El Greco: The Grandfather of Expressionism
The guide to the Prado Museum describes El Greco as a “philosopher, as an intellectual and as a sensitive and idiosyncratic artist.” It is these...
Wendy Gray 16 April 2026
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A Journey to Andalusia: The Moorish Stronghold of Granada
The fall of Moorish Granada to the Catholic Monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella in 1492 marked the end of the Reconquista and the ultimate collapse of...
Kacper Grass 16 April 2026
Did Goya Make a Career?
Goya’s paintings are often disturbing and very very dark. It’s because his activity coincided with the last period of the Enlightenment, the...
Magda Michalska 16 April 2026
Luisa Roldán: The Groundbreaking Career of Spain’s First Woman Sculptor
She wrote letters to kings, was Spain’s first documented woman sculptor, and became the official escultora de cámara, or court sculptor, to...
Natalia Iacobelli 16 April 2026
The Anti-Painting of Joan Miró
Joan Miró is an artist who is very difficult to categorize. In general, he is considered to be a Surrealist. However, his works show a great...
Errika Gerakiti 16 April 2026
Helios Gómez: Romani Revolutionary
Romani artist Helios Gómez produced some of the most striking Spanish avant-garde graphics in the first half of the 20th century. However, he also...
Candy Bedworth 8 April 2026
When Mary Cassatt Painted in Spain
Mary Cassatt is one of the most exciting artists of the 19th century, but little is known of her trip to Spain between 1872 and 1873. During her...
Justin Fenech 2 April 2026
Young Picasso: 5 Early Works You May Not Know
Picasso is usually thought of as a genius who by a divine miracle possessed inexplicable artistic talent. This would probably annoy Picasso, because...
Alvaro Alonso Pardal 26 March 2026
Rebellious Princess—Ana de Mendoza y de la Cerda, Princess of Éboli
“Who is this beauty with an eyepatch?” you may ask. Is she some sort of pirate queen? No, but you are not far from the truth. Ana de Mendoza de...
Joanna Kaszubowska 26 March 2026
Spanish Bodegones of the 17th Century
Looking at a painting and getting hungry? It might be a bodegón! Here we define the genre of Spanish bodegones in the context of 17th-century...
Soledad Castillo Jara 23 March 2026
Antoni Gaudí and Barcelona: The World Heritage Route
Antoni Gaudí is Catalonia’s most renowned architect and interior designer. For most of his life, he was bound to the Catalan capital, Barcelona.
Kacper Grass 23 March 2026
QUIZ: How Well Do You Know Salvador Dalí?
Joanna Kaszubowska 21 March 2026
