FRANCISCO DE GOYA

FRANCISCO DE GOYA

He was a Spanish painter (from Fuendetodos, Zaragoza).

His style evolved from rococo, through neoclassicism, to pre-romanticism.

There is always a characteristic feature in his works: naturalism.He was influenced by Diego Velázquez and Rembrandt.

Velázquez

Rembrandt

Goyesco art is one of the turning points that between the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries announce contemporary painting and is the precursor of some of the pictorial avant-gardes of the twentieth century, especially expressionism.

One of his well-known works is the "Maja desnuda" ("Naked Maja"). He also made the "Dressed Maja".

Most of his works are preserved in Madrid's Prado Museum, although there are also a good number of works in France, especially in the Louvre Museum.

He names some awards: The Goya Awards. They are from the Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain.

Actor Antonio Banderas collecting his award.

He reflects the War of Independence, fantasies, witchcraft, madness, cruelty, portraits, history...