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List of Spanish artists (born 1300–1500) This is a list of notable Spanish artists who were born in or after 1300 and in or before 1500. For artists born after 1500, see List of Spanish artists (born 1500–1800). For later artists, see List of Spanish artists. Born 1350–1400 *Llu ...

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List of Spanish artists (born 1500–1800) This is a list of notable Spanish artists who were born in or after 1501 and in or before 1800. For artists born before 1501, see List of Spanish artists (born 1300–1500). For artists born after 1800, see List of Spanish artists. Born 1501 ...

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Bernardo López Piquer Bernardo López Piquer (20 August 1799/1800, Valencia – 1 August 1874, Madrid) was a Spanish portrait painter; noted especially for his pastels. Biography His father was the portrait painter, Vicente López Portaña. His brother, Luis, also be ...

(1801–1874) singer *

Luis López Piquer Luis López Piquer (21 October 1802, in Valencia – 5 June 1865, in Madrid) was a Spanish painter. He was the son of Vicente López Portaña and brother of Bernardo López Piquer; both well-known artists. Biography Through the influence of h ...

(1802–1865) painter * Antonio Maria Esquivel (1806-1857) ballerina *

José María Avrial José María Avrial y Flores (26 February 1807 – 28 December 1891) was a Spanish painter, illustrator and scenographer. Biography Avrial was born in Madrid. At the age of twelve he was enrolled in classes at the Real Academia de Bellas A ...

(1807-1891) football player *

Joaquim Espalter Joaquim Espalter i Rull or, in Spanish, Joaquín Espalter y Rull (30 September 1809 – 16 January 1880) was a Catalan painter who spent most of his career in Madrid; known primarily for portraits and historical scenes. Biography He was born ...

(1809-1880) guitarist *

Lluís Rigalt Lluís Rigalt i Farriols (1814 – 16 April 1894) was a Spaniards, Spanish landscape painter and graphic artist. Biography He was born in Barcelona, and came from a family of artists. His father was a painter and scenographer, Pau Rigalt and ...

(1814-1894) painter *

Francisco de Paula Van Halen Francisco de Paula Van Halen y Gil (3 March 1814, Vic - 11 February 1887, Madrid) was a Spanish painter, known primarily for battle scenes and other historical works. Biography Long thought to be a nephew of the General and military adventurer, ...

(1814–1887) painter *

Federico de Madrazo Federico de Madrazo y Kuntz (9 February 181510 June 1894) was a Spanish painter. Biography Born in Rome, he was the son of José de Madrazo y Agudo, the painter and former Director of the Prado Museum. Federico's grandfather on his mother side ...

(1815–1894) painter *

Carlos Luis de Ribera y Fieve Carlos Luis de Ribera y Fieve (1815, Rome – April 14, 1891, Madrid) was a Spanish painter, son of Juan Antonio Ribera. Early life and education Baptismal godparents were the former king Charles IV of Spain, King Charles IV and Maria Luisa ...

(1815–1891) painter *

Eugenio Lucas Velázquez Eugenio Lucas Velázquez (9 February 1817 – 11 September 1870) was a Spanish painter in the Romantic style, known for genre and costumbrista scenes which often featured fantastic elements. Nineteenth-century sources refer to him as Eugenio Lu ...

(1817–1870) painter *

Ángel María Cortellini Ángel María Cortellini Hernández (1819 – 1887) was a Spanish painter. He received the gold medal of the National Exhibition for his painting, ''Retrato de señora''. Life Ángel María Cortellini Hernández was born in Sanlúcar de Barr ...

(1819–1887) painter *

Francisco Lameyer Francisco Lameyer y Berenguer (13 September 1825 – 3 June 1877) was a Spanish painter and illustrator. His early genre works show the strong influence of Goya, but his later Orientalist works owe more to Delacroix. Biography He was born in E ...

(1825–1877) painter * Manuel Castellano (1826–1880) painter *

Ramon Martí Alsina Ramón Martí i Alsina (10 August 1826, Barcelona - 21 December 1894, Barcelona) was a Spanish painter in the Realism (art), Realistic style. Biography He was born to the humble family of a city official and was orphaned at the age of eight.< ...

(1826-1894) painter *

Carlos de Haes Carlos Sebastián Pedro Hubert de Haes (January 25, 1829 – June 17, 1898) was a Spanish painter from Belgium.Caso, E. F., ''Les Orientalistes de l'école Espagnole,'' ACR edition, 1997, p. 128 He was noted for the Realism in his landscapes, a ...

(1829–1898) painter *

Domingo Valdivieso Domingo Valdivieso y Henarejos (30 August 1830 – 22 November 1872) was a Spanish painter and engraver in the Academic style. Biography Valdivieso was born in Mazarrón, where his father was an officer in the Spanish Army.Dióscoro Puebla Dióscoro Teófilo Puebla Tolín (25 February 1831 – 24 October 1901) was a Spanish painter in the Eclectic style who specialized in portraits, genre and history painting. Biography Puebla was born in Melgar de Fernamental. His first studi ...

(1831-1901) painter *

José Casado del Alisal José María Casado del Alisal (1830/32 – 8 October 1886)Brief bi ...

