Museo Sorolla
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The Museo Sorolla is a will-based Madrid museum. The museum is located in the Barrio de Almagro in the Chamberí district in central Madrid.
history
The widow of the painter Joaquín Sorolla , Clotilde García del Castillo, bequeathed all of her property to the Spanish state in 1925, which on March 28, 1931, accepted the donation with the obligation to create a museum foundation. In 1932 the museum was opened in the painter's former villa. The house was built by the architect Enrique María de Repullés y Vargas (1845–1922) between 1910 and 1911. The painter's son, Joaquín Sorolla García , became the museum's first director until his death in 1948. The collection, initially mainly works by Sorolla's father, was expanded through acquisitions and as of 2018 comprises 1,294 works by Sorolla.
The artist owned works by Auguste Rodin , Pedro de Mena y Medrano , Mariano Benlliure and various statues of the Virgin, as well as archaeological finds and ceramics. The painter's picture collection includes works by Jusepe de Ribera , Aureliano de Beruete , Benlliure, Marià Fortuny and John Singer Sargent , a total of 164 works by various artists (as of 2018).
Exhibitions
- 1992: Sorolla Zorn .
- 1998/99: Sorolla y su visión de España: dibujo .
- 2006/07: Sorolla íntimo .
- 2007: Sorolla y la otra imagen .
- 2007: La casa Sorolla. Dibujos .
- 2009: Sorolla y su idea de España .
- 2009/10: Diálogos: Sorolla & Velázquez .
- 2011/12: Granada en Sorolla .
- 2012: Clotilde de Sorolla .
- 2012/13: Sorolla. Jardines de luz .
- 2013: Sorolla. El color del mar .
- 2013/14: Fiesta y color. La mirada etnográfica de Sorolla .
- 2014: Bailando Sorolla .
- 2015: Trazos en la arena .
- 2016: Sorolla tierra adentro .
- 2015/16: Joaquín Sorolla. Spain's master of light . Catalog in German, French and Spanish.
- 2016: Sorolla tierra adentro .
- 2016/17: Sorolla en París .
- 2017: Sorolla en su paraíso .
- 2018: Sorolla y la moda .
- 2018/19: Sorolla. un jardín para pintar .
Visitor numbers
| year | Visitors |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 51,408 |
| 1999 | 56,914 |
| 2000 | 57,066 |
| 2001 | 45,820 |
| 2002 | 19,803 |
| 2003 | 104,609 |
| 2004 | 85.401 |
| 2005 | 83,403 |
| 2006 | 88,442 |
| 2007 | 102,956 |
| 2008 | 102.141 |
| 2009 | 116,835 |
| 2010 | 121,937 |
| 2011 | 142,855 |
| 2012 | 173.420 |
| 2013 | 179,549 |
| 2014 | 155,597 |
| 2015 | 188.076 |
| 2016 | 215.423 |
| 2017 | 255.051 |
literature
- Exhibition catalog by Roger Diederen: Joaquin Sorolla. Spain's master of light . Hirmer, Munich 2016, ISBN 978-3-7774-2563-4 .
Web links
- Museum website (Spanish)
Individual evidence
- ^ El edificio del museo: la casa Sorolla . Article on the website of the Spanish Ministry of Culture (Spanish)
- ↑ a b The museum's collection of paintings on the museum's website (Spanish)
- ↑ Exhibitions of the Museo Sorolla (Spanish)
- ↑ A giant wave is about to roll through the picture in FAZ from May 25, 2016, page 13
- ↑ Visitor numbers of the Museo Sorolla on the website of the Spanish Ministry of Culture (Spanish)
Coordinates: 40 ° 26 ′ 7.5 ″ N , 3 ° 41 ′ 33.1 ″ W.