中文简介：

西班牙画家Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida是他那个时代备受喜爱和赞赏的艺术家。1908年，他被誉为“世界上最伟大的在世画家”，因为非凡的技巧和令人愉悦的主题，他很快就享誉世界。

本书讲述了这位雄心勃勃、意志坚定的画家非凡的风格发展，他把艺术作为自己生存的理由。Sorolla宏伟而充满激情的艺术之旅是一个充满欢乐、痛苦、满足和研究的过程。他在绘画方面的主要追求和创新是对光线的研究，严格地从现实生活中和户外捕捉光线，逐渐演变成一种即时、自发和复杂的语言。

英文简介：

Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida was one of the most beloved and appreciated artists of his day. In 1908, he was hailed as "the greatest living painter in the world" for his extraordinary technique and the pleasing nature of his subjects, rising to a level of fame that very soon went well beyond national borders.

Joaquín Sorolla: Painter of Light recounts the extraordinary stylistic development of this ambitious and determined painter, who made art his reason for living. Sorolla's magnificent and passionate artistic journey was one of joy, suffering, satisfaction and research. His main pursuit and innovation in painting was the study of light, rigorously captured from real life and en plein air, gradually evolving into an immediate, spontaneous and sophisticated language.