Goya

[ goi-uh; Spanish gaw-yah ]

noun

1. Fran·cis·co de [fran-, sis, -koh d, uh, f, r, ahn-, thees, -kaw de, -, sees, -], Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, 1746–1828, Spanish painter.

Goya

/ ˈɡɔɪə; ˈɡoja /

noun

1. GoyaFrancisco de17461828MSpanishARTS AND CRAFTS: painterARTS AND CRAFTS: etcher Francisco de (franˈθisko de), full name Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes. 1746–1828, Spanish painter and etcher; well known for his portraits, he became court painter to Charles IV of Spain (1799). He recorded the French invasion of Spain in a series of etchings The Disasters of War (1810–14) and two paintings 2 May 1808 and 3 May 1808 (1814)

Example Sentences

Masterpieces by Goya, Rembrandt and Vermeer are resplendent in this minimalist setting, where works are arranged by date and region.

From Washington Post

The grotesque fascinated painters from the Renaissance to Goya, with his visages of Saturn, and Francis Bacon, with his distorted portraits.

From Nautilus

One bot tracked by Pa’lante commented about Goya 6,700 times on Facebook.

From MIT Technology Review

According to some rumors, Goya was once on staff before his fame as a Spanish painter.

From The Daily Beast

John Baldesssari received a second trophy and made an even shorter one, thanking Giotto, Goya, Matisse, Duchamp, and Sol LeWitt.

From The Daily Beast

She wore more black lace than a Goya duchess; the effect is that of the Magdalene, as dressed by Bill Blass.

From The Daily Beast

When Goya began his career the sinister country of the Inquisition had grown frivolous.

From Project Gutenberg

Goya is more inexorable and acute; his phantasy, borne on larger wings, takes a higher flight.

From Project Gutenberg

In his “Capriccios” Goya stands revealed as a figure without even a forerunner in the history of art.

From Project Gutenberg

Sometimes Velasquez, and sometimes Goya gives us a suggestion of these large, dark, unlighted eyes.

From Project Gutenberg

The real Goya's noble owner's ancestor had come into possession of it during some Spanish war—it was in a word loot.

From Project Gutenberg