List of Spanish artists
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This is a list of notable Spanish
artist
s born after 1800.
For artists born before this year, see List of Spanish artists (born 1300–1500) and List of Spanish artists (born 1500–1800).
Spanish people
The Spanish are citizens of the Kingdom of Spain. Within Spain, there are also a number of vigorous nationalisms and regionalisms, reflecting the country's complex history....
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Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
s born after 1800.
For artists born before this year, see List of Spanish artists (born 1300–1500) and List of Spanish artists (born 1500–1800).
Born 1801–1850
- Vicente Camaron (1803–1864) Painter
- Rosario WeissRosario WeissMaria del Rosario Weiss was a student and possibly a daughter of Francisco de Goya. She was officially a daughter of don Isidore Weiss and Dona Leocadia Zorrilla, the latter - a housekeeper in the house of Goya and his lover since the death of the painter's wife Josefa Bayeu in 1812.-External...
(1814–1843) Painter - Bernardo López PiquerBernardo López PiquerBernardo López Piquer was a Spanish painter, active in his native Valencia and mainly painting portraits.He was a pupil of his father Vicente Lopez y Portaña...
(1801–1874) - Federico de Madrazo y Kuntz (1815–1894) Painter
- Paco Hernandez (1825–1899) Painter
- Carlos de Haes (1829–1898) Painter
- Vicente Palmaroli GonzálezVicente PalmaroliVicente Palmaroli González was a Spanish painter dedicated mainly to historical gender.- Life :...
(1834–1896) - Antonio Gisbert Pérez (1835–1902) Painter
- Eduardo RosalesEduardo RosalesEduardo Rosales was a Spanish realist painter. He joined the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in 1851, studying under Federico de Madrazo.-References:*...
(1836–1873) Painter - Joaquín Agrasot y Juan (1837–1919)
- José Pineda (1837–1907) Painter
- Mariano Fortuny y Marsal (1838–1874) Painter
- Raimundo de Madrazo y GarretaRaimundo de Madrazo y GarretaRaimundo de Madrazo y Garreta was a Spanish realist painter.He studied painting under his father, Federico de Madrazo, and at the School of the Beaux Arts in Madrid. He was born in Rome, but after 1860 he lived mostly in Paris, where he studied under Léon Cogniet...
(1841–1920) Painter - Francisco Domingo Marqués (1842–1920) Painter
- Francisco Masriera y Manovens (1842–1902) Painter
- Luis Jiménez Aranda (1845–1928) Painter
- Ángel Lizcano Monedero (1846–1929) Painter
- Francisco Pradilla OrtizFrancisco Pradilla OrtizFrancisco Pradilla Ortiz was a prolific Spanish painter famous for creating historical scenes.He was born in Villanueva de Gállego, near Zaragoza in Aragon, and studied initially in Zaragoza and then transferred to the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando and the Academia de Acuarelistas...
(1848–1921) Painter
Born 1851–1900
- Emilio Sánchez-Perrier (1855–1907) Painter
- Joan Brull Vinyoles (1863–1912) Painter
- Ramón de Zubiaurre (1882–1969) Painter
- Luis Ricardo FaleroLuis Ricardo FaleroLuis Ricardo Falero was a Spanish painter. He specialized in female nudes and mythological and fantasy settings. Most of his paintings contained at least one female nude or topless nude...
(1851–1896) - Antoni GaudíAntoni GaudíAntoni Gaudí i Cornet was a Spanish Catalan architect and figurehead of Catalan Modernism. Gaudí's works reflect his highly individual and distinctive style and are largely concentrated in the Catalan capital of Barcelona, notably his magnum opus, the Sagrada Família.Much of Gaudí's work was...
(1852–1926) Architect - Eugenio Lucas Villamil (1858–1918) Painter
- Laureano BarrauLaureano BarrauLaureano Barrau was a Spanish impressionist painter. He began his studies in Barcelona, his native city and afterwards in Madrid where he studied the old Spanish Masters. at the age of 20 he went to Paris and entered the Académie des Beaux-Arts where he had the painter Gerome as tutor...
(1863–1957) Painter - Manuel Garcia y RodriguezManuel Garcia y RodriguezManuel Garcia y Rodriguez was a Spanish painter strongly associated with Seville.-See:*List of Spanish artists...
(1863–1925) Painter - Joaquín Sorolla y BastidaJoaquín Sorolla y BastidaJoaquín Sorolla y Bastida was a Valencian Spanish painter. Sorolla excelled in the painting of portraits, landscapes, and monumental works of social and historical themes...
