son of goldsmith
with painter José Luzan Martinez in Sargossa; with Francisco Bayeu (1771)
1764 and 1766 – applies unsuccessfully for Rome Prize at Madrid Academy (Real Academia de Bellas Artes)
1771 –Victorious Hannibal Seeing Italy for the First Time from the Alps (Selgas-Fagalde Foundation, Cudillero) wins second prize at Parma (Italy) Academy; returns to Sargossa
1775 – hired by Francisco Bayeu to paint designs for royal tapestry works in Madrid
1780 – elected member of Madrid Academy with Crucifixion (Prado, Madrid)
1786 – appointed Painter to the King by Carlos III
1789 – appointed First Painter by Carlos IV and Queen Maria Luisa
1792-93 –illness leaves Goya permanently deaf
1795 – appointed director of Madrid Academy
1810 – Goya begins Disasters of War print series
1814 –Goya commissioned to paint Second of May 1808 (Prado) and Third of May 1808
1815 – questioned by Inquisition about Nude Maja (Prado)
1820-23 – executes “Black Paintings” (Prado, Madrid)
1824 – Goya emigrates to France to escape reactionary regime of Fernando VII
1863 – Disasters of War published
1864 – Proverbs are published
Rome (1766-71); Paris (1824); Bordeaux (1824-28)
Charles III, Charles IV, Fernando VII (kings of Spain); Joseph Bonaparte; Arthur Wellesley (1st Duke of Wellington); Manuel Godoy
Nude Maja, c. 1800 (Prado, Madrid)
Clothed Maja, c. 1803 (Prado, Madrid)
smarthistory: Goya, Saturn Devouring His Children
smarthistory: Goya, Third of May
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