Los murales para el Waldorf Astoria de Nueva York en 1929 acaban en Boadilla tras una disputa entre Madrid y Cataluña
EL PAÍS accede al expediente de Madrid para proteger 15 pinturas murales del pintor Josep María Sert y que la Generalitat quería convertir en Bien de Interés Cultural desde 1987
In 1929, a series of 15 mural paintings by Josep María Sert were commissioned to embellish the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York, the city's most luxurious establishment at the time. These murals, which cost a staggering $150,000 in 1929, were the artist's response to the tumultuous era marked by the Spanish Civil War and World War II. Sert, a painter of real life scenes, was deeply influenced by the events of his time.
The murals were originally installed in the hotel, which became the benchmark of luxury, with a room dedicated to Sert himself. However, they have since ended up in Boadilla del Monte, a financial district in Madrid, due to a dispute between Madrid and Catalonia over their cultural heritage. Despite Catalonia initiating the process to declare the paintings as a Cultural Heritage site, it was Madrid that secured their protection almost 40 years later.
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