Joaquín SorollaSpanish, 1863–1923May one see it?
Madrid, Spain
The owner is known. Whether it is on view today, the museum does not say, and we were not trained to guess.
Figura masculina en primer término a la izquierda, de perfil a la derecha y ligeramente encorvado, manejando un arado que es tirado a su vez por una pareja de bueyes, que avanzan en diagonal hacia la derecha. El hombre viste pantalón y camisa sin mangas, y lleva el cabello muy corto. El resto de la superficie está cubierta con líneas diagonales, indicando los surcos hechos por el arado.
Sorolla Museum
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.