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'''Francisco de Goya y Lucientes''' (born Fuendetodos, 30th of March, 1746 - Bordeaux, [[France]], April 16, 1828) was an Spanish [[romantic]] [[painter]] and printmaker. He was born in Fuendetodos, Zaragoza, [[Spain]] where he studied with the painter José Luzán. Over the course of his long career, Goya moved from jolly and lighthearted to deeply pessimistic and searching in his paintings, drawings, etchings, and frescoes. [http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/goya/hd_goya.htm]

'''Francisco de Goya y Lucientes''' (born Fuendetodos, 30 March 1746 - Bordeaux, [[France]], April 16, 1828) was an Spanish [[romantic]] [[painter]] and printmaker. He was born in Fuendetodos, Zaragoza, [[Spain]] where he studied with the painter José Luzán. Over the course of his long career, Goya moved from jolly and lighthearted to deeply pessimistic and searching in his paintings, drawings, etchings, and frescoes. [http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/goya/hd_goya.htm]

In 1774 he went to the studio of Francisco Bayeu, there he learned the charm of construction and the art of color. He also married Josefa, his teacher’s sister (same case as [[Diego Velazquez]]). This marriage gave him an introduction to the Royal Tapestry Workshop and settled down in the Court and discovered the prodigious world of noble Spain. In 1783, the Count of Floridablanca commissioned him to paint his [[portrait]]. In 1799 he was appointed the Royal Painter. Then, Goya painted the King and the Queen, [http://www.conservapedia.com/Image:Goya_Royal_Family.jpg Royal family pictures], [[portraits]] of Princess and many other nobles. In ca. 1800 he painted the famous Majas, [http://www.conservapedia.com/Image:Goya_Maja.jpg ''The Nude Maja''] and [http://www.conservapedia.com/Image:Clothed_Maja.jpg ''The Clothed Maja''], two of Goya's best known paintings.   

In 1774 he went to the studio of Francisco Bayeu, there he learned the charm of construction and the art of color. He also married Josefa, his teacher’s sister (same case as [[Diego Velazquez]]). This marriage gave him an introduction to the Royal Tapestry Workshop and settled down in the Court and discovered the prodigious world of noble Spain. In 1783, the Count of Floridablanca commissioned him to paint his [[portrait]]. In 1799 he was appointed the Royal Painter. Then, Goya painted the King and the Queen, [http://www.conservapedia.com/Image:Goya_Royal_Family.jpg Royal family pictures], [[portraits]] of Princess and many other nobles. In ca. 1800 he painted the famous Majas, [http://www.conservapedia.com/Image:Goya_Maja.jpg ''The Nude Maja''] and [http://www.conservapedia.com/Image:Clothed_Maja.jpg ''The Clothed Maja''], two of Goya's best known paintings.   

[[Image:Goya La Gallina Ciega.jpg|200 px]] Blind's Man Bluff, Del Prado, 1788.

[[Image:Goya La Gallina Ciega.jpg|200 px]] Blind's Man Bluff, Del Prado, 1788.

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