Goya

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes was a Spanish painter and printmaker in the late 18th and early 19th century. Goya is known as one of the leading figures in Romanticism, and is especially renowned for both his portraits and his prints, which expressively portray the horrors of war.

Francisco Goya, The Family of Charles IV - detail — Goya depicts the king’s family in scintillating detail… but the sparkle of the monarchy is beginning to fade.

Francisco Goya, The Family of Charles IV

Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, Saturn Devouring One Of His Sons - thumb — Goya’s taste in home décor is called into question by this cannibalistic meditation on the nature of power.

Francisco Goya, Saturn Devouring One Of His ...

Detail, Francisco Goya, The Third of May - detail — A sinister tale of bloodlust and nepotism led to the tragic events Goya depicts in “the first modern painting.”

Francisco Goya, The Third of May, 1808

Francisco de Goya, And there's nothing to be done - detail — This print wasn’t made public until long after Goya’s death, for fear of exposing his controversial political views.

Francisco Goya, And there’s nothing to be ...

Figure asleep (detail), Francisco Goya, Plate 43, The sleep of reason produces monsters from Los Caprichos, 1799, etching, aquatint, drypoint, and burin, plate: 21.2 x 15.1 cm (The Metropolitan Museum of Art) — Embodied by a swarm of airborne predators, the follies of an irrational society haunt an artist’s dreams.

Francisco Goya, The Sleep of Reason Produces ...