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'''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]], [[Diego Velazquez]], [[Bartolomé Esteban Murillo]], [[Francisco de Goya]], [[Pablo Picasso]], [[Joan Miró]] and [[Salvador Dali]] represent some of the most valued artist in [[painting]].  
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'''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]].
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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.
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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/]
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Modern Spanish painting is studied in styles and movements like: [[Impressionism]], [[Symbolism]], [[Cubism]], and [[Surrealism]].
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[[Landscape]] painting is rare in Spanish art.
  
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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/]
 
  
 
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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.  
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File:Francisco de Goya.jpg|Self-Portrait (1826), Francisco de Goya.
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File:Self portrait of Bartolome Esteban Murillo 1670-1673.jpg|Self-Portrait of Bartolome Esteban Murillo, 1670-1673.
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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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Spain has such a strong artistic tradition that Spanish art has become a leading attraction for tourism. [http://www.donquijote.org/culture/spain/art/painters/]
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[[Spain]] has such a strong artistic tradition that Spanish art has become a leading attraction for tourism. [http://www.donquijote.org/culture/spain/art/painters/]
 
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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 the Angel,'' and ''Boys Eating Melon'' are some of this great [[Painting Masterpieces|masterpieces]].  
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File:Assumption of the Virgin Murillo.jpg|La Inmaculada de Soult by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo.
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File:Goya Maria Theresa on horseback.jpg|Goya, Maria Theresa on horseback.
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File:Picasso Still-Life with a Pitcher and Apples.jpg|Picasso, Still-Life with a Pitcher and Apples.
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File:Dalí The Persistence of Memory.jpg|Dalí, The Persistence of Memory.
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[[File:Alonso Cano The Dead Christ Supported by an Angel ca 1648.jpg|thumb|350px|center|Alonso Cano, The Dead Christ Supported by an Angel, ca. 1648.]]
  
 
== See also ==
 
== See also ==
  
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[[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]]
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*[[Famous Spanish Artists]]
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*[[Spanish Still Life Painting]]
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*[[Prehistoric painting]]
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*[[Gallery Francisco de Goya]]
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[[File:Christóbal Ramírez de Arellano Still Life with Grapes, Melon and Apricots.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Christóbal Ramírez de Arellano, Still Life with Grapes, Melon and Apricots.]]
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[[File:Zuloaga y Zabaleta Condesa de Noailles.jpg|thumb|center|[[Ignacio Zuloaga]] Condesa de Noailles, 1913.]]
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== External links ==
 
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[[File:Jesús María Cormán, 5.8 Richter scale.jpg|thumb|Jesús María Cormán, 5.8 Richter scale, 2001.]]
 
*[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.]
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*[http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/paintings/Spanish.html National Gallery of Art :: The Collection :: Paintings :: Spanish.]
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[[File:Mariano Fortuny The Spanish Wedding La vicaría 1870.png|thumb|left|420px|Mariano Fortuny (1838–1874), The Spanish Wedding (La Vicaría), 1870.]]
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[[File:Eduardo Rosales - Juan de Austria s presentation to Emperor Carlos V in Yuste 1868 1869.jpg]]
  
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Eduardo Rosales, Juan de Austria's presentation to Emperor Carlos V in Yuste, 1868-1869.
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[[Category:Painting]]

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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, 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 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 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.

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 Surrealist artist using bizarre dream imagery to create unforgettable and unmistakable landscapes of his inner world. [1]

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

Landscape painting is rare in Spanish art.


  • Las Meninas (Detail) (1656), Diego Velazquez.

  • Self-Portrait of Bartolome Esteban Murillo, 1670-1673.

  • El pintor Francisco de Goya, (1826), Vicente López Portaña.

  • Self-Portrait (1901), Pablo Picasso.

  • Self-Portrait with the Neck of Raphael (1920-1921), Salvador Dali.

Spain has such a strong artistic tradition that Spanish art has become a leading attraction for tourism. [2]

  • La Inmaculada de Soult by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo.

  • Goya, Maria Theresa on horseback.

  • Picasso, Still-Life with a Pitcher and Apples.

  • Dalí, The Persistence of Memory.


Alonso Cano, The Dead Christ Supported by an Angel, ca. 1648.

See also

Luis Meléndez, Still Life with Figs and Bread, ca. 1770.


Christóbal Ramírez de Arellano, Still Life with Grapes, Melon and Apricots.
Ignacio Zuloaga Condesa de Noailles, 1913.

External links

Jesús María Cormán, 5.8 Richter scale, 2001.


Mariano Fortuny (1838–1874), The Spanish Wedding (La Vicaría), 1870.
Miro, The Nightingale's Song at Midnight and the Morning Rain, 1940.


Eduardo Rosales - Juan de Austria s presentation to Emperor Carlos V in Yuste 1868 1869.jpg

Eduardo Rosales, Juan de Austria's presentation to Emperor Carlos V in Yuste, 1868-1869.

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