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Francisco de Goya   (1746-1828)

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes was a most versatile Spanish artist of hallucinating imagination. Who else would do a mural in his dining room of a wild-eyed Saturn devouring his own child as if he couldn't stop himself? His etchings about the lower depths of the human condition have a cathartic, festive impact. They are strangely redeeming. His unsettling festive "Burial of the sardine" evokes hope inseparable from storm. No idealism here. No dogmas. No chains. Nada. Only raw power of life with us in the middle.

Openings (most recent entries appear first)

Search the Artchive and Art Resource for a selection of Goya's paintings.

Goya's biography.

Go here for books by and about Francisco Goya, along with reviews

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