Joaquín SorollaSpagna, 1863–1923Café
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Museo Sorolla
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Anverso: Café Vista de una habitación. En el ángulo inferior derecho, un cuadrado en perspectiva que representa una mesa. Alrededor suyo hay varios rasguños curvos que deben representar figuras sentadas en torno a la mesa. De la sala vemos un ángulo al fondo. En la pared de la izquierda, una ventana con las cortinas o contraventanas a medio abrir. En la pared de la derecha hay una lámpara seguida de un vano semicircular que deja ver lo que parece la barra del café, con estanterías al fondo. Reverso: Patas de caballo Vista de dos de las patas de un caballo, parece que las traseras, desde atrás y en movimiento. No se ha llegado a representar el lomo del animal.
Museo Sorolla
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Nel frattempo, nella vita di Joaquín Sorolla
Tutta la vita1885
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 aprile 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.
