Francisco Jos? de Goya y Lucientes (March 30, 1746 ? April 16, 1828) was an Aragonese Spanish painter and printmaker. Goya was a court painter to the Spanish Crown and a chronicler of history. He has been regarded both as the last of the Old Masters and as the first of the moderns. The subversive and subjective element in his art, as well as his bold handling of paint, provided a model for the work of later generations of artists, notably Manet and Picasso.
Goya was born in Fuendetodos, Spain, in the kingdom of Arag?n in 1746 to Jos? Benito de Goya y Franque and Gracia de Lucientes y Salvador. He spent his childhood in Fuendetodos, where his family lived in a house bearing the family crest of his mother. His father earned his living as a gilder. About 1749, the family bought a house in the city of Zaragoza and some years later moved into it. Goya attended school at Escuelas Pias, where he formed a close friendship with Martin Zapater, and their correspondence over the years became valuable material for biographies of Goya. At age 14, he entered apprenticeship with the painter Jos? Luj?n.
After contracting a high fever in 1792 Goya was left deaf, and he became withdrawn and introspective. During the five years he spent recuperating, he read a great deal about the French Revolution and its philosophy. The bitter series of aquatinted etchings that resulted were published in 1799 under the title Caprichos. The dark visions depicted in these prints are partly explained by his caption, "The sleep of reason produces monsters".
Yet these are not solely bleak in nature and demonstrate the artist's sharp satirical wit, particularly evident in etchings such as Hunting for Teeth. Additionally, one can discern a thread of the macabre running through Goya's work, even in his earlier tapestry cartoons.
Self portrait
http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj171/Azjahh/Art%20Museum/Goya_selfportrait.jpg
The Family of Charles IV, 1800. Th?ophile Gautier described the figures as looking like "the corner baker and his wife after they won the lottery".
http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj171/Azjahh/Art%20Museum/Goya_y_Lucientes_FamilyofCharles.jpg
Saturn devouring his son Francisco de Goya (1746-1828): Saturno devorando a su hijo (Saturn devouring his son) Mural tranferred to Canvas (146 x 83 cm), 1819. Museo del Prado, Madrid
http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj171/Azjahh/Art%20Museum/Goya_-_Saturno_devorando_a_su_hijo.jpg
The Nude Maja, ca. 1800
http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj171/Azjahh/Art%20Museum/Goya_Maja_naga2.jpg
The Colossus, 1810.
http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj171/Azjahh/Art%20Museum/Goya_colossus.jpg
What more can one do?, from The Disasters of War, 1812-15.
http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj171/Azjahh/Art%20Museum/Goya-Guerra_.jpg
Goya was born in Fuendetodos, Spain, in the kingdom of Arag?n in 1746 to Jos? Benito de Goya y Franque and Gracia de Lucientes y Salvador. He spent his childhood in Fuendetodos, where his family lived in a house bearing the family crest of his mother. His father earned his living as a gilder. About 1749, the family bought a house in the city of Zaragoza and some years later moved into it. Goya attended school at Escuelas Pias, where he formed a close friendship with Martin Zapater, and their correspondence over the years became valuable material for biographies of Goya. At age 14, he entered apprenticeship with the painter Jos? Luj?n.
After contracting a high fever in 1792 Goya was left deaf, and he became withdrawn and introspective. During the five years he spent recuperating, he read a great deal about the French Revolution and its philosophy. The bitter series of aquatinted etchings that resulted were published in 1799 under the title Caprichos. The dark visions depicted in these prints are partly explained by his caption, "The sleep of reason produces monsters".
Yet these are not solely bleak in nature and demonstrate the artist's sharp satirical wit, particularly evident in etchings such as Hunting for Teeth. Additionally, one can discern a thread of the macabre running through Goya's work, even in his earlier tapestry cartoons.
Self portrait
http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj171/Azjahh/Art%20Museum/Goya_selfportrait.jpg
The Family of Charles IV, 1800. Th?ophile Gautier described the figures as looking like "the corner baker and his wife after they won the lottery".
http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj171/Azjahh/Art%20Museum/Goya_y_Lucientes_FamilyofCharles.jpg
Saturn devouring his son Francisco de Goya (1746-1828): Saturno devorando a su hijo (Saturn devouring his son) Mural tranferred to Canvas (146 x 83 cm), 1819. Museo del Prado, Madrid
http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj171/Azjahh/Art%20Museum/Goya_-_Saturno_devorando_a_su_hijo.jpg
The Nude Maja, ca. 1800
http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj171/Azjahh/Art%20Museum/Goya_Maja_naga2.jpg
The Colossus, 1810.
http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj171/Azjahh/Art%20Museum/Goya_colossus.jpg
What more can one do?, from The Disasters of War, 1812-15.
http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj171/Azjahh/Art%20Museum/Goya-Guerra_.jpg