瓦伦西亚大师索拉的印象派绘画描绘了西班牙美丽的花园和建筑。

就像克劳德·莫奈(Claude Monet)在吉维尼(Giverny)**的《普林空中风景》(plein air风景画)一样，这本书中收集的系列作品收集了华金·索洛拉(Joaquin Sorolla, 1863-1923)闻名于世的作品，也是去探索这位西班牙画家捕捉花园本质的一扇窗户。莫奈将索洛拉描述为“光之大师”，他的风景画、正式肖像画和历史主题油画与当代美国画家约翰·辛格·萨金特(John Singer Sargent)相提并论。当索洛拉开始他的一系列个人园艺作品时，他以描绘大西洋两岸以西班牙生活的壮丽景色而闻名，本书将完整呈现这些作品。

Valencian master Sorolla's Impressionist paintings depict the most beautiful gardens and architecture in Spain.

Like Claude Monet's celebrated plein air landscapes at Giverny, the series collected in this book represents among the best-loved examples of Joaquín Sorolla's (1863-1923) work, and a window into the Spanish painter's quest to capture the essence of a garden. Described by Monet as "the master of light," Sorolla and his landscapes, formal portraits, and historically themed canvases drew comparisons to contemporary American painter John Singer Sargent. Sorolla had achieved renown on both sides of the Atlantic for grand scenes of Spanish life when he began a personal series of garden works, presented completely for the first time in this publication.

Painted at the palaces of La Granja and the Alcázar in Seville, the Alhambra and Generalife in Granada, and at the painter's home in Madrid, these Impressionist works allowed Sorolla to apply his signature loose brushwork and training as a photographer's lighting assistant to gardens and the sculptures, architecture, and sitters that frame and animate them. Sorolla depicted reflections in fountains and pools, the sunlight dappling his glamorous sitters, sprays of orange blossoms, and shaded blue-and-white tile as he endeavored to render the radiant peace of a summer afternoon.