This English-language catalogue raisonné is the definitive reference work on the early painting career of Joaquín Sorolla, covering the years from 1876 to 1894. Conceived as a foundational scholarly resource, the volume systematically documents the artist’s formative period, when his visual language, technical mastery, and thematic interests first took shape.
Organized chronologically, the catalog records each known painting from this phase of Sorolla’s career with authoritative entries, provenance information, and high-quality reproductions. Many works are illustrated here for the first time, offering a clearer and more complete picture of Sorolla’s early development across academic studies, portraits, genre scenes, and emerging explorations of light and atmosphere.
Produced under the direction of Blanca Pons-Sorolla, the artist’s great-granddaughter and leading authority on his work, this volume establishes a reliable framework for future research, collecting, and attribution. It functions not as an exhibition record, but as an independent scholarly book designed for long-term use by museums, collectors, art historians, and serious readers.
As the English edition of the catalogue raisonné, this publication makes Sorolla’s early oeuvre accessible to an international audience and stands as an essential cornerstone within the study of modern Spanish painting.
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