The Museum Sorolla (

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: ''Museo Sorolla'') is a public museum located in

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, Spain. It features work by the artist

Joaquín Sorolla Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida ( va, Joaquim Sorolla i Bastida, 27 February 1863 – 10 August 1923) was a Spanish Valencian painter. Sorolla excelled in the painting of portraits, landscapes and monumental works of social and historical themes. Hi ...

, as well as by members of his family such as his daughter

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. The building was originally the artist's house and was converted into a museum after the death of his widow. Designed by

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, it was declared ''

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'' in 1962. The principal rooms continue to be furnished as they were during the artist's life, including Sorolla's large, well-lit studio, where the walls are filled with his canvasses. Other rooms are used as galleries to display Sorolla's paintings, while the upstairs rooms are a gallery for temporary exhibitions. In 2014, these rooms presented an exhibition of David Palacin photographs of the ballet ''Sorolla'' produced by the

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Selected collection highlights

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Overview of temporary exhibitions held at the Sorolla Museum
(in Spanish)
Sorolla Museum
within

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Selected collection highlights

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