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Spanish Art History and Sitemap

Spanish art has been an important contributor to Western art and Spain has produced many famous and influential artists including Velázquez, Goya and Picasso.
Spanish art was particularly influenced by Italy and France during the Baroque and Neoclassical periods, but Spanish art has often had very distinctive characteristics, partly explained by the Moorish heritage in Spain (especially in Andalusia), and through the political and cultural climate in Spain during the Counter-Reformation and the subsequent eclipse of Spanish power under the Bourbon dynasty.

Pablo Picasso - Embrace, 1900

Vicente Romero

The prehistoric art of Spain had many important periods-it was one of the main centres of European Upper Paleolithic art and the rock art of the Spanish Levant in the subsequent periods.
In the Iron Age north-western Spain was a centre for Celtic art, and Iberian sculpture has a distinct style, partly influenced by coastal Greek settlements.
Spain was conquered by the Romans by 200 BC and Rome was rather smoothly replaced by the Germanic Visigoths in the 5th century AD, who represented only a small ruling class, who soon Christianized.

Francisco Ribera Gomez (1907-1990)

The relatively few remains of Visigothic art and architecture show an attractive and distinct version of wider European trends, but the Muslim conquest of most of Spain in the 8th century was a massive disruption and transformation.
Over the following centuries the wealthy courts of Al-Andaluz produced many works of exceptional quality, culminating in the Alhambra in Granada, right at the end of Muslim Spain.
Meanwhile, the parts of Spain remaining Christian, or that were re-conquered, were prominent in Pre-Romanesque and Romanesque art, especially in Catalonia.

Francisco Ribera Gomez (1907-1990)
Francisco Ribera Gomez (1907-1990)

Late Gothic Spanish art flourished under the unified monarchy in the Isabelline Gothic and Plateresque styles, and the already strong traditions in painting and sculpture began to benefit from the influence of imported Italian artists.

Francisco Ribera Gomez (1907-1990)
Francisco Ribera Gomez (1907-1990)
The enormous wealth that followed the flood of American gold saw lavish spending on the arts in Spain, much of it directed at religious art in the Counter-Reformation.
Spanish control of the leading centre of North European art, Flanders, from 1483 and also of the Kingdom of Naples from 1548, both ending in 1714, had a great influence on Spanish art, and the level of spending attracted artists from other areas, such as El Greco, Rubens and (from a safe distance) Titian in the Spanish Golden Age, as well as great native painters such as Diego Velázquez, José de Ribera, Francisco Zurbarán and Bartolomé Esteban Murillo.
Spanish Baroque architecture has survived in large quantity, and has both strains marked by exuberant extravagance, as in the Churrigueresque style, and a rather severe classicism, as in the work of Juan de Herrera.

Jaume Plensa
Jaume Plensa

It was generally the former which marked the emerging art and Spanish Colonial architecture of the Spanish Empire outside Europe, as in Latin America (New Spanish Baroque and Andean Baroque), while the Baroque Churches of the Philippines are simpler.
The decline of the Habsburg monarchy brought this period to an end, and Spanish art in the 18th and early-19th century was generally less exciting, with the huge exception of Francisco Goya.

The rest of 19th-century Spanish art followed European trends, generally at a conservative pace, until the Catalan movement of Modernisme, which initially was more a form of Art Nouveau. Picasso dominates Spanish Modernism in the usual English sense, but Juan Gris, Salvador Dalí and Joan Miró are other leading figures.

Francisco Ribera Gomez (1907-1990)
Francisco Ribera Gomez (1907-1990)

Francisco Ribera Gomez (1907-1990)

List of Spanish Artists: Painters, Sculptors, Photographers, Poets, Musicants, Writers and the artistic movements definition

