Escena de puerto, Joaquín Sorolla Bastida, 1890–1895
Joaquín Sorolla, portraitJoaquín SorollaSpanish, 1863–1923

Escena de puerto

1890–1895 · Drawing

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Madrid, Spain

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Anverso: Escena de puerto Varias mujeres en el muelle de un puerto en el que vemos a lo lejos los mástiles de las barcas y una farola al fondo. Las mujeres están en distintas actitudes, con cestas y fardos que seguramente contienen pescados. La línea del horizonte se prolonga hacia la izquierda en el reverso del dibujo anterior (Nº Inv. 12562, hoja 11 del cuaderno), donde también hay unas anotaciones sobre colores con un código (o y +) que encontramos en varias de las prendas de las pescadoras: en la figura de cuerpo entero en primer plano a la izquierda hay un + en el delantal y un o en la espalda. Reverso: Figura masculina Figura masculina de espaldas, prácticamente hasta la cintura. Gira la cabeza hacia la derecha, de forma que se la vemos de perfil. Lleva sombrero a la cabeza.

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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

  5. 12 June 1895

    Daughter born: Elena Sorolla García

  6. 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.

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