Joaquín SorollaSpanish, 1863–1923Apuntes de figuras
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Madrid, Spain
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Anverso: Barcas en la playa de Valencia En primer plano, barca en la arena o un muelle, vista desde proa ligeramente de lado. Se ha dibujado con detalle el interior de la barca, con ayuda del clarión. Tras ella, un barco más grande, con mástiles y puede que en el agua. Su perfil está menos definido. Al fondo, a la izquierda, breve esquema de una figura en un muelle (¿?) Reverso: Apuntes de figuras Varios apuntes de figuras, en distintas posturas, sentadas o arrodilladas en el suelo, trabajando. A la izquierda, figura de perfil a la derecha, inclinada hacia delante y a la izquierda, avanzando los brazos para trabajar con algo. Tras ella, hacia el centro de la hoja, figura arrodillada e inclinada hacia delante, de espaldas. A la derecha, dos figuras masculinas también arrodilladas en el suelo y con sombrero a la cabeza.
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In the life of Joaquín Sorolla
The whole life8 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.
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.
