Joaquín Sorolla Animals

Joaqu n Sorolla (born in Valencia 1863 - died in Cercedilla 1923) is one of the most successful Spanish painters ever. He was a genius in capturing the essence of the scene he was painting.

Joaqu n Sorolla painted the most wonderful beach scenes, many of them with oxen towing fishing boats. One thing that will surprise you. In spite of Joaqu n Sorolla being Spain's most famous painter of beach scenes and fishing boats, there does not appear to be a single seagull in his paintings. So, what animals did he paint?

Apart from the oxen as draught animals, he painted several horses, a donkey and sheep when he painted types of people and local dress which made up his vision of Spain, diverse and colorful yet united.

More privately, he painted dogs and a cat as pets, superbly catching their soul and character.