Joaquín SorollaEspaña, 1863–1923Reunión en una bodega
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En el anverso se representa una reunión de hombres en el interior de una bodega. Aparecen todos sentados, en el centro de la composición, y dos toneles en el lateral derecho. En el reverso hay varios apuntes. Destaca el de un soldado sentado en un banco leyendo el periódico. Junto a él, contorno de una figura masculina de espaldas, cabeza masculina, y en la zona inferior, fragmento de un rostro de perfil.
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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.
13 de abril de 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.
