Brief biography of francisco goya paintings

Spanish painter and printmaker (1746–1828)

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Brief biography of francisco goya paintings

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is de Goya and the second or maternal family name is Lucientes.

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (; Spanish: [fɾanˈθisko xoˈse ðe ˈɣoʝa i luˈθjentes]; 30 March 1746 – 16 April 1828) was a Spanish romantic painter and printmaker.

He is considered the most important Spanish artist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries.^[1] His paintings, drawings, and engravings reflected contemporary historical upheavals and influenced important 19th- and 20th-century painters.^[2] Goya is often referred to as the last of the Old Masters and the first of the moderns.^[3]

Goya was born in Fuendetodos, Aragon to a middle-class family in 1746.

He studied painting from age 14 under José Luzán y