Escena clásica, Joaquín Sorolla Bastida, 1890
Joaquín Sorolla, portraitJoaquín SorollaSpanish, 1863–1923

Escena clásica

1890 · Drawing

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Sorolla Museum

Madrid, Spain

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Escena enmarcada por un rectángulo. Al fondo, un muro bajo con un pequeño pilar hacia la izquierda rematado con una bola. Junto a él, una figura femenina de pie. En la zona izquierda, el muro bajo parece acabar en una estructura vertical donde hay un cuadrado, quizá una ventana. Frente a él, una estructura de forma curva rodeada de trazos sinuosos, que quizá indiquen vegetación. A la derecha, una figura parece estar bailando o realizando algún tipo de pirueta.

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In the life of Joaquín Sorolla

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  1. 1888

    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.

  2. 13 April 1889

    Daughter born: María Sorolla García

  3. 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.

  4. 8 November 1892

    Son born: Joaquín Sorolla García

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