Goya

Official portraitist of the court, Francisco de Goya (1746-1828) remains one of the most important painters and engravers that Spain has ever known. From cartoons for tapestries to religious paintings, from social satires to black paintings, he knew how to constantly renew his subjects while showing a marked political commitment. His most famous works, fantastic scenes populated by disturbing monsters, were born of this period of crisis. "No one has dared more than him in the sense of the possible absurd", said Charles Baudelaire.