Joaquín SorollaSpanish, 1863–1923Barca en la playa
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Where is “Barca en la playa” now? Collection: Sorolla Museum, Madrid. Unknown.
Madrid, Spain
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
About the work
Museum text in Spanish
Barca en la playa es, sin lugar a dudas, uno de los dibujos más sugerentes de Joaquín Sorolla. Tres simples trazos horizontales detallan resumidamente el paisaje. En ese entorno, casi vacío, se alza majestuosa la vela blanca sobre la barca, colmada de brisa y luz. Con escasas líneas limpias y pautadas, pero ágiles y espontáneas, el viento parece ocuparlo y envolverlo todo, con la misma intensidad con la que la luz del sol define los volúmenes.
Sorolla Museum
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In the life of Joaquín Sorolla
The whole life1901 · Award
Knight of the Legion of Honour
1901
A medal of honour in Madrid for “Sad Inheritance”
The painting won the medal of honour at the National Exhibition in Madrid. Two of its luminous preparatory oil sketches Sorolla gave as gifts to the American artists John Singer Sargent and William Merritt Chase.
1902 · Award
Grand cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso XII
1906
Galerie Georges Petit: nearly 500 works
A one-man show at the Galeries Georges Petit in Paris — figures, landscapes, portraits, early works and recent sun-drenched beaches — eclipsed all his earlier successes. His productivity amazed critics, the show was a financial triumph, and it brought him the rank of Officer of the Legion of Honour.
1906 · Award
Officer of the Legion of Honour
