In the milder months of 1903¿1905, Chris Jorgensen and his wife, Angela, traveled to each of the twenty-one California mission sites, where Jorgensen produced eighty watercolor studies of the buildings, most of which were in ruins by then. In the early years of the twentieth century, there was renewed interest in mission history, and Jorgensen¿s paintings of the buildings, helped promote a mission preservation movement that remains vital to this day. At Mission San Francisco Solano in Sonoma, California, the California State Parks is proud to curate this exhibit of the largest selection of Jorgensen¿s mission paintings.