In 1927, the young Sven Erixson received a small grant from Slöjdföreningen. He took his savings and the grant money and traveled abroad. The year before, he had taken a long trip to Paris and the south of France, which had taught him a great deal about the world and made him more travel-wise. The painting in this auction was painted during the trip to Spain that was made possible by the grant. After visiting Valencia, Granada and Madrid, Sven reached Mallorca on January 25, 1928, and on the same day, in a letter to his missing fiancée, he described his strong experiences of the Mediterranean island: “it is magnificent, that is for sure, and I hope it will leave its mark on my canvases. The almond trees are now blooming everywhere and you can believe it is a beautiful sight”. Sven Erixson's paintings from this short stay in Mallorca, described by him as “one of the happiest periods”, are characterized by a fresh spontaneity and colorism clearly inspired by the southern climate and the encounter with the southern culture came to have a great impact on his continued painting.