Francisco de Goya y Lucientes. World Painting

Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828) was one of the most important Spanish artists and one of the most outstanding creators of the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries. He was an exceptionally prolific artist, producing over two thousand paintings, prints, and drawings. Goya's most distinctive works are the portraits created while he was the royal court painter and the series of so-called black paintings, created after a serious illness. The artist explored a wide range of subjects. In addition to the aforementioned portraits, he painted genre scenes, religious paintings, and still lifes. However, it was his historical paintings, depicting tragedy, suffering, and heroic struggle, alluding to tragic events in Spanish history, that are the hallmarks of this extraordinary artist.