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Goya

American

[goi-uh, gaw-yah] / ˈgɔɪ ə, ˈgɔ yɑ /

noun

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

Goya British

/ ˈɡɔɪə, ˈɡoja /

noun

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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Nearly 80 exhibitors feature works from emerging talent as well as big-name artists such as Picasso, Degas, Goya, Bourgeois and Hokusai.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

Unlike France's Cesar Awards or Spain's Goya Awards, which champion national cinema, the BAFTAs are open to all nationalities.

From Barron's • Feb. 22, 2026

The first Boricua film nominated for Spain’s Goya Awards as best Ibero-American film and the first to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival illustrates how the political and the personal are always intertwined.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2025

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

From BBC • Nov. 15, 2025

They exchange presents: she gives him a small used book of drawings by Goya, and he gives her a pair of blue woolen mittens and a mixed tape of his favorite Beatles songs.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

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