Kathy Howard Fine Art: The Sorolla Exhibit

I was so excited to learn that Spanish Impressionist, Joquin Sorolla's (1863-1923) work entitled "Sorolla and America" was coming to the San Diego Museum of Art. He is most famous for his light filled paintings of children playing on the beach, frequently working in plein air. He was very popular around the turn of the century, mounting two shows in the US the first in 1909 at the Hispanic Society of America in New York. During this time he gained the respect of many American artists and the admiration of important patrons, many who commissioned portraits including Louis Comfort Tiffany and President Taft. This collection was drawn from many public and private collections and are among the finest Sorolla ever created. More than a hundred of them are being shown in public for the first time in over a century. The exhibit ends August 26.