IN THE SEA OF XÀBIA

“When I first began to feel and navigate this sea of Denia and Xàbia, I never stopped imagining that these waters belonged to Sorolla, intoxicated by this muscatel light, just as it happened to me”.

Manuel Vicent

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The final section focuses on Xàbia, a town Sorolla visited for the first time in October 1896, when he wrote to his wife Clotilde saying: “Sublime, immense Jávea, the best place I know for painting. It surpasses everything.”

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Here, Vicent’s narrative revolves around pleasure, beauty, and the sea as a form of spirituality. He reminds us how simple pleasures can become universal values. We no longer see scenes filled with life and people; instead, we find only silence, light, and the overwhelming beauty of nature as captured by Sorolla.

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Portichol Island, Jávea, Cape San Antonio, Jávea, and Waterwheel, Jávea are some of the masterpieces included in this thematic section.