Joaquín SorollaSpanish, 1863–1923Dos barcas de vela
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Madrid, Spain
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Museum text in Spanish
Anverso Estudio para Remendando las redes. En un interior, hay dos mujeres con pañuelo en la cabeza sentadas en sendas sillas, de perfil a la derecha, una detrás de otra. Están remendando las redes que se extienden por el suelo hasta el fondo, donde se abre una puerta y unos rasguños insinúan otras dos figuras: una de pie a la izquierda y otra sentada. Sobre el dibujo se ha copiado por contacto el nº Inv. 12931. Reverso: Dos barcas de vela. Escena encuadrada de mar, con la línea de la orilla en diagonal en la parte inferior, y a la derecha, sobre el agua, dos barcas de vela navegando. Cielo oscurecido por medio de rasguños horizontales en zig zag.
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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
