Sorolla Museum
The Sorolla Museum (Museo Sorolla) is a single-artist museum in Madrid, Spain, devoted to the work and life of Joaquín Sorolla and the members of his family, such as his wife Clotilde and daughter Elena. The museum is located in the house that was the artist's home and workshop. At the beginning of the 20th century Sorolla was in a strong financial position and he commissioned a new home from Enrique María Repullés who had designed Madrid's Stock Exchange.
Sorolla Museum
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- Name
- Sorolla Museum
- Founded
- 1932
- Headquarters
- Museo Sorolla building
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The Sorolla Museum (Museo Sorolla) is a single-artist museum in Madrid, Spain, devoted to the work and life of Joaquín Sorolla and the members of his family, such as his wife Clotilde and daughter Elena. The museum is located in the house that was the artist's home and workshop. At the beginning of the 20th century Sorolla was in a strong financial position and he commissioned a new home from Enrique María Repullés who had designed Madrid's Stock Exchange.
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Overview
Overview
It includes a large working area on the ground floor.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Sorolla Museum • Native Name — Museo Sorolla • Location — Madrid, Spain • Type — Single-artist museum
History of the museum
History of the museum
Sorolla died intestate, but his widow made a will providing for the conversion of the house into a museum after her death which occurred in 1929. The museum opened in 1932. The building was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1962. It is one of the National Museums of Spain and it is attached to the Ministry of Culture. The principal rooms continue to be furnished as they were during the artist's life, including Sorolla's large, well-lit studio, where the walls are filled with his canvasses. Other rooms are used as galleries to display Sorolla's paintings, while the upstairs rooms are a gallery for temporary exhibitions. In 2014, these rooms presented an exhibition of David Palacin photographs of the ballet Sorolla produced by the Spanish National Dance Company.
Expansion of the museum
Expansion of the museum
Adjacent properties on calle Zurbano have been acquired to allow the expansion of the museum. The project has been planned by the architectural partnership Nieto Sobejano, which has aimed to evoke aspects of the existing house in the designs for the extension. The museum closed in 2024 to allow works to proceed. Part of the collection was put on show at the Royal Collections Gallery in an exhibition called "Sorolla, a hundred years of modernity" which marked the centenary of the artist's death.
Institutional history
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Institutional history
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1932
Sorolla Museum established.
1932
Sorolla Museum is recorded from 1932.
2010
Sorolla Museum guide (2010) is digitised and catalogued by Open Library.
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Selected collection highlights
• Illustration — Capturing the moment • Illustration — Strolling along the Seashore • Illustration — Backlit, Maria in Biarritz 1906 • Illustration — Clotilde under the awning 1906 • Illustration — Types and Bride of Lagartera
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- 1.Cifras de visitantes de los Museos Estatales.
- 2.DECRETO 474/1962, de 1 de marzo, por el que determinados Museos son declarados monumentos histórico-artísticos.
- 3.Ley 16/1985, de 25 de junio, del Patrimonio Histórico Español. Disposición adicional segunda.
- 4.Museo Sorolla (Madrid).
- 5.«El Museo Sorolla cerrará temporalmente sus puertas al público el 1 de octubre para finalizar las obras de rehabilitación y ampliación», Ministerio de cultura. Consultado el 21 de agosto de 2024.
- 6.Historia del Museo Sorolla - Museo Sorolla - Ministerio de Cultura y Deporte.
- 7.Museo Sorolla. Guía del Museo Sorolla.
- 8.Electa. Museo Sorolla.
- 9.Después de la ampliación del Museo Sorolla, aún quedan más de 300 obras sin colocar por falta de espacio.
- 10.Cronología - Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte.
- 11.Así será el Museo Sorolla del siglo XXI.
- 12.El edificio del museo: la casa Sorolla - Museo Sorolla - Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte.
- 13.Università degli Studi di Firenze. Analisi di un museo : La casa-Museo Sorolla a Madrid.
- 14.Sorolla. Un jardín para pintar.
- 15.El Museo Sorolla inicia la celebración del centenario del pintor con la incorporación de tres pinturas inéditas adquiridas por el Ministerio de Cultura y Deporte.
- 16.«Pintura.» Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte. Consultado el 29 de junio de 2017.
- 17.«Dibujo.» Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte. Consultado el 29 de junio de 2017.
- 18.«Escultura.» Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte. Consultado el 29 de junio de 2017.
- 19.Cerámica.
- 20.Joyería.
- 21.Textiles.
- 22.Mobiliario.
- 23.Miscelánea.
- 24.Fotografía antigua.
- 25.Pulido, Natividad «Sorolla, la mirada fotográfica de un pintor.» ABC. Consultado el 30 de junio de 2017.
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