Goya
All about him!
Name: Francisco Goya.
Born: 30th March 1746 in Fuendetodos.
Died: 15th April 1828 in Bordeaux.
At 13 he and his family moved to Saragossa in
northern Spain where he studied drawing and
painting.
He applied for San Fernando college twice but
they didn’t accept him.
His passion for art!
At the age of 14 his teacher told him to go and study art
with Jose Luzian who was a famous artist in those
days. After studying with Jose, Goya learned
drawing, engraving, oil painting and lots more. Goya
became so incredibly interested in art that he moved
to Italy at age twenty four hoping to meet new
painters. This is Jose.
His first mission
Returning to Spain after staying in Italy for a year,
Goya stayed in Saragossa where he was awarded with
his first commission. It was to paint six paintings for
the palace of Sobradiel the Palace of Gabardo the
King. His six paintings.
Goya’s married life.
Goya got married to Josefa Bayeu in July 1773 when
Goya was 27.She was the sister of Francisco and
Ramon Bayeu. Goya stayed in Saragossa for the first
year of his marriage that is when he made a good
connection to the Bayeu family. This is Goya's wife
Josefa.
Madrid
In 1774, Francisco Goya was called to Madrid to
follow his dream while at the same time working at
the Royal Tapestry factory under his brother-inlaw, Francisco Bayeu’s, supervision. Herked they’re
for almost twenty years making cartoons and oil
paintings that the weavers copied exactly onto wool.
Already at twenty-eight, Goya was the top employee
at the factory because he earned more from his boss
than was supposed to be given.
Parasol
Goya’s first real painting, that was also successful,
was called the Parasol. His work was greatly
appreciated by the Prince and Princess of the
Asturias. Hung over the doorway of the palace the
Parasol was full of elegance and colour. The colours
he used included ivory, black, Terre green, light
red, Naples yellow and many more. Looking at the
picture closely you will see that the two couples are
at the top of the mountain sitting against the sky.
Goya also added accessories to the figures to show
the woman was royal.
After his war
 After having a six-year break because of the war with
England, Goya he went back to his workshop now a
successful painter. Still studying and painting
portraits for King Charles the third who died two
years later; he was interested in King Charles the
fourth and Maria Lusia. Later, Goya became so
famous he took the position of First Painter to the
King. As his painter he painted for him for many
years. The paintings included new series of six
cartoons, social scene, and second series for their
princess.
Turning point
 In 1792 Francisco discovered a horrible illness, just
before he finished a successful painting called
Sebastian Martinez, some of his best work . With the
right medication his illness faded but all of a sudden
it came back and soon he became deaf . Still even
with his illness Goya was determined to carry on
with his art Since Goya's illness left him deaf he was
forced to now work on small paintings such as his
witchcraft paintings and cabinet pictures.
Almost the end
 By now it was past the 1800’s and at the time
when Goya was nearly seventy-three. The French
and Korean War had finally ended after five
years. At this time, Goya became so seriously ill
he was very close to dying. The odd illness that
had made him deaf had come back to harm him
again. Dr. Arrieta, Goya’s doctor, had helped him
with the crisis and the following year he felt
much better. Painting it as a thank you for saving
his life, Goya created a painting for him called
Self-Portrait with Dr. Arrieta. It was surely a very
touching painting with Dr. Arrieta helping Goya
fell better. At the bottom of the painting was a
small space where Goya had written a grateful
couple sentences (in Spanish) of how his doctor
had saved his life.
R.I.P
 Goya spent his last years in Spain creating many
famous painting such as the Black Paintings, The
Milkmaid of Bordeaux and The Deaf Man and
more for king Louis VIII. At eighty Goya’s
condition grew so much that he unfortunately died
on April 15, 1828.
By Leah + Nicole