Joaquín SorollaSpanish, 1863–1923El paseíllo
May one see it?
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Sorolla Museum
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
Anverso: El paseíllo Estudio de tres toreros de cuerpo entero, dos de ellos avanzando hacia la izquierda y el tercero, el de la derecha, de espaldas. Están haciendo el paseíllo previo a la corrida, con el capote en el hombro izquierdo, mientras saludan al público. El más definido es el del centro, mientras que los otros dos son sólo estudios de volúmenes. Reverso: Estudios de toreros Se trata de la misma composición del anverso, pero en esta ocasión los tres toreros están poco dibujados, con varios trazos débiles sobre el papel.
Sorolla Museum
Particulars
Meanwhile, in the life of Joaquín Sorolla
The whole life12 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
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.
1901 · Award
Knight of the Legion of Honour
1902 · Award
Grand cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso XII
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