DeAngel, 1966 | Surrealist / Hyperrealist painter
Salvador Dali | Surrealist painter and sculptor
Pedro Salinas / Bill Bate | If you would call me / Se tu mi chiamassi / Si me llamaras..
Lluís Ribas, 1949 | Figurative / Hyper-realist painter
Vicente Romero, 1956 | Figurative painter
Chelìn Sanjuan, 1967 | Surrealist painter
Federico Beltran Masses | Symbolist / Art Déco painter
Montserrat Gudiol (1933-2015) | Symbolist / Figurative painter
Nicoletta Tomas Caravia, 1963 | Fantasy / Figurative painter
Ricardo Casal, 1957 | Figurative painter
Jusepe de Ribera | Baroque Era painter
Fernand Pelez | Genre / Academic painter
Ignacio Zuloaga | Genre painter
José Cruz Herrera (Spanish, 1890-1972) | Genre painter
Francisco Ribera Gomez | Romantic Figurative painter
Pedro Salinas / Giovanni Prini | Io di più non posso darti / I cannot give you more..
Francisco Goya | Drawing
Joan Brull (1863-1912) | Symbolist painter
Soledad Fernandez, 1949 | Figurative painter
Lluís Ribas, 1949 | Luminist painter
Charles Bukowski | I can't stop thinking about you / Non ho smesso di pensarti
Alberto Pancorbo, 1956 | Fantastic Realism painter
Jaume Huguet | Early Renaissance painter
Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta | Genre painter
Juan de Flandes | Northern Renaissance painter
Felix Revello de Toro, 1926 | Figurative / Portrait painter
Mariano Fortuny | Orientalist painter
Vicente López y Portaña | Neoclassical painter
Francisco De Zurbarán | Baroque Era painter ⁽²⁾
Francisco De Zurbarán | Baroque Era painter
Jusepe de Ribera | Baroque Era painter ⁽²⁾
José de Ribera | Baroque Era painter
Faustino Martin Gonzalez | Watercolour painter
Marc Figueras, 1981 | Hyper-realist painter
Isabel Miramontes, 1962 | Abstract surrealist sculptor
Jesus Navarro, 1952 | Hyperrealist painter
Juan Gonzalez Alacreu, 1937 | Impressionist /Genre painter
Federico Beltrán-Masses | Symbolist / Art Déco painter | Part. 2
Federico Beltrán Masses / Lorca | Tres Para Uno / Three for one, 1934
Enrique Serra y Auque | Romantic Landscape painter
Juan Fortuny, 1939 | Impressionist / Realist / Figurative painter
Salvador Fuster Vercher, 1966 | Portrait /Cityscape painter
Ricardo Sanz, 1957 | Portrait /Figurative painter *
Pablo Picasso | Cubist / Surrealist painter | Part. 2
Pablo Picasso | Cubist / Surrealist painter | Part. 1
Pablo Picasso | Il Guernica, 1937 | Art in Detail
Pablo Picasso | Cubist / Surrealist painter
Oscar Pardo, 1967 | Abstract Figurative painter
José Puyet | Modern Impressionist painter
Alfredo Roldan, 1965 | Figurative Cubism painter
David Farres, 1955 | Portrait / Figurative / Cityscape painter
Nydia Lozano, 1947 | Impressionist Figurative painter
Shakespeare | Shall I compare thee to a summer's day.. / Dovrei paragonarti a un giorno d'estate..
Spanish Artists | Sitemap
Lita Cabellut, 1961 | Mixed media Fresco style painter
Fidel Molina, 1971 | Figurative /Cityscape painter
Arantza Sestayo, 1964 | Fantasy Art in Gothic style
Remembering Arquer Buigas (1932-2012) | Master of impressionist figures
Pedro Fausto, 1955 | Abstract Figurative painter
Dario de Regoyos | Plein air painter
Angel De Cáceres García, 1966 | Figurative /Portrait Neo-Romanticism painter
