A rare exhibition of portraits by Francisco Goya-, including some works hardly ever seen outside of Spain, is on show at London’s National Gallery.
Considered one of the greatest portrait painters of all time-, Goya depicted everything from royalty to major historical events or even his personal nightmares. His technique influenced generations of artists, including Manet and Picasso.
Organised in chronological order, the exhibition traces his career from his early beginnings at the court in Madrid to his final years in France.
“What’s been really wonderful is to see how actually the portraits shed a lot of light on the artist himself, who he knew, who he loved, who he hated, who he admired, so there’s a lot of fantastic insights into the artist’s life,” says the show’s curator Xavier Bray. “And one could say that not only do you feel that you are conversing with these people, but you get to know them from a sort of character, almost psychological point of view.”
The 1797 portr
Considered one of the greatest portrait painters of all time-, Goya depicted everything from royalty to major historical events or even his personal nightmares. His technique influenced generations of artists, including Manet and Picasso.
Organised in chronological order, the exhibition traces his career from his early beginnings at the court in Madrid to his final years in France.
“What’s been really wonderful is to see how actually the portraits shed a lot of light on the artist himself, who he knew, who he loved, who he hated, who he admired, so there’s a lot of fantastic insights into the artist’s life,” says the show’s curator Xavier Bray. “And one could say that not only do you feel that you are conversing with these people, but you get to know them from a sort of character, almost psychological point of view.”
The 1797 portr
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