What is the exhibition “Sorolla through Light” (Valencia) like: schedules, prices

“Sorolla through the light” is one of star exhibitions of the year of the Valencian painter, which commemorates the centenary of his death.

After its premiere in Royal Palace de Madrid, this new and impressive immersive exhibition you can enjoy it now in Valencia from October 5.

For the first time we can see the paintings of Sorolla in digital format, along with some of his original works from private collections that have been exposed on very few occasions.

What is the Sorolla exhibition like at the Bancaja Foundation in Valencia?

Actually, they are three exhibitions in one, when combining original works, having a sensory room and another virtual reality.

An experience in all formats for travel to the time of Sorolla and get to know his life and work a little better.

National Heritage, Sorolla Museum Foundation and the company Light Art Exhibitions are in charge of organizing this unprecedented exhibition around the brilliant painter who is located in the Bancaja Foundation (Tetuan Square 23) of Valencia.

What to see at the exhibition “Sorolla through light”

There are several rooms and environments that you can visit during your visit to this innovative exhibition by the Valencian artist.

The immersive part is divided into two sections, one dedicated to the sensory experience and another reality virtual that takes us to the times of Sorolla thanks to some 3D glasses that allow us to take a surprising walk through his house, his studio and his paintings.  

To see the last room you have to wait a little, there is a bit of a queue, especially on weekends given the large influx of people.

The first thing is to know something more about Sorolla, the most outstanding moments that marked his career and his work.

Sorolla, his life and artistic career

To do this you have to stop at the Introduction Room, which includes an illustrated chronology as a summary of his life and artistic career.

A life marked by the death of his parents as a result of cholera when Sorolla I was barely two years old.

His training began in School of Artisans of Valencia.

Then he went through a realistic stage with the study of the classics In Madrid, he met the impressionists in Paris and developed the pictorial style known as the “luminism” that so characterized the artist.

Rome brought him into contact with the avant-garde, but Valencia and his family were his inexhaustible source of inspiration.

Immersive experience at Sorolla exhibition in Valencia

El highlight of the exhibition is Sensory Room, two equal spaces in which we can immerse ourselves in the immersive experience of light, color and movement through four giant screens led.

An immersive tour that brings us closer to the artist's best-known paintings and in which its protagonists seem to come to life.

Among them the well-known “Walk along the sea","Sad inheritance","Vision of Spain"And"Mother”, along with its numerous portraits y marinas, and some works carried out for the Hispanic Society of America in New York.

But not only are we going to see enlarged paintings, we will also be surprised by how the artist worked, photos with his family, portraits and many sketches.

The sea Mediterranean coast It is one of the most used resources, where the children of Sorolla bathe.

Surrounding music and special effects allow us to see their expanded brushstrokes, and make us feel the very breeze of the Valencian beach of The Malvarrosa.

It is best to look in all directions because the images move.

You can sit on some small seats and on the floor itself to enjoy this moment for about 15 minutes.

Original paintings on display by Sorolla in Bancaja

The tour continues in three thematic areas, in which we can see some original paintings belonging in many cases to private collections; it is about the royal portraits, family y the sea.

Sorolla He made nearly 700 portraits throughout his life, and it was with those of his family that he began as an outdoor portrait painter.

Among them we find those of his eldest daughter MaríaThe Quien Sorolla repeatedly portrayed during his tuberculosis illness and recovery.

presides over one of the rooms picture of Alfonso XIII With Uniform, which was painted in La Granja, and the Queen Victoria Eugenie with ermine mantle in Seville, with whom Sorolla took the opportunity to paint the Royal gardens in Segovia and the Alcázar of the Andalusian capital.

The sea and the beach They occupy the last two rooms, the most popular and well-known genre of the appreciated artist.

Do not miss "Hooking the boat”, a painting that gives off light and brilliance, painted early in the morning on the beach in Valencia in 1899.

"After bath" is "Idyll” are other of the gems that you can see in this impressive exhibition.

What Virtual Reality is like in the Sorolla exhibition at Bancaja Valencia

The final point is put by the experience of interactive virtual reality.

thanks to some 3D glasses we can walk through it Mediterranean coast, fly over Malvarrosa and visit the work workshop of Sorolla in his palace in Madrid.

We warn you that this part may cause vertigo and some dizziness, so you have to strictly follow the instructions they will give you at the entrance.

It lasts 7 minutes and, unlike other exhibitions, it is done on foot. It will surprise you until the end.

Sorolla exhibition hours at Bancaja Valencia

La exposure "Sorolla through the light can visit at the Bancaja Foundation in Valencia until February 18, 2024, Every day of the week.

The Visiting schedule They are, from Tuesday to Wednesday, from 10 a.m. to 14,30:13 p.m. (last pass, 16,30 p.m.) and from 20,30:19,30 p.m. to 10:20,3 p.m. (last pass, XNUMX:XNUMX p.m.), and from Thursday to Sunday, from XNUMX a.m. to XNUMX hours. 

Sorolla exhibition ticket prices at Bancaja Valencia

The ticket prices They vary depending on the day of visit: from Tuesday to Wednesday, 12 euros; Thursday and Friday, 14 euros; and Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, 16 euros.

Here you can buy tickets to the Sorolla exhibition at the Royal Palace.