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Goya

Whether for his portraits as a court painter to the royal family of Castile or for his horrific scenes of conflict and suffering, Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828) has made history as one of Spain's most revered and controversial artists.

A master of light and form, his influence reverberates down the centuries, inspiring and fascinating artists of all kinds, from the Romantic Eugène Delacroix to the enfants terribles of British art, the Chapman brothers.

Born in Fuen de Todos (Spain) in 1746, Goya began his career at the court of Castile in 1774, producing etchings and painting cartoons for tapestries to decorate the country's great palaces and royal residences.

He also had clients among the aristocracy, painting portraits commissioned by the rich and powerful, in an increasingly fluid and expressive style. Later, after overcoming a serious illness, he began to produce darker engravings and drawings, depicting a nightmarish world populated by witches, ghosts and fantastic creatures.

It was, however, with his terrible depictions of conflict that Goya achieved an enduring impact. The Disasters of War, painted between 1810 and 1820, were inspired by the atrocities committed during the Castilian War of Independence against the French.

They go to the very heart of human cruelty and sadism. The sombre tones, rapid brushstrokes and aggressive use of chiaroscuro in the Baroque style bring to mind the work of Velázquez and Rembrandt, but the subjects Goya tackles were unprecedented in their brutality and honesty.

Pages: 96

Language: Spanish

Author: Rose-Marie Hagen, Rainer Hagen

Year: 2016

MODEL: 9783836543170

Publisher: Taschen