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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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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 • Nov. 19, 2010

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

Sorolla y Bastida: painter of sunshine on figures; pictures in the Luxembourg and the Metropolitan Museum.

From Woman's Club Work and Programs First Aid to Club Women by Benton, Caroline French

He was compared to Sorolla y Bastida for vitality; the morbidezza of his flesh-tints was stated to be unrivalled even by—I forget the name, painting is not my speciality.

From The Grim Smile of the Five Towns by Bennett, Arnold

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