(1863–1923) Painter - Antonio Fillol Granell (1870–1930) Painter
- Ignacio ZuloagaIgnacio ZuloagaIgnacio Zuloaga y Zabaleta was a Basque Spanish painter, born in Eibar, near the monastery of Loyola. He was the son of metalworker and damascener Plácido Zuloaga and grandson of the organizer and director of the royal armoury in Madrid.-Biography:In his youth, he drew and worked in his father's...
(1870–1945) Painter - Hermenegildo Anglada CamarasaHermenegildo Anglada CamarasaHermenegildo Anglada Camarasa , known in Catalan as Hermenegild Anglada Caramasa, was a Spanish Balearic painter.Born in Barcelona, he studied there at the Llotja School...
(1871–1959) Painter - Mariano Fortuny y MadrazoMariano Fortuny (designer)Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo, , son of the painter Mariano Fortuny y Marsal, was a Spanish fashion designer who opened his couture house in 1906 and continued until 1946.- Life :...
(1871–1949) Designer/Photographer - Joaquim Mir (1873–1940) Painter
- Julio GonzálezJulio González (sculptor)Juli González i Pellicer was a Catalan abstract and cubist painter and sculptor.-Biography:Born in Barcelona, as a young man he worked with his older brother, Joan, in his father's metal smith workshop. Both brothers took evening classes in art at the Escuela de Bellas Artes...
(1876–1942) Sculptor - Julio Romero de TorresJulio Romero de TorresJulio Romero de Torres was a Spanish painter.He was born and died in Córdoba, Spain, where he lived most of his life. His father was the famous painter Rafael Romero Barros and his mother was Rosario de Torres Delgado...
(1880–1930) Painter - María BlanchardMaría BlanchardMaría Gutierrez Blanchard was a Spanish painter.Blanchard was the daughter of journalist Enrique Gutierrez Cueto Blanchard and Concepción Blanchard Santisteban...
(1881–1932) Painter - Pablo GargalloPablo GargalloPablo Emilio Gargallo was a Spanish sculptor and painter.Born in Maella, Aragon, he moved to Barcelona, Catalonia, with his family in 1888, where he would begin his training in the arts. Gargallo developed a style of sculpture based on the creation of three-dimensional objects from pieces of flat...
(1881–1934) Sculptor - Pablo PicassoPablo PicassoPablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso known as Pablo Ruiz Picasso was a Spanish expatriate painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer, one of the greatest and most influential artists of the...
(1881–1973) Painter/Sculptor - Daniel Vázquez DíazDaniel Vázquez DíazDaniel Vázquez Díaz was a Spanish painter.Born in Nerva, Spain, Vázquez Díaz settled in Paris in 1918, where he found cubism to be the ideal form of expression...
(1882–1969) Painter - José María López Mezquita (1883–1954) Painter
- José DeCreeft (1884–1982) Sculptor
- Francisco Pons Arnau (1886-?) Painter
- José Gutierrez Solana (1886–1945) Painter
- Juan GrisJuan GrisJosé Victoriano González-Pérez , better known as Juan Gris, was a Spanish painter and sculptor who lived and worked in France most of his life...
(1887–1927) Painter/Sculptor - Angel Ferrant Vázquez (1890–1961) Sculptor
- José Moya del Piño (1891–1969) Painter/Muralist
- Joan MiróJoan MiróJoan Miró i Ferrà was a Spanish Catalan painter, sculptor, and ceramicist born in Barcelona.Earning international acclaim, his work has been interpreted as Surrealism, a sandbox for the subconscious mind, a re-creation of the childlike, and a manifestation of Catalan pride...
(1893–1983) Painter/Sculptor - José de Togores i Llach (1893–1970) Painter
- Benjamin Palencia (1894–1980) Painter
- Ismael de la Serna (1897–1968)
- Pedro Flores GarciaPedro Flores GarciaPedro Flores Garcia was a painter of the Region of Murcia, Spain.-Childhood and youth:Born in Murcia on February 5, 1897 in a humble family, during his childhood he studied at Marist school and the Jesuits school, but ten years old began working as an apprentice in a decorative paint shop...
(1897–1967) Painter - Francisco Bores LopezFrancisco BoresFrancisco Bores was one of important figures of twentieth century European art. His presence was fundamental in the second wave of Spanish artists who arrived in Paris in the 1920s, in which he included Pablo Picasso, Ginés Parra, Pedro Flores, Antoni Clavé; although in his own country he was not...
(1898–1972) Painter - Luis FernandezLuis FernándezLuis Fernández is a Spanish-French footballer who played as a defender / midfielder. He retired as a player in 1993 to become a manager....
