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Thursday, September 22, 2016

Francisco Jose de Goya y Lucientes

GOYA, for short, lived between 1746 and 1828, and became the most famous Spanish romantic artist.
As a painter and print maker he, during the latter period of his creative life, criticized Society of his time severely, particularly in his etchings - "Los Caprichos" and "Desastres de la Guerra" and others.
He depicts the cruelty of man to man during war fare, the poverty, the wanton exercise of power and the degeneration of the members of the ruling Nobility of Spain  of his time.
Below are a very few of his extraordinarily large creation.


The one-lane entry gate into the Carinthian town of Gmünd.


On three levels within the tower 
this magnificent collection of etchings
is displayed.





below is an excerpt of the whole etching above.





However  many exhibits in however many museums
you might have seen,
this series of etchings by "Francisco de GOYA"
leaves you speechless with admiration and astonishment.





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