Francisco Goya Oil Painting Reproductions

Francisco Goya Spanish Romantic Painter

Romanticism Art Movement painter and printmaker Francisco de Goya was born in 1746 in Aragon, Spain, into a lower-middle-class family.

Failing to win a Scholarship to the Royal Academy, at age 14, Goya began his studies in Aragon and later in Madrid.

Why is Goya Famous?

Goya 's visit to Rome saw the creation of two of his earliest paintings, Sacrifice to Vesta and a Sacrifice of Pan.

Returning to Madrid in 1777, Goya won a commission to design a series of tapestries for the Royal Tapestry Factory.

Over five years, Goya created some 42 patterns covering the stone walls of Spanish Royal palaces, such as El Escorial.

Discover Goya’s Portrait Paintings

Goya's commission to paint a portrait of the Count of Floridablanca in 1783 earned him royal favor.  In 1790 he was appointed First Court Painter. The Spanish Aristocracy commissioned Goya to paint their portraits.  Many of these paintings also include scenes of the Spanish Royal Family.

Goya’s best-known portraits of Spanish nobility are The Count of Floridablanca, 1783, now owned by the Bank of Spain in Madrid.

Two other famous portrait paintings are The Family of Infante Don Luis 1784, in the Magnani-Rocca Foundation in Italy, and The Marquesa de Pontejos 1786, in the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC.

Manuel Osorio Manrique de Zuniga, 1788, and The Countess of Altamira and her Daughter, 1788, are on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

Where are Goya’s famous paintings?

Famous paintings by Francisco de Goya include The Parasol 1777, The Swing 1779, and The Snowstorm 1786.  These three paintings form part of the Permanent Collection at the Prado Museum in Madrid.

Goya portraits, The Duchess of Alba 1795 (The White Duchess), is owned by the Alba Family in Madrid.  The Hispanic Society of America holds the Duchess of Alba 1797 (The Black Duchess) in New York City.

Where are Goya's Nude paintings?

Goya’s most famous nude painting, and the first life-sized nude in Western art, is La Maja Desnuda.

The painting was commissioned by the Prime Minister of Spain, Manuel de Godoy, for his private collection.  A second painting, this time with the same model fully clothed, La Maja Vestida – The Clothed Maja, 1805, was also commissioned.

The two paintings sit happily together in The Prado Museum in Madrid. In addition, both Goya Maja oil paintings are available as reproduction paintings on canvas from our online catalog of replica oil paintings for sale.

Where are Goya’s Black Paintings?

Goya’s career changed when the French army invaded Spain in 1808, in the Peninsular War from 1808 – 1814. During this period, Goya received commissions from the new French King Joseph, the brother of Napoleon.

Goya’s two famous paintings of the period painted after the war are The Third of May, 1808, and The Second of May, 1808, both residing in the Prado Museum in Madrid.

Goya painted a series of 14 paintings known as the Black Paintings, which are murals painted in oils directly on the walls of his farmhouse. 

Francisco Goya black paintings were completed from 1819 onwards after he suffered from an unknown illness leaving him very weak and deaf.

The most famous Goya paintings from this period are Saturn Devouring His Son The Dog, The Fates, Monk Talking to a Blind Woman c1824, and Witches Sabbath. 

After Goya died in Bordeaux in 1828, the murals were carefully cut from the walls, restored, and later donated to the Spanish Government.

All fourteen murals, now transferred to canvas and wooden frames, are displayed at the Prado Museum in Madrid.

Goya painted The Colossus in 1808-1812, also known as The Giant. Although this oil painting pre-dates Goya’s black paintings, it is clear that the technique references his art from that time.

Art reproductions on canvas are created entirely by hand by our resident professional artists, and all of Goya’s Romanticism paintings are available in a wide choice of sizes.

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