Francisco Goya (1746-1828) was a Spanish court painter, specialising in portraits and Romantic works.
Francisco Goya Summary
Full name is Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
His Naked Maya is one of the most daring and famous nudes in the history of art
From 1799 honoured as the painter of the Spanish court
Painted Kings Charles III and Charles IV and most of the high Spanish aristocracy
Documented the horrors of the Napoleonic war in Spain in his Disasters of War prints
During the Napoleonic invasion started to suffer from hallucinations while already deaf
Last, the “Black” period characterised by exceptionally lugubrious motifs
Francisco Goya’s Famous Paintings and Prints
Christ Crucified (1780)
Los Caprichos (1798)
Charles IV of Spain and His Family (1801)
Portrait of Manuel Godoy (1801)
La maja desnuda (c. 1800) & La maja vestida (1805)
Portrait of the Duke of Wellington (1812)
The Second of May 1808 (1814)
The Disasters of War (1810-1820)
Saturn Devouring His Son (1823)The Witches’ Sabbath (1823)
1760-85
Goya becomes apprentice to Spanish Baroque painter José Luzán in Saragossa at age 14.
Consecration of Aloysius Gonzaga as patron saint of youth by Francisco Goya (1763), Oil on canvas, 127 cm × 88 cm (50 in × 35 in), Saragossa Museum, Saragossa
Hannibal the Conqueror by Francisco Goya (1771), Oil on canvas, Height: 87 cm (34.2 in); Width: 131.5 cm (51.7 in), Fundación Selgas-Fagalde (Asturias, Spain)The Sacrifice to Priapus by Francisco Goya (1771), Romantisicm, Oil on canvas, 33 x 24 cm, Private collection
The Adoration of the Name of God by Francisco Goya (1772), Romanticism, Religious Art, Fresco, 700 cm × 1500 cm (280 in × 590 in), The Cathedral-Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar, Zaragoza, Spain
The Parasol by Francisco Goya (1777), Romanticism, Oil on linen, 104 cm × 152 cm, Museo del Prado, Madrid
Blind Guitarist by Francisco Goya (1778), Romanticism, Oil on canvas, Height: 260 cm (102.3 in); Width: 311 cm (10.2 ft), Museo del Prado, Madrid
The Swing by Francisco Goya (1779), Romanticism, Oil on canvas, 260 × 165 cm, Museo del Prado, Madrid
The Count of Floridablanca by Francisco Goya (1783), Romanticism, Oil on canvas, Height: 262 cm (103.1 in); Width: 166 cm (65.3 in), Private Collection, owned by the Bank of Spain
1786-91
Becomes a Genre painter in Madrid and is commissioned to paint King Charles III. Becomes the official court painter in 1786
The Marquesa de Pontejos by Francisco Goya (1786), Oil on canvas, 210.3 x 127 cm (82 13/16 x 50 inches), National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Manuel Osorio Manrique de Zúñiga by Francisco Goya (Around 1787 – 1788), Oil on canvas, Height: 127 cm (50 in); Width: 101.6 cm (40 in), Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
1792-97
Francisco Goya becomes ill, likely the result of cholera. Has a significant change in personality and eventually becomes deaf as a result of his illness.
María Ramona de Barbachano by Francisco Goya (between 1787 and 1788), Oil on canvas, Height: 114.4 cm (45 inches); Width: 83.6 cm (32.9 inches)
Family of the Duke of Osuna by Francisco Goya (1788), Oil on canvas, Height: 225 cm (88.5 in); Width: 174 cm (68.5 in), Prado Museum, Madrid
Yard with Lunatics by Francisco Goya (1794), Oil on tin, Height: 43.8 cm (17.2 in); Width: 32.7 cm (12.8 in), Meadows Museum, Dallas, Texas
Prison Interior by Francisco Goya (1793), oil on tin plate, Height: 42.9 cm (16.8 in); Width: 31.7 cm (12.4 in), Bowes Museum
Duchess of Alba (The White Duchess) by Francisco Goya (1795), oil on canvas, Height: 192 cm (75.5 in); Width: 128 cm (50.3 in), House of Alba, Madrid
Self-Portrait on Linen by Francisco Goya (1796), oil on canvas, Height: 18.2 cm (7.1 in); Width: 12.2 cm (4.8 in), Prado Museum, Madrid
1798-1818
Having witnessed the Napoleonic Invasion of Spain, also known as the Peninsular War, Goya paints his ‘disasters of war’ series.
