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![]() ![]() There are no barriers fencing off the paintings. The Sorolla Museum feels less like a traditional museum than a lived-in home and painter’s studio. Standing in front of María’s paintings is filled with emotion. Blanca is the grand-daughter of Joaquín and Clotilde’s eldest daughter, María, and guardian of his memory. The house is now a delightful national museum dedicated to his memory. ![]() She welcomes me at the Sorolla Museum in Madrid, housed in the home he built for his beloved wife, muse and model, Clotilde García del Castillo, who bequeathed the family house and her personal collection to the State after his death. She is also the co-curator of the exhibition in collaboration with Chris Riopelle, Curator of post-1800 Paintings at the National Gallery.īlanca welcomes Marina Perez de Arcos to talk about Sorolla’s art and legacy … The first blockbuster exhibition in the UK for more than a hundred years of the late Spanish painter Joaquín Sorolla (1863–1923) is currently on at the National Gallery in London (until 7 July).īlanca Pons-Sorolla is the artist’s great granddaughter and leading specialist. ![]()
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