With broad brushstrokes full of brilliant colours, incomparable freedom, energy, and spontaneity, Sorolla transferred to canvas the effects of the sun striking the wet skin of children. Representing life on the sunny beaches that he loved so much, Sorolla strove to capture the fugitive impressions produced by the sun, which he studied in a profusion of drawings, notes, and sketches, as well as in his larger-format paintings.
Since Sorolla always sought to transmit the effects of sunlight in his work and achieved it with ease, he has been considered "impressionist" or "post-impressionist". However, he refused to be called that. Although he painted the moment that came to his eyes, he maintained a realism that turned out to be of a very personal style. He is also classified as a "luminist." It is a term that can be seen rightly applied to the famous painter of light.
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