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Modern Art
The early 20th-century artists Joan Miró
(see p176), Salvador Dalí (see p219) and
José Nieto, the queen’s Pablo Picasso (see p157) all belonged
chamberlain, stands in
the doorway in the back- to the Paris School. More recent artists
ground of the painting. of note include Antonio Saura and
Antoni Tàpies (see p168). Among
many great Spanish art collections,
Court jester the Museo Reina Sofia in Madrid (see
pp302–3) specializes in mod ern art. Salvador Dalí’s
Contemporary artists are accorded painting of the
great prestige in Spain. Their work is Colossus of
to be seen in town halls, banks and Rhodes (1954)
public squares, and many towns have
a museum dedicated to a local painter.

Painting (1933) by Joan Miró

The Family of King Charles IV
was painted in 1800 by Francisco
de Goya (see p243), nearly 150
years after Las Meninas. Its debt to
Velázquez’s painting is evident in
its frontal composition, compact
grouping of figures and in the
inclusion of a self-portrait.

The Holy Children with 1893–1983 Joan Miró 1904–89
the Shell by Murillo Salvador Dalí
1881–1973 Pablo Picasso
1746–1828 1923–2012
Francisco de Goya 1863–1923 Antoni
Joaquín Sorolla
Tàpies
1700 1800 1900
1887–1927
1642–93 Claudio Coello Juan Gris
1618–82 Bartolomé 1930–1998
Esteban Murillo Still Life with a Guitar Antonio Saura
(1913) by Juan Gris

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