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.

Dallas Museum of Art

Featured museum this month

The Dallas Museum of Art (DMA), located in downtown Dallas, Texas, features over 25,000 spanning 5,000 years of history and a range of world cultures, housed in a building designed by Edward Larrabee Barnes and John MY Lee Associates. It offers extensive exhibition spaces and educational programming for all ages –from exhibitions and lectures to concerts, literary events and dramatic performance– making it one of the largest art museums in the U.S, with free general admission for all visitors. As an Open Access institution, the DMA offers digital images of all public-domain artworks in its collection for use by the public.

Spanish artists include Antonio de Pereda y Salgado, Joan Miró, Juan de Juanes, Juan Gris, Juan José Tharrats, Luis Ricardo Falero, Oscar Domínguez, Pablo Picasso, Ramón Casas, Salvador Dalí and Susana Solano.

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