Joaquín SorollaSpanish, 1863–1923Escena de caza
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Madrid, Spain
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Anverso: Figura con traje valenciano Figura masculina de espaldas, ligeramente de tres cuartos. Inclina la cabeza a la derecha, mientras extiende ese mismo brazo. Va vestido con pantalón ajustado y atado bajo la rodilla, con chaquetilla corta y manta sobre el hombro izquierdo. Del brazo izquierdo también le cuelga algún tipo de tela. Sobre la cabeza, gandalla. Reverso. Escena de caza A la derecha, figura montada sobre un caballo que vemos desde los cuartos traseros con la cabeza girada a la derecha. Está montado por un jinete con levita con doble botón en el cinturón. A la derecha del caballo, figura masculina que se inclina hacia abajo para sujetar a un perro que está de perfil a la izquierda. En el lado izquierdo, figuras más abocetadas, femeninas e infantiles, y otro perro.
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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
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.
