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OLD WORLD MASTERS
GENERAL NICOLAS GUYE.
Goya Collection of
{1746-1828'). Mr. J. Horace Harding.
The Spanish General represented in oils on canvas (33^ x 41^
inches) wears a brilliantly colored uniform resplendent with gold lace
and decorated with medals. His knee-breeches are white, and he
holds his chapeau bras in his hand. The picture was given to Vincent
Guye, the General’s brother, in 1810.
Francisco Jose de Goya y Lucientes was born in Fuendetodos in
Aragon, March 30, 1746. His parents were humble cottagers and he
worked in the fields until he was eighteen. Through the interest of a
monk he was sent to Zaragoza to the studio of Jose Martinez. Goya
distinguished himself both in the studio and in quarrels, which some-
times resulted in bloodshed. After a fight Goya fled to Madrid, where
he copied Velasquez and became embroiled in more disturbances.
He escaped to Italy; and in 1772 took the second prize for painting
at the Academy in Parma. Back in Zaragoza in 1771, he painted a
fresco in the Cathedral. Revisiting Italy he formed a friendship with
Jacques Louis David. In 1774 he returned to Spain, married the
sister of a painter, and began to paint furiously. In 1789 Goya be-
came painter of the Chamber—“pinter de camera”—to Charles IV,
with a large salary. During the occupation of Spain by the French
and the expulsion of the latter by Wellington, Goya lived quietly
without taking any part in the exciting events; but he had been ob-
serving. On the return of Ferdinand VII, he published his series of
Desastres de la Guerra, in which the horrors and bestialities of war
are set forth in so frank a manner and with such commanding tech-
nique that they make a magnificent appeal for the abolition of war.
Goya had previously published his series of prints, Los Caprichos,
a most amazing presentation of humanity in brutal and revolting
caricatures, the origin and significance of which are neither fully known
nor understood; but, mingled with the demonology and repulsiveness,
there are occasional gleams of beauty. Equally celebrated are his
plates, the Tauromachia, dealing with the bull-ring.
OLD WORLD MASTERS
GENERAL NICOLAS GUYE.
Goya Collection of
{1746-1828'). Mr. J. Horace Harding.
The Spanish General represented in oils on canvas (33^ x 41^
inches) wears a brilliantly colored uniform resplendent with gold lace
and decorated with medals. His knee-breeches are white, and he
holds his chapeau bras in his hand. The picture was given to Vincent
Guye, the General’s brother, in 1810.
Francisco Jose de Goya y Lucientes was born in Fuendetodos in
Aragon, March 30, 1746. His parents were humble cottagers and he
worked in the fields until he was eighteen. Through the interest of a
monk he was sent to Zaragoza to the studio of Jose Martinez. Goya
distinguished himself both in the studio and in quarrels, which some-
times resulted in bloodshed. After a fight Goya fled to Madrid, where
he copied Velasquez and became embroiled in more disturbances.
He escaped to Italy; and in 1772 took the second prize for painting
at the Academy in Parma. Back in Zaragoza in 1771, he painted a
fresco in the Cathedral. Revisiting Italy he formed a friendship with
Jacques Louis David. In 1774 he returned to Spain, married the
sister of a painter, and began to paint furiously. In 1789 Goya be-
came painter of the Chamber—“pinter de camera”—to Charles IV,
with a large salary. During the occupation of Spain by the French
and the expulsion of the latter by Wellington, Goya lived quietly
without taking any part in the exciting events; but he had been ob-
serving. On the return of Ferdinand VII, he published his series of
Desastres de la Guerra, in which the horrors and bestialities of war
are set forth in so frank a manner and with such commanding tech-
nique that they make a magnificent appeal for the abolition of war.
Goya had previously published his series of prints, Los Caprichos,
a most amazing presentation of humanity in brutal and revolting
caricatures, the origin and significance of which are neither fully known
nor understood; but, mingled with the demonology and repulsiveness,
there are occasional gleams of beauty. Equally celebrated are his
plates, the Tauromachia, dealing with the bull-ring.