Joaquín SorollaSpanish, 1863–1923Apunte de figuras
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Where is “Apunte de figuras” now? Collection: Sorolla Museum, Madrid. Unknown.
Madrid, Spain
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Anverso: Salón Vista de una sala, quizás un teatro o un comedor de un restaurante. En primer plano, dos sillas de respaldo recto y tapizado. Al fondo, puerta entreabierta, lujosamente decorada en el dintel, con motivos de volutas. Frente a ella, varias líneas y rectángulos pueden indicar bancos, y al fondo, lo que parece otra puerta o una ventana, con dos lámparas a los lados. Reverso: Apunte de figuras A la izquierda, dos figuras masculinas de busto. La del primer plano está vista de espaldas ligeramente de perfil, y se representa hasta el brazo, que tiene doblado con la mano frente al rostro. En segundo plano, otra figura masculina de la que sólo vemos la cabeza, de perfil. El dibujo resulta confuso ya que sobre él se ha copiado por contacto el dibujo con Nº Inv. 13337
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In the life of Joaquín Sorolla
The whole life1890
Moves to Madrid: large canvases for the salons
The family moved to Madrid. For the next decade Sorolla concentrated on large canvases of orientalist, mythological, historical and social subjects for salons and international exhibitions in Madrid, Paris, Venice, Munich, Berlin and Chicago.
8 November 1892
Son born: Joaquín Sorolla García
12 June 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.
