Joaquín SorollaSpanish, 1863–1923Clotilde cosiendo
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Madrid, Spain
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Anverso: Clotilde cosiendo. En primer plano, una mesa sobre la que hay un cesto lleno de ropa blanca a la derecha y dos pares de zapatos a la izquierda, en fila. Detrás, hacia la izquierda, una figura femenina sentada de frente se inclina sobre las ropas que está cosiendo. El dibujo, hecho a base de trazos intensos de carboncillo, diagonales en la zona de la mesa y la figura y verticales y horizontales cruzados en la zona del fondo, resulta extremadamente oscuro, quedando resaltadas las ropas blancas del cesto y las que sostiene la mujer. Reverso: Farol. Farol de caja cuadrangular con las esquinas inferiores redondeadas. Remata en la parte inferior con un adorno a modo de pinjante, y se cierra por arriba con tapa troncopiramidal invertida de paredes cóncavas, con las esquinas superiores sobresalientes.
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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 · 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
