Joaquín SorollaEspagne, 1863–1923Peut-on la contempler ?
Madrid, Espagne
Le propriétaire est connu ; on ignore si l’œuvre est exposée aujourd’hui.
Composición marinera con un grupo de cuatro figuras masculinas sentadas en el interior de una barca vista de perfil, con el mástil y el palo transversal de la vela. Se encuentran charlando amigablemente; uno de ellos apoya su mano en la espalda del pescador de la izquierda que está de perfil; otro pescador aparece de espaldas y con gorra, sentado en la línea de estribor. En un segundo plano, y frente a éstos, un cuarto personaje también con gorra.
Musée Sorolla
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
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.
1901 · Distinction
Knight of the Legion of Honour