Countess of Chinchon by Francisco Goya (1800), oil on canvas, Height: 216 cm (85 in); Width: 144 cm (56.6 in), Prado Museum, Madrid
La maja desnuda by Francisco Goya (1800), oil on canvas, Height: 98 cm (38.5 in) ; Width: 191 cm (75.1 in), Prado Museum, Madrid
Charles IV of Spain and His Family by Francisco Goya (between 1800 and 1801), oil on canvas, Height: 280 cm (110.2 in); Width: 336 cm (11 ft), Prado Museum, Madrid
La maja vestida by Francisco Goya (between 1800 and 1807), oil on canvas, Height: 95 cm (37.4 in) ; Width: 190 cm (74.8 in), Prado Museum, Madrid
The Colossus by Francisco Goya (1818-1825), oil on canvas, 116 × 105 cm (45.6 × 41.3 in), Prado Museum, Madrid
The Second of May 1808 by Francisco Goya (1814), oil on canvas, Height: 266 cm (104.7 in); Width: 345 cm (11.3 ft), Prado Museum, Madrid
The Third of May 1808 by Francisco Goya (1814), oil on canvas, Height: 2.6 m (104.7 in); Width: 3.4 m (11.3 ft), Prado Museum, Madrid
The Inquisition Tribunal by Francisco Goya (1808/1812), Oil on panel, Height: 46 cm (18.1 in) ; Width: 73 cm (28.7 in), Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Madrid
1819-23
Alone in his house Quinta del Sordo (or House of the Deaf) near Madrid, Francisco Goya paints his ‘black paintings’ series. They are on the walls of the house and Goys never tells anybody about them
Self-portrait with Dr Arrieta by Francisco Goya (1820), oil on canvas, Height: 45.1 in (114.6 cm); Width: 30.1 in (76.5 cm), Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minnesota
The Great He-Goat or Witches Sabbath by Francisco Goya (1821-1823), oil on canvas, 140.5 by 435.7 centimetres (55.3 in × 171.5 in), Prado Museum, Madrid
Saturn Devouring His Son by Francisco Goya (1819-1823), oil on canvas, 146 × 83 cm (57½ × 32½ in), Prado Museum, Madrid
Two Old Men by Francisco Goya (1821–1823), Oil mural transferred to canvas, Height: 142.5 cm (56.1 in); Width: 65.6 cm (25.8 in), Museo del Prado, Madrid
1824-28
Moves to Bordeaux in South-West France with his companion Leocadia Zorrilla, Goya paints his La Tauromaquia (Bullfighting) series as well as his final oil paintings, which are almost Impressionistic. Goya dies on April 16, 1828 aged 82 in Bordeaux. His remains are sent back to Spain.
Monk Talking to an Old Woman by Francisco Goya (1824-1825), Watercolour on ivory, Princeton University Art Museum
The Milkmaid of Bordeaux by Francisco Goya (1825-1827), oil on canvas, Height: 74cm (29.1 inches), width: 68cm (26.7 inches), Prado Museum, MadridMariano Goya, the Artist’s Grandson by Francisco Goya (1827), Oil on canvas, Height: 52 cm (20.4 inches); Width: 41.2 cm (16.2 inches), Meadows Museum, Dallas
Don José Pío de Molina by Francisco Goya (1827), oil, Reinhart Collection, Winterthur
