Francisco Goya (1746–1828)
Author of The World of Goya, 1746-1828
About the Author
Francisco Jose de Goya y Lucientes was the great Spanish painter and graphic artist whose fame rests not only on his superb painterly abilities, but also on the darkness and drama of the subject matter he recorded. Rembrandt's powerful influence is easily observed. Born in Saragossa, he settled in show more Madrid in 1774. His early paintings are lively, cheerful, and almost rococo in feeling (e.g., his tapestry cartoons in the Prado). In 1789 Goya was appointed official court painter---a position once held by Diego Velazquez, whom he admired and emulated. In 1794 Goya became deaf, and his mood changed profoundly. He began to draw and etch. The Caprichos (1796--98), aquatinted etchings which date from that period, present satirical, grotesque, and nightmarish scenes. His famous, unsparingly realistic, Family of King Charles IV (critics still wonder how he got away with it) was painted in 1800. When Spain was taken over by Napoleon in 1808, a terrible civil war ensued. Goya, torn between his Francophile liberalism and his Spanish patriotism, more than all else hated the cruelties of war. The 65 etchings that comprise Los Desastres de la Guerra are among the most moving antiwar documents in all art. Fourteen large mysterious murals, the so-called Black Paintings, were painted toward the end of Goya's life. He spent his last years in Bordeaux, in voluntary exile from the Spanish Bourbon regime. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Image credit: Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (1746–1828)
Self portrait, etching
(Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division)
Works by Francisco Goya
Goya : images of women [cat. exp., Madrid, Museo del Prado, 30 oct 2001 - 9 fév 2002 ; Washington, National Gallery of… (2002) 17 copies
Goya, another look : an exhibition organized by the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Palais des beaux-arts, Lille (1998) 10 copies
Goya: Caprichos, Desastres, Tauromaquia, Disparates : [exposicion] (Spanish Edition) (1979) 10 copies
Francisco Goya 5 copies
Goya : Caprichos, Desastres, Tauromaquia, Disparates: Villa Vauban Luxembourg 12 avril au 3 juin 1991 (1990) 4 copies
Goya: [Grafiek van Goya 3 copies
The Family of Charles IV (Detail) 2 copies
The Third of May, 1808 2 copies
Tauromaquia [Goya - Picasso] [exhibition] Venice, Spring, 1985, Peggy Guggenheim Collection 2 copies
L'œuvre gravé 2 copies
Francisco Goya : Capricci, Disastri della guerra, Follie : opere della Fondazione Antonio Mazzotta (2005) 2 copies
Don Manuel Osorio de Zuniga 2 copies
Los toros de Burdeos 1 copy
Goya, sechzig Bilder 1 copy
The masterpieces of Goya 1 copy
Cartas familiares 1 copy
Goya : [Originalradierungen] ; Caprichos - Desastres - Tauromaquia - Disparates ; Karmeliterkloster - Frankfurt, 5.… (1901) 1 copy
PINTURA NEGRAS 1 copy
Alle tot nu toe bekende schilderijen van Goya en een overzicht van zijn werk als prentkunstenaar 1 copy
Goya : [monografie] 1 copy
Goya: Skira Color Prints 1 copy
Dipinti, ritratti, affreschi 1 copy
Goya: due secoli di capricci 1 copy
Goya en tiempos de guerra 1 copy
Self-Portrait in a Tall Hat 1 copy
Grafiki 1 copy
Dr. Peral 1 copy
Senora Sabasa Garcia 1 copy
The Second of May 1 copy
The Milkmaid of Bordeaux 1 copy
The Witches' Sabbath 1 copy
Preaching Monk 1 copy
Majas on a Balcony 1 copy
Woman in Gray 1 copy
Goya : 1746-1828 1 copy
The Maja Clothed 1 copy
The Marquesa de Pontejos 1 copy
Gatti che litigano 1 copy
Francisco Goya 1 copy
The Duke of Wellington 1 copy
Goya 1 copy
The Parasol (oil on canvas) 1 copy
The Marquesa de la Solana 1 copy
Ferdinand Guillemardet 1 copy
Dona Isabel de Porcel 1 copy
GRANDS PEINTRES 1 copy
Espiro Sin Remedio 1 copy
Goya, la década de los Caprichos : dibujos y aguafuertes [exhibition] Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando,… (1992) 1 copy
Goya : Graveur 1 copy
Goya: L'Oeuvre Gravé 1 copy
Associated Works
A History of Witchcraft - Sorcerers, Heretics, & Pagans (1980) — Cover artist, some editions — 427 copies
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- Canonical name
- Goya, Francisco
- Legal name
- Goya y Lucientes, Francisco José de
- Birthdate
- 1746-03-30
- Date of death
- 1828-04-16
- Burial location
- Real Ermita de San Antonio de la Florida, Madrid, Spain (re-interred)
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Spain
- Birthplace
- Fuendetodos, Aragon, Spain
- Place of death
- Bordeaux, France
- Places of residence
- Saragossa, Spain
Rome, Italy
Madrid, Spain
Bourdeaux, France - Occupations
- painter
printmaker
court painter - Relationships
- Mengs, Anton Raphael (teacher)
- Organizations
- Royal Academy
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