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Francisco Jose de Goya
Spanish Rococo Era/Romantic Painter and Printmaker, 1746-1828
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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Ferdinand Guillemardet French Ambassador in Spain.
c. 1798-1800
Oil on canvas,
186 x 124 cm. Louvre
Painting ID:: 10382
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Ferdinand_Guillemardet_French_Ambassador_in_Spain.
c. 1798-1800
Oil on canvas,
186 x 124 cm. Louvre
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The Nude Maja
1799Oil on canvas
Museo del Prado
Madrid,
Painting ID:: 10383
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The_Nude_Maja
1799Oil on canvas
Museo del Prado
Madrid,
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The Clothed Maja
1800Oil on canvas
Museo del Prado
Madrid, Spain
Painting ID:: 10384
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The_Clothed_Maja
1800Oil on canvas
Museo del Prado
Madrid, Spain
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Charles IV and His Family
1800
Oil on canvas.
Museo del Prado
Madrid,
Painting ID:: 10385
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Charles_IV_and_His_Family
1800
Oil on canvas.
Museo del Prado
Madrid,
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Sleep
c. 1800.
Oil on canvas,
44.5 x 77 cm.
National Gallery
of Ireland
Painting ID:: 10386
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Sleep
c. 1800.
Oil on canvas,
44.5 x 77 cm.
National Gallery
of Ireland
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Francisco_Jose_de_Goya
Spanish Rococo Era/Romantic Painter and Printmaker, 1746-1828
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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