Sargent and Sorolla: group Portraits
Sargent and Sorolla were notably close in their approach to group portraits and in their manner of resolving them. Both artists aimed at innovation in their portraits of the bourgeoisie, imbuing the genre not so much with solemnity as with the grandeur of the Baroque court portrait.
Sargent and Sorolla were notably close in their approach to group portraits and in their manner of resolving them. Both artists aimed at innovation in their portraits of the bourgeoisie, imbuing the genre not so much with solemnity as with the grandeur of the Baroque court portrait.
John Singer Sargent
Essie, Ruby and Ferdinand, Children of Asher Wertheimer, 1902
Oil on canvas. 161.3 x 193.7 cm
Tate, London
Essie, Ruby and Ferdinand, Children of Asher Wertheimer, 1902
Oil on canvas. 161.3 x 193.7 cm
Tate, London
Joaquín Sorolla
My Children, 1904
Oil on canvas. 160.5 x 230.5 cm
Museo Sorolla, Madrid
My Children, 1904
Oil on canvas. 160.5 x 230.5 cm
Museo Sorolla, Madrid
Joaquín Sorolla
Señora de Sorolla and Her Daughters, 1910
Oil on canvas. 166 x 206 cm
Masaveu Collection, Oviedo
Señora de Sorolla and Her Daughters, 1910
Oil on canvas. 166 x 206 cm
Masaveu Collection, Oviedo