![]() The old world in Europe was destroyed by the French Revolution, which aroused the hopes and sharpened the aspirations of the best elements in Spanish society - including Goya. He was shaped by great historical events - the French revolution, the Napoleonic wars, the ferocious struggle for national independence and the movement for liberal reform that followed it, a movement that was brutally crushed by the forces of darkness, obscurantism and reaction. Goya's work is not that of an isolated artist but of a great human being committed to the cause of humanity. His entire outlook was shaped by the dramatic events that were unfolding on the world scale. He painted the world in which he lived, and he painted it in terms of uncompromising realism. His paintings are a priceless document of the history of the Spanish people. Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828) was one of the greatest artists of all time. ![]()
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