Artist · 59 prints
Francisco de Goya Prints
About Francisco de Goya
Francisco de Goya (1746–1828) was a Spanish painter and printmaker, born on 30 March 1746 in Fuendetodos, near Saragossa. He trained with José Luzán in Saragossa and Francisco Bayeu in Madrid and settled in Madrid by 1775. He became a painter to King Charles III in 1786 and First Painter to Charles IV in 1799. A severe illness in 1792 left him deaf. In 1824 he went into exile in Bordeaux, France, where he died on 16 April 1828.
Goya painted royal and society portraits and designs for the royal tapestry works, but also some of the darkest images in European art. He lived through the Peninsular War, Napoleon's invasion of Spain, and recorded its cruelty in the etching series The Disasters of War (1810–14) and in the painting The Third of May 1808 (1814). His clothed and nude Majas hang in the Prado in Madrid. Late in life he covered the walls of his own house with the brooding images now known as the Black Paintings.
Francisco de Goya prints: reproductions of paintings and etchings by the Spanish painter and printmaker Francisco de Goya, made between 1783 and about 1820. The collection includes The Third of May 1808 (1814), Saturn Devouring His Son (1820), The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters (1799), The Marquesa de Pontejos (1786) and The Forge (1815).
A large part of this selection is black-and-white etchings, from Los Caprichos (1799), with its witches, goblins and satire, and from Los Disparates, his late series of dreamlike follies. Alongside them are Black Paintings such as Atropos and Two Old Men Eating Soup, portraits of Spanish society sitters and children, tapestry designs such as Autumn and Boy on a Ram, and scenes from the war with France.
The etchings suit studies, libraries and hallways and hang well in groups; the lighter portraits and tapestry designs work in living rooms and dining rooms. All prints are museum-quality reproductions, available unframed or framed with acrylic glazing, with free shipping and import duties covered.