(1900–1973) Painter - Manuel Ángeles Ortiz (1895–1984) Painter
- Mariano AndreuMariano AndreuMariano Andreu was a Spanish painter, drawer, enamelling master, sculptor, and stage designer.He was born in Barcelona in 1888 and lived his early childhood above the "Circo Barcelonés" in the Calle Montserrat. Early on he was affiliated to the "Noucentistes" movement, named by his friend...
(1888–1976) Painter
Born 1901–1950
- Frida KahloFrida KahloFrida Kahlo de Rivera was a Mexican painter, born in Coyoacán, and perhaps best known for her self-portraits....
(1907–1954) Painter - Mercedes Gomez Pablos 1940 Painter
- Gerardo Aparicio 1943 Painter
- Juan Antonio Morales (1909–1984) Painter
- Jose Bardasano Baos (1910–1979) Painter
- Pablo Serrano (1908–1985) Sculptor
- José CaballeroJosé CaballeroJosé Caballero was a Spanish painter.Caballero was born in Huelva, where he studied at the College of the Augustine Fathers. He died in Madrid.-External links:*...
(1915–1991) Painter - Eugenio Fernández Granell (1912–2001), Painter
- Esteban VicenteEsteban VicenteEsteban Vicente Pérez , was an American painter born in Turégano, Spain. He was one of the first generation of New York School abstract expressionists.-Early life:...
(1903–2001) Painter - Salvador DalíSalvador DalíSalvador Domènec Felip Jacint Dalí i Domènech, Marquis de Púbol , commonly known as Salvador Dalí , was a prominent Spanish Catalan surrealist painter born in Figueres,Spain....
(1904–1989) Painter - Óscar DomínguezÓscar DomínguezOscar M. Domínguez was a Spanish surrealist painter.Born in San Cristóbal de La Laguna on the island of Tenerife, Domínguez spent his youth with his grandmother in Tacoronte and devoted himself to painting at a young age after suffering a serious illness which affected his growth and caused a...
(1906–1957) Painter - Antonio León OrtegaAntonio León OrtegaAntonio León Ortega, Ayamonte , December 7, 1907 - Huelva, January 9, 1991, Spanish sculptor, he had his professional education in Madrid and he created a personal style in the Andalusian imagery of the 20th century.- Biography :...
(1907–1991) Sculptor - Jorge OteizaJorge OteizaJorge Oteiza Enbil , was a Basque Spanish sculptor, painter, designer and writer, renowned for being one of the main theorists on Spanish modern art....
(1908–2003) Sculptor - Remedios VaroRemedios VaroRemedios Varo Uranga was a Spanish-Mexican, para-surrealist painter and anarchist. She was born María de los Remedios Varo Uranga in Anglès, Girona, Spain in 1908. During the Spanish Civil War she fled to Paris where she was greatly influenced by the surrealist movement...
(1908–1963) Painter - Emilio Grau SalaEmilio Grau SalaEmilio Grau Sala was a Catalan painter. He studied at the Fine Art Academy of Barcelona and came to France in 1932. He was a famous colorist and illustrator. In the French Salon "Comparaisons", he was a member of the group of Maurice Boitel.-External links:...
(1911–1975) Painter - Antonio Clave born 1913
- Antoni TàpiesAntoni TàpiesAntoni Tàpies i Puig, 1st Marquess of Tàpies is a Catalan painter. He is one of the most famous European artists of his generation. After studying law for 3 years, he devoted himself from 1943 onwards only to his painting...
born 1923 Painter - Eduardo ChillidaEduardo ChillidaEduardo Chillida Juantegui, or Eduardo Txillida Juantegi in Basque, was a Spanish Basque sculptor notable for his monumental abstract works.-Early life and career:...
(1924–2002) Sculptor - Manuel Millares Sall (1926–1972) Painter
- José Balmes born 1927 Painter
- Fernando Rivero born 1928 Painter
- José Comas QuesadaJosé Comas QuesadaJosé Comas Quesada was a Canarian painter born in the Puerto de la Luz, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. He is considered one of the greatest exponents of watercolour painting, both in the Canaries and Spain, of the last quarter of the 20th century.- Artistic beginnings :Comas started in the art of...
