Francisco Goya

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Francisco Goya
by Cole
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Francisco Goya was born in Fuendetodos, Spain in
1746.
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Goya took his first art lessons from his father,
who was a master gilder. Francisco also learned
from friendly local monks. When he was 14 he
became an apprentice to a village painter and
realized that he wanted to become an artist.
However the art academy rejected him in 1763 and
1766, which made him very disappointed.
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Goya didnt give up, but he go to Italy to study.
When he went back to Spain 1771 he began
painting. He studied with an artist named
Francisco Bayeu and eventually married Bayeus
sister, Josefa. His marrige with Josefa enabled
him to get a job creating designs for a tapestry
factory in Madrid from 1775 until 1792. He
designed many tapestries show things in his
everyday life.
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Goya thought tapestries were fun, but he wanted
to be a full time painter. His luck changed in
1783 when one of the kings friends asked Goya to
paint his portrait, which turned out very well.
In 1792 he got a fever that made him death. It
took him 5 years to recover. Soon Goyas
paintings became much more darker. One of his
paintings, was called The Third of May, 1808.
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Francisco Goya died on April 16, 1828. Other
modern artists learned from Goyas style of
painting.
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