Goya 1746

Francisco de Goya

  • BIRTH

    BIRTH

    Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes. He was born in Fuendetodos, Zaragoza.
  • ACADEMY

    ACADEMY

    Goya entered the painting academy of Zaragoza, when he was thirteen years old, and made his first paintings.
  • TRAVEL TO ITALY

    TRAVEL TO ITALY

    He traveled to Italy and he worked as a painter of cartons for the tapestries of Real Fabrica De Tapices De Santa Bárbara.
  • MARRY

    MARRY

    He went to Madrid to marry Josefa Bayeu. They had 6 children.
  • ROYAL PINTOR

    ROYAL PINTOR

    He returned to Madrid where he became a Royal Painter.
  • INHERITOR

    INHERITOR

    Javier Goya, heir to the painter, was born.
  • ACADEMY SAN FERNANDO

    ACADEMY SAN FERNANDO

    he entered the San Fernando Academy.
  • ILL

    ILL

    A serious illness that afflicted him And led him to approach a more creative and original painting.
  • DARK PERIOD

    DARK PERIOD

    Goya suffered what they called the Dark Period, due to different factors such as War.
  • THE COLOSSUS

    THE COLOSSUS

    he painted a painting that received much merit; "The Colossus"
  • HIS WIFE DIES

    HIS WIFE DIES

    his wife Josefa dies
  • TRES DE MAYO

    TRES DE MAYO

    pintó uno de sus cuadrosmásfamosos ; “El Tres De Mayo”
  • PUBLIC LIFE

    PUBLIC LIFE

    retires from public life. Having worked for José Bonaparte
  • TRAVEL TO BORDEAUX

    TRAVEL TO BORDEAUX

    he moved to Bordeaux where he lived until his death.
  • DIED

    DIED

    And he died in Bordeaux, France.