(1928–1993) Painter - Antonio Saura Atares (1930–1998) Painter
- Jordi Pagans i MonsalvatjeJordi Pagans i Monsalvatje-Artistic Tradition:Jordi Pagans i Monsalvatje was born in El Masnou , April 18, 1932. Son of Alfred Pagans i Llauró and Clara Monsalvatje i Iglèsias, both coming from families of a long and rich artistic tradition which included members such as the guitar player and singer Llorenç Pagans i Julià ,...
born 1932 Painter - Gaston OrellanaGaston OrellanaGaston Orellana, is a Spanish painter. Orellana was born in Valparaiso, Chile in 1933, son of Spanish immigrant parents Armando de Orellana, an engineer, and Ernestina del Transito née Morgadon. Although born abroad, Orellana was born into the ancient aristocratic house of Orellana la Vieja, from...
born 1933 Painter - Antonio López GarcíaAntonio López GarcíaAntonio López García is a Spanish painter and sculptor, known for his realistic style. He is criticized by some art critics for neo-academism, but praised by others, like Robert Hughes, who consider him a master realist. His style sometimes is deemed hyperrealistic...
born 1936 Painter - Eduardo ArroyoEduardo ArroyoEduardo Arroyo is a Spanish painter and graphic artist. He is also active as an author and set designer.Arroyo, who was born in Madrid, studied art in his home city, but left Spain in 1958 because of his basic contempt for the regime of Francisco Franco and...
born 1937 Painter - Ramón Castellano de TorresRamón Castellano de TorresRamón Castellano de Torres is a Spanish artist. The critics of art are in the habit of cataloguing him as a fundamentally expressionist painter, but his long artistic career and for his wide variety of styles and cultivated technologies makes it extremely risky to do it so categorically.The son...
born 1947 Painter - Pedro CanoPedro CanoPedro Cano was born June 19, 1920 in La Morita, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. He moved to the United States into the small community of Edinburg, Texas when he was 2 months old. There he served as a farm laborer until he volunteered to serve in the Army during World War II...
born 1944 Painter - Ramón Vilanova born 1947 Painter
- William Vega born 1942 painter
Born 1951–2000
- Irene Alexandra (1979-...) Painter, Illustrator, Writer, Director
- Bernardo Torrens born 1951 Painter
- Arthur Sachs born 1953 Painter
- Milica LukicMilica LukicMilica Lukic visual artist, abstract painter working on installations in sculptural projects.- Education :Milica Lukic, born in Belgrade, studied and postgraduated painting at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Belgrade , granted by the University of Arts Belgrade , by Kultur Steiermark -'24...
(1959) Painter - Juan MuñozJuan MuñozJuan Muñoz was a Spanish sculptor, working primarily in paper maché, resin and bronze. He was also interested in the auditory arts and created compositions for the radio. He was a self-described "storyteller"...
(1953–2001) Sculptor - Miroslav Perkovic (1951) Sculptor
- Luis RoyoLuis RoyoLuis Royo is a Spanish artist, known for his sensual and dark paintings, its apocalyptic imagery, his fantasy worlds and mechanical life forms...
Born 1954 Painter/Illustrator - Miquel BarcelóMiquel BarceloMiquel Barceló is a Spanish painter from Felanitx, Majorca.-Career:After having studied at the Arts and Crafts School of Palma for two years, he enrolled at the Fine Arts School of Barcelona in 1974. A year later he returned to Mallorca to participate in the happenings and actions of protest of...
born 1957 Painter - Angel Rengell born 1969 Sculptor, Painter & Designer
- Luccia Lignan born 1980 Painter & Sculptress
- Jorge Ribalta born 1963 Photographer
- Juan Gómez de MoraJuan Gómez de MoraJuan Gómez de Mora was a Spanish architect. His father, also Juan Gómez, was court painter to Philip II of Spain and brother to the architect Francisco de Mora....
Architect - Vicente MartínezVicente MartínezVicente Martinez is a Spanish painter.Martinez presented his work for the first time in public in 1997 and has participated in numerous individual and collective expositions throughout the country.- External links :*...
1958 Painter - Roberto ParadaRoberto ParadaRoberto Parada is a freelance illustrator who has been creating paintings for major American magazines for the past 15 years. Some of the publications include TIME Magazine, Rolling Stone, Reader's Digest, Fortune, Entertainment Weekly, Sports Illustrated and Esquire.Roberto graduated from Pratt...
1969 Painter and Illustrator - Javier CambreJavier CambreJavier Cambre -born Xavier Cambre in San Juan, Puerto Rico, son of a Spanish father and a Puerto Rican mother- is a contemporary artist working in diverse media such as photography, video, collage, text and sculpture...
1966 Sculptor, photographer, videoartist - Gladys Roldan de Moras (1965) Painter
- Joyce Isabel Martinez (1975) Painter
- SixeartSixeartBorn in 1975, Sergio Hidalgo Parades is a contemporary artist from Barcelona known as Sixe art or Sixeart. He started to paint graffiti in the late 1980s. In the mid-90s he developed his multidisciplinary talents in the fields of sculpture and studio painting...
(or Sergio Hidalgo Parades) (1975) Painter, sculptor