Mubag became the place where Joaquín Sorolla (1863-1923) met the ancient people. with his teachers and references, contemporaries as well as disciples. In this way, Total view of the Valencian artistwith those who influence it, those who influence it, those who make it and those who thank it.
This is done by the Alicante museum through the exhibition. Valencian painting of Sorolla and his time. dialogues and contrasts, with 115 pieces, mostly from the Valencia Museum of Fine Arts and from other institutions and private collections.
with this exhibition Year of Sorolla in the Valencian Community for the centennial of his death, it includes 18 works by this artistsome showing for the first timeIt’s a feature they shared with other images they’ve put together for this event. Francisco Javier Perez Rojas Curator of the sample that can be seen in Alicante until 25 June.
“This is an exhibition quite complex» reassured Pérez Rojas on Monday during the opening. “We looked for a series that had: a narrative sequence, we move from painting history and academic subjects to more representations of identity, costumer, regionalist painting, working scenes and portraits, with paintings that mark a transition. finish in the landscape both urban and rural.
If the star part of the exhibition is Valencia partypainter’s work in 1894 Shown several times during a US tour in the 1970s, but not publicly since 1984, The year it was auctioned off by Stoheby’s and purchased by a private person. “This is a work that points.The artist’s transition to a more naturalistic vision; It is its predecessor, the modernist version of another painting, Entre naranjos, found in Havana».
In addition, his works are exhibited for the first time in Spain. Portrait of Doña Pilar Sainz de Vicuña y Arbide, Duchess of Montesiónits oil boats and its sketch Head. Just like the works of other artists Nude Male Academy in Profile, related to Joaquin Agrasot; boats on the beachrelated to murillo ramos; Tailors Guild Regimentrelated to Bernardo Ferrandiz; Colosseum Visionrelated to Jose Benliureanyone Portrait of Encarnita, related to Emilio Varela. also work Seville Alcazar’s Garden, which signature Maria Sorolla The Valencian’s daughter is a painting that closes the show with her father.
four episodes
The explanatory discourse is divided into four parts: The rebirth of the Valencian school. Valencia-Rome, Expressions of traditional and rural life, Human kaleidoscope of portrait Y Wild, rural and urban. It contains notable works by artists who influenced Joaquín Sorolla. Emilio SalaMunoz Degrain Ignacio Pinazo anyone Jose Benliure. Contemporaries are also represented José Garnelo, Cecilio Pla, Fernando Cabrera or José Navarro. Artists of subsequent generations include: José Pinazo, Manuel Benedito or Emilio Varela.
“Expenses establish dialogues “Through these encounters, and the most complex is a thematic sequence, there is a chronological evolution, that is, starting with paintings in its early period and ending with paintings dedicated to landscapes in its final phase,” said the commissioner.
President of the Provincial Assembly, Carlos Mazon stressed the extraordinary size and diagonal of this exhibition that reflects Sorolla’s legacy still living today in Mubag». He also stressed the importance of The Year of Sorolla “Starting from Alicante” is a proposal that “brings us the light painter to the city of light in a museum that has become a national reference, attracting great cultural and touristic interest”.
According to the cultural representative, the exhibition Julia Parra«The path taken for the museum to grow into a new Mubag through which they pass About 25,000 visitors last yearA record that doubles the record in 2021 ». According to him, it is a success that responds to “Diputación’s commitment to attract an exhibition proposal of the highest quality, such as this exhibition dedicated to one of the most emblematic figures of Valencian and Spanish painting of all time”.
Regional Cultural Secretary, Ximo Lopez, He announced that Consell’s general meeting would be held “in the coming weeks”. will officially declare 2023 the Year of Sorolla and “different institutions with different perspectives,n dialogue to deliver a quality cultural offer to citizens».
cooperation between museums
50% of the work comes from here. Valencia Museum of Fine Arts, Along with Mubag’s director Pablo García Tornel and his team, “it should be measured not only in terms of business, but also in terms of business”, Jorge SolerUnderlining that it was the Provincial Assembly of Alicante that took the initiative to open the Year of Sorolla in the Valencian Community.
In this sense, Garcia Tornel preferred inter-institutional cooperation. “We are aware that the distance separating us is very small and we want to develop such important initiatives that show that there is no border between Valencia and Alicante.”