Joaquín SorollaEspaña, 1863–1923Charla en la taberna
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Museo Sorolla
Madrid, España
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Dibujo de tres personajes masculinos que podría estar realizado en Italia o en París entre 1885-1888. Los tres hombres conversan sentados alrededor de la mesa de un café sobre la que reposan dos vasos y una botella. El de la izquierda de perfil, con bombín, sentado en una silla con las piernas cruzadas y los codos apoyados en la mesa. En el centro de la composición, un hombre sin sombrero y fumando; el de la derecha barbado, con sombrero de fieltro, de perfil y conversando mientras los otros dos le escuchan. En todos estos dibujos Sorolla estudia las actitudes de la clientela, primando la ausencia de pose y la atención al gesto espontáneo sorprendido y a la indumentaria de los personajes.
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Mientras tanto, en la vida de Joaquín Sorolla
La vida entera1885
A four-year grant to study in Rome
Having completed his military service, the twenty-two-year-old Sorolla received a grant from the Spanish Academy in Rome for four years of study in Italy. In Rome he was welcomed by the academy’s director, Francisco Pradilla, in whose example the young painter found stability.
1885
Paris: his first encounter with modern painting
A long stay in Paris gave him his first exposure to modern painting; he was especially struck by exhibitions of Jules Bastien-Lepage and Adolph von Menzel. Back in Rome he studied with José Benlliure, Emilio Sala and José Villegas Cordero.
1888
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.
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.
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.
