Joaquín SorollaSpanish, 1863–1923Estudios de toreros
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Madrid, Spain
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Anverso: Estudios de toreros A la izquierda, en primer plano, un hombre de espaldas a nosotros, con sombrero de amplia ala y copa plana, da la mano a un torero mientras éste está dando el paseíllo, ya que lleva el capote sobre el hombro. Frente a ellos, en segundo plano, los cuartos traseros de un caballo con un personaje montado en él. A la derecha, se insinúa la cabeza de un caballo. La última figura representa otro torero dando el paseíllo, con la mano derecha sobre la cara en actitud de saludo. Reverso: Figura y rasguños Apunte rápido y poco definido de un torero con capote al hombro y montera. Se lleva la mano derecha a la cara en actitud de saludo. Tras él, unos rasguños de tema inidentificable.
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In the life of Joaquín Sorolla
The whole life12 June 1895
Daughter born: Elena 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.
1901 · Award
Knight of the Legion of Honour
1901
A medal of honour in Madrid for “Sad Inheritance”
The painting won the medal of honour at the National Exhibition in Madrid. Two of its luminous preparatory oil sketches Sorolla gave as gifts to the American artists John Singer Sargent and William Merritt Chase.
1902 · Award
Grand cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso XII
