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About me
Francisco Goya was a talented Spanish painter and printmaker, and is considered one of the last of the Old Masters of painting, as well as the first of the moderns. He began his apprenticeship in painting at the age of 14, and his talent was quickly recognized. He first submitted entries to the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in 1763, and then later in 1766, both of which were denied. But, in 1771, he traveled to Rome and won second place in a painting competition and secured employment designing tapestries at the Royal Tapestry Factory. He completed over 42 patterns, which were used to cover the walls in the newly built palaces around Madrid, giving him an immediate royal audience.
Work / Education
Francisco Goya
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
Born: 30 March 1746
Died: 16 April 1828
Active Years: 1770 - 1828
Nationality: Spanish
Art Movement: Romanticism
Field: painting, printmaking
Influenced by: Albrecht Durer, Diego Velazquez
Influenced on: Pablo Picasso, Chaim Soutine, Roberto Montenegro, Jose Clemente Orozco, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Max Klinger
Teachers: José Luzán, Anton Raphael Mengs
Art institution: Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Madrid, Spain
