VERONIQUE GERARD POWELL

A native of Valencia, Spanish Impressionist Joaquin Sorolla (1863-1923) first went to Paris in 1885 as a young artist at the age of twenty-three. He exhibited at the international salons, winning the Grand Prix at the Exposition Universelle in 1900, and in 1906, he exhibited for the first time at the Galerie Georges Petit, one of the principal galleries of the Impressionists. The exhibition was a resounding success and helped establish Sorolla's international reputation. Known for his vigorous compositions, unusual color palette, and loose, radiant brush strokes, Sorolla's sundrenched landscapes, beach scenes, and luminous portraits even impressed such contemporaries as Claude Monet. Richly illustrated and with newly researched essays by noted scholars, this important book reveals much new information about Sorolla's activities and relationships with other artists in Europe. Included are more than one hundred paintings reflecting the artist's career, from his early work in Paris in which the influence of the French Impressionists is clearly evident, to the distinctive pictures that reflect his mature and celebrated style.

Corre el año 1954 y el inspector Ichiro Abe, de la Policía de Tokio, tiene que enfrentarse al caso más complicado de su carrera: ocho supervivientes del holocausto nuclear de Hiroshima han sido asesinados en un tren. Marginados por la propia sociedad japonesa, el caso se complica cuando los cuatro asesinos que han tomado parte en los crimenes aparecen muertos en un hotel de Tokio. En 1969, Elle Bartlett hereda de su padre una importante suma de dinero que descubre, tras muchas pesquisas, que este consiguio de sobornos a uno de los criminales de guerra japoneses que habia investigado años atras.Por su parte, Ryo Watenabe, unico superviviente de la hecatombe de Hiroshima, contrata al ahora exinspector Ichiro Abe para que le ayude a reconstruir el pasado de su familia. A partir de ese momento, las vidas de Ichiro, Ryo y Watenabe se entrecruzaran y nadie sera consciente de que en el pasado se encuentra precisamente la solucion al caso que Abe lleva tratando de resolver tantos años.

A new survey of the best works by the elusive and spectacular Spanish Impressionist Joaquin Sorolla. Often compared to his contemporary, the American artist John Singer Sargent, Joaquin Sorolla (1863-1923) was a master draftsman and painter of landscapes, formal portraits, and monumental, historically themed canvases. Highly influenced by French Impressionism, the Valencian artist was a master plein-air painter known for his luminous seaside scenes of frolicking youths and for vivid depictions of Spanish rural life and its pleasures and customs. This beautifully designed and produced volume brings together one hundred of Sorolla's major paintings, selected by his great-granddaughter Blanca Pons-Sorolla, the foremost authority on the artist. Benefiting from close proximity to the artist and his personal archives, she presents an in-depth essay that explores Sorolla's life, work, and remarkable international legacy. With virtually all of the artist's previous publications now out of print, this much-anticipated volume is an important addition to the literature on this great Spanish master.