Joaquín SorollaSpanish, 1863–1923Barcas en la arena
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Where is “Barcas en la arena” now? Collection: Sorolla Museum, Madrid. Unknown.
Madrid, Spain
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Anverso: Barcas en la arena En primer plano, en el centro, barca vista de frente, con un marinero de pie en ella, y tras él, la vela desplegada. A la izquierda de la barca, una figura infantil sentada en el suelo. A la derecha, se proyecta la sombra de la vela. Tras esta barca, otras, sin vela ni mástil, y una casa a la izquierda. Al fondo, paisaje que parece arbolado. Reverso: Pescando En el centro del papel, pequeña barca vista casi de perfil. Dentro de ella hay dos figuras, una sentada en la popa, inclinándose hacia estribor, y otra de pie, con gorro flexible de amplia ala en la cabeza, también recogiendo una red. Al fondo, otra barca con vela triangular desplegada, en la que está incidiendo el sol según la inscripción.
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In the life of Joaquín Sorolla
The whole life1890
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.
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.
1901 · Award
Knight of the Legion of Honour
