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Spanish art started being collected by North Americans as a private initiative and was later followed by museums. The initial interest in Spanish art from the Golden Age was later extended to more recent periods in time. During this process, Spanish art went from being perceived as something eccentric in the history of art to being placed at the very center of the canon within the context of modernity. Nowadays, Spanish art has a country-wide presence that goes from coast to coast.
María Dolores Jiménez-Blanco, “Spanish Art in the United States” by in Illustrating Spain in the US (2022).

Spanish Art in the US is an interactive microsite that aims to map the most relevant Spanish art pieces across the country and highlight the work of museums and institutions in the US with Spanish art in their collections.

Have you ever thought of how a particular art piece arrived at a certain museum or what is the story behind a world-famous artwork? Spanish Art in the US walks you into the world of Spanish art and helps you discover all its hidden secrets.

Please note that this is a work in progress and that more museums will be added shortly.

Museums

Explore the collection by museum holdings:

Walters Art Museum

Spanish artists include Alonso Cano, Alonso Sánchez Coello, Anonymous / Unknown, Eduardo Zamacois y Zabala, El Greco, Mariano Fortuny, Martín Rico y Ortega, Pedro Orrente and Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta.

Allentown Art Museum

Spanish artists include Esteban Vicente, Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, Joan Miró and Salvador Dalí.

Cleveland Museum of Art

Spanish artists include Agustín Esteve y Marqués, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Diego Velázquez, El Greco, Francisco de Zurbarán, Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, José de Ribera, Mariano Fortuny, Master of Rubielos de Mora and Pablo Picasso.

University of Arizona Museum of Art

Spanish artists include Fernando Gallego, José de Ribera, Juan de Juanes, Maestro Bartolomé and Master of the Catholic Kings.

NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale

Spanish artists include Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, Juan Genovés, Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dalí.

Rollins Museum of Art

Spanish artists include Felipe Vigarny, Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes and Jaume Plensa.

Kreeger Museum

Spanish artists include Joan Miró and Pablo Picasso.

Columbia Museum of Art

Spanish artists include Alonso Miguel de Tovar, Antonio Vasquez, Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes and Juan de Pareja.

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Artists

Explore the collection by Spanish artists:

Aceves, Tomas
Anonymous / Unknown
Blanchard, María
Canes, Francisco
Cano, Alonso
Castillo y Saavedra, Antonio del
Chillida, Eduardo
Dalí, Salvador
de Borgoña, Juan
de Castro, Bartolomé
de Juanes, Juan
de Mena, Pedro
de Osona the Elder, Rodrigo
de Zurbarán, Francisco
El Greco
El Greco and workshop
Esteve y Marqués, Agustín
Flandes, Juan de
Fortuny, Mariano
Gallego, Fernando
Genovés, Juan
Goya y Lucientes, Francisco José de
Gris, Juan
Juan van der, Hamen y León
Leonardo, José
López y Portaña, Vicente
Madrazo y Garreta, Raimundo de
Maestro Bartolomé
Maíno, Juan Bautista
Martorell, Bernat
Master of Osma
Master of Rubielos de Mora
Master of the Catholic Kings
Mateu, Jaume
Meléndez, Luis
Miró, Joan
Mor, Anthonis
Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban
Orrente, Pedro
Pareja, Juan de
Picasso, Pablo
Plensa, Jaume
Quintanilla Martínez, Isabel
Ribera, José de
Rico y Ortega, Martín
Roldán (La Roldana), Luisa
Ruiz Gijón, Francisco Antonio
Rusiñol, Santiago
Sánchez Coello, Alonso
Sorolla y Bastida, Joaquín
Tàpies, Antoni
Tovar, Alonso Miguel de
Vasquez, Antonio
Velázquez, Diego
Vicente, Esteban
Vigarny, Felipe
Villabrille y Ron, Juan Alonso
Yáñez de la Almedina, Fernando
Zamacois y Zabala, Eduardo

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Periods

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