Ke kanikau nei ka moʻomeheu ma Sepania no ka make ʻana o José Guirao, he luna hoʻomalu, moʻomeheu, kanaka nani, me nā mākau kanaka a me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa maikaʻi ʻana, a me ke ʻano hoʻomākeʻaka. ʻAʻole nui loa ka ʻōlelo ʻana i nā ʻano politika. ʻO ka poʻe o mākou i laki i ʻike iā ia, e nalo lākou iā ia. ʻO ka palette o Sorolla, kahi mea pena o ka mālamalama a me ke kala, o ka lā a me ke Kaiwaenahonua, ua mae i ka ʻeleʻele. Ua maʻa i kāna mau ʻālohilohi o nā kahakai, kāna mau hiʻohiʻona ʻohana aloha, kāna mau keʻokeʻo pau ʻole, ʻo kēia Sorolla ʻē aʻe, ʻoi aku ka somber a me ka melancholic, akā ʻaʻole i liʻiliʻi ka hoihoi. Ua pena ʻo ia i Sepania keʻokeʻo, akā ʻo kēlā Sepania ʻeleʻele hoʻi i hōʻike ʻia e Solana lāua ʻo Zuloaga. Ke wehe nei ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Sorolla ma Madrid, mai kēia lā a hiki i ka lā 27 Nowemapa, kahi hōʻikeʻike kikowaena ma kēia 'noir' Sorolla e hoʻohana ana, me ka haku like, kahi waiwai o nā hina a me nā ʻeleʻele. Ua koho ka curator, ʻo Carlos Reyero, i 62 mau hana. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Van Gogh ua hoʻohana pū ʻo Frans Hals ma kahi o 27 mau canvases ʻeleʻele like ʻole Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Van Gogh ua hoʻohana pū ʻo Frans Hals ma kahi o 27 mau canvases ʻeleʻele like ʻole. He honua ia iho. ʻO ka hoʻohana ʻana o Sorolla iā ia e hōʻike i nā ʻano mele a me nā manaʻo mai ka moʻomeheu Sepania (Velázquez, El Greco a me Goya). Hōʻike ʻia ka mea mua ma 'Maria i kāhiko ʻia e like me Velazqueña'; ʻo ka lua, ma kahi kiʻi i paʻi ʻole ʻia o Manuel Bartolomé Cossío (ma ke kua i hōʻike ʻia 'Ke keonimana me ka lima ma kona umauma'); ʻo ke kolu, i ka 'Zahara kāhāhā', he hana Goyesque loa. Akā mai ka pena kiʻi honua: Manet a me Whistler. He kanaka kosmopolitan ʻo Sorolla. Ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo Gray he kala hou, hiki ke hana i nā lewa lyrical, e like me ka mea i ʻike ʻia ma ka hale kiʻi kiʻi, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā kāne, i hōʻike ʻia ma ka lumi mua. Akā, aia kekahi mau wahine, e like me kāna wahine me kahi mantilla ʻeleʻele. Ma kahi leka iā Clotilde i kākau ai ʻo ia: "I kēia lā ua kauoha wau i kou lole silika ʻeleʻele: he mea waiwai ia no kona maʻalahi, a ke manaʻo nei au i ke kiʻi nani aʻu e hana ai". Ua hana ʻo ia (ua kau ʻo ia i ka pua melemele a puni kona pūhaka) a i kēia lā e kau ʻia ma New York Metropolitan. ʻAʻole ʻo ia i huakaʻi i kēia manawa. Aia ʻo ia i ka hōʻike 'Sorolla y la moda'. SOROLLA, FADE TO BLACK Ma luna, 'Grey day on the beach in Valencia' (1901), ka hōʻiliʻili pilikino. Ma luna o kēia mau laina, mai ka hema a me ka ʻākau, 'Maria aahu e like me Velazqueña' (1905), pilikino ohi, a me 'Portrait of Manuel Barolomé Cossío' (1908), pilikino ABC ohi Aia ma Sorolla kahi hōʻailona o ka ʻeleʻele, pili me i ka hewa a me ka tortuous, i ke kaumaha a me ka melancholy, i ka hewa a me ka make, e hoʻoponopono i nā mea ʻoi aku ka ʻawaʻawa. ʻO kēia ka hihia o kāna hana kaulana 'White slave trade', kahi āna i hopu ai i ka honua pōuliuli o ka moekolohe. Hōʻike ʻia kahi mea kūʻai ma ka ʻākau o ka haku mele, ua ʻaʻahu ʻia me ka ʻeleʻele ʻeleʻele. A i ʻole ma ke aʻo ʻana no 'Another Margarita!', kahi kāwele olonā ʻeleʻele loa i lawe ai ʻo ia i kēia ʻano mai ka 'Faust' a Goethe. Hana ʻia ka hiʻohiʻona i loko o kahi kaʻa kaʻa: kahi wahine i hoʻopiʻi ʻia no ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana e hoʻopakele i kona hanohano i alakaʻi ʻia e nā kiaʻi kīwila. ʻAʻole hiki ke ʻike ʻia ma nā kiʻi. ʻAʻole wale ʻo ia makemake e pena i nā mōʻī (ke kiʻi o Queen María Cristina, kahi haʻawina no 'La Regencia', nani ke nānā aku ma hope o ka hoʻihoʻi ʻia ʻana), nā aristocrats, nā naʻauao a me kona ʻohana; Makemake ʻo ia i nā ʻano kaulana, ʻoʻoleʻa, ikaika, me nā ola paʻakikī, e like me 'El Segoviano' a i ʻole 'Bebedor Vasco', a me nā Nazarenes o ka Hebedoma Hemolele: "He mea pohihihi ko lākou". "He aha kaʻeleʻele i hana ai iāʻoe?",'ōlelo lākou ua nīnauʻo Joaquín Sorolla i kāna mau haumāna i kekahi lā. Ua aʻoʻo Sorolla i ka hoʻoikaikaʻana o kaʻeleʻele a me ka hoʻonuiʻana i nā kala, e hoʻokūkino, e like me nā mea'ē aʻe, nāʻokoʻa o ka mālamalama a me ka pōʻeleʻele, a hāʻawi i kahi manaʻo. Ua pena ʻo ia i nā waʻa lawaiʻa i pae ʻia ma ke one, a he ʻulaʻula kona aka. Ua hoʻohauʻoli ʻia nā paʻi Kepanī iā ia (kekahi o nā album ʻekolu āna i hōʻiliʻili ai ma ka hōʻike), kahi e wehewehe ai ka ʻeleʻele i nā kiʻi a me nā mea. "He aha ka hana ʻeleʻele iā ʻoe?" Ua ʻōlelo lākou ua nīnau ʻo Joaquín Sorolla i kāna mau haumāna i kekahi lā. ʻAʻole makemake ʻo ia i nā lā hina a me ka ua, no ka mea ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke pena i waho, akā makemake ʻo ia i nā nuances o ka mālamalama. I kekahi o kēlā mau lā 'ino' no ka Valencian nāna i lawe i ka mālamalama i kāna DNA, ua hiki iā ia ke hana i kahi haku hana, 'Grey days on the beach in Valencia', mai kahi hōʻiliʻili pilikino. Hoʻopau ka hōʻikeʻike me kahi kiʻi paʻa ʻole o kāna kaikamahine ʻo María pena. He moi i paʻi ʻole ʻia e Sorolla.
