Fernando Álvarez de Sotomayor y Zaragoza (September 25, 1875 – March 17, 1960) was a Galician (Spanish) painter.

He studied at the Colegio Mª Cristina in El Escorial and at the age of 10 years was the only person to draw a portrait of King Alfonso XII in his death bed (the drawing still belongs to the painter's family) and participated in courses of philosophy and literature in Madrid.

As director of the Museo del Prado, he was in charge until 1931 when he was obliged to leave the post due to the rise of the republic in Spain.

He played a great role in hiding most of the paintings the museum held during the Spanish civil war and later on recovering them.

In 1907 he won the Exposición Internacional de Barcelona (international exposition of Barcelona), as well as medals in Munich, Buenos Aires and Liège, and was decorated with the Grand Cross of the Orden de Alfonso X el Sabio, The great Cross of Isabel La Catolica, Great Cross Of Alfonso XII and with the Italian Court medal.