Francisco de Goya y Lucientes; a Spanish painter; draughtsman; and printmaker; was the most important Spanish artist of the last quarter of the 18th and first quarter of the 19th centuries; serving three generations of Spanish kings. During his six active decades he produced some 700 paintings; 900 drawings; and almost 300 prints; which reflect his rapidly changing world. This fully illustrated Grove Art Essentials title explores the artists extraordinary and prolific career; which spanned the period from the late Rococo to Romanticism and; at the last; presaged Impressionism. Discover how Francisco de Goya; known by 1801 as the Apelles of Spain has come to be regarded in the centuries since as a major master of international stature and the first modern artist.
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