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.

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, with new museums being added regularly. View the latest updates.

Meadows Museum

Featured museum this month

As a division of the Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University (SMU), the Meadows Museum houses one of the largest and most comprehensive collections of Spanish art outside of Spain, with works dating from the 10th to the 21st centuries. The primary collection contains works by renowned painters including El Greco, Velázquez, Ribera, Murillo, Goya, Miró, Sorolla, Dalí and Picasso. Additional highlights include Renaissance-era altarpieces, monumental Baroque canvases, rococo oil sketches, polychrome wood sculptures, Impressionist landscapes, modernist abstractions, a comprehensive collection of the graphic works of Goya, and select sculptures by major twentieth-century masters, including Rodin, Maillol, Giacometti, Moore, Smith, and Oldenburg.

Spanish artists include Anthonis Mor, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Diego Velázquez, El Greco, Fernando Yáñez de la Almedina, Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida, Jusepe de Ribera, Juan Alonso Villabrille y Ron, Juan de Borgoña, María Blanchard and Mariano Fortuny.

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Museums

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San Antonio Museum of Art

Spanish artists include Anonymous / Unknown.

Allentown Art Museum

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

Philadelphia Museum of Art

Spanish artists include Bartolomé de Castro, Bernat Martorell, Francisco de Zurbarán, Jaume Mateu, Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida, Juan de Juanes, Rodrigo de Osona the Elder and Santiago Rusiñol.

NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale

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

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Spanish artists include Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Blasco de Grañén, Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, Jaume Plensa, Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dalí.

San Diego Museum of Art

Spanish artists include Alonso Cano, Bartolomé Bermejo, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, El Greco, Francisco de Zurbarán, Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, Ignacio Zuloaga y Zabaleta, Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida, Jusepe de Ribera, Juan de Valdés Leal, Juan Sánchez Cotán, Martín Bernat, Pedro de Mena and Sofonisba Anguissola.

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Artists

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Periods

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Updates

View the latest published artworks:

Pablo Picasso: Faune et Femme Nue, from the portfolio La Flûte Double. Published on April 25, 2024 in Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art.
Joan Miró: Abstract Forms. Published on April 25, 2024 in Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art.
Joan Miró: Abstract Composition (Black and Color forms). Published on April 25, 2024 in Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art.
Salvador Dalí: La Vache Sacrée (The Sacred Cow). Published on April 25, 2024 in Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art.
Joan Miró: Femme et Oiseau Devant la Lune. Published on April 25, 2024 in Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art.
Salvador Dalí: Frontispiece, from the Twelve Tribes of Israel series. Published on April 25, 2024 in Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art.
Salvador Dalí: Zebulun, from the Twelve Tribes of Israel series. Published on April 25, 2024 in Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art.
Salvador Dalí: Joseph, from the Twelve Tribes of Israel series. Published on April 25, 2024 in Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art.
Salvador Dalí: Judah, from the Twelve Tribes of Israel series. Published on April 25, 2024 in Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art.
Salvador Dalí: Dan, from the Twelve Tribes of Israel series. Published on April 25, 2024 in Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art.