How painting in oils in front of the motif became popular fifty years before paint became available in tubes, and how it was done by the experts.
Sorolla
Tuna fishing in Spain, goldfish sold as pets or in a Berlin flat, underwater with a diver, and in many still lifes, including those of William Merritt Chase, the master of fish.
Painting using a palette knife, by Courbet, Renoir and Anna Althea Hills. fingerpainting by Leonardi, and ling brushes in the hands of Whistler and Sorolla.
In the 20th century, those visiting the south of France claimed nude bathing was traditional, while the rest of Europe and the USA were still developing bathing costumes.
An umbrella Madonna, parasols of the nobility, in soirées on the beach, the rise of the white parasol and arrival of Japonisme, with Sargent and Sorolla, and in California.
Degas’ photos of women bathing, Gérôme supporting photography as a fine art, Pierre Bonnard’s snaps of Marthe, and the extreme realism of Ellen Altfest.
From the maid washing the linen and Cinderella to fashionable homes of prosperous artists in Nordic countries, we fill a lot of cupboards, dressers, sideboards and others.
Landscapes by artists from the USA, Denmark, Wales, Japan, and England, together with locals Muñoz Degrain, Joaquín Sorolla and Enrique Simonet.
Paintings from cities like London, Paris and Oslo, by Ford Madox Brown, Jean-Louis Forain, Félicien Rops, Christian Krohg, and others.
In the early years of the 20th century, Sorolla started painting well-dressed young ladies strolling along the beaches of his native València.
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