Rasguños, Joaquín Sorolla Bastida, 1895–1900
Joaquín Sorolla, portraitJoaquín SorollaSpanish, 1863–1923

Rasguños

1895–1900 · Drawing

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Sorolla Museum

Madrid, Spain

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Anverso: Saliendo al paseíllo A la izquierda, una línea vertical marca una puerta o pared. A su lado, una figura insinuada, de perfil, da la mano a un torero representado en el centro. El torero está de espaldas y se gira hacia la figura, seguramente masculina. Lleva la montera y capote al hombro izquierdo, por lo que está comenzando el paseíllo, y el primer individuo le desea suerte. Frente al torero, a la derecha del papel, otra figura masculina que debe representar otro torero aunque no está bien dibujado. Reverso: Rasguños Rasguños inidentificables a lápiz azul. A lápiz compuesto, apunte de una cabeza infantil.

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Meanwhile, in the life of Joaquín Sorolla

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  1. 12 June 1895

    Daughter born: Elena Sorolla García

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 1901 · Award

    Knight of the Legion of Honour

  6. 1902 · Award

    Grand cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso XII

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