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Francisco Goya

1746 - 1828

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Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (; Spanish: [fɾanˈθisko xoˈse ðe ˈɣoʝa i luˈθjentes]; 30 March 1746 – 16 April 1828) was a Spanish romantic painter and printmaker. He is considered the most important Spanish artist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. His paintings, drawings, and engravings reflected contemporary historical upheavals and influenced important 19th- and 20th-century painters. Goya is often referred to as the last of the Old Masters and the first of the moderns. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Francisco Goya is the 12th most popular painter (up from 13th in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Spain (up from 5th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Spanish Painter.

Francisco Goya is most famous for his paintings of the Spanish royal family and the horrors of war.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Francisco Goya ranks 12 out of 2,023. Before him are Salvador Dalí, Albrecht Dürer, Frida Kahlo, Claude Monet, Peter Paul Rubens, and Caravaggio. After him are Johannes Vermeer, Sandro Botticelli, Edvard Munch, Diego Velázquez, Henri Matisse, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1746, Francisco Goya ranks 1. After him are Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Gustav III of Sweden, Carlo Buonaparte, Tadeusz Kościuszko, Giuseppe Piazzi, Gaspard Monge, Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria, Robert R. Livingston, Maurice Benyovszky, William Jones, and Sophia Magdalena of Denmark. Among people deceased in 1828, Francisco Goya ranks 2. Before him is Franz Schubert. After him are Charlotte, Princess Royal, Shaka, James Edward Smith, Carl Peter Thunberg, Victor of Aveyron, Maria Feodorovna, Kobayashi Issa, Alexander Ypsilantis, Franz Joseph Gall, and William Hyde Wollaston.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Francisco Goya ranks 4 out of 3,355. Before him are Pablo Picasso (1881), Salvador Dalí (1904), and Miguel de Cervantes (1547). After him are Diego Velázquez (1599), Antoni Gaudí (1852), Seneca the Younger (-4), Averroes (1126), Trajan (53), Francisco Franco (1892), Hernán Cortés (1485), and Pope Alexander VI (1431).

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Among PAINTERS In Spain

Among painters born in Spain, Francisco Goya ranks 3. Before him are Pablo Picasso (1881), and Salvador Dalí (1904). After him are Diego Velázquez (1599), Joan Miró (1893), Francisco de Zurbarán (1598), Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617), Juan Gris (1887), Joaquín Sorolla (1863), Antoni Tàpies (1923), Enrique Simonet (1866), and Francisco Pacheco (1564).

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