Joaquín SorollaSpanish, 1863–1923Esperando la pesca
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Madrid, Spain
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Escena de costumbrismo marinero mostrando en primer plano a la izquierda, un grupo de seis pescadoras esperan en la orilla la llegada de las barcas. Todas ellas de espaldas, mirando hacia el mar, con pañuelos a la cabeza y cestos en los brazos, una de las cuales está sentada con un niño a su lado. A la derecha del primer plano, unos rasguños insinúan figuras infantiles jugando en la orilla. En segundo plano, en el agua, dos barcas arribando con las velas a medio plegar; la de la izquierda con un pescador de frente sobre cubierta. A la derecha, una yunta de bueyes participa en la maniobra. Al fondo, la línea del horizonte.
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In the life of Joaquín Sorolla
The whole life1906
Galerie Georges Petit: nearly 500 works
A one-man show at the Galeries Georges Petit in Paris — figures, landscapes, portraits, early works and recent sun-drenched beaches — eclipsed all his earlier successes. His productivity amazed critics, the show was a financial triumph, and it brought him the rank of Officer of the Legion of Honour.
1906 · Award
Officer of the Legion of Honour
1907
Post: vocal of the Junta para Ampliación de Estudios e Investigaciones científicas
1908
Meets Archer Huntington
Large exhibitions in Germany and London met with more restraint than the Paris show, but in England Sorolla met Archer Milton Huntington, who made him a member of the Hispanic Society of America in New York and invited him to exhibit there.
1909
New York show: 195 of 356 paintings sold
The exhibition at the Hispanic Society of America comprised 356 paintings, 195 of which were sold. Sorolla spent five months in America and painted more than twenty portraits.
