Joaquín SorollaSpanish, 1863–1923Dos mujeres
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Where is “Dos mujeres” now? Collection: Sorolla Museum, Madrid. Unknown.
Madrid, Spain
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Anverso: Interior de una iglesia En primer plano, varias filas de bancos en perspectiva hacia la derecha, vistos de espaldas ligeramente de perfil. En ellos están sentadas varias figuras, representadas sólo por bultos que seguramente se correspondan con mujeres cubiertas con velos. Al fondo, se ha representado esquemáticamente la estructura arquitectónica, distinguiéndose el arranque de algunos arcos y columnas o pilares. Se ha indicado por inscripción una pila y los focos de luz. Reverso: Dos mujeres Dos mujeres a la izquierda, una detrás de la otra. En primer plano, figura femenina vestida con falda larga y mandil recogido en la cintura. Se agacha hacia delante, con algo en las manos que no reconocemos, y se cubre la cabeza con pañuelo que parece que se anuda completamente por detrás, sin dejar asomar picos. La segunda mujer, tras ésta, está de pie, y parece que lleva el mismo tipo de pañuelo.
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In the life of Joaquín Sorolla
The whole life1890
Moves to Madrid: large canvases for the salons
The family moved to Madrid. For the next decade Sorolla concentrated on large canvases of orientalist, mythological, historical and social subjects for salons and international exhibitions in Madrid, Paris, Venice, Munich, Berlin and Chicago.
8 November 1892
Son born: Joaquín Sorolla García
12 June 1895
Daughter born: Elena Sorolla García
1897
“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
