Sorolla o la pintura como felicidad

"I wish the happiness of the whole world," wrote Joaquín Sorolla. What did he do to get it? Can you learn to be happy through art? Why do we enjoy contemplating it?. Articulated through "ten lessons of happiness", which offer many other transversal points of view on the life and work of Sorolla, this book questions the true extent of his success and the pleasant well-being that Sorolla's painting reflects. he. Contemporary critics agreed that his paintings exuded joie de vivre, interpreted as if they were natural visions created without effort. We know, however, that life is not always a party, so such happiness must hide some sort of fiction. Perhaps one of his greatest achievements has been to convince us of his authenticity. The story has been conceived as a relaxed and delicately ironic reflection on the topics that have enveloped Sorolla with happiness, to the point of denying any shadow. The light lifts the mood. There is no more efficient resource than illuminating everything to forget that there is nothing hidden to worry about. Sorolla is remembered as a winner who painted happy people in wonderful places. Art is an extraordinary illusion. Let's not pretend that it is also real. In life you cannot have everything.