Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida

Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida (b. 1863, Valencia, Spain - d. 1923 Madrid) began to study painting at the age of fifteen in his native Valencia, Spain. At the age of eighteen, he went to Madrid, where he copied Old Master paintings in the Museo del Prado. Four years later, Sorolla won a grant to study painting in Rome; there he developed a distinct ability for depicting the eff...