"The fashion industry's promotion of beauty as meaning stick thin is damaging to young grils' self-image and to their health, " said British Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell at the weekend, urging London Fashion Week to follow Madrid's example.
The locations featured in these paintings are unrecognisable today but the dual meaning of the beach - a place that is both semi-sacred in its natural beauty and also verging on the profane with its good times - has only continued to grow more powerful.