Sorolla Museum

Coordinates: 40°26′8″N 3°41′33″W / 40.43556°N 3.69250°W / 40.43556; -3.69250
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Museum Sorolla
Museo Sorolla
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LocationMadrid, Spain
Coordinates40°26′8″N 3°41′33″W / 40.43556°N 3.69250°W / 40.43556; -3.69250
Official nameMuseo Sorolla
TypeNon-movable
CriteriaMonument
Designated1962
Reference no.RI-51-0001383

The Museum Sorolla (Spanish: Museo Sorolla) is a public museum located in Madrid, Spain. It features work by the artist Joaquín Sorolla, as well as by members of his family such as his daughter Elena.[1]

The building was originally the artist's house and was converted into a museum after the death of his widow. Designed by Enrique María Repullés, it was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1962.[citation needed] 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.[2]

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  1. ^ Borrás, Daniel (28 February 2014). "Helena Sorolla, la hija del artista" [Helena Sorolla, the Artist's Daughter]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  2. ^ "El Ballet Nacional atrapado 'Bailando Sorolla'". Europa Press. 9 June 2014. Retrieved 19 September 2014.

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