Joaquín SorollaSpanish, 1863–1923Estudios de figuras
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Madrid, Spain
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Dos estudios masculinos y dos femeninos. De izquierda a derecha, un hombre de frente, visto hasta la cintura, que está leyendo un periódico, que sostiene con ambas manos y le tapa la mitad inferior de la cara. A continuación, una mujer vista casi de cuerpo entero, de espaldas y girada hacia la izquierda. Está sentada o apoyada en algún tipo de asiento no dibujado. Lleva vestido de manga corta con escote en uve en la espalda y se cubre la cabeza con sombrero sin ala de forma más o menos rectangular. En un plano superior, entre las dos figuras descritas, una cabeza femenina de frente dibujada hasta la altura de la boca. Toda la atención del dibujo parece haberse centrado en el sombrero, decorado con telas o plumas en la banda. Por último, en el mismo plano que la anterior, una cabeza masculina vista de tres cuartos.
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In the life of Joaquín Sorolla
The whole life1909
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.
1911
Contract with Huntington for a series on Spain
In Paris Sorolla signed a contract with the American magnate and patron Archer Huntington for a series of paintings on life in Spain. The major commission of his career, it dominated his last years.
early 1911
Second US visit: St. Louis and Chicago
Sorolla visited the United States a second time and showed 152 new paintings at the Saint Louis Art Museum and, a few weeks later, 161 at the Art Institute of Chicago.
1911–1919
Through the provinces of Spain to paint from life
Huntington had envisioned a history of Spain; Sorolla preferred a “Vision of Spain” and finally images of the regions of the peninsula, “The Provinces of Spain”. He painted all but one of the huge canvases en plein air, travelling to Navarre, Aragon, Catalonia, Valencia, Elche, Seville, Andalusia, Extremadura, Galicia, Guipúzcoa, Castile, León and Ayamonte and posing models in local costume.
