European painting triumphs in Spain
Madrid, 10/10/10 Spain has always counted with an important presence of foreign paintings. It is well known that during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries the most cherished paintings by collectors of the time where those that came from outside of spain. Few were the collections centered on masters from our country, even the presence of one or more...
Sorolla returns to Sotheby's
London, 10/07/10 The two works by the Spanish artist present in the next London sale of nineteenth century painting comprise all the necessary qualities to brake the record of the artist set in 2003. The two recreate themes most popular and close to the figure of the painter: the Valencian beach and children. The two oils were also exhibited together for the...
A Sorolla sold at Bonhams
London, 10/04/10 In a mess of loose brush strokes there she is lively, awake and sure of herself. Resting her chin on her hand with shinning eyes and half opened, smiling, deep red mouth, posing curved with her head up high adorned by a large flowery hat. Francisca Marqués López (1888-1962) born in Zaragoza, daughter of a impoverished blacksmith and working...