It isn't hard to find convincing reasons to travel along the Mediterranean! Ernest Canut's velocipede. The arrival in Palma in February 1869 of the first bicycle in history marked the zero kilometer for sport in the Balearic Islands. Flowers, nature, spring colors, booms and blooms of a fresh start. Landscapes in my mind, nature in our soul inside-out. Among leading modern artists portrait painting on commission, that is to order, became increasingly rare. Instead artists painted their friends and lovers in whatever way they pleased. Most of Picasso’s pictures of women, for example, however bizarre, can be identified as portraits of his lovers. At the same time, photography became the most important medium of traditional portraiture, bringing what was formerly an expensive luxury product affordable for almost everyone. Since the 1990s artists have also used video to create living portraits. But portrait painting continues to flourish.