Joaquín SorollaSpanish, 1863–1923Barco
May one see it?
Unknown: the museum keeps its counsel
Sorolla Museum
Madrid, Spain
The owner is known. Whether it is on view today, the museum does not say, and we were not trained to guess.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum's own collection data
About the painting
In the museum's own words — in Spanish
Cubierta de un barco. A la izquierda, la caja del motor y detrás, una figura muy abocetada. En la parte superior, un mástil y un toldo, por el que vemos el cielo azul.
Sorolla Museum
Particulars
Meanwhile, in the life of Joaquín Sorolla
The whole life1897
“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
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
