Joaquín Sorolla西班牙, 1863–1923A la izquierda, sofá en diagonal hacia la derecha, en el que están sentadas dos mujeres. La del primer término tiene el cuerpo de perfil a la derecha, mientras que la cabeza la tiene girada hacia el fondo, mirando a la segunda mujer, sentada a su izquierda. Esta segunda mujer lleva vestido oscuro con escote en uve, y lleva la cabeza descubierta. Frente a ellas, a la derecha, figura masculina de perfil a la izquierda sentada en un sillón.
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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.