Joaquín SorollaSpanish, 1863–1923En la terraza
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Madrid, Spain
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
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En primer plano, en el centro de la hoja, una silla y una mesa circular. Tras ellas, dos figuras femeninas sentadas a otra mesa. A la mujer de la izquierda la vemos de espaldas con la cabeza girada hacia la izquierda, mientras que la mujer de la derecha está de perfil a la izquierda y lleva sombrero con ala de desarrollo frontal del que cae un velo que le cubre la cara. Tras ellas, otros apuntes de figuras sentadas a otras mesas. En la zona inferior izquierda, apunte de una figura masculina sentada que acoda el brazo derecho formando un ángulo en el que apoya la cabeza. Parece un dibujo independiente de la escena en la terraza.
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In the life of Joaquín Sorolla
The whole life1888
Returns to Valencia to marry Clotilde
Sorolla returned to Valencia to marry Clotilde García del Castillo; by 1895 they had three children — María, Joaquín and Elena.
13 April 1889
Daughter born: María Sorolla García
1890
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.
