Sorolla y Bastida

American  

[saw-raw-lyah ee bahs-tee-thah] / sɔˈrɔ lyɑ i bɑsˈti ðɑ /

noun

1. Joaquín 1863–1923, Spanish painter.

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Example Sentences

The loan boycott meant the academy could mount only minor shows, Ms. Branagan said, and had to cancel a major one last year on the Spanish painter Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida when other museums withdrew their promised works.

From New York Times

Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida, 1863- Sorolla, born at Valencia in the warm sunshine of southern Spain, is one of the most joyous and spontaneous artists who ever slapped paint onto canvas.

From Project Gutenberg

Mr. Bowles includes reproductions of some of these images in the show, as well as references to the paintings of Goya and Velázquez and the murals by Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida, like one of fisherman.

From New York Times

Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida, 60, acknowledged head of the modern Spanish school of painting, in Madrid, after a long illness.

From Time Magazine Archive

The death of Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida removed the conceded leader of contemporary Spanish painting, and one of the most notable figures of the art world.

From Time Magazine Archive