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Francisco de goya y Lucientes
b. March 30, 1746, Fuendetodos, Spain--d. April 16, 1828,
Goya is considered the 18th Century's foremost painter and etcher of Spanish culture, known for his realistic scenes of battles, bullfights and human corruption. Goya lived during a time of upheaval in Spain that included war with France, the Inquisition, the rule of Napoleon's brother, Joseph, as the King of Spain and, finally, the reign of the Spanish King Ferdinand VII. Experts proclaim these events -- and Goya's deafness as a result of an illness in 1793 -- as central to understanding Goya's work, which frequently depicts human misery in a satiric and sometimes nightmarish fashion. From the 1770s he was a royal court painter for Charles III and Charles IV, and when Bonaparte took the throne in 1809, Goya swore fealty to the new king. When the crown was restored to Spain's Ferdinand VII (1814), Goya, in spite of his earlier allegiance to the French king, was reinstated as royal painter. After 1824 he lived in self-imposed exile in Bordeaux until his death, reportedly because of political differences with Ferdinand. Over his long career he created hundreds of paintings, etchings, and lithographs, among them Maya Clothed and Maya Nude (1798-1800); Caprichos (1799-82); The Second of May 1808 and The Third of May 1808 (1814); Disasters of War (1810-20); and The Black Paintings (1820-23).
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Painting ID:: 62490
Holy Week in Spain in Times Past
1820-24 Black chalk, 191 x 146 mm National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa Goya returned to this subject after many years later he painted the Procession of Flagellants (Museo de la Real Academia de San Fernando, Madrid). Author: GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de Title: Holy Week in Spain in Times Past Form: graphics , 1801-1850 , Spanish , religious
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Painting ID:: 62491
Portrait of Javier Goya
1824 Black chalk, 90 x 80 mm Private collection Goya's son Francisco Javier was the only surviving child of several when he married in 1805. Author: GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de Title: Portrait of Javier Goya, the Artist's Son Form: graphics , 1801-1850 , Spanish , portrait
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Painting ID:: 62492
I am Still Learning
1824-28 Black chalk, 195 x 150 mm Museo del Prado, Madrid Until the end of his life Goya, in spite of old age and infirmity, continued to record the world around him in paintings and drawings and in the new technique of lithography. Author: GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de Title: 'I am Still Learning' ('A?n aprendo') Form: graphics , 1801-1850 , Spanish , other
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Painting ID:: 62828
The Miracle of St Anthony
1798 Fresco San Antonio de la Florida, Madrid Angels do not fall out of the sky; people, however, need a balustrade. Goya uses it to emphasize that the earthly world extends as far as the edge of the cupola, which is usually claimed by the Church
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Painting ID:: 62829
The Miracle of St Anthony
1798 Fresco, width of detail 50 cm San Antonio de la Florida, Madrid Artist: GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de Title: The Miracle of St Anthony (detail) , painting Date: 1801-1850 Spanish : religious
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Francisco de goya y Lucientes
b. March 30, 1746, Fuendetodos, Spain--d. April 16, 1828,
Goya is considered the 18th Century's foremost painter and etcher of Spanish culture, known for his realistic scenes of battles, bullfights and human corruption. Goya lived during a time of upheaval in Spain that included war with France, the Inquisition, the rule of Napoleon's brother, Joseph, as the King of Spain and, finally, the reign of the Spanish King Ferdinand VII. Experts proclaim these events -- and Goya's deafness as a result of an illness in 1793 -- as central to understanding Goya's work, which frequently depicts human misery in a satiric and sometimes nightmarish fashion. From the 1770s he was a royal court painter for Charles III and Charles IV, and when Bonaparte took the throne in 1809, Goya swore fealty to the new king. When the crown was restored to Spain's Ferdinand VII (1814), Goya, in spite of his earlier allegiance to the French king, was reinstated as royal painter. After 1824 he lived in self-imposed exile in Bordeaux until his death, reportedly because of political differences with Ferdinand. Over his long career he created hundreds of paintings, etchings, and lithographs, among them Maya Clothed and Maya Nude (1798-1800); Caprichos (1799-82); The Second of May 1808 and The Third of May 1808 (1814); Disasters of War (1810-20); and The Black Paintings (1820-23).
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