Alvar Suñol, 1935 | Figurative Cubist /Abstract painter /sculptor
Antonio Tordesillas, 1960 | Figurative painter
Fernando Pedrosa, 1947 | Hyperrealist Figurative painter
Salvador Dali | Surrealist Newton, 1977
Salvador Dali | Surrealist / Dadaist / Cubist painter and sculptor | Part. 3
Salvador Dali | Surrealist / Dadaist / Cubist painter and sculptor | Part. 2
Salvador Dali | Watercolors
Salvador Dali | Drawing
Genaro Pérez Villaamil | Romantic Historical-scenes painter
Eugenio Lucas Villaamil | Genre painter
Eugenio Lucas Velázquez | Romantic painter
Daniel González Poblete, 1944 | Figurative Realist painter
Daniel Coves, 1985 | Abstract Figurative painter
Francisco de Goya | La maja desnuda and La maja vestida, 1820-1823
Man-O-Matic, 1982 | Street Art painter
Francisco Goya | The Marquise of Santa Cruz / La marchesa di Santa Cruz, 1805
Francisco Goya | The Disasters of War / I disastri della guerra, 1810-1820
Diego Velázquez | Baroque Era painter
Joaquín Sorolla | Quotes /Aforismi
Joaquín Sorolla | Realist /Impressionist painter | Part.2
Oscar Mersch | Cityscape painter
Emilio Payés, 1935 | Paris painting
El Greco | Mannerist painter | Detail painting
Tomasa Martin, 1960 | Minimalist /Mixed media painter
Rubén Belloso Adorna, 1986 | Hyperrealist Portrait painter
David Agenjo, 1977 | Conceptual painter
Ramón Gutiérrez, 1966 | Figurative Abstract and Mixed media painter
Jordi Feliu, 1952 | Abstract Mixed media painter
Picasso: Painting is a blind man's profession..
Picasso's Women
William Shakespeare ~ I Sonetti, 1609
E. L. Doctorow: Scrivere è un'esplorazione. Parti dal nulla, ed impari mentre procedi..
Picasso: Il peggior nemico della creatività è il buon gusto
Guillermo Gómez Gil | Seascape painter
Angeles Anglada, 1965 | Figurative sculptress
Santiago Rusiñol i Prats ~ Modernist/Symbolist painter
Eliseo Meifrén y Roig | Impressionist painter
Museum Masterpieces [Part.4]
Alberto Gálvez, 1963 ~ Figurative painter
Diego L. Rodríguez ~ Abstract illustrator
Juan Gonzalez Alacreu, 1937 | Impressionist painter
Ramon Casas i Carbo ~ Catalan Modernism and avant-garde movements
Enric Torres Prat, 1938 ~ Figurative painter [Part 2]
Enric Torres Prat, 1938 ~ Figurative painter [Part 1]
Laurentino Marti, 1946 ~ Watercolor painter
Paco de Lucia, il Maestro del Flamenco
Paco Yuste ~ Hyperrealist painter
Gabriel Picart, 1962 - Realistic Figurative painter
Josep Teixido, 1956 | Abstract palette knife painter
Juan Fortuny, 1939 | Impressionist / Realist painter
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
Josep Costa Vila, 1953
Rabindranath Tagore /Antonio Tordesillas | Sonno /Sleep
Victor Hugo / Picasso ~ Non guardare il volto..
Eduardo Úrculo ~ Pop Art painter
Pablo Picasso ~ The Bather series
Felipe Santamans, 1951 | Figurative / Still life painter
Francisco Sanchis Cortés / Stendhal
Francisco Sanchis Cortés, 1969 | Impressionist figurative painter
Pedro Salinas / Jean Delville ~ L'Invito
Jose Royo, 1941 ~ Sol de la isla
Luis Romero, 1948 ~ Spanish Spray Paint painter
Jose Royo, 1941 ~ Spanish Impressionist painter
Carmen Alberti-Nothelfer, 1968 | Figurative painter
Joan Beltràn Bofill ~ Impressionist Figurative painter
Beatriz Martin Vidal, 1973 | Surrealist illustrator
Mònica Castanys, 1973 ~ Impressionist Figurative painter
Diaz Alamà, 1986 ~ Concept painter
Guim Tió Zarraluki, 1987 ~ Spanish Abstract painter
Evita Medina | Surrealist painter
François Batet | Art Déco painter
Juan Soler, 1951 | Parisian Street Scenes
Pablo Picasso ~ Watercolors
Pere Pruna | Portrait /Figurative painter
Emilia Castañeda, 1943 | The Secret Gardens
Marcos Rey, 1978 | Realist painter
Pablo Picasso: "Non giudicare sbagliato ciò che non conosci.."
Joan Marti
Gala, la passione surreale di Salvador Dali
Almudena Pintado, 1969 ~ Abstract Mixed media painter
Tomás Taure Alonso, 1944 ~ Moments
Antonio Fuertes, 1940 | Figurative painter
Pablo Segarra Chias, 1945 | Realistic Figurative painter
The Altamira cave paintings
Salvador Dali | Quotes / Aforismi
La Plaza de España di Siviglia
Pablo Picasso: Datemi un museo e ve lo riempirò!
Antonio Guzmán Capel, 1960 ~ Hyperrealist painter
Andreu Martró | Abstract Portrait painter
Maria Amaral, 1950 ~ Figurative painter
Oscar Wilde / Alberto Pancorbo
Ignacio Larra, 1954 ~ Figurativ Mural painter
Jaume Plensa, 1955 ~ Conceptual sculptor
Juan Gris ~ Cubist synthetic painter
Alex Alemany, 1943 | Hyperrealist / Symbolist painter
Immaculada Juarez, 1975 | Realist painter
Dalila Del Valle ~ Hyperrealist fantastic painter
Pablo Picasso | The figure
Pablo Picasso ~ The Portraits
Ignacio Zuloaga | Genre /Realist painter
Fabio Hurtado, 1960
Felix Mas, 1935
Joaquín Sorolla | Realist /Impressionist painter | Part.1
Cayetano De Arquer Buigas, 1932 | Impressionist Figurative painter
Nicoletta Tomas, 1963 | Figurative painter | VideoArt
Manolo Valdés,1942
Arturo Souto Feijoo [1902-1964]
Dino Valls, 1959 | Surrealist painter
Manuel Gil Perez [1925-1957]
Iban Barrenetxea, 1973 | Fantasy Art
Carmen Giraldez, 1976 | Conceptual painter
Roman Frances, 1950
Ricardo Sanz, 1957 | Portrait / Figurative painter
Eduardo Naranjo, 1944 | Neorealist /Surrealist painter
German Aracil, 1965
Ingrid Tusell Domingo, 1978
Nicoletta Tomas / Pablo Neruda ~ Ormai sei mia..
Isabel Guerra ~ Hyperrealist painter
Remedios Varo | Surrealist painter
Pedro Sanz Gonzalez
Julio Romero de Torres
Pablo Picasso / Alda Merini ~ Alla tua salute, amore mio
Stanislavas Sugintas
Javier Sanz Barrera, 1949
Salustiano Garcia Cruz
Pablo Picasso ~ Gli aforismi
Joan Miró ~ Surrealist painter
José Rivas
Thomas M. Thomson ~ Fantasy painter
Cohen Fusé
Pablo Picasso: I computer sono inutili. Ti sanno dare solo risposte..
Salvador Dali ~ Zodiac sign
Salvador Dalì ~ Toreador allucinogeno
Francisco Goya | Rococo Era /Romantic painter and Printmaker
Salvador Dali | Self-portraits
Kahlil Gibran / Pablo Picasso | Ti amo terribilmente..

Francisco Ribera Gomez (1907-1990)

Francisco Ribera Gomez (1907-1990)

Francisco Ribera Gomez (1907-1990)

Francisco Ribera Gomez (1907-1990)

Francisco Ribera Gomez (1907-1990)

Francisco Ribera Gomez (1907-1990)

Jaume Plensa
Jaume Plensa

Jaume Plensa
Jaume Plensa


Alfredo Roldan

Emilia Castagneda

Joaquin Sorolla (1863-1923)

Joaquin Sorolla (1863-1923)

Joaquin Sorolla (1863-1923)

Joaquin Sorolla (1863-1923)

Joaquin Sorolla (1863-1923)


Salvador Dali

Nydia Lozano

Pablo Picasso

Picasso et Brigitte Bardot, Paris, 1956


Salvador Dali

Vicente Romero

Vicente Romero