Francisco goya biography book

The best books to read about Francisco Goya, the Spanish Old Master, recommended by art historian and biographer Janis Tomlinson.

A monumental achievement, Goya: A Portrait of the Artist is the definitive biography of an artist whose faith in his art and his genius inspired paintings.

"Goya, A life", is not only about Goya's work, it's a book that discusses in detail Spanish history from the mid-eighteenth century to the early politically.

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes was a Spanish romantic painter and printmaker.

The first major English-language biography of Francisco Goya y Lucientes, who ushered in the modern era.

"Goya, A life", is not only about Goya's work, it's a book that discusses in detail Spanish history from the mid-eighteenth century to the early politically....

Francisco Goya

Spanish painter and printmaker (1746–1828)

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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