sorolla the siesta Dimensions (inches):22 x 22" spent the summer of 1897

spent the summer of 1897 at the Osborne Hotel in Langland Bay

after which this work is named (Lady's Cove)

Painting of women dressed in white watching the sea under an awning on the beach of Zarautz

He wanted to show how the light was reflected on the shell

The painting contains two main figures in the colors indicated by the title

sorolla the siesta Dimensions (inches):22 x 22" spent the summer of 1897The canvas titled The Siesta was painted by Joaqun Sorolla in the year 1911. It is considered a masterpiece of modern Impressionism. The fabric depicts four young maidens lying on the grass, one of them sitting up. The characters are elaborated based on spots, the effects of light and shadow with thick brushstrokes, just as the Impressionist masters from Holland and France had been doing. The work is part of the permanent collection of the Sorolla