When exploring the best of Spanish talent in art history, it is worth revisiting the many art movements and influential developments that have emerged from the country’s creative economy.
Zurbarán’s subjects included religious themes, still-lifes, and portraits of religious figures. Zurbarán also served as a painter under King Philip IV of Spain in the first quarter of the 17th century.
Gris developed and explored his personal style through Cubism after working as a satirical cartoonist. Many of his works reflected a monochromatic style of painting.
Salvador Dalí was perhaps one of the best-known Spanish artists and painters of the 20th century whose works hold unique value in European art and Surrealism for their strange and captivating compositions.
The Spanish mixed media artist traversed many art movements since the end of World War II and had become one of the most renowned Spanish artists of his generation.
Global Contemporary Spanish painter Lita Cabellut is one of the most famous Spanish multimedia artists of the 21st century whose large-scale paintings reflect her inner world's innovative interpretation of subjects.
Drawing from major art styles such as Orphism and abstraction, graphic painter Regina Gimenez is one of the most famous Spanish abstract artists of the 21st century.