Joaquín SorollaSpanish, 1863–1923Barca
May one see it?
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Sorolla Museum
Madrid, Spain
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
About the work
In the museum's own words — in Spanish
Anverso: Sacando la barca. Una yunta doble de bueyes avanzan hacia la orilla en diagonal de izquierda a derecha, sacando del agua una barca con la vela desplegada. Junto a ésta, un personaje en el agua guía la operación. Reverso: Barca. En primer plano la proa de una barca de perfil sobre la arena. Tras ella el mar, con una barca con la vela desplegada.
Sorolla Museum
Particulars
Meanwhile, in the life of Joaquín Sorolla
The whole life1900
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.
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.
1901 · Award
Knight of the Legion of Honour
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
