Under the Awning, Zarautz
- Date
- 1910
- Material
- Oil on canvas
- depicts
- Zarautz, País Vasco region, Spain, Europe
- Classification
- Paintings
- Collection
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Current Location
- On View, Gallery 218
- Dimensions
- 39 × 45 in. (99.1 × 114.3 cm)
framed: 49 3/8 × 55 1/8 × 2 11/16 in. (125.4 × 140 × 6.8 cm) - Credit Line
- Museum Purchase
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 20:1911
NOTES
A scalloped canopy shades the artist’s wife and daughters on the beach at Zarautz in northern Spain. The strong sea breeze blows back their veils in diaphanous clouds. Joaquín Sorolla painted this work outdoors on the same beach, which allowed him to capture the fleeting effects of the sun, sea, and wind. Paintings like this one earned Sorolla international fame. The Saint Louis Art Museum presented a major exhibition of Sorolla’s art in 1911, from which Under the Awning was purchased only a year after it was made.
Provenance
1911/04/11–
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from the artist [1]
Notes:
[1] Minutes of the Board of Control of the City Art Museum, April 11, 1911.
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from the artist [1]
Notes:
[1] Minutes of the Board of Control of the City Art Museum, April 11, 1911.
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