Spanish Art in the US

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 aims to map the most relevant Spanish art pieces across the country and highlight the work of museums and institutions in the U.S. with Spanish art in their collections.

Please note that this is a work in progress, with new museums being added regularly. View the latest updates.

Cincinnati Art Museum

Featured museum this month

One of the oldest arts institutions in the United States and the first purpose-built art museum west of the Allegheny Mountains, the Cincinnati Art Museum features a diverse, encyclopedic art collection of approximately 70,000 works spanning 6,000 years. In addition to studying, conserving, publishing and displaying its collection, the museum organizes several exhibitions each year and hosts national and international traveling exhibitions.

The Cincinnati Art Museum showcases a broad range of Spanish art, featuring extensive collections of paintings, sculptures, and drawings from the 12th to the 21st century. Its prints collection includes over 300 works by Spanish artists. Additionally, the museum displays examples of fashion and decorative arts from Spain.

Spanish artists include Alonso Cano, Anonymous / Unknown, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Cristóbal Balenciaga, El Greco, Fernando Gallego, Francisco de Zurbarán, Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, Jaume Plensa, Joan Junyer, Joan Miró, Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida, José Camino Vaca, Juan de Zurbarán, Juan Gris, Master of San Baudelio, Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dalí.

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