Goya vicente lopez

francisco de Goya

  • Birth.

    Birth.
    (Fuendetodos, Spain, March 30, 1746)
  • He's beginning in painting.

    He's beginning in painting.
    He begins his apprenticeship with the painter José Martínez Luján.
  • Travel through Italy.

    Travel through Italy.
    .After the two frustrated attempts to obtain material support to carry out the obligatory trip to study the Italian teachers in situ, Goya, with his own resources, he went to Rome.
  • Creating a family.

    Creating a family.
    He marries with Josefa Bayeu, sister of Francisco Bayeu, his teacher.
  • He's first job.

    He's first job.
    He began his work as a cardmaker at the Royal Tapestry Factory.
  • A new job.

    A new job.
    He entered in the Royal Academy of San Fernando. He was the director.
  • An other new job.

    An other new job.
    He is named Carlos IV's chamber painter. From 1794 Goya resumed his portraits of the Madrid nobility and other prominent figures of the society.
  • A little problem.

    A little problem.
    He is deaf after suffering a long illness(Susac syndrome).
  • The problems of Spain.

    The problems of Spain.
    He joins General Palafox in Zaragoza and begins the series of engravings The disasters of war. The period between 1808 and 1814 is dominated by turbulent events for the history of Spain, since after the mutiny of Aranjuez Carlos IV was forced to abdicate and Godoy to leave power.
  • The die of Josefa Bayeu.

    The die of Josefa Bayeu.
    Josefa Bayeu dies and Goya starts relations with Leocadia Weis, her housekeeper.
  • The French in Madrid.

    The French in Madrid.
    He painted Loading of the Mamluks in the Puerta del Sol in Madrid and The executions of May 3 on the mountain of Prince Pio in Madrid.
  • a new modern painting.

    a new modern painting.
    He retires in «La Quinta del Sordo» and begins the series of «black paintings».It was a serie of fourteen mural works that Goya painted between 1819 and 1823.
  • The restoration.

    The restoration.
    The period of the absolutist Restoration of "king Felón" supposed the persecution of liberals and afrancesados, between which Goya had his main friends.
  • The exile.

    The exile.
    He goes into exile in the French city of Bordeaux.He went to take refuge in the house of a canon friend, José Duaso y Latre.
  • His death.

    His death.
    He dies in Bordeaux because of a stroke.