Joaquín SorollaSpanish, 1863–1923Barca con vela desplegada
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Madrid, Spain
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Anverso: Barca con vela desplegada En el centro de la hoja, barca vista de frente, con un grupo de pescadores arremolinados en torno al mástil, desplegando o recogiendo la vela que está a la derecha, con forma triangular. A la izquierda de la barca, figura abocetada inclinada hacia delante, y a la derecha otras dos figuras: en la zona superior figura hasta la cintura inclinada hacia delante, y en la inferior, figura de espaldas con los brazos extendidos sujetando una barra horizontal. Reverso: Sacando la barca En primer plano, barca vista de perfil, con la vela desplegada sobre ella. En la proa de la embarcación una figura está empujándola, de espaldas, mientras que a babor otra figura está también empujando para meterla en el agua. Al fondo, barca de perfil con vela triangular coloreada en blanco con clarión.
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In the life of Joaquín Sorolla
The whole life13 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.
8 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.
