One of the most famous artists living at the turn of the 18th and the 19th centuries is the Spanish painter Francisco Goya. His work is dominated by dark colour schemes and gloomy subjects, which is exemplified by the paintings “Saturn Devouring His Son” or “The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters.” Goya's paintings include numerous portraits, still life, and scenes of ordinary lives. The eccentric work of the artist is easily available today due to the reproductions on canvas by bimago.
Famous paintings of Francisco Goya
Francisco Goya – this French artist, who lived in Spain in the 18th and 19th century, was the court painter of Spanish kings, princes and aristocrats. He created about two thousand works – paintings (pictures and frescoes), graphics and drawings. To date, he is recognized as one of the most famous and the greatest artists in the world. It is impossible to determine one style in which Goya was creating. He strived to give individual characteristics to his works. He started creating paintings in the Baroque and Rococo style, but his last works had the features of the romantic and Impressionist style. The most characteristic Goya’s paintings are the famous black paintings created on the walls of his house. Their name comes from the dark shades, such us black and grey, which were dominant in his paintings, but also from their extremely gloomy subject.
Canvas Prints Goya
Goya’s paintings touch upon an extremely wide subject matter. Among them you can find portraits, still nature, as well as scenes from everyday life. Among the motifs present in the paintings there are problems of contemporary society, politics, but also historical topics and religious treads. The most important mean of artistic expression for Goya was colour, as well as contrasts and shapes. With them, he could convey the personality traits and emotions of the painted characters. Even though the colour palette used by him was not very rich, thanks to his craftmanship he mastered presenting the mood.
Paintings of Francisco Goya
Every enthusiast of Francisco Goya’s works can enjoy the presence of his paintings at their home. Thanks to reproductions on canvas, Goya’s paintings can be hung in the living room, bedroom or in the hall. Among the wide range of topics and styles of these works, everyone can find something something suitable by matching a painting with the style or the colour scheme of the room. Reproductions of paintings will be a perfect decoration in rooms arranged in classic or minimalist style. They will complement the décor in bright, pastel colours.
Francisco Goya
Francisco Goya was a Spanish painter and graphic artist from the Romantic period. He created at the turn of the 18th and 19th century. He was a court painter of rulers, such as Charles III. Charles IV and Ferdinand VII. Goya’s artistic career started in 1771, when the painter created his first fresco in The Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar at Zaragoza. In 1792, as a result of a serious and prolonged illness, the artist lost his hearing and moved to France, where he spent the rest of his life. Francisco Goya tried to develop his own style, which evaluated from the Baroque and Rocoko, through neoclassical academism, to Romanticism and the Pre-Impressionism. The characteristic features of his painting style were: the use of vivid colours, the use of darkness and chiaroscuro, as well as bold brush strokes. The painter attributes great importance to mental and emotional states of the immortalised figures. Paintings of Francisco Goya referred primarily to social topics and historical events. The artist criticised, among others, the actions of clergy and aristocracy.
Saturn Devouring His Son and other Goya’s works
One of the most famous works of Francisco Goya is the painting ‘Saturn Devouring His Son’, which is part of a series know as The Black Paintings. This work refers to mythological history of Saturn, who feared that he would be overthrown by one of his children, therefore he devoured them. The painting is considered to be one of the most unsettling works of the artist, which - depending on the interpretation adopted – can be an expression of his personal fears, or a commentary on political violence. Among famous works of Francisco Goya we can mention: A City on a Rock, The Picnic, or Still Life with Golden Bream. If you want to embellish your interiors with intriguing paintings of this artist, see the collection of Goya’s reproductions at Bimago. These paintings will be perfect for classical interiors, but they also can be used in interiors decorated in a modern style.