Apuntes de figuras, Joaquín Sorolla Bastida, 1890–1895
Joaquín Sorolla, portraitJoaquín SorollaSpanish, 1863–1923

Apuntes de figuras

1890–1895 · Drawing

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Anverso: La lechera En la zona derecha, dibujo de una vaca vista de tres cuartos, desde atrás pero abarcando su flanco derecho. A su derecha parece distinguirse una figura con un cubo, una lechera que estaría ordeñando a la vaca. Todo el fondo del dibujo ha sido rayado con el lápiz, resultando confuso. Reverso (hoja 38): Apuntes de figuras Varias figuras muy esquemáticas, casi como monigotes. Algunas de ellas parecen representar a niños, por tener menor tamaño.

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In the life of Joaquín Sorolla

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  1. 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.

  2. 13 April 1889

    Daughter born: María Sorolla García

  3. 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.

  4. 8 November 1892

    Son born: Joaquín Sorolla García

  5. 12 June 1895

    Daughter born: Elena Sorolla García

  6. 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.

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