Goya

[goi-uh, gaw-yah]

noun

1. Francisco de Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, 1746–1828, Spanish painter.

Goya

/ ˈɡɔɪə, ˈɡoja /

noun

1. 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)

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Details of the prints reveal Goya’s hand—alternately frenetic, delicate and weighty—with fresh intimacy.

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The film has won prizes in Spain, and was nominated for a prestigious Goya Award.

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And his portraits convey persuasive presences reminiscent of Goya.

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The social and political turmoil of today resonates in a mammoth, extraordinary show of Francisco de Goya’s celebrated etchings at the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena.

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Another post restricted on X shared an image of Francisco de Goya's 19th-century painting entitled Saturn Devouring His Son.

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