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Joaquín Sorolla

1863 - 1923

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Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida (27 February 1863 – 10 August 1923) was a Spanish painter. Sorolla excelled in the painting of portraits, landscapes, and monumental works of social and historical themes. His most typical works are characterized by a dexterous representation of the people and landscape under the bright sunlight of Spain and sunlit water. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joaquín Sorolla is the 212th most popular painter (down from 205th in 2019), the 166th most popular biography from Spain and the 9th most popular Spanish Painter.

Joaquín Sorolla was a Spanish painter who is most famous for his paintings of the people and landscapes of his native country.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Joaquín Sorolla ranks 212 out of 2,023. Before him are Hendrik Goltzius, Sonia Delaunay, Francis Picabia, Rosso Fiorentino, Charles-François Daubigny, and Francesco Guardi. After him are Georgia O'Keeffe, Dieric Bouts, Luca Giordano, Carl Bloch, Hyacinthe Rigaud, and Jan Gossaert.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1863, Joaquín Sorolla ranks 17. Before him are Constantine P. Cavafy, David Lloyd George, Henry van de Velde, Carlos I of Portugal, Franz Stuck, and George Herbert Mead. After him are Austen Chamberlain, Gaston Doumergue, Wilhelm Marx, Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine, Alexandre Yersin, and Max Wolf. Among people deceased in 1923, Joaquín Sorolla ranks 14. Before him are Constantine I of Greece, John Venn, Warren G. Harding, Pancho Villa, Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover, and Edward W. Morley. After him are Édouard Stephan, Julius Martov, Dietrich Eckart, Edward Emerson Barnard, Damdin Sükhbaatar, and Pierre Loti.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Joaquín Sorolla ranks 166 out of 3,355. Before him are Mariana Victoria of Spain (1718), Ferdinand I of Aragon (1380), Paco Rabanne (1934), Gaius Julius Hyginus (-64), Ferdinand I of Naples (1423), and Al-Hakam II (915). After him are Alfonso XI of Castile (1311), John II of Aragon (1398), Berengaria of Navarre (1165), Carmen Amaya (1913), José Antonio Primo de Rivera (1903), and Joan Fuster (1922).

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Among PAINTERS In Spain

Among painters born in Spain, Joaquín Sorolla ranks 9. Before him are Francisco Goya (1746), Diego Velázquez (1599), Joan Miró (1893), Francisco de Zurbarán (1598), Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617), and Juan Gris (1887). After him are Antoni Tàpies (1923), Enrique Simonet (1866), Francisco Pacheco (1564), Remedios Varo (1908), Marià Fortuny (1838), and Santiago Rusiñol (1861).

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