GOYA

GOYA

1. HISTORICAL CONTEXT

   • -Charles III was king at that time
     • Goya was his royal painter (1785)
     • -In 1808 the War of Independece began
       • Reflected in some paintings
         • "El dos de Mayo"
       • -Ferdinand VI became king (1814-1833)
         • -In 1825 Spain lost its American colonies
     • -Spain was invaded by Napoleon's french trops
     • -In 1788 Charles IV succeded Charles III

2. LIFE

   • -Born in Fuendetodos, (northern Spain)
     • -30th of March, 1746
     • -He moved to Zaragoza (1760)
       • He became the aprentice of José Luzán
       • -He studied Arts in Italy
         • -In 1771 he returned to Zaragoza
           • He started painting frescos in the local cathedral
           • -He got married in 1771 with Josefa Bayeu
             • They had many children but only one survived to adulthood
             • -He worked in the Royal Tapestry Factory (1775-1792)
               • -He was the royal painter of Charles III & Charles IV
                 • -He suffered illness & deafness
                   • He decorated his house walls with his "black paintings"
                     • (during the reign of Ferdinand VII)
                   • -He moved to France in the last years of his life (1824-1828)
                     • There he painted protraits anticipating the Romantic style

3. WORKS

   • -In his early years (1774 -1792)
     • He painted patterns for the Royal Tapestry Factory
       • 'La Gallina Ciega', 'El Quitasol', 'El Pelele' & ' La Vendimia'
     • -.In 1785 (when he became the royal painter)
       • He painted portraits of the royal family
         • And other portraits of other close relatives
       • -During the War of Independence (1808-1813)
         • He represented the war in his paintings
           • 'El dos de Mayo', 'La carga de los Mamelucos', 'Los desastres'.
         • -During the reign of Ferdinand VII (1814 - 1833)
           • He painted the "black paintings"
             • 'Saturno devorando a su hijo' & 'El aquelarre'
           • -In his last years (1824-1828)
             • Using the Romantic style
               • 'La lechera de Burdeos'