Joaquín SorollaSpanish, 1863–1923Castilla
May one see it?
Unknown
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
Estudio para la decoración de la biblioteca de la Hispanic Society of America con el motivo de la yunta de bueyes tirando de una carreta, que aparece de forma recurrente desde las primeras ideas previas y bocetos de Sorolla para la decoración de la biblioteca de la Hispanic. En el apunte, la yunta de bueyes tira de un carromato, avanzando en diagonal de frente hacia la derecha. Delante de ellos se sugieren varias figuras. Completan el dibujo varios trazos diagonales y horizontales que insinúan una perspectiva. En el reverso, varias anotaciones escritas por Sorolla muestran cómo el pintor baraja alternativas para la distribución de los paneles. Para cubrir los 70 metros a los que se compromete en el contrato, Sorolla piensa todavía en la realización de 14 paneles de 5 metros cada uno.
Sorolla Museum
Particulars
Meanwhile, in the life of Joaquín Sorolla
The whole life1911
Contract with Huntington for a series on Spain
In Paris Sorolla signed a contract with the American magnate and patron Archer Huntington for a series of paintings on life in Spain. The major commission of his career, it dominated his last years.
early 1911
Second US visit: St. Louis and Chicago
Sorolla visited the United States a second time and showed 152 new paintings at the Saint Louis Art Museum and, a few weeks later, 161 at the Art Institute of Chicago.
1911–1919
Through the provinces of Spain to paint from life
Huntington had envisioned a history of Spain; Sorolla preferred a “Vision of Spain” and finally images of the regions of the peninsula, “The Provinces of Spain”. He painted all but one of the huge canvases en plein air, travelling to Navarre, Aragon, Catalonia, Valencia, Elche, Seville, Andalusia, Extremadura, Galicia, Guipúzcoa, Castile, León and Ayamonte and posing models in local costume.
