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Early Life
Francisco Goya was born in Aragón, Spain to José Benito de Goya y Franque and Gracia de Lucientes y Salvador. The Biography.com website (2014) Francisco Goya Biography Recuperado de: https://www.biography.com/people/francisco-de-goya-9317129 -
First award
He won second prize in a painting competition organized by the City of Parma.
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Married
Goya began his studies in Zaragoza with José Luzán y Martínez, a local artist trained in Naples, and was later a pupil, in Madrid, of the court painter Francisco Bayeu, whose sister, Josefa Bayeu, he married.
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Count's comission
the Count of Floridablanca, favorite of King Charles III, commissioned Goya to paint his portrait. He spent two summers working on portraits of both the Infante and his family. The Biography.com website (2014) Francisco Goya Biography Recuperado de: https://www.biography.com/people/francisco-de-goya-9317129 -
Official royal painter
Goya was appointed court painter to Charles IV. Harris-Frankfort, Enriqueta (2019) Francisco Goya Recuperado de: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Francisco-Goya -
Illness
Between late 1792 and early 1793, an undiagnosed illness left Goya deaf.
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Director
Goya was named the director of the Royal Academy Goya was named the director of the Royal Academy. Harris-Frankfort, Enriqueta (2019) Francisco Goya Recuperado de: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Francisco-Goya -
Los caprichos
Goya created a series of images called "Los Caprichos" , which has been viewed his commentary on political and social events. The 80 prints explored the corruption, greed, and repression that was rampant in the country. Harris-Frankfort, Enriqueta (2019) Francisco Goya Recuperado de: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Francisco-Goya -
War painting
Goya painted Godoy in a commission to commemorate the victory in the brief War of the Oranges against Portugal. The Biography.com website (2014) Francisco Goya Biography Recuperado de: https://www.biography.com/people/francisco-de-goya-9317129 -
End of the war
After Spanish royalty regained the throne, he then painted "The Third of May," which showed to the true human costs of war. The Biography.com website (2014) Francisco Goya Biography Recuperado de: https://www.biography.com/people/francisco-de-goya-9317129 -
Black paintings
Goya started a series of paintings called the black paintings. Historians say that Goya started making these in 1819 and stopped in 1893.
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Exile
The political climate subsequently became so tense that Goya willingly went into exile. The Biography.com website (2014) Francisco Goya Biography Recuperado de: https://www.biography.com/people/francisco-de-goya-9317129 -
Death
Goya died on April 16, 1828 Harris-Frankfort, Enriqueta (2019) Francisco Goya Recuperado de: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Francisco-Goya
