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[edit] Timeline

Here is a quick Goya timeline, from a random meta: page link to [1].

1763 '''Madrid, Academy San Fernando''' 
1771 in Rome (since 1768?); returns to Spain in June 
1773 married Josefa Bayeu 
1774 commissioned by Mengs to do cartoons for tapestries 
1775-92 various tapestries 
1780 member of Royal Academy 
1786 a painter to the King 
1789 Court painter 
1792 ill; deafness (lead poisoning/ encephalitis/ syphilis?) 
1795 Director of Painting, R.A. 
1797 resigned above position, due to ill health 
1799 1st Court painter 
1808 French invasion 
1814 French Expelled 
1815 Spanish Inquisition; Maja paintings 
1819 serious illness 
1823 King restored to absolute power 
1824 Goya went into hiding; exile in Bordeaux 
1828 dies in Bordeaux .

Added a picture of Goya in Bordeaux --MichaelVD 21:39, 15 Nov 2004 (UTC)

[edit] missing most famous picture?

i was looking at the photos and shouldnt goyas The Shootings of May Third 1808 (many consider this to be his most famous and most recognizable) be in the top group of the pictures, we can remove the clothed maja and leave the nude one since we dont need 2 versions of the same picture there. ill change it later on if noone objects.Tik 15:15, 23 August 2005 (UTC)

I would tend to agree, assuming that someone can find a good version of it that we can use. It should be out of copyright, so Bridgeman vs Corel would apply. I still rather like starting artist bio articles with a self portrait, if there is one. However, I'm not so sure about removing just one Maja - the most interesting thing about those paintings is that Goya painted two versions. On the other hand, they are also shown on the nudity article and I've also considered using them on erotic art as a nice parallel with Masaccio's Expulsion of Adam and Eve, although that article really needs to grow a bit before there is room.

[edit] Romanticism?

Last I checked Goya wasn't a romantic, but I'm not an art critic or historian, is it fair to say that Goya was "a romantic Artist, whose art was envoked by his inner most feelings," rather than "an impressionist artist whose..." or "a gothic artist whose..."??

I need someone more familiar with these terms to make the call. -Diabolic 14:34, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

Goya is one of the quintessential Romantics, perhaps the most important of them all. Though your point about feelings is totally appropriate to Romanticism as it is inherently an emotional - as opposed to rational - moveement. Impressionism was a solely French movement in the 19th century, epitomised by the works of Monet and Pissarro, whereas Gothic art tends to belong to the medieval period.

Of course Goya has to be considered a Romantic if we are going to put him into a category, which may be useful for the purposes of Wikipedia, but we should also question the definitions of Romanticism and of Goya as an artist. After a semester's serious study, it seems to me that it is very difficult to define Goya as a whole. There are many different, and sometimes conflicting faces of his work, from the tapestry sketches of the 1770s to the Disasters of War prints. Presentation of Goya as a Romantic should be critical, and someone should make the point that a facile definition of Romanticism will never fit his work. --Fixifex 04:55, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Romanticism, at the time was a movement of realism , opposed to the idealism of neo-clasicism, the early romantics often painted experienses that either were not considered fit subjects for art or with an attitude to the subject that was not considered polite.Thier pictures also made plain thier 'painted'or consrtucted nature indeed much of the horror expressed about thier work in academic circles was to the 'lack of finish' that thier works showed. All of this is true of goya. -- john walker

[edit] Questioned works?

It is well known in circles of Goya scholars that many attributions to the prolific master are incorrect. In my own experience, paintings hanging beside his name in museums as prestigious as the Hispanic Society in New York and the Prado Museum in Madrid can safely be eliminated from his oeuvre. One such contentious attribution is ""Saturn Devouring his Son,"" which is illustrated on the Goya page here. This should be noted.--Fixifex 05:01, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Maybe someone can add a pop culture reference to how Goya's Duke of Wellington was stolen around the time that the first James Bond fild Dr. No was being filmed, and the producers had the the picture pop up in Dr. No's place, as if he stole it.

[edit] Image changes

I have moved one image and deleted another, primarily to improve the look of the page, but also because the reproduction of the portrait of the Duchess was of such poor quality, it was of no benefit. The page needs a lot of work: structured headings, information on his early work, cites, etc. JNW 00:12, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Biography

The details of his personal life in this article are in need of the attention of an expert. I don't claim to be one, but I'm pretty sure that The details of his later life in particular are wrong. Rosario Weiss, for instance, was rumored to be his daughter and also to be under his tutoledge. The painting "The Milkmaid of Bordeaux" is contested as to its authenticity as a Goya piece, and is more commonly being attributed to Rosario.

  • I have begun to address the relationship aspect to which you refer. Thanks, JNW 20:34, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "Dry lands"

I took out the clause about his house in Fuendetodos, "and which was surrounded by the dry lands". What did it mean, please? --RobertG ♬ talk 14:57, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

I think it means a desert-like region, but I've not been able to confirm that notion. --sparkitTALK 15:15, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
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