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 One of the more famous Spanish painters associated with influencing
French Romantic painters, Francisco Goya was born in Fuendetodos, and
took his earliest art lessons from his father, who was a master
gilder. He also studied etching with monks in Saragossa, and then
in 1776, when he was age 30, went to Madrid, where he was influenced by
Giovanni Tiepolo, who did lighthearted historical genre scenes in rich
coloration.
In 1786, Goya became a court painter and did numerous royal portraits
that had a light palette and "sparkling manner". By 1792, he was
suffering ill health and had lost his hearing. During his
recovery period, he did the work for which he is most
known---"humanistic-biting satire on social mores with more than a hint
of double meaning." And historical events turned him increasingly
from more light hearted subjects. Napoleon invaded Spain in 1808,
and Goya's themes reflected the cruelty and wanton killing that he
observed.
The Spanish monarchy was restored in 1814, and Goya who was a
Republican, retired to a country home, where he, with much dampened
spirit, painted with dark, sombre tones. He did "Black" frescoes
in his home, "pessimistic yet imaginative images of degraded and
bestial humanity. . .terrible but fascinatin-hallucinatory nightmares
that foretell of death and destruction.
He died in Bordeaux in 1828, having gone into voluntary exile in France in 1824.
Source:
barewalls.com http://www.dropbears.com/a/art/biography/Francisco_Jose_de_Goya.html
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