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Garden in the Sorolla Museum ©Turespaña
Sorolla, 'The horse's bath' © Ministerio de Cultura

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Sorolla. The colour of the sea

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Mediterranean Light in Madrid

Sorolla's house takes visitors into the artist's world in a unique way, with his paintings and personal belongings.

Situated in the artist's house and studio that the great painter from Valencia established in Madrid, the Sorolla Museum displays his works of art as well as the furniture and objects that were part of his everyday life. Visitors can also enjoy the gardens that surround the building, which were designed by the painter himself. The building and gardens are a singular space that reveals the Valencian painter's creative and vital intimacy, and the essence of the times in which he lived.

Essential works

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Self-portrait

A cleansed composition with hardly any specific spatial references, using Velázquez’s portraits as a reference point.
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Clotilde seated on the Sofa

A bourgeois portrait typical of the period of the artist’s wife.
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Necklace

The medallions on this silver necklace are typical of the traditional costume of La Alberca (Salamanca), although they are also frequently found in areas of León and Zamora.
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The Young Yachtsman

One of Sorolla’s best known work and a clear example of his painting as a recreation of sensations.
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The Horse’s Bath

This is one of the artist’s most popular works offering Sorolla’s best-known features – a symphony of whites and blues.
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Fifth Avenue, New York

A work fully imbibed with modernity in both style and topic. It is interesting as it shows an “urban Sorolla” hardly seen in his large works.
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The Gardens at the Sorolla Family House

Between 1916 and 1920 Sorolla painted all aspects of the gardens at his Madrid home. He achieves technical and expressive freedom and a hugely important intimate vision in all his work.
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Palace of Pond, Royal Gardens in Seville

A work where Sorolla started his garden paintings which would later become some of his most important works.
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The Pink Robe. After the Bath

A mature Sorolla work justifying his moniker: “the painter of light”.
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The Bathing Hour, Valencia

Works such as this with beach scenes are what led to the artist’s renown thanks to his ability to work with light and movement.
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Temporary exhibitions

Sorolla. The colour of the sea

The Sorolla Museum in Madrid explores the favourite and most popular subject of this artist: the sea. This is a delightful way to take a closer look at his way of analysing "the natural" and his use of colour. It is also a chance for visitors to experience for themselves the numerous hours that the artist from Valencia spent beside the sea, until it evolved into one of his greatest sources of inspiration.
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Collections

The museum's collection is part of the collective catalogue of the Digital Network of Spanish Museum Collections (CERES), conceived as a space for dissemination which enables visitors to browse the various museum collections using the identifying features of each item (author, type of object, iconography, etc.).

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Timetables

Tuesday to Saturday

Does not close at midday

9:30 AM to 8:00 PM

Public holidays and Sundays

10:00 AM to 3:00 PM

Closed Mondays, 1 January, 1 May, 24, 25 and 31 December, and two local holidays.

Rates

General: €3

Groups: €1,50

Admission free for children under 18, citizens of the EU or of Latin America; and retired persons, over 65s, university students, Youth Card holders, disabled persons, unemployed persons with ID); and on Sundays, 18 April, 18 May, 12 October and 6 December.

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