Francisco Goya

30 March 1746 – 16 April 1828

Francisco Goya (1746-1828) was a Spanish painter and printmaker, court artist to the Spanish crown and often called the last of the Old Masters and the first of the moderns. His work ranged from royal portraits and tapestry cartoons to the searing prints of Los Caprichos and The Disasters of War and the haunting Black Paintings of his final years in Spain.

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Born in Fuendetodos, Aragon
30 March 1746

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes was born in the village of Fuendetodos near Zaragoza, Spain.

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Apprenticed to the painter José Luzán in Zaragoza
c. 1760

At about fourteen, Goya began his artistic training under José Luzán in Zaragoza.

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Married Josefa Bayeu
25 July 1773

Goya married Josefa Bayeu, sister of the court painter Francisco Bayeu, in Madrid.

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Began designing tapestry cartoons for the Royal Tapestry Factory
1775 – c. 1792

Goya produced dozens of cartoons of Spanish daily life for the Royal Tapestry Factory of Santa Bárbara, bringing him to royal attention.

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Appointed painter to King Charles III, later First Court Painter
June 1786

Goya became court painter in 1786 and rose to First Court Painter under Charles IV in 1799.

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Suffered a severe illness that left him permanently deaf
1793

A serious, undiagnosed illness left Goya completely deaf, deepening the introspective and dark strains in his art.

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Published the satirical print series Los Caprichos
February 1799

Goya issued Los Caprichos, eighty etchings satirizing Spanish society, superstition, and folly.

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Painted The Second of May 1808 and The Third of May 1808
1814

Goya commemorated the Spanish uprising against Napoleon's troops in two monumental canvases painted in 1814.

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Created the Black Paintings at the Quinta del Sordo
c. 1819 – c. 1823

In seclusion at his house outside Madrid, Goya painted the fourteen dark murals known as the Black Paintings, including Saturn Devouring His Son.

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Moved into voluntary exile in Bordeaux, France, where he died
16 April 1828

Goya left Spain for Bordeaux in 1824 amid political repression and died there on 16 April 1828.

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