Spanish painter (full name: Francisco Jos de Goya y Lucientes) and graphic artist. He was the most powerful and original European artist of his time, but his genius was slow in maturing and he was well into his thirties before he began producing work that set him apart from his ...
Jose, for four years, until he decided to work on his own. He later wrote, "paint from my invention.". He moved to Madrid to study Anton raphaelmon, a popular painter of Spanish royalty. He and his master were not satisfied with the exam. Goya's submission to the real academia de ...
On 25 July 1773, Goya married in Madrid Josefa Bayeu, the sister of Francisco Bayeu, the leading Spanish artist at court. Bayeu greatly assisted Goya's career by obtaining for him a position at the royal tapestry factory, for which Goya executed sixty-three cartoons by 1792 (thirty-nine of...
Famed artist Francisco Goya, often considered to be among the last of the Old Masters, created numerous paintings, etchings, drawings and lithographs. He served as a court painter to Spanish and Napoleonic rulers and uncompromisingly captured the horrors
Francisco Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828) was in his lifetime the foremost painter in Spain, and his reputation has remained undimmed ever since.For most of his career he painted for the Spanish Court, providing glittering portraits and tapestry designs for the royal palaces. Yet he also painted...
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (March 30, 1746 – April 16, 1828) was a Spanish romantic printmaker and painter. Goya was considered one of the last Old Masters and one of the first moderns. Goya was a court painter to the Spanish royal family. Through his works, he was a chroni...
Goya by by Vicente Lopez,1826 Francisco José de Goya y Lucienteswas an innovative Spanish painter and etcher; one of the triumvirate—including El Greco and Diego Velázquez—of great Spanish masters. Much in the art of Goya is derived from that of Velázquez, just as much in the art of ...
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes was a famous painter and engraver from Spain. He was born in Fuendetodos, a very small municipality in Aragon, on March 30th, 1746. He is considered one of the greatest Spanish painters to live between the 18th and the 19th century. His impressive works...
The Third of May 1808 is a precisely crafted oil on canvas painting that was completed in 1814 by reputed Spanish painter Francis Goya to commemorate Spanish victory over the armies of the brutal Napoleon. It is one of the most famous paints that carry a heavy message of liberation and one...
At age 14, Goya studied under the painter José Luzán. He moved to Madrid where he studied with Anton Raphael Mengs, a painter who was popular with Spanish royalty. He clashed with his master, and his examinations were unsatisfactory. Goya submitted entries for the Royal Academy of Fine ...