Francisco Goya · 1746–1828
Francisco Goya
Francisco de Goya was a Spanish painter and printmaker active from the late 18th to the early 19th century. He served as First Court Painter, and his penetrating portraits and fantastical prints greatly influenced French Romantic painters.
Francisco de Goya was born in 1746 in the Zaragoza region of northeastern Spain and died in 1828. He is one of Spain's leading painters and printmakers. His full name is Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, and he later served as First Court Painter.
He began by producing designs for tapestries, but after encountering the work of Velázquez he grew more committed to a realism that sought the truth. In his portraits he often reached a sharp psychological depth.
His bold technique and keen psychological insight, along with the fantastical quality seen especially in his prints, had a great influence on French Romantic painters, beginning with Delacroix. His works include "Prince Don Sebastián Gabriel María of Bourbon-Braganza."
