Tormenta sobre Peñalara, Segovia

Storm over Peñalara, Segovia is an oil on canvas by Joaquín Sorolla, dated 1906. It shows a path in the foreground leading the eye toward the Sierra de Guadarrama, whose peaks are covered by heavy clouds. Sorolla is better known for his luminous beach scenes and sunlit figures, so this mountain landscape with its charged atmosphere stands somewhat apart from much of his output. The contrast between the dark ground and the stormy sky gives the composition its structure, and the handling of colour and light suggests the moment just before rain rather than a clear day. The available information does not clarify the circumstances of its commission or the precise context in which it was painted, so such details should be treated with caution. The work is held in the Museo Sorolla, which places it among the landscape paintings the artist produced in his mature period.

Painter

Joaquín Sorolla

Date

1906

Medium

oil paint, canvas

Museum

Sorolla Museum, Madrid

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