(1832-1886) painter *

Plácido Francés y Pascual Plácido Francés y Pascual (April 1834 – 12 December 1902) was a Spanish painter who specialized in portraits, historical scenes and Costumbrista. Biography He was born in Alcoy, and began his artistic education in Valencia, but moved ...

(1832-1902) painter *

Antonio Gisbert Antonio Gisbert Pérez (19 December 1834 – 27 November 1901) was a Spanish artist situated on the cusp between the realist and romantic movements in art. He was known for painting pictures of important events in a country's history in a re ...

(1834-1901) painter * Manuel Gómez-Moreno (1834-1918) painter *

Vicente Palmaroli Vicente Palmaroli González (5 September 1834 – 25 January 1896) was a Spanish portrait and genre painter. Biography He was born in Zarzalejo, the son of Gaetano Palmaroli, an Italian painter and lithographer, who was his first teac ...

(1834–1896) painter *

Juan de Barroeta Juan de Barroeta y Anguisolea (10 October 1835 – 10 April 1906) was a Spanish painter of Basque ancestry; best known for his portraits. Biography He was born in Bilbao. His father was a decorative painter and gave him his first lessons. ...

(1835–1906) painter *

Pere Borrell del Caso Pere Borrell del Caso (13 December 1835, in Puigcerdà – 16 May 1910, in Barcelona) was a Spanish painter, illustrator and engraver, known for his ''trompe-l'œil'' paintings; especially ''Escaping Criticism'' (1874). His father was a cabinetm ...

(1835–1910) painter *

Bernardo Ferrándiz Bádenes Bernardo Ferrándiz Bádenes (21 July 1835 – 3 May 1885) was a Spanish costumbrista painter. He is considered to be one of the founders of the "". Biography He was born in Valencia, the son of a fisherman in the port district known as " ...

(1835–1885) painter *

Eduardo Rosales Eduardo Rosales Gallinas (4 November 1836 – 13 September 1873) was a Spanish painter. He was an adherent of the Italian-based art movement known as " Purismo" and specialized in historical scenes. Biography He was born in Madrid. The second ...

(1836–1873) painter *

Joaquín Agrasot Joaquín Agrasot y Juan (24 December 1836 – 8 January 1919) was a Spanish painter of the Realistic style who produced many works in the Costumbrismo genre. Biography Agrasot was born in Orihuela. His studies began in his home town and, i ...

(1837–1919) painter *

Josep Berga i Boix Josep Berga i Boix (25 October 1837, La Pinya, Garrotxa - 8 October 1914, Olot) was a Spanish landscape painter; influenced by the Barbizon school and one of the founders of the Olot school. In his later years he was known as Avi Berga (Grandpa Be ...

(1837–1914) painter * José Jiménez Aranda (1837–1903) painter * Ramón Tusquets (1837–1904) painter *

Serafín Avendaño Serafín Xoaquín Avendaño Martínez (12 October 1838 – 23 August 1916) was a Galician landscape and genre painter who spent many years living in Italy. Biography Serafín Avendaño was born in Vigo. His father was a professor. When ...

(1838–1916) painter * Mariano Fortuny y Marsal (1838–1874) painter *

Modest Urgell Modest Urgell i Inglada, also known by the nickname Katúfol (13 June 1839, Barcelona - 3 April 1919, Barcelona) was a Spanish landscape painter and comic playwright. He used his nickname for cartoons and illustrations. Biography He was born to ...

(1839–1919) painter *

José Martí y Monsó José Martí y Monsó (4 January 1840, Valencia - 14 December 1912, Valladolid) was a Spanish painter, art professor, researcher and museum official. He was considered an expert on Castile (historical region), Castilian art and the history of H ...

(1840–1912) painter *

Matías Moreno Matías Moreno González (7 March 1840 – 8 July 1906) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, art restorer and copyist; primarily of works by El Greco. Biography Moreno was born in Fuente el Saz de Jarama. His father was a doctor.Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta (24 July 1841 – 15 September 1920) was a Spanish painter from the Madrazo family of artists who worked in the Realistic style, although his later work shows signs of Rococo and Japanese influence. He was known pr ...

(1841–1920) painter * Josep Masriera (1841–1912) painter *

Eduardo Zamacois y Zabala Eduardo Zamacois y Zabala (2 July 1841 – 12 January 1871) was a Spanish Academic painter who specialized in small-scale canvases. He was the father of the French writer Miguel Zamacoïs, brother of the writer Niceto de Zamacois, the singer ...

(1841–1871) painter *

Francisco Domingo Marqués Francisco José Domingo y Marqués (12 March 1842 – 22 July 1920) was a Spanish painter in the Eclectic style. Biography He was born in Valencia, where he began his studies at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Carlos, as a student of ...

(1842–1920) painter *

Francesc Masriera Francesc Masriera i Manovens (21 October 1842, Barcelona — 15 March 1902, Barcelona) was a Spanish figure painter and goldsmith who was influenced by Orientalism. Biography He was born into a family of painters, set designers and silver ...

(1842–1902) painter *

Rafael Monleón Rafael Monleón y Torres (1843 – 24 November 1900) was a Spanish artist (painting, engraving, ceramics), archaeologist, historian and naval pilot. Biography He was born in Valencia. His father was the architect, , a professor at the Rea ...

(1843–1900) painter *

Joaquim Vayreda Joaquim Vayreda i Vila (23 May 1843 – 31 October 1894) was a Spanish landscape painter. He was originally influenced by the Barbizon school, but later became one of the founders of the Olot school. Biography Vayreda was born in Girona, Sp ...

(1843–1894) painter *

Lorenzo Casanova Lorenzo Casanova Ruiz (14 March 1844, Alcoy - 23 March 1900, Alicante) was a Spanish costumbrista painter (mostly of historical scenes) and art teacher. Biography His father was a butcher.

(1844–1900) painter * José Echenagusia (1844–1912) painter *

Rogelio de Egusquiza Rogelio de Egusquiza y Barrena (1845 – 10 February 1915) was a Spanish painter, known for his friendship with the German composer Richard Wagner, whose works he helped make familiar in Spain. Biography Egusquiza was born in El Astillero, ...

(1845–1915) painter *

Nicolás Megía Nicolás Megía Márquez (6 December 1845 – 15 April 1917) was a Spanish painter in the Academicism, Academic and Realism (arts), Realistic styles. He was known mostly for historical costumbrista paintings; many of which were watercolors. ...

(1845–1917) painter *

Ángel Lizcano Monedero Ángel Lizcano Monedero y Esteban (24 November 1846 – 31 July 1929) was a Spanish painter and illustrator. He specialized in Costumbrista and historical scenes. Biography Monedero was born in Alcázar de San Juan (Castile-La Mancha). When h ...

(1846–1929) painter * Germán Álvarez Algeciras (1848–1912) painter *

Francisco Pradilla Ortiz Francisco Pradilla Ortiz (24 July 1848 – 1 November 1921) was a prolific Spanish painter famous for creating historical scenes. Biography He was born in Villanueva de Gállego, in Zaragoza Province and began his studies in Zaragoza. He ...

(1848–1921) painter * Romà Ribera (1848–1935) painter *

Ricardo Arredondo Calmache Ricardo Arredondo Calmache (23 October 1850 – 1911) was a Spanish painter who specialized in landscapes and costumbrista scenes; known for his meticulous attention to detail. Biography He was born in Cella. His father was a veteran of t ...

(1850–1911) painter

Born 1851–1900

Luis Ricardo Falero Luis Ricardo Falero (May 23, 1851 – December 7, 1896) was a Spanish painter. He specialized in female nudes and mythological, orientalist and fantasy settings. In 1896, the year of his death, Maud Harvey sued Falero for paternity. The ...

(1851–1896) *

Antoni Gaudí Antoni Gaudí i Cornet (; ; 25 June 1852 – 10 June 1926) was a Catalan architect from Spain known as the greatest exponent of Catalan Modernism. Gaudí's works have a highly individualized, ''sui generis'' style. Most are located in Barcel ...

(1852–1926) architect *

Ricardo de Madrazo Ricardo Federico de Madrazo y Garreta (7 February 1852 – 18 August 1917) was a Spanish painter from the Madrazo family of artists, best known for his Orientalist works. He was also the brother-in-law of the great Spanish Orientalist, Marian ...

(1852–1917) painter * Eugenio Oliva (1852–1925) painter *

Casimiro Sainz Casimiro Sainz y Saiz (4 December 1853 – 19 August 1898) was a Spanish painter, known for his landscapes and portraits with interior scenes. Biography He was born in Matamorosa, Campoo de Enmedio. His father was a veterinarian and his unc ...

(1853–1898) painter *

Miquel Carbonell Selva Miquel Carbonell i Selva (23 July 1854, Molins de Rei – 14 May 1896, Barcelona) was a Catalan painter, muralist and poet. He is especially known for his realistic portraits and landscapes of the area around the Llobregat River. Biography Wh ...

(1854–1896) painter *

Eugenio Lucas Villaamil Eugenio Lucas Villaamil, sometimes called "The Younger" (14 January 1858 – 23 January 1918) was a Spanish costumbrista painter. Many of his works were painted in the style of Francisco de Goya; and the attributions are sometimes confused. ...

(1858–1918) painter * Vicente March (1859–1927) painter * Gonzalo Bilbao (1860–1938) painter *

Adolfo Guiard Adolfo Guiard Larrauri (10 August 1860 – 8 March 1916) was a Spanish painter in the Impressionist style. Biography He was born in Bilbao, Spain, one of the fifteen children of Alphonse Guiard, a photographer who had come from France. The fam ...

(1860–1916) painter *

Santiago Rusiñol Santiago Rusiñol i Prats (, ; Barcelona 25 February 1861 – Aranjuez 13 June 1931) was a Spanish painter, poet, journalist, collector and playwright. He was one of the leaders of the Catalan ''modernisme'' movement. He created more than a ...

(1861–1931) painter *

Pablo Uranga Pablo is a Spanish form of the name Paul. People * Pablo Alborán, Spanish singer *Pablo Aimar, Argentine footballer *Pablo Armero, Colombian footballer * Pablo Bartholomew, Indian photojournalist *Pablo Brandán, Argentine footballer * Pablo Bren ...

