Toni Garau is a recognized contemporary artist who is moved by the history of the textile industry and how it revolutionized his hometown. The artist has sought to pay tribute to an entire generation of workers – women and men – who, through their effort and dedication, turned the town of Sóller into a prosperous and hopeful city.
The last decades of the 19th and early 20th century marked a period of profound transformation in Sóller, driven by the establishment of multiple industries, mostly encouraged to meet domestic consumption needs but also for comercial export. Sóller's isolated position from the rest of the island and the presence of a commercial port further encouraged local entrepreneurs to start various businesses and industries, ranging from textile factories to electricity companies, and the construction of a railway.