Joaquín SorollaSpagna, 1863–1923Central Park, Nueva York
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Rincón del parque captado desde arriba. En primer término, camino en ángulo por el que circulan varias figuras abocetadas. Detrás, una mancha de vegetación. Más arriba, la silueta en penumbra de varias edificaciones recortadas sobre cielo pardo-malva.
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Nella vita di Joaquín Sorolla
Tutta la vita1909
New York show: 195 of 356 paintings sold
The exhibition at the Hispanic Society of America comprised 356 paintings, 195 of which were sold. Sorolla spent five months in America and painted more than twenty portraits.
1911
Contract with Huntington for a series on Spain
In Paris Sorolla signed a contract with the American magnate and patron Archer Huntington for a series of paintings on life in Spain. The major commission of his career, it dominated his last years.
early 1911
Second US visit: St. Louis and Chicago
Sorolla visited the United States a second time and showed 152 new paintings at the Saint Louis Art Museum and, a few weeks later, 161 at the Art Institute of Chicago.
1911–1919
Through the provinces of Spain to paint from life
Huntington had envisioned a history of Spain; Sorolla preferred a “Vision of Spain” and finally images of the regions of the peninsula, “The Provinces of Spain”. He painted all but one of the huge canvases en plein air, travelling to Navarre, Aragon, Catalonia, Valencia, Elche, Seville, Andalusia, Extremadura, Galicia, Guipúzcoa, Castile, León and Ayamonte and posing models in local costume.
![[Jesus mit seinen Eltern, aus dem Tempel heimkehrend; Christ Returning from the Temple with his Parents; Retour d'Egypte], Rembrandt, 1654](https://diglib.hab.de/varia/haum/rembrandt-v3-4550/max/000001.jpg)
