Vision of Spain, 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).
Vision of Spain
Castilla. La fiesta del pan (1913)
Sevilla. Holy Week Penitents (1914)
Aragón. La jota (1914)
Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida was a Spanish painter. Sorolla excelled in the painting of portraits, landscapes, and monumental works of social and historical themes. His most typical works are characterized by a dexterous representation of the people and landscape under the bright sunlight of Spain and sunlit water.
Platinum print of Sorolla by Gertrude Käsebier, c. 1908
The death of Pedro Velarde y Santillán during the defence of the Monteleon Artillery Barracks, 1884, Museo del Prado, Madrid
Sad Inheritance!, 1899. Crippled children bathing at the sea in Valencia; in the center the image of two children affected by polio (Bancaja Collection)
My Wife and Daughters in the Garden or "Mi Esposa e Hijas en el Jardín" which is the original name, 1910