new-found inspiration: joaquin sorolla y bastina

On this trip, we were asked to record the names of ten new artists (to us) and do a little research on them outside of class. Here are my ten.

Joaquin Sorolla y Bastina

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Georges Seurat

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Auguste Rodin

Lorado Taft

Archibald J. Motley Jr.

Gustave Callibote

Berthe Morisot

Scott McFarland

Out of the ten, the three that I was the most interested in were Joaquin Sorolla y Bastina, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, and Georges Seurat.

Joaquin Sorolla y Bastina's piece that so struck me was this one, titled: Two Sisters, Valencia

This particular piece by Joaquin Sorolla y Bastina caught my attention for quite a while. The way that they decided to combine colors for the skin tones of the girl's bodies is so lifelike and so impressionist at the same time.

For more information about the Spanish painter, Joaquin Sorolla y Bastina, check out http://www.joaquin-sorolla-y-bastida.org/ and do a google image search.