Joaquín SorollaSpanish, 1863–1923Apunte de sombrero
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Madrid, Spain
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Anverso: Composición con figuras frente al mar. Composición con varias figuras en la orilla del mar. Destaca en el centro una figura femenina de espaldas, ataviada con vestido por debajo de la rodilla, de manga corta, movido por el viento. Lleva el cabello recogido en una coleta o trenza, y se cubre con sombrero de ala ancha decorado con cinta en la base de la copa. Con la mano derecha parece estar sujetándoselo. A la izquierda se insinúan dos figuras en pose de tres cuartos a la izquierda vistas desde atrás, realizadas a base de trazos rápidos. En segundo término una figura parece estar agachada o sentada sobre la arena. Al fondo el mar. Sobre el dibujo se ha copiado por contacto el nº Inv. 12984. Reverso: Apunte de sombrero. Breve apunte de sombrero de copa troncopiramidal con ala, sin terminar de dibujar.
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In the life of Joaquín Sorolla
The whole life1900
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 · Award
Knight of the Legion of Honour
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.
1902 · Award
Grand cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso XII
