Goya biography book

  • An extremely well-researched and nicely written biography of the Spanish artist Goya.
  • The best books to read about Francisco Goya, the Spanish Old Master, recommended by art historian and biographer Janis Tomlinson.
  • The first major English-language biography of Francisco Goya y Lucientes, who ushered in the modern era.

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    Goya: A Portrait bazaar the Artist

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    The best books on Goya and the art of biography

    Before we talk about the books you’ve selected, who was Francisco de Goya?

    The Spanish artist Francisco Goya y Lucientes (more simply, Goya, and the jury is out on the use of ‘de’) lived in a period of immense social and political transformation in both Europe and the Americas. I often remind audiences in the U.S. that he was a contemporary of Thomas Jefferson, because we usually don’t think of them inhabiting the same world—imagine the dapper Jefferson confronting Goya’s painting, The Third of May ! His work was as revolutionary as his era: the etchings of Los Caprichos, his frescoes for the church of San Antonio de la Florida, The Third of May, , and the so-called ‘black’ paintings are without precedent. He was extremely prolific and mastered a wide range of media—oil on canvas, tinplate and plaster, ink and chalk, fresco; he was an extraordinarily innovative printmaker, who expanded the expressive potential of etching and lithography.

    An aspect that sets him apart is that, for over thirty years, from the age of 46 until his death at the age of 82, he had a dual-track career: in public fulfilling commissions from royal, aristocratic, and other well-to-do patrons for portraits, religious works, and genre scenes; more priv

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    This Is Goya

    Wendy Bird,Illus. Sarah Maycock

    Goya’s life as court painter was turned upside down by Napoleon’s invasion of Spain in and the artist responded with his drawings, The Disasters of War, employing an expressive and personal approach that would inspire artists of the next generation and beyond. This succinct biography includes reproductions of key paintings as well as newly commissioned illustrations that place the artist in his historical and social context

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    • Publisher: Laurence King
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    • Format: Hardback
    • Pages: 80pp
    • Illustrated: Yes
    • Dimensions: xmm
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    • Condition: New
    • Weight: kg

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