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- Birth nameFrancisco José de Goya y Lucientes
- Francisco Goya was born on March 30, 1746 in Fuendetodos, Aragon, Spain as Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes. He was an actor, known for Romantic Versus Classical Art (1973) and Five Revolutionary Painters (1959). He was a painter of the Romantic era and died of a stroke on April 16, 1828 in Bordeaux, France. Other painters of the Romantic era include John Constable, William Blake and Caspar David Friedrich.- IMDb Mini Biography By: John Schmidt
- Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes was initially a student of José Luzán in Zaragoza. He then moved to Madrid and studied with Francisco Bayeu y Subias. In the years 1769 and 1770 Goya traveled to Italy. There he won an award at a competition at the Academy of Parma. After returning to Zaragoza in 1771, he devoted himself to religious motifs in his fresco painting. Three years later it went to the royal carpet factory in Madrid. There he created works in the Rococo style, taking his inspiration from the German painter and art historian Anton Raphael Mengs and the Italian painter and etcher Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. In his depictions he dealt with life in a playful way, which he underlined with pastel-like colors. This is how the title "The Parasol" came about in 1777. In 1786 Goya was appointed painter to the king. Three years later he was promoted to court painter.
In 1795 he succeeded his brother-in-law Bayeu as director of the painting class at the Academia de S. Fernando in Madrid. As a court painter, he portrayed the members of the royal family, such as in 1800 in "The Family of Charles IV.". In 1792, Goya suffered a stroke that caused him to lose his hearing. In the period that followed, his etching works were created, for example the series entitled "Los Caprichos", with which he went public in 1797 and 1798. These works represented a turning point in motifs and representation. From this point on, Goya avoided the gallant and easy-going content and turned to criticism of human weaknesses as well as political, social and ecclesiastical grievances. This topic was ridiculed in Goya's pictures, and his style developed depth and expressiveness. The work entitled "Witch Scene" was created between 1794 and 1795 and "The Madhouse" around 1800. Goya's works from this era deal with the depths of humanity, with evil and vice.
In his two paintings "The Naked Maya" and "The Clothed Maya" Goya implemented the theme of the resting Venus, which he implemented from a new perspective by directing the Maya's gaze towards the viewer. Francisco Goya was interested in contemporary events that were reflected in his pictures. For the invasion of Napoleon's troops into Spain, he made the etching series entitled "Los Desastres de la Guerra", which was created between 1808 and 1814. The two pictures "Battle with the Mamelukes on May 2nd, 1808 in Madrid" and "Shooting of the insurgents on May 3rd, 1808 in Madrid" were created on the same topic. In his later works, Goya's turn to tragedy, the dark and the fantastic was revealed. The series of etchings entitled "Disparates" were created in this expressive language from 1816 onwards. In the period that followed, he painted his so-called black pictures, the "Pinturas negras"; These were frescoes such as the title "Saturn Devours One of His Children" for his house near Madrid, which he purchased in 1819. He called his property "La Quinta del Sordo", in English: "The House of the Pigeon".
In addition to fresco work, Goya continued to devote himself to portrait painting, which he realized in an expressive style. The focus of these works was the dignified grace of the models. In the two years 1794 to 1795, the title "Marquesa de la Solana" or "Young Lady with a Fan" was created around 1815. Its depictions of wars, injustice and madness outraged the zealots of the Catholic Inquisition. In 1824, Goya emigrated to France to escape the Spanish Inquisition. There he settled in Bordeaux. With the title "Milkwoman of Bordeaux", painted in 1827 and 1828, he incorporated impressionistic elements. Francisco Goya became one of the most profound portrayers of the human psyche. His etchings in particular had a formative effect on artists of the international avant-garde such as Edvard Munch, Emil Nolde, Paul Klee and James Ensor.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Christian_Wolfgang_Barth
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