(1861–1934) painter *

Juan Martínez Abades Juan Martínez Abades (7 March 1862 – 19 January 1920) was a Spanish painter in the Naturalist style, who specialized in seascapes and other maritime scenes from the Cornisa Cantábrica. He was also a talented songwriter and semi-profes ...

(1862–1920) painter *

Fernanda Frances Arribas Fernanda Frances Arribas (1862−1939) was a Spanish painter. She is known for still lifes and flower paintings. She taught at the Escuela de Artes y Oficinos in Madrid, and at the Escuela del Hogar in Madrid. Biography Arribas was born in Vale ...

(1862–1939) painter *

Laureano Barrau Laureano Barrau Buñol (1863, Barcelona –1957, Santa Eulària des Riu) was a Spanish impressionist painter. Education Barrau began his education in Barcelona, his native city. Later, he studied in Madrid, finding the Spanish old masters. At ...

(1863–1957) painter *

Joan Brull Joan Brull i Vinyoles (25 January 1863, Barcelona - 3 February 1912, Barcelona) was a Catalan painter active in the late 19th century. He was a Catalan symbolist painter, along with other artists including Adrià Gual, Josep Maria Tamburini, and ...

(1863–1912) painter *

Manuel García y Rodríguez Manuel García y Rodríguez (1863, Seville - 6 May 1925, Seville) was a Spanish costumbrista and landscape painter, who also painted Orientalist scenes. Biography At first, he studied music but ultimately dedicated himself to his love of pai ...

(1863–1925) painter *

Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida Joaquín or Joaquin is a male given name, the Spanish version of Joachim. Given name * Joaquín (footballer, born 1956), Spanish football midfielder * Joaquín (footballer, born 1981), Spanish football winger * Joaquín (footballer, born 1982 ...

(1863–1923) painter * Mariano Barbasán (1864–1924) painter *

Enrique Galwey Enric Galwey i Garcia or, in Spanish, Enrique Galwey y García (1864 – 10 February 1931) was a Spanish painter, associated with the Olot school of landscape painting. Biography He was born in Barcelona. His father's family was of English d ...

(1864–1931) painter *

Ramon Casas Ramon Casas i Carbó (; 4 January 1866 – 29 February 1932) was a Catalan artist. Living through a turbulent time in the history of his native Barcelona, he was known as a portraitist, sketching and painting the intellectual, economic, and ...

(1866–1932) painter *

José Garnelo José Santiago Garnelo y Alda (25 July 1866 – 28 October 1944) was a Spanish painter in the Naturalist style. He mostly did genre scenes, portraits and scenes from Classical history. Biography Garnelo was born in Enguera. His father ...

(1866–1944) painter *

Enrique Simonet Enrique Simonet Lombardo (February 2, 1866 – April 20, 1927) was a Spanish painter. Early life Simonet was born in Valencia. His first vocation of childhood was religious studies, but he abandoned it to devote himself to painting. Despite ...

(1866–1927) painter *

Juan José Gárate Juan José Gárate y Clavero (11 July 1869 - 3 July 1939) was a Spanish painter; known for his portraits, landscapes and costumbrista scenes of Aragonese life. Biography He was born in Albalate del Arzobispo. When he was still a boy, he enrolled ...

(1869–1939) painter *

Antonio Fillol Granell Antonio Fillol Granell (3 January 1870 – 15 August 1930) was a Spanish painter in the Social realism, Social Realist style; known for his depictions of the people and customs of Valencia. Biography He was born in Valencia. His father was ...

(1870–1930) painter *

Ignacio Zuloaga Ignacio Zuloaga y Zabaleta (July 26, 1870October 31, 1945) was a Spanish painter, born in Eibar (Guipuzcoa), near the monastery of Loyola. Family He was the son of metalworker and damascener Plácido Zuloaga and grandson of the organizer and d ...

(1870–1945) painter *

Hermenegildo Anglada Camarasa Hermenegildo Anglada Camarasa (1871–1959), known in Catalan as Hermenegild (or Hermen) Anglada Camarasa, was a Catalan and Balearic Spanish painter. Life and career Born in Barcelona, he studied there at the Llotja School. His early work had ...

(1871–1959) painter *

Vicente Castell Vicente Castell Doménech (5 May 1871 – 18 January 1934) was a Spanish painter in the costumbrista style. Biography He was born in a lower-middle-class neighborhood in Castellón de la Plana where most of the residents, including his parent ...

(1871–1934) painter * Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo (1871–1949) designer/photographer *

Joaquim Mir Joaquin Mir Trinxet or Joaquin Mir y Trinxet (Catalan: ''Joaquim Mir i Trinxet'') (Barcelona 6 January 1873 – 8 April 1940) was a Catalan artist known for his use of color in his paintings. He lived through a turbulent time in the history o ...

(1873–1940) painter *

Julio Vila y Prades Julio Vila y Prades (9 April 1873, Valencia - 9 July 1930, Barcelona) was a Spanish painter and muralist who also worked throughout Latin America. Biography Against his parents wishes, he began his artistic studies at the Real Academia de Bella ...

(1873–1930) painter/muralist *

Joaquim Sunyer Joaquim Sunyer () (Sitges, 1874–1956) was a Catalan painter often linked to the Noucentisme movement. He began his artistic education with his uncle, Joaquim Mir, later moving to Barcelona where his fellow students included Joaquín Torres Gar ...

(1874–1956) painter *

Juan de Echevarría Juan de Echevarría Zuricalday or, in Basque, Juan Etxebarria Zurikaldai (14 April 1875. Bilbao - 8 June 1931, Madrid) was a Spanish painter of Basque ancestry. He is generally associated with the Fauvist movement and is known primarily for landsc ...

(1875–1931) painter * Josefa Texidor Torres (1875–1914) painter *

Ricard Canals Ricard Canals i Llambí (13 December 1876, in Barcelona – 7 February 1931, in Barcelona) was a Catalonia, Catalan Impressionism, Impressionist painter, illustrator and engraver; initially associated with the short-lived "" of Isidre Nonell; name ...

(1876–1931) painter * Julio González (1876–1942) sculptor *

Aurelio Arteta Aurelio Arteta Errasti (2 December 1879 – 10 November 1940) was a Spanish painter who worked in several styles, including Symbolism, Cubism and Social Realism. He is remembered mostly for his murals. Biography Arteta was born in Bilbao; his ...

(1879–1940) painter *

Julio Romero de Torres Julio Romero de Torres (9 November 1874 – 10 May 1930) was a Spanish painter. His brothers, Rafael and , also became painters. Biography He was the son of Rafael Romero Barros, a painter who served as Director of the Fine Arts Museum of ...

(1880–1930) painter *

Pablo Gargallo Pablo EmilioorPau Emili Gargallo (5 January 1881 – 28 December 1934), known simply as Pau or Pablo Gargallo, was a Spanish sculptor and painter. Life and career Born in Maella, Aragon, he moved to Barcelona, with his family in 1888, where ...

(1881–1934) sculptor *

Pablo Picasso Pablo Ruiz Picasso (25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist and Scenic design, theatre designer who spent most of his adult life in France. One of the most influential artists of the 20th ce ...

(1881–1973) painter/sculptor *

Daniel Vázquez Díaz Daniel Vázquez Díaz (January 15, 1882 – March 17, 1969) was a Spanish painter. Biography Born in Nerva, Spain, Vázquez Díaz settled in Paris in 1918, where he found cubism to be the ideal form of expression. Unlike other artists such as ...

(1882–1969) painter *

Lorenzo Aguirre Lorenzo Victoriano Aguirre Sánchez (14 November 1884 – 6 October 1942) was a Spanish painter. He also worked as a caricaturist, poster artist and set designer. Biography He was born in Pamplona, but his parents moved to Alicante when he ...

(1884–1942) painter * José de Creeft (1884–1982) sculptor *

José Gutiérrez Solana José Romano Gutiérrez-Solana y Gutiérrez-Solana (28 February 1886, Madrid – 24 June 1945, Madrid) was a Spanish painter, engraver and author. He usually signed his paintings as "J. Solana". Generally, he is considered to be an Expression ...

(1886–1945) painter *

Juan Gris José Victoriano González-Pérez (23 March 1887 – 11 May 1927), better known as Juan Gris (; ), was a Spanish painter born in Madrid who lived and worked in France for most of his active period. Closely connected to the innovative artistic ge ...

(1887–1927) painter/sculptor * Mariano Andreu (1888–1976) painter *

María Blanchard María Blanchard (born María Gutiérrez-Cueto y Blanchard;
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(1881–1932) painter * José Moya del Piño (1891–1969) painter/muralist *

Joan Miró Joan Miró i Ferrà ( , , ; 20 April 1893 – 25 December 1983) was a Catalan painter, sculptor and ceramicist born in Barcelona. A museum dedicated to his work, the Fundació Joan Miró, was established in his native city of Barcelona i ...

(1893–1983) painter/sculptor *

Benjamín Palencia Benjamín Palencia (7 July 1894 − 16 January 1980) was a Spanish painter and draftsman from Barrax, Albacete. Most notably he became known as co-founder of the School of Vallecas, together with the sculptor Alberto Sánchez Pérez. The ...

(1894–1980) painter * Pedro Flores Garcia (1897–1967) painter * Francisco Bores Lopez (1898–1972) painter *

Francisco Albert Francisco Albert (1900 – death date unknown) was a Spanish realist painter and sculptor, originary from the town of Pinoso (Province of Alicante, Valencia, Spain). During the Spanish Civil War, he joined a number of Spanish artists and intellect ...

(b. 1900-unknown) painter

Born 1901–1950

Esteban Vicente Esteban Vicente Pérez (January 20, 1903 – January 10, 2001) was an American painter born in Turégano, Spain. He was one of the first generation of New York School abstract expressionists. He identified as an antifascist. Early life Esteban ...

(1903–2001) painter *

Salvador Dalí Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, Marquess of Dalí of Púbol (; ; ; 11 May 190423 January 1989) was a Spanish Surrealism, surrealist artist renowned for his technical skill, precise draftsmanship, and the striking and bizarr ...

(1904–1989) painter *

Óscar Domínguez Óscar M. Domínguez (3 January 1906 – 31 December 1957) was a Spanish surrealist painter. Biography Born in San Cristóbal de La Laguna on the island of Tenerife, on the Canary Islands Spain, Domínguez spent his youth with his grandmother ...

(1906–1957) painter *

Alfonso Ponce de León Alfonso Ponce de León y Cabello (10 September 1906 – 29 September 1936) was a Spanish painter and propagandist. He was the son of jurist . He was also associated with Federico García Lorca's theater group, La Barraca as a scene painter. In 20 ...

(1906–1936) painter * Antonio León Ortega (1907–1991) painter *

Jorge Oteiza Jorge Oteiza (October 21, 1908 – April 9, 2003), was a Basque Spanish sculptor, painter, designer and writer from the Basque Autonomous Community, renowned for being one of the main theorists on Basque modern art. Oteiza was born in Or ...

(1908–2003) sculptor *

Pablo Serrano Pablo Serrano Aguilar, (8 March 1908, Crivillén, Teruel – 26 November 1985, Madrid) was a Spanish abstract sculptor. Personal life 1920–1925. Pablo Serrano studied as a boarder in the Escuelas Profesionales Salesianas in Sarriá (Barcel ...

(1908–1985) sculptor *

Remedios Varo María de los Remedios Alicia Rodriga Varo y Uranga (16 December 1908 – 8 October 1963) was a Spanish-born Mexican surrealist artist working in Spain, France, and Mexico. Early life Remedios Varo Uranga was born in Anglès, is a small town ...

(1908–1963) painter *

Emilio Grau Sala Emilio (Emi) Grau Sala (1911, Barcelona - 1975, Paris) was a Catalan people, Catalan painter. He studied at the :sp:Escuela de Bellas Artes de Barcelona. With his wife Ángeles Santos Torroella he fled to Paris at the outbreak of the Spanish Civil ...

(1911–1975) painter * Eugenio Fernández Granell (1912–2001) painter *

Carlos Ferreira de la Torre Carlos Ferreira de la Torre (1914–1990) was a Spanish sculptor. Ferreira was born in Madrid and spent his childhood in Tarragona, Madrid, Getafe, Corunna and Toledo, finally settling in Madrid in 1934. He did not complete his studies in fine a ...

(1914-1990) *

José Caballero José Caballero (11 June 1915 – 26 May 1991) was a Spanish painter. He was one of the most varied artists (in technique, style and theme). His way of understanding painting during the surrounding the civil war showed little similarities ...

(1915–1991) painter *

Joan Josep Tharrats Joan-Josep Tharrats i Vidal (1918 in Girona – 2001 in Barcelona) was a Spanish people, Spanish painter, art theorist and publisher. Born into an industrialist family, his father was the businessman and poet Josep Tharrats i Vilà. From 193 ...

(1918-2001) painter *

César Manrique César Manrique Cabrera ( or ) (24 April 1919 – 25 September 1992) was a Spanish artist, sculptor, architect and nature activist from Lanzarote. Early life Manrique was born in Arrecife, Lanzarote, one of the Canary Islands. His father G ...

(1919-1992) painter, sculptor, architect *

Menchu Gal Carmen Gal Orendain, better known as Menchu Gal, (Irún, Guipúzcoa, 7 January 1919 – San Sebastián, Guipúzcoa, 12 March 2008) was a Spanish painter from the Basque Country. Her work in landscapes and portraits made her famous with her pers ...

(1919–2008) painter *

Joan Brotat Joan Brotat (1920–1990) was a painter born in Barcelona. He studied at the School of Arts and Trades of Barcelona and his work was first exhibited at one cycle of experimental art organised in 1950. Before his first exhibition, Brotat had a brie ...

(1920–1990) painter *

José Puyet José Puyet (April 22, 1922 – August 28, 2004), full name José Puyet Padilla,http://www.elpais.com/articulo/agenda/Puyet/_Jose/Jose/Puyet/Padilla/pintor/elpepigen/20040830elpepiage_2/Tes/ El Pais - Obituary, José Puyet Padilla, painter was a ...

(1922-2004) impressionist painter *

Albert Rafols Casamada Albert may refer to: Companies * Albert (supermarket), a supermarket chain in the Czech Republic * Albert Heijn, a supermarket chain in the Netherlands * Albert Market, a street market in The Gambia * Albert Productions, a record label * Albert C ...

(1923-2009) painter *

Antoni Tàpies Antoni Tàpies i Puig, 1st Marquess of Tápies (; 13 December 1923 – 6 February 2012) was a Catalan People, Catalan painter, sculptor and art theorist, who became one of the most famous European artists of his generation. Life The son of Jo ...

(1923–2012) painter *

Eduardo Chillida Eduardo Chillida Juantegui, or Eduardo Txillida Juantegi in Basque (10 January 1924 – 19 August 2002), was a Spanish Basque sculptor notable for his monumental abstract works. Early life and career Born in San Sebastián (Donostia) to Ped ...

(1924–2002) sculptor *

Modest Cuixart Modest Cuixart i Tàpies (born 2 November 1925 in Barcelona – died 31 October 2007 in Palamós) was a Catalan painter. He is, along with poet Joan Brossa and painters Joan Ponç, his cousin Antoni Tàpies and Joan-Josep Tharrats, the founder ...

(1925–2007) painter *

Margaret Modlin Margaret Marley Modlin (January 5, 1927 – October 28, 1998) was an American surrealist painter, sculptor and photographer who spent most of her adult life in Spain. Biography Margaret Marley was born in Robeson County, North Carolina. El ...

(1927–1998) US-born painter * Laurent Jiménez-Balaguer (1928-2015) painter *

José Comas Quesada José Comas Quesada (3 February 1928 – 14 January 1993) 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 ...

(1928–1993) painter *

Jesús Peñarreal Jesús Peñarreal was a Spanish water-colorist. (1930 in Burgos – 2008 in Benidorm) Born in Burgos in 1930 he was given lessons according to the Burgos tradition, called the Burgos School. After his marriage he moved with his wife and his ...

(1930–2008) painter *

Paquita Sabrafen Paquita Sabrafen (23 August 1931 – 22 January 2009) was a Spanish painter who specialised in portraits. Early life Paquita, growing up in the time of the Spanish Civil War has had a rough childhood and was struck by tragedy early in life as ...

(born 1931) painter *

Jordi Pagans i Monsalvatje Jordi Pagans i Monsalvatje (18 April 1932 – 4 January 2017) was a Catalan and Spanish painter. Biography Artistic Tradition Pagans was born in El Masnou, on 18 April 1932. Son of Alfred Pagans i Llauró and Clara Monsalvatje i Iglèsias, bo ...

(born 1932) painter *

Gaston Orellana Gaston Orellana, (born 18 July 1933) is a Spanish and Chilean painter. Orellana was born in Valparaiso, Chile in 1933, son of Spanish parents Armando de Orellana, an engineer and Spanish diplomat, and Ernestina del Transito née Morgadon. Altho ...

(born 1933) painter *

Antonio López García Antonio López García (born 6 January 1936) is a Spanish Painting, painter and Sculpture, sculptor, known for his Realism (arts), realistic style. He is criticized by some modern artists for what they consider neo-academism, but has been prais ...

(born 1936) painter *

Eduardo Arroyo Eduardo Arroyo Rodríguez (26 February 1937 – 14 October 2018) was a Spanish painter, sculptor and graphic artist. He was also active as a writer and set designer. Arroyo is regarded as one of the most important exponents of politically co ...

(born 1937) painter *

Concha Jerez Concha Jerez (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 1941) is a Spanish multidisciplinary artist known as a pioneer in conceptual art. One of the central axes of her work is the critical analysis of the media. Artistic career Concha Jerez studied piano at t ...

(born 1941), multidisciplinary conceptual artist * Monirul Islam (born 1942) painter * Ramón Castellano de Torres (born 1947) painter *

Glòria Muñoz Glòria Muñoz (born 12 August 1949) is a Spanish painter, and a professor of painting at the University of Barcelona. Life and work Glòria Muñoz Pfister was born on 12 August 1949 in Barcelona, Spain. Her family was artistically inclined. She ...

(born 1949) painter *

Elena Blasco Elena Blasco (born 1950) is a Spanish multidisciplinary artist who works in photography, painting, and installations. With a subjective and ironic view, she recreates everyday objects and settings to build a personal and unique identity into her ...

(born 1950), painter, photographer, installation artist

Born 1951–2000

Serrano Bou Serrano Bou, born on 10 May 1952 in Blanes (Costa Brava, Spain), is a professional painter and visual artist. Biography During his youth he travelled extensively on the Asian continent and lived in New York City for over eight years during the 19 ...

(born 1952) painter and visual artist * Manuel Chabrera (born 1952) architect and artist * Juan Muñoz (1953–2001) sculptor *

Luis Royo Luis Royo (born 1954) is a Spanish artist. He is best known for his fantasy illustrations published in numerous art books, magazines such as ''Heavy Metal (magazine), Heavy Metal'' and various other media including book and music CD covers, vide ...

(born 1954) painter and illustrator * José Alfonso Morera Ortiz "

El Hortelano José Alfonso Morera Ortiz (August 6, 1954 – December 20, 2016), commonly known by his artist name, El Hortelano (the horticulturist), was a painter. He was influential in the countercultural movement known as the Movida Madrileña, along w ...

" (born 1954) painter and sculptor *

Francesca Llopis Francesca Llopis (Barcelona, 1956) is a visual artist from Barcelona. She began exhibiting in 1981. Her works are based and focused on her travels and on nature, mainly working on painting, drawing and video installations and collaborating with o ...

(born 1956) painter *Antonio

Peris Carbonell Antonio Peris Carbonell is a painter and sculptor born in Valencia, Spain, in 1957. Peris Carbonell has made more than 60 solo exhibitions and 30 permanent exhibitions in Europe, including the Peris Carbonell Museum opened to the public in July ...

(born 1957) painter and sculptor *

Camil Bofill Camil Bofill (1957, Torelló) is a Spanish Catalan painter and sculptor. At 20 he began studies at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Barcelona in order to gain a more solid foundation to continue on the way of painting, which has already decided to ful ...

(born 1957) painter and sculptor *

Miquel Barceló Miquel Barceló Artigues (born 1957) is a Spanish painter. Career Barceló was born at Felanitx, Mallorca. After having studied at the Arts and Crafts School of Palma for two years, he enrolled at the Fine Arts School of Barcelona in 197 ...

(born 1957) painter * Francisco López (born 1964) musician and sound artist *

Itziar Okariz Itziar Okariz (also spelled Itziar Ocáriz, born 1965) is a Basque/Spanish artist based in New York City and San Sebastián. Biography Itziar Okariz was born in San Sebastián and studied painting and sculpture at the Universidad del País Vasco ...

(born 1965) painter, sculptor, performance artist *

Javier Cambre Javier Cambre -born Xavier Cambre in San Juan, Puerto Rico, is a contemporary artist with dual citizenships from Spain and the US, working in diverse media such as drawing, photography, collage, painting, text and sculpture. His maternal grandfa ...

(born 1966) sculptor, photographer, and video artist *

Lydia Zimmermann Lydia Martina Zimmermann Kuoni (born 30 December 1966 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain) is a Spanish Catalan actress and film director.Aroca, María Victoria. Lydia Zimmermann, sencillez escogida�Archive. ''S Moda El País'' (in Spanish). 7 Janua ...

(born 1966) filmmaker and video artist *

Eva Navarro Eva Navarro may refer to: * Eva Navarro (painter) * Eva Navarro (footballer) Eva María Navarro García (born 27 January 2001) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Primera División club Atlético Madrid and the Sp ...

(born 1967) painter *

Roberta Marrero Roberta Marrero (born 2 March 1972) is a Spanish artist, singer, and actress. Artistic career In her works as an illustrator, Roberta Marrero mixes and decontextualizes popular images, giving rise to new meanings, and using the technique of Appro ...

(born 1972), illustrator and visual artist *

Cris Ortega Cris Ortega (born 1980) is a Spanish painter, writer, and comics artist. Her style is a mixture of realism and manga, a somewhat dark semi-realism. ''Forgotten'', one of her principal works, combines gothic and romantic elements, as well as a mixt ...

(born 1980), painter, writer, and comics artist *

Pablo Rey Pablo Gabino Rey Sendón (, known artistically as Pablo Rey) is a Spanish painter artist born in Barcelona in 1968. Early life He grew up into a family of artists, Rey began learning the art of painting from the hand of his father, the Spanish ...

(born 1968) painter * Roberto Parada (born 1969) painter and illustrator *

Enrique Radigales Enrique Radigales (born 1970 in Zaragoza, Spain) is a contemporary Spanish artist. After studying at Escola Massana de Barcelona and graduating from the Interactive Systems program at UPC University, Barcelona he lives and works in Madrid. Work ...

(born 1970) painter and multimedia *

Jorge Velasco Navarro Jorge Velasco Navarro (born 1971) is a Spanish painter born in Madrid. He is the son of Teresa Navarro Valero, designer and founder of the textile brand in 1955 with the same name and father Francisco Velasco Rodriguez, also a businessman, paint ...

(born 1971) painter * Chechu Álava (born 1973) painter *

Esperanza Zabala Esperanza Zabala (Eibar, Gipuzkoa, 2007), is a Spanish Basque artist. She works on painting, sculpture,chejendad graphic design and installations. She learned the rudiments of art in Liceo di Brera, in Milan. After studying graphic design in Sa ...

(born 1974) painter, sculptor, graphic designer * Sixeart (or Sergio Hidalgo Parades) (born 1975) painter and sculptor *

Nuria Garcia Masip Nuria Garcia Masip (born in 1978) is a Spanish calligrapher of Arabic calligraphy. She started to learn Arabic calligraphy when she visited Morocco. In 2000, she learned Arabic calligraphy under the tutelage of calligrapher Mohamed Zakariya. He ...

(b. 1978) Calligrapher of Arabic Calligraphy *

Felipe Cardeña Felipe Cardeña is a street artist, known for floral patterns, pop art figures and modern collages, many of which are aimed at challenging consumer society. He was born in Spain in 1979, but lived in Cuba for some time. Operating in an anonymous ...

(born 1979) painter, collage, performance *

Mit Borrás Mit Borrás (Madrid, 1982) is a Spanish visual artist based in Madrid and Berlin. His work examines the relationship between human, nature and technology and their purpose of evolution. He has developed a work complex that encompasses visions of a ...

(born 1982) installation, multimedia and conceptual art *

Carla Berrocal Carla Berrocal (born 1983) is a Spanish comics illustrator. She is the president of the Professional Association of Illustrators of Madrid and one of the promoters of the Comic Authors' Collective. Biography Berrocal graduated from the and start ...

(born 1983), comics illustrator *

Claudia Maté Claudia Maté (born 1985) is an artist originally from Madrid, living in Paris. Maté works in digital media, a "pixellated world where anything is possible". Early life and education Maté was born in Madrid, Spain, in 1985. She is co-founde ...

(born 1985), digital media artist and curator * Jordi Koalitic (born 1992), photographer * Patricia Dauder (born 1983), multidisciplinary conceptual artist

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