José Benlliure y Gil (1858 – 1937) was a contemporary of Sorrolla, and the Sorrolla Musuem, which is curiously located in Madrid, has in fact a painting of Sorrolla by José Benlliure, Benlliure was an artist with an amazing diversity and incredible technical brilliance, with paintings full of overwhelming detail, especially of the flowers that appear in so many of his paintings, reminding us that Valencia is, among other things, the city of the flowers. Although some paintings show his recognition of more modern styles and there are even traces of impressionism in some works, nevertheless his strongest paintings are … Continue reading Valencia’s Other Artists: José Benlliure