Joaquín Sorolla
![](/Images/godic/202502/12/Joaquin_Sorolla_by_Gertrude_Käsebier,_19081820.jpg")
![The Horse’s Bath](/Images/godic/202502/12/Joaquín_Sorolla_y_Bastida_-_The_Horse’s_Bath_-_Google_Art_Project1820.jpg")
![Portrait of Dr Simarro at the microscope, 1897, (Luis Simarro Legacy Trust, Fundación General, Complutense University)](/Images/godic/202502/12/Portrait_of_Dr_Simarro_at_the_microscope1820.JPG")
![Sad Inheritance, 1899. Crippled children bathing at the sea in Valencia; in the center the image of two children affected by polio (Bancaja Collection).](/Images/godic/202502/12/Joaquin_Sorolla_Triste_Herencia1820.jpg")
Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida (Spanish: [xoaˈkin soˈɾoʎa]) (27 February 1863 – 10 August 1923) was a Spanish painter. Sorolla excelled in the painting of portraits, landscapes, and monumental works of social and historical themes. His most typical works are characterized by a dexterous representation of the people and landscape under the sunlight of his native land.