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The Siesta, Sorolla
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| Author: | Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida |
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| Original Title: | La Siesta |
| Type: | Painting |
| Style: | Luminism |
| Medium | Oil |
| Support: | Canvas |
| Year: | 1911 |
| Located: | Sorolla museum, Madrid. |
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The canvas titled The Siesta was painted by Joaquín Sorolla in the year 1911. It is considered a masterpiece of modern Impressionism.
The fabric depicts four young maidens lying on the grass, one of them sitting up. The characters are elaborated based on spots, the effects of light and shadow with thick brushstrokes, just as the Impressionist masters from Holland and France had been doing.
The work is part of the permanent collection of the Sorolla Museum in Madrid, Spain.
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The Siesta, Sorolla
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Joaquín Sorolla
| Full Name: | Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida. |
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| Birth: | 1863, Valencia, Spain. |
| Death: | 1923, Madrid, Spain. |
He was born in Valencia on February 27, 1863, in a Spain that was beginning to see light and color with new eyes. His work is the purest reflection of Spanish luminism, a movement he himself elevated to its highest expression, and of impressionism, from which he adopted freshness and chromatic vibration.
Sorolla’s painting is marked by an exceptional mastery of Mediterranean light, the kind that transforms the everyday into an almost ethereal scene. In his palette, white takes on a leading role: it is not the absence of color, but a source of radiance that brings life to his figures, beaches, and family portraits.
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