Joaquín SorollaSpanish, 1863–1923Dos escenas de playa, Jávea
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Where is “Dos escenas de playa, Jávea” now? Collection: Sorolla Museum, Madrid. Unknown.
Madrid, Spain
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
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Museum text in Spanish
Anverso: El pequeño nadador, Jávea. En primer plano, figura femenina de cuerpo entero, de espaladas casi de perfil, agachada hacia delante. Sujeta con sus manos a un niño, al que está metiendo en el agua, de espaldas. En segundo plano, el mar con alta línea de horizonte, con algunas barcas de velas desplegadas. Reverso: Dos escenas de playa, Jávea. Figura femenina (¿Clotilde?) de cuerpo entero sentada y de perfil con cintura marcada y moño (en la mitad derecha del dibujo). Está sujetando con sus manos a una niña sobre sus rodillas (¿Elena?), tumbada boca abajo; la otra escena, en sentido vertical es un esquema de figura femenina de cuerpo entero de espaldas bañando a un niño en la orilla del mar, similar al anverso.
Sorolla Museum
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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
