Joaquín SorollaSpanien, 1863–1923Darf man es sehen?
Madrid, Spanien
Der Besitzer ist bekannt; ob das Werk derzeit ausgestellt ist, nicht.
Anverso: Estudio para Antes de la corrida A la izquierda, apoyado en la puerta abierta que da paso a la arena de la plaza, un personaje de espaldas. A la derecha, caballo en escorzo con jinete montado en él. En segundo plano, a la altura de la entrada, diversas figuras insinuadas. Reverso: El paseíllo A la derecha, caballo en escorzo hacia la izquierda. Delante, varios toreros con montera.
Museo Sorolla
12. Juni 1895
Daughter born: Elena Sorolla García
1897
“A Research”: the Prize of Honour in Madrid
Two paintings linking art and science, “Portrait of Dr. Simarro at the Microscope” and “A Research”, won Sorolla the Prize of Honour at the National Exhibition of Fine Arts. He showed his friend Simarro in the laboratory, catching the contrast between the reddish-yellow light of a gas burner and the weak mauvish light from the window.
1900
Grand Prix at the Paris Universal Exposition
“Sad Inheritance”, a huge canvas of crippled children bathing in the sea at Valencia under a monk’s supervision, brought Sorolla his greatest official recognition, the Grand Prix and a medal of honour, and his exhibit as a whole earned him nomination as a Knight of the Legion of Honour. After this picture he never returned to so overtly social a theme.
1901
A medal of honour in Madrid for “Sad Inheritance”
The painting won the medal of honour at the National Exhibition in Madrid. Two of its luminous preparatory oil sketches Sorolla gave as gifts to the American artists John Singer Sargent and William Merritt Chase.
1901 · Auszeichnung
Knight of the Legion of Honour
1902 · Auszeichnung
Grand cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso XII