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Goya: The Romantic Pioneer Whose Paintings Took A Dark Turn | The Great Artists

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Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes is regarded as the most important Spanish artist of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Over the course of his long career, Goya moved from jolly and lighthearted to deeply pessimistic paintings. But why?

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20 Comments

@julio5prado 3 years ago

He is the last classic painter and the first modern painter. Front runner of impressionist, realism and social painting, expressionism and even surrealism. The roots of all these can be found in his works. What I miss in this excellent documentary is more detail about the intellectual movements of his time and the impact of the dramatic historical events. Not just the French invasion but the complete disintegration of the Spanish empire which had a profound psychological impact at the time.

@fabiodeoliveiraribeiro1602 3 years ago

Goya is to the history of painting and sarcastic representations of reality what Beethoven is to the history of music. Deaf, depressive and intense, they respectively surpassed all the limits imposed by the pictorial and musical tradition of their times. They are genius and unique, brutally ironic. It is possible to love or hate Goya and Beethoven, but it is impossible to ignore the works of both.

@ruihengedbaltwu 3 years ago (edited)

The last summary is accurate. Thank god for sending Goya to the world and making him live long.

@PixelProlo 3 years ago

Thank you for sharing this Goya Documentation. Goya is one of my favourite artist.✨👨‍🎨🎨👍🏻✨

@InsaneStryker777 2 years ago

Goya is the GOAT painter, combing pure talent, skill, beauty, creativity, variety, surreal weirdness, and innovation. Go to Madrid and check it out.

@reysinny 3 years ago

So eerily beautiful

@vfxforge 3 years ago

one of my favorite artists in history

@bretnielsen5502 3 years ago (edited)

Probably your best documentary. The best descriptive, well suited background music not too loud or over powering. i watched it twice.

@tj28308 3 years ago

Thank you for providing this for us! I've been waiting for Goya documentaries for ages. He's such a brilliant artist!

@alextoro9160 3 weeks ago

That's my great great grandfather

@ihspan6892 3 years ago

It's a pity the reproductions are of such a low quality!

@Lacteagalaxia 3 years ago

Goya was a genius demonstrated his patriotism big being a great Spanish painter ; master of great masters amd the impressive painting of the executions in the mountain of Principe Pio or May 3 was painted with his heart with Picasso in the Guernica.