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[[File:The Prado Museum.jpg|thumb|The Prado Museum.]]

[[File:The Prado Museum.jpg|thumb|The Prado Museum.]]

'''Spanish Painting''' has a rich and famous collection of artworks. Among his artists are some of the greatest in art history. Names like [[El Greco]], [[Francisco de Zurbarán]], [[Diego Velazquez]], [[Alonso Cano]], [[Bartolomé Esteban Murillo]], [[Francisco de Goya]], [[Joaquín Sorolla]], [[Pablo Picasso]], [[Joan Miró]] and [[Salvador Dali]] represent some of the most valued artist in [[painting]].  

'''Spanish Painting''' has a rich and famous collection of artworks. Among his artists are some of the greatest in art history. Names like [[El Greco]], [[Francisco de Zurbarán]], [[Diego Velazquez]], [[Alonso Cano]], [[Bartolomé Esteban Murillo]], [[Francisco de Goya]], [[Joaquín Sorolla]], [[Ignacio Zuloaga]], [[Pablo Picasso]], [[Juan Gris]], [[Joan Miró]] and [[Salvador Dali]] represent some of the most valued artist in [[painting]].  

The [[Spanish Golden Age]], seventeenth century, produced outstanding artworks in [[Mannerism|Mannerist]] and [[Baroque ]] style. ''The Burial of Count Orgaz, Las Meninas, Surrender of Breda, The Painter Before Christ Crucified, Dead Christ Supported by an Angel,'' and ''Boys Eating Melon'' are some of this great [[Painting Masterpieces|masterpieces]].

The [[Spanish Golden Age]], seventeenth century, produced outstanding artworks in [[Mannerism|Mannerist]] and [[Baroque]] style. ''The Burial of Count Orgaz, Las Meninas, Surrender of Breda, The Painter Before Christ Crucified, Dead Christ Supported by an Angel,'' and ''Boys Eating Melon'' are some of this great [[Painting Masterpieces|masterpieces]]. Diego Velázquez as a portraitist is acknowledged as one of the world greatest painters. Murillo was one of the most famous artists in all of Europe, far more famous even than Velázquez.

Diego Velázquez as a portraitist is acknowledged as one of the greatest painters. In the 18th century Goya dominated Spanish painting. Picasso is considered one of the most prolific artists in history and a major figure in 20th-century art. ''Salvador Dali was probably the greatest [[Surrealism|Surrealist]] artist using bizarre dream imagery to create unforgettable and unmistakable landscapes of his inner world.'' [http://www.spanish-fiestas.com/culture/spanish-artists/]

In the 18th century Goya dominated Spanish painting. Mariano Fortuny (1838–1874) and Eduardo Rosales (1836–1873) are considered among the important Spanish painters of the nineteenth century after Goya. Picasso is one of the most prolific artists in history and a major figure in 20th century art. ''Salvador Dali was probably the greatest [[Surrealism|Surrealist]] artist using bizarre dream imagery to create unforgettable and unmistakable landscapes of his inner world.'' [http://www.spanish-fiestas.com/culture/spanish-artists/]

Modern Spanish painting is studied in styles and movements like: [[Impressionism]], [[Symbolism]], [[Cubism]], and [[Surrealism]].

Modern Spanish painting is studied in styles and movements like: [[Impressionism]], [[Symbolism]], [[Cubism]], and [[Surrealism]].

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File:Velazquez Meninas Detail.jpg|Las Meninas (Detail) (1656), Diego Velazquez.  

File:Velazquez Meninas Detail.jpg|Las Meninas (Detail) (1656), Diego Velazquez.  

File:Francisco de Goya.jpg|Self-Portrait (1826), Francisco de Goya.

File:Francisco de Goya.jpg|El pintor Francisco de Goya, (1826), Vicente López Portaña.  

File:Picasso Self-Portrait 1901.jpg|Self-Portrait (1901), Pablo Picasso.

File:Picasso Self-Portrait 1901.jpg|Self-Portrait (1901), Pablo Picasso.

File:Dali.jpg|Self-Portrait with the Neck of Raphael (1920-1921), Salvador Dali.

File:Dali.jpg|Self-Portrait with the Neck of Raphael (1920-1921), Salvador Dali.

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File:Goya Maria Theresa on horseback.jpg|Goya, Maria Theresa on horseback.  

File:Goya Maria Theresa on horseback.jpg|Goya, Maria Theresa on horseback.  

File:Picasso Still-Life with a Pitcher and Apples.jpg|Picasso, Still-Life with a Pitcher and Apples.

File:Picasso Still-Life with a Pitcher and Apples.jpg|Picasso, Still-Life with a Pitcher and Apples.

== See also ==

== See also ==

[[File:Zuloaga y Zabaleta Condesa de Noailles.jpg|thumb|[[Ignacio Zuloaga]] Condesa de Noailles, 1913.]]

 

[[File:Luis Meléndez, Still Life with Figs and Bread, ca. 1770 .jpg|thumb|220px|Luis Meléndez, Still Life with Figs and Bread, ca. 1770.]]

*[[Gallery of Spanish Masterpieces]]

*[[Gallery of Spanish Masterpieces]]

*[[Famous Spanish Artists]]

*[[Famous Spanish Artists]]

*[[Spanish Still Life Painting]]

*[[Spanish Still Life Painting]]

*[[Prehistoric painting]]

*[[Prehistoric painting]]

== External links ==

== External links ==

 

*[http://www.donquijote.org/culture/spain/art/painters/ Spanish painters.]

*[http://www.donquijote.org/culture/spain/art/painters/ Spanish painters.]

*[http://www.spanish-fiestas.com/culture/spanish-artists/ Spanish Artists.]

*[http://www.spanish-fiestas.com/culture/spanish-artists/ Spanish Artists.]

*[http://www.spanish-art.org/spanish-painting-middle.html Spanish Painting from XIV to XVIII Centuries.]

*[http://www.spanish-art.org/spanish-painting-middle.html Spanish Painting from XIV to XVIII Centuries.]

*[http://www.wga.hu/tours/spain/p_17.html Baroque Painting: The Golden Age.]

*[http://www.wga.hu/tours/spain/p_17.html Baroque Painting: The Golden Age.]

[[File:Miro The-nightingale-s-song-at-midnight-and-the-morning-rain.jpg|thumb|center|300px|Miro, The Nightingale's Song at Midnight and the Morning Rain, 1940.]]

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