From 1901 to 1905 he created 500 works adhering to his ideal of 'natural painting'. Early in his career Sorolla mainly portrayed religious and social scenes before developing his own plein-air painting from the 1900s onwards, painting townscapes, garden scenes, nature studies, seascapes and beach scenes with an extraordinary ability of capturing light. He was also a highly sought after portraitist. He was a prolific and popular artist, working on a wide range of subjects - genre, portraits and landscapes - and his impressionist style marked by luminous colouring and vigorous brushwork earned him a considerable reputation throughout Europe and America. Born in Valencia, this Spanish painter was active mainly in his native town and in Madrid. Joaquin Sorolla Sorolla (1863-1923) was one of the greatest natural painters of all time.
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