Joaquín SorollaSpanje, 1863–1923Mag men het zien?
Madrid, Spanje
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En primer término, un sembrado con una figura femenina. Detrás, montaña rojiza que se recorta sobre fondo de celaje de color variado.
Sorolla Museum
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 · Onderscheiding
Knight of the Legion of Honour
1902 · Onderscheiding
Grand cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso XII
1906
Galerie Georges Petit: nearly 500 works
A one-man show at the Galeries Georges Petit in Paris — figures, landscapes, portraits, early works and recent sun-drenched beaches — eclipsed all his earlier successes. His productivity amazed critics, the show was a financial triumph, and it brought him the rank of Officer of the Legion of Honour.
1906 · Onderscheiding
Officer of the Legion of Honour