| | In Goya’s works one sees also an unsparing realism, showing cruelties, the moral chaos and the failure of intellectual ideals. After 1808 (military occupation of Spain by France) he was painting some of his most famous canvases: ''The Charge of the Mamelukes'' and ''The Executions of the 3 May 1808'' (in La Moncloa), as well as the series of ''The Disasters of the Wars'' (1810-1814). After that time, Goya worked incessantly: portraits, [http://www.conservapedia.com/Image:Goya_Attaching_a_Coach.gif pictures], lithographs, pictures of tauromachy, etc. Before he moved to France, Goya covered the walls of his "Quinta del Sordo" (Deaf Man's House) with his famous "black paintings. | | In Goya’s works one sees also an unsparing realism, showing cruelties, the moral chaos and the failure of intellectual ideals. After 1808 (military occupation of Spain by France) he was painting some of his most famous canvases: ''The Charge of the Mamelukes'' and ''The Executions of the 3 May 1808'' (in La Moncloa), as well as the series of ''The Disasters of the Wars'' (1810-1814). After that time, Goya worked incessantly: portraits, [http://www.conservapedia.com/Image:Goya_Attaching_a_Coach.gif pictures], lithographs, pictures of tauromachy, etc. Before he moved to France, Goya covered the walls of his "Quinta del Sordo" (Deaf Man's House) with his famous "black paintings. |
| − | Goya said that Velazquez, [[Rembrandt]] and nature had been his masters. Goya died in an auto exile in Bordeaux, France. As pioneer of new artistic tendencies, Francisco de Goya is considered "the Father of Modern Art". | + | Goya said that [[Diego Velazquez|Velazquez]], [[Rembrandt]] and nature had been his masters. Goya died in an auto exile in Bordeaux, France. As pioneer of new artistic tendencies, Francisco de Goya is considered "the Father of Modern Art". |