Joaquín SorollaSpanish, 1863–1923Dos figuras en la playa
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Anverso: Pescadoras valencianas. A la izquierda, cuatro pescadoras de pie en la orilla de la playa esperan la llegada de las barcas. A la derecha un personaje se encuentra agachado en el agua, tratándose posiblemente de una figura infantil. Al fondo una barca con vela desplegada sobra la línea del horizonte Reverso: Dos figuras en la playa. En primer plano una figura masculina de perfil, sentado, apoyando la cabeza y la espalda sobre una estructura vertical (¿la jamba de una puerta?). Junto a esta, otra figura de frente y de pie inclina la cabeza hacia delante y mantiene su brazo derecho apoyado en la cintura. Ambos personajes en actitud de descanso. Al fondo, a la izquierda, el mar, con un barco sobre la línea del horizonte.
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In the life of Joaquín Sorolla
The whole life1897
“A Research”: the Prize of Honour in Madrid
Two paintings linking art and science, “Portrait of Dr. Simarro at the Microscope” and “A Research”, won Sorolla the Prize of Honour at the National Exhibition of Fine Arts. He showed his friend Simarro in the laboratory, catching the contrast between the reddish-yellow light of a gas burner and the weak mauvish light from the window.
1900
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.
