Caixa Forum-Goya: Lights and Shadows

I have visited Barcelona in April and I have visited the Caixa Forum because it is free and there was a Goya exhibition.

He was born on 30 March 1746 and died on 16 April 1828
He was a Spanish romantic painter and printmaker regarded both as the last of the Old Masters and the first of the moderns. Goya was a court painter to the Spanish Crown, and through his works was both a commentator on and chronicler of his era.

The most famous paintings of Goya are the Nude Maja and the clothed Maja and I was so glad to view it in the Museum. 

I like the clothed Maja more than the naked Maja. Goya's master skills successfully captured the lust of in the clothed Maja. You can feel her intense seducing eyes. 

