Joaquín SorollaSpanish, 1863–1923Apuntes de café
May one see it?
Unknown
Sorolla Museum
Madrid, Spain
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
About the work
In the museum's own words — in Spanish
Anverso: Apuntes de café En la zona superior de la hoja, visto con el papel girado 90 grados, dibujo de una figura femenina de pie y de cuerpo entero, de espaldas. Parece la camarera de un café. Bajo este dibujo, dos figuras masculinas de perfil a la derecha sentadas en sendas sillas frente a la mesa de un café sobre la que se han insinuado botellas y vasos. En la zona inferior, a la izquierda, otras dos figuras masculinas de perfil a la izquierda, también sentadas, viéndose una de medio cuerpo y la otra de cuerpo entero. En la zona inferior derecha, figura masculina sentada en una silla, de espaldas a nosotros, y con sombrero a la cabeza, que lleva ladeado. Reverso: Dos figuras masculinas y perro En el ángulo superior izquierdo, perro de perfil a la derecha, con manchas oscuras en el lomo y la cabeza. A su derecha, figura masculina de perfil a la izquierda, casi de medio cuerpo, con sombrero a la cabeza. En la zona inferior de la hoja, figura masculina de perfil a la derecha. Lleva chistera a la cabeza, y está fumando un cigarrillo.
Sorolla Museum
Particulars
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Sorolla Museum
- Image: Sorolla Museum — In Copyright
Meanwhile, in the life of Joaquín Sorolla
The whole life1885
A four-year grant to study in Rome
Having completed his military service, the twenty-two-year-old Sorolla received a grant from the Spanish Academy in Rome for four years of study in Italy. In Rome he was welcomed by the academy’s director, Francisco Pradilla, in whose example the young painter found stability.
1885
Paris: his first encounter with modern painting
A long stay in Paris gave him his first exposure to modern painting; he was especially struck by exhibitions of Jules Bastien-Lepage and Adolph von Menzel. Back in Rome he studied with José Benlliure, Emilio Sala and José Villegas Cordero.
1888
Returns to Valencia to marry Clotilde
Sorolla returned to Valencia to marry Clotilde García del Castillo; by 1895 they had three children — María, Joaquín and Elena.
13 April 1889
Daughter born: María Sorolla García
1890
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.
