Joaquin sorolla bastida murals in los angeles

Cycle of paintings by Joaquín Sorolla

Vision of Spain, (Spanish: Visión de España) and also known as The Provinces of Spain, is a 1913–19 series of fourteen monumental canvases by Spanish painter Joaquín Sorolla depicting the customs, costumes, and traditions of regions of Spain.

The series was commissioned by Archie Huntington for the Hispanic Society of America (HSA).^[1]

Background

In 1911, Sorolla met Huntington in Paris and signed a contract to paint a series of oils on life in Spain.

These fourteen magnificent murals range from 12 to 14 feet (3.7 to 4.3 m) in height, and total 227 feet (69 m) in length.^[2][3] The major commission of his career, it would dominate the later years of Sorolla's life.

Huntington had envisioned the work depicting a history of Spain, but the painter preferred the less specific Vision of Spain, eventually opting for a representation of the regions of the Iberian Peninsula,