Joaquín SorollaEspanha, 1863–1923Leyendo
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Museu Sorolla
Madrid, Espanha
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Nas palavras do museu — em espanhol
En primer plano, a la izquierda, busto femenino (¿?) de perfil a la derecha, cortado en la parte trasera por una línea vertical. Está sentada, y frente a ella hay otra figura, femenina, sentada. A esta la vemos prácticamente de frente y tiene entre las manos un libro que está leyendo. Parece llevar un velo a la cabeza. Todo el fondo del dibujo está rayado en distintas direcciones, indicando los colores. Parece tratarse de un vagón de tren u otro transporte, con los asientos enfrentados.
Museu Sorolla
Pormenores
Entretanto, na vida de Joaquín Sorolla
A vida inteira1908
Meets Archer Huntington
Large exhibitions in Germany and London met with more restraint than the Paris show, but in England Sorolla met Archer Milton Huntington, who made him a member of the Hispanic Society of America in New York and invited him to exhibit there.
1909
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.
