José Benlliure y Gil (30 September 1858, el Poble Nou de la Mar – 5 April 1937, Valencia) was a Spanish painter.

He studied painting under Francisco Domingo Marqués, and showed from the first such marked talent that he was sent to the Spanish Academy in Rome.

[2] He was one of the select circle pensioned by the Spanish government for residence in Italy and executed several state orders for the decoration of public buildings; but he owes his chief fame to his large historical paintings, notably the "Vision in the Coliseum."

In 1903 he assumed leadership of the Spanish Academy in Rome, succeeding his brother Marian, a position he would keep for ten years.

Jose Benlliure y Gil's brothers Juan Antonio [es] and Mariano were also a painter and a sculptor, respectively.