Joaquín SorollaSpanish, 1863–1923La red
May one see it?
Unknown
Sorolla Museum
Madrid, Spain
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
About the work
In the museum's own words — in Spanish
Anverso: Paseo por La Concha de San Sebastián Varias figuras a la derecha del papel caminan por un paseo marítimo. Tras ellas, al fondo, se ve a dos figuras sentadas y junto a ellas una farola. En la mitad derecha, una figura asomada a la barandilla del paseo. Tras la barandilla el mar y al fondo una pequeña colina. Reverso 1 (hoja 5): Llegada de la barca A la derecha, el muelle de un embarcadero en el que hay un grupo informe de figuras observando cómo una barca se acerca al muelle. En la barca hay un personaje. Reverso 2 (hoja 6): La red Dibujo muy abocetado en el que vemos dos figuras sentadas en el suelo, una frente a la otra, apareciendo las dos de perfil. Entre sus manos tienen unas redes. Al fondo, a la derecha, una especie de paramento vertical y a la izquierda, en último plano, la línea del horizonte, quizá formada por el mar.
Sorolla Museum
Particulars
Meanwhile, 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
12 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.
