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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 large parts of Spain were a centre for Celtic art , and Iberian sculpture has a distinct style, partly influenced by coastal Greek settlements.
Las Meninas (Spanish for 'The Ladies-in-waiting ' [a] pronounced [las meˈninas]) is a 1656 painting in the Museo del Prado in Madrid, by Diego Velázquez, the leading artist of the Spanish Baroque.
Examples of the impact of Flemish painting on the Spanish still life can be found in the flower paintings by Juan de Arellano and the Vanitas by Antonio de Pereda and Valdés Leal. Jusepe de Ribera's The Clubfoot, a typical raw portrayal of human weakness by Spanish artists; 1642, oil on canvas, 164 × 92 cm, Louvre.
Letras y figuras (Spanish, "letters and figures") is a genre of painting pioneered by José Honorato Lozano during the Spanish colonial period in the Philippines. The art form is distinguished by the depiction of letters of the alphabet using a genre of painting that contoured shapes of human figures, animals, plants, and other objects called ...
This is a list of notable Spanish artists born after 1800. For artists born before this year, see List of Spanish artists (born 1300–1500) and List of Spanish artists (born 1500–1800) This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
During the Second Spanish Republic from 1931 to 1936, the focus was on developing provincial museums. During the Spanish Civil War, upon the recommendation of the League of Nations, the museum staff removed 353 paintings, 168 drawings and the Dauphin's Treasure and sent the art to Valencia, then later to Girona, and finally to Geneva. The art ...
Spanish art curators (15 P) A. Art schools in Spain (1 C, 12 P) B. Basque art (2 C, 4 P) C. Catalan art (6 C, 19 P) Spanish comics (12 C, 11 P) Spanish contemporary ...
Portrait of Goya by Vicente López Portaña, c. 1826. Museo del Prado, Madrid. Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (1746–1828) was a Spanish artist, now viewed as one of the leaders of the artistic movement Romanticism.