Francisco de Goya Art

Francisco de Goya Art

Francisco de Goya (1746, Fuendetodos, Spain - 1828, Bordeaux, France) is an innovative Spanish Romantic painter, one of the triumvirate - including El Greco and Diego Velazquez - of great Spanish masters. Much in the art of Goya is derived from that of Velazquez, just as much in the art of the 19th-century French master Edouard Manet and the 20th-century genius Picasso is taken from Goya. Goya was initially trained in the Rococo style, but later transformed this style and created works that have as great an impact today as when they were created. Goya 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.

For the bold technique of his paintings, the haunting satire of his etchings, and his belief that the artist's vision is more important than tradition, Goya is often called "the grandfather of modern art". Goya began his painting career just after the late Baroque period. In expressing his thoughts and feelings frankly, as he did, he became the pioneer of new artistic tendencies which were to come to fruition in the 19th century. They represented the reaction against previous conceptions of art and the desire for a new form of expression.

In order to understand the scope of Goya's art, and to appreciate the principles which governed his development and tremendous versatility, it is essential to realise that his work extended over a period of more than 60 years, for he continued to draw and paint until his 82nd year.

The importance of this factor is evident between his attitude towards life in his youth, when he accepted the world as it was quite happily, in his manhood when he began to criticise it, and in his old age when he became embittered and disillusioned with people and society. Furthermore, the world changed completely during his lifetime. The society, in which he had achieved a great success disappeared during the Napoleonic war. Long before the end of the 18th century Goya had already turned towards his new ideals and expressed them in his graphic art and in his paintings.

As an artist, Goya was by temperament far removed from the classicals. In a few works he approached Classical style, but in the greater part of his work the Romantic triumphed.

Straightforward candor and honesty are present in all Goya's works.

The Black Paintings, scenes of witchcraft and war and other bizarre activities, are among the most outstanding works of the artist's late years. Executed about 1820, these paintings are now in the Prado, Madrid. Originally painted in fresco on the walls of Goya's country house and now transferred to canvas, they attest to his progressively darkening mood, possibly aggravated by an oppressive political situation in Spain that forced him to leave for France in 1824.

Although he returned to Madrid for a brief visit in 1826, he died in self-imposed exile in Bordeaux two years later, on April 16, 1828. Goya left no immediate followers of consequence, but his influence was strongly felt in mid-19th-century painting and in 20th-century art.

Francisco de Goya became one of the most influential figures in Spanish art of all time. He was also extremely important in the development of modern aesthetic sensibility, a forerunner of Romanticism, both in the content of his paintings, with their in-depth exploration of reality and references to the dream world, and in his very original technique.

The most notable pictures by Francisco de Goya have been carefully collected, selected and researched, and they are now available to you in one, easy to use, combined package, i.e. art pack. The pictures are designed to work as a desktop background (a wallpaper) on any computer with Microsoft® Windows® 7, Vista, XP, or 2000. The 14.1 MB art pack includes 115 high-resolution art images for your computer. Roll up the list See the complete list. Get this high-quality product now to excite, inspire, and educate yourself!

Contents

  1. The Quail Shoot, 1775
  2. A Walk In Andalusia, 1777
  3. Dance Of The Majos At The Banks Of Manzanares, 1777
  4. The Parasol, 1778
  5. The Crockery Vendor, 1779
  6. Fight With A Young Bull, 1780
  7. Portrait Of Maria Teresa De Vallabriga On Horseback, 1783
  8. The Count Of Floridablanca, 1783
  9. The Family Of The Infante Don Luis, 1783
  10. Portrait Of The Wife Of Juan Agustin Cean Bermudez, 1785
  11. Portrait Of The Wife Of Juan Agustin Cean Bermudez (Detail), 1785
  12. Marqueza Pontejos, 1786
  13. The Fall (La Caida), 1787
  14. The Greasy Pole (La Cucana), 1787
  15. The Injured Mason, 1787
  16. The Snowstorm, 1787
  17. Charles III In Hunting Costume, 1788
  18. Don Manuel Osorio Manrique De Zuniga, 1788
  19. Picnic, 1788
  20. Pilgrimage To The Church Of San Isidro, 1788
  21. The Family Of The Duke Of Osuna, 1788
  22. The Meadow Of San Isidro On His Feast Day, 1788
  23. Blind Man's Buff, 1789
  24. Witches' Sabbath, 1789
  25. Sebastian Martinez, 1792
  26. The Straw Manikin, 1792
  27. The Wedding, 1792
  28. Strolling Players, 1793
  29. The Countess Del Carpio, 1793
  30. Dona Tadea Arias De Enriquez, 1794
  31. Fire At Night, 1794
  32. Robbery, 1794
  33. The Yard Of A Madhouse, 1794
  34. Portrait Of Francisco Bayeu, 1795
  35. Self-Portrait In The Workshop, 1795
  36. The Duchess Of Alba, 1795
  37. The Duchess Of Alba And Her Duenna, 1795
  38. Portrait Of Martin Zapater, 1797
  39. St. Gregory, 1797
  40. Ferdinand Guillemardet, 1798
  41. Gaspar Melchor De Jovellanos, 1798
  42. Josefa Bayeu (Or Leocadia Weiss), 1798
  43. Portrait Of Andres Del Peral, 1798
  44. The Bewitched Man, 1798
  45. The Miracle Of St. Anthony (Detail 2), 1798
  46. The Miracle Of St. Anthony (Detail 3), 1798
  47. The Miracle Of St. Anthony (Detail 4), 1798
  48. The Miracle Of St. Anthony (Detail), 1798
  49. Witches In The Air, 1798
  50. La Tirana, 1799
  51. Cardinal Luis Maria De Borbon Y Vallabriga, 1800
  52. Charles IV And His Family, 1800
  53. Portrait Of The Countess Of Chinchon, 1800
  54. The Countess Of Chinchon, 1800
  55. The Nude Maja (La Maja Desnuda), 1800
  56. Manuel Godoy, Duke Of Alcudia, 'Prince Of The Peace', 1801
  57. Count Fernan Nunez, 1803
  58. The Clothed Maja (La Maja Vestida), 1803
  59. Dona Maria Tomasa Palafox, Marquesa De Villafranca, 1804
  60. Dona Isabel De Porcel, 1805
  61. Portrait Of Antonia Zarate, 1805
  62. Portrait Of Joaquina, 1805
  63. Bartolome Sureda Y Miserol, 1806
  64. Dona Teresa Sureda, 1806
  65. Portrait Of A Lady With A Fan, 1807
  66. Portrait Of Jose Antonio, Marques De Caballero, 1807
  67. Francisca Sabasa Y Garcia, 1808
  68. The Colossus, 1808
  69. Allegory Of The City Of Madrid, 1810
  70. Dona Narcisa Baranana De Goicoechea, 1810
  71. Monk, 1810
  72. Pest House, 1810
  73. Portrait Of Victor Guye, 1810
  74. Juan Antonio Llorente, 1811
  75. Knife Grinder, 1812
  76. Les Vieilles Or Time And The Old Women, 1812
  77. Maja And Celestina, 1812
  78. Plucked Turkey, 1812
  79. Portrait Of The Duke Of Wellington, 1812
  80. Still-Life, A Butcher's Counter, 1812
  81. Water Carrier, 1812
  82. Pepito Costa Y Bonells, 1813
  83. A Prison Scene, 1814
  84. A Procession Of Flagellants, 1814
  85. A Village Bullfight, 1814
  86. King Ferdinand VII With Royal Mantle, 1814
  87. Majas On Balcony, 1814
  88. Portrait Of Ferdinand VII, 1814
  89. Portrait Of Mariano Goya, The Artist's Grandson, 1814
  90. The Burial Of The Sardine, 1814
  91. The Madhouse, 1814
  92. The Second Of May, 1808, The Charge Of The Mamelukes, 1814
  93. The Third Of May, 1808, (Detail), 1814
  94. The Third Of May, 1808, The Execution Of The Defenders Of Madrid, 1814
  95. The Young Ones, 1814
  96. Self-Portrait, 1815
  97. Christ On The Mount Of Olives, 1819
  98. Portrait Of Juan Antonio Cuervo, 1819
  99. The Forge, 1819
  100. The Inquisition Tribunal, 1819
  101. The Last Communion Of St. Joseph Of Calasanz, 1819
  102. Self-Portrait With Doctor Arrieta, 1820
  103. Tiburcio Perez Y Cuervo, 1820
  104. Tio Paquete, 1820
  105. Infante Don Sebastian Gabriel De Borbon Y Braganza, 1822
  106. A Pilgrimage To San Isidro, 1823
  107. Duel With Cudgels, 1823
  108. Manola (La Leocadia), 1823
  109. Portrait Of Ramon Satue, 1823
  110. Saturn Devouring One Of His Children, 1823
  111. The Dog, 1823
  112. Portrait Of The Poet Moratin, 1824
  113. St. Peter Repentant, 1825
  114. Juan Bautista De Muguiro, 1827
  115. The Milkmaid Of Bordeaux, 1827

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