Joaquín SorollaSpanish, 1863–1923Dos ansotanas
May one see it?
Unknown
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
Apunte probablemente tomado en Ansó en 1912, o realizado en 1914 mientras piensa en el tema destinado a ilustrar la provincia de Aragón, en el panel Aragón. La jota, para la decoración de la Hispanic Society de Nueva York. Es un apunte de dos figuras femeninas de pie, de cuerpo entero, en actitud de danzar. La del primer término con los brazos medio levantados, y la del segundo plano de frente al espectador con una mano a la altura del rostro. Ambas ataviadas con el traje típico ansotano, compuesto por larga basquiña o sayal abundantemente plisado y pañuelo a la cabeza, destacando el juego de pliegues de la vestimenta durante el baile.
Sorolla Museum
Particulars
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Sorolla Museum
- Image: Sorolla Museum — In Copyright
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.
