Artists
Francisco de Goya
- Country:
- Spain
- Birth year:
- 1746
- Death year:
- 1828
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Francisco de Goya (1746 Fuendetodos in Aragon 1828 Bordeaux) was one of the greatest artists of his time. Around 1760 he studied under Jose Luzan in Saragossa and then transferred to the studio of Francisco Bayeu in Madrid. After a trip through Italy in 1770/71 he worked for the royal tapestry factory. In 1780 he began his career at the Academy as well as at the Spanish court, where he was named "First Painter" in 1799. Under the influence of the French Revolution and his increasing deafness he began a pioneering transformation of style in 1790. In 1824 political persecution forced him to move to Bordeaux, where Goya incorporated French and Italian elements and patterned himself in particular on the works of Tiepolo and Vealuzquez. With previously unknown realism and passion he achieved a highly expressive alienation from the subjects represented in his work. Goya was the first to occupy himself with a fascination for the uncanny and the horrifying. Works by the artist include Marquesa de la Solana, 1794/95. Musee du Louvre, Paris; Maya Clothed, c. 1797, Museo del Prado, Madrid; and Maya on the Balcony, c. 1811, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.