Sorolla: Spanish Master of Light review – sunny side up

National Gallery, London
There is no doubting Sorolla’s love of light and the way it plays on all kinds of surfaces. But does anything lie beneath?Joaquín Sorolla (1863-1923) – pronounced Soroya – is not a name on many people’s lips. Insanely popular in his day, to the extent that New Yorkers queued in heavy snow to view his large and florid paintings, he is almost forgotten in ours. Or at least he might be, if not for his virtuoso effects and his singular reputati