French novelist Jean-Claude Carrière guides us through the life and work of Spanish court painter Francisco de Goya. An artist that bridges the gap between the old world and modernity.
What did Francisco de Goya and Edvard Munch have in common? In principle, not much. The Spanish romantic artist and the Norwegian painter lived in separate times and spaces. The latter was born 35 ...
“Affinities Revealed” takes as its theme the major inspiration Polke drew from Spanish painter Francisco de Goya, over 1,200 of whose works reside at the museum. Exhibited next to Old Women is ...
The young Polish writer has composed a novel about life in the shadow of Francisco Goya’s genius and the destructive pressure of a despotic father on his son. Saturn is a fictionalised version of the ...
Charles IV and his son Ferdinand are forced to abdicate in quick succession, Napoleon's brother Joseph is placed on the throne but Goya retains his position as court painter Ferdinand VII is restored ...