
From VelΓ‘zquez's royal portraits to Picasso's anti-war screams, Spain has produced some of art history's most iconic works. These ten paintings changed the course of Western art.
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Picasso's monumental anti-war painting remains the most powerful political artwork ever created.

VelΓ‘zquez's 1656 masterpiece is a puzzle of perspective that has captivated viewers for centuries.
DalΓ's melting clocks became the defining image of the Surrealist movement.
Goya's terrifying Black Painting is one of the most disturbing images in art history.
Goya's depiction of French execution squads pioneered modern political art.

Though Bosch was Flemish, this triptych has been in Spain since 1593 and resides in the Prado.
El Greco's dramatic stormy landscape of Toledo is one of the first pure landscape paintings in Western art.
DalΓ's deeply personal Surrealist self-portrait resides at the Reina SofΓa in Madrid.
Gris's Cubist composition brought Spanish precision and colour harmony to the movement Picasso started.
One of the first Western artworks to depict a real nude woman without mythological pretence.
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Picasso's monumental anti-war painting remains the most powerful political artwork ever created.

VelΓ‘zquez's 1656 masterpiece is a puzzle of perspective that has captivated viewers for centuries.
DalΓ's melting clocks became the defining image of the Surrealist movement.
Goya's terrifying Black Painting is one of the most disturbing images in art history.
Goya's depiction of French execution squads pioneered modern political art.

Though Bosch was Flemish, this triptych has been in Spain since 1593 and resides in the Prado.
El Greco's dramatic stormy landscape of Toledo is one of the first pure landscape paintings in Western art.
DalΓ's deeply personal Surrealist self-portrait resides at the Reina SofΓa in Madrid.
Gris's Cubist composition brought Spanish precision and colour harmony to the movement Picasso started.
One of the first Western artworks to depict a real nude woman without mythological pretence.

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