, still high despite the progress made, collected in the paintings dead child's head o Child's head in bed, which are exhibited for the first time in public. S.M.
