Apertura del quinto sello(c.1608-14) byEl Greco.
Among the El Greco works to establish a sense of drama in Spanish art.
Las Meninas(1656) byDiego Velázquez.
The radical expression and perspective have inspired Spanish artists for 350 years.
Cristo en la Cruz(1627) byFrancisco de Zurbarán.
Piety,chiaroscuroand naturalism par excellence from the Golden Age master.
Like Dalí, only three centuries early.
The Pilgrimage of San Isidro(1819-23) byFrancisco de Goya.
Dark, tortured and rammed with expression, Goya drags Spanish tradition toward
modern painting.
Les Demoiselles d’Avignon(1907) byPablo Picasso.
Picasso’s unsmiling prostitutes provedtheseminal work of modern art.
Five life changing paintings of Spanish art
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