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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:: 62835 Paquete
1820 Oil on canvas, 39,1 x 31,1 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid The painting was formerly in the collection of Goya's grandson, Mariano, and before it was relined the canvas was inscribed on the back: 'El celebre ciego fijo' ('The famous blind man'). The sitter was identified as a well-known beggar who used to sit on the steps of the church of San Felipe el Real in Madrid, and was invited to play the guitar and sing in the houses of members of the court. Goya creates a vivid impression of the blind eyes and jovial expression of the old man in a style close to that of the 'black paintings'. At the same time it is remarkably similar to the manner of Velezquez in his portrayal of the facial expressions of court dwarfs. Artist: GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de Title: Teo Paquete , painting Date: 1801-1850 Spanish : portrait
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Painting ID:: 62836 Infante Don Sebasti
Gabriel de Borben y Braganza 1822 Oil on canvas, 144 x 105 cm Private collection The model is the son of Pedro de Borben and Princess Braganza. Artist: GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de Title: Infante Don Sebastien Gabriel de Borben y Braganza , painting Date: 1801-1850 Spanish : portrait
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Painting ID:: 62837 Portrait of Ram
1823 (e) Oil on canvas, 104 x 81,3 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam The sitter in this painting has been identified as a nephew of JoseDuaso y Latre, the clergyman in whose house Goya took shelter in 1823 at the end of the liberal interlude. It has been suggested that the date in the inscription has been altered and that the portrait was painted not later than 1820, the last year in which Satueheld office as Alcalde de Corte (a City Councillor of Madrid). From the costume, the informal pose and the style of painting it could have been painted either in 1820 or 1823. Artist: GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de Title: Portrait of Ramen Satue , painting Date: 1801-1850 Spanish : portrait
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Painting ID:: 62838 Juan Bautista de Muguiro
1827 Oil on canvas, 103 x 85 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Artist: GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de Title: Juan Bautista de Muguiro , painting Date: 1801-1850 Spanish : portrait
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Painting ID:: 62840 Reading
1820-21 Oil on plaster mounted on canvas, 126 x 66 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This painting (La lectura) was originally in the first floor room of the Quinta del Sordo. Artist: GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de Title: Reading , painting Date: 1801-1850 Spanish : other
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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).
. Related Artists to Francisco de goya y Lucientes: | Adolfo Muller-Ury | Carl d Unker | Persac Marie Adrien | Constantin Hansen | Egide Charles Gustave Wappers |
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