Joaquín Vayreda was a Spanish painter born in Olot. He began his artistic studies at the age of nine under the guidance of Narcís Pascual. He moved to Barcelona to study philosophy and continued his artistic training in the studio of Ramón Martí Alsina. In 1869, he founded the Centre Artístic-Cultural in Olot, which became a focal point of renewal and experimentation in the face of official academicism.

In 1871, he travelled to Paris for the first time and came into contact with the Barbizon school and the first Impressionists. The outbreak of the Carlist War forced him to go into exile in France in 1872, where he remained for three years. On his return, he resumed the activities of the Artistic Centre, and Olot became a centre...