Spanish Art in the US

Spanish art started being collected by North Americans as a private initiative and was later followed by museums. The initial interest in Spanish art from the Golden Age was later extended to more recent periods in time. During this process, Spanish art went from being perceived as something eccentric in the history of art to being placed at the very center of the canon within the context of modernity. Nowadays, Spanish art has a country-wide presence that goes from coast to coast.
María Dolores Jiménez-Blanco, “Spanish Art in the United States” by in Illustrating Spain in the US (2022).

Spanish Art in the US aims to map the most relevant Spanish art pieces across the country and highlight the work of museums and institutions in the U.S. with Spanish art in their collections.

Please note that this is a work in progress, with new museums being added regularly. View the latest updates.

Harvard Art Museums

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The Harvard Art Museums, an institution within Harvard University, houses a comprehensive collection of approximately 250,000 objects in all media, spanning from antiquity to the present and originating in Europe, North America, North Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, East Asia, and Southeast Asia. The building, with its 1895 façade, features a courtyard adorned with glass arcades and a glass roof, which allows natural light to illuminate the interior; the renovation, carried out in the 21st century, was designed by architect Renzo Piano. The collections build on the legacies of the three different museums brought together under one roof: the Fogg Museum, Busch-Reisinger Museum, and Arthur M. Sackler Museum — each with a different history, collection, guiding philosophy, and identity.

The Harvard Art Museums are dedicated to promoting learning and appreciation of art through research, preservation, and education, and have played a leading role in the development of art history and conservation science.

Spanish artists include Anonymous / Unknown, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, Joan Miró, Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida, Jusepe de Ribera, Juan Gris, Juan Pantoja de la Cruz, Lluís Borrassà and Pablo Picasso.

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