Witness of His Time “Goya is always a great artist and often a
terrifying artist… adding to the Spanish satirical spirit,
fundamentally joyful and humorous, as it was in the time of
Cervantes, something much more modern, a quality that is highly
appreciated in modern times, as is love for the indefinable, a
terrifying sense of nature, of human features that have acquired
animal characteristics…” Charles Baudelaire, Curiosités
Esthetiques (1868) The exhibition traces the artistic path of
one of the greatest masters in art history. Being the successor
of the predominant art tradition of the times before him, Goya
is commemorated as the precursor of the modern narrative.
Bearing witness to a turbulent period in Spain and Europe, Goya
reflects the social circumstances of the era with a critical
perspective. The exhibition unites his various oil paintings and
engraving series and shed light on Goya’s extraordinary
imagination with his realistic and at times frigthening style
that makes him one of the best narrator