Arte y transformaciones sociales en España 1885–1910

Edited by Javier Barón, Head of 19th-Century Painting at the Prado, this richly illustrated volume explores how Spanish artists at the turn of the 20th century responded to sweeping social changes, from industrialization and urban poverty to women’s labor, colonialism, and emigration. Moving beyond traditional historical themes, artists embraced a raw and modern visual language grounded in naturalism and later shaped by the avant-garde.

Featuring over 300 works, many rarely seen, by Joaquín Sorolla, Ramón Casas, Darío de Regoyos, Isidre Nonell, the Jiménez Aranda brothers, Pablo Gargallo, and a young Pablo Picasso, the catalog examines the emergence of socially engaged art in Spain during a time of rapid transformation.