Sewing the sail

Sewing the Sail is a genre scene by Joaquín Sorolla, dated 1896, and belongs to the maritime costumbrismo of his Valencian period. It shows the patient work of stitching a sail, a task tied to life on the coast and its trades. Sorolla trained under Gonzalo Salvá, from whom he inherited a fondness for open-air painting and small formats, a practice Salvá had taken from the Barbizon school. Ignacio Pinazo encouraged his interest in the everyday scenes of Valencia. Trips to Paris and visits to the Salons brought him into contact with French and wider international painting. Although he was initially wary of Impressionism and its broken, small brushstrokes, he gradually adopted Impressionist ways of handling colour. Fortuny's work also left its mark on him, particularly in its meticulous detail and its approach to light.

Painter

Joaquín Sorolla

Date

1896

Medium

oil paint, canvas

Dimensions

220 × 302 cm

Museum

Galleria Internazionale d'Arte Moderna, Venice

Genre

genre art

Depicts

sail, woman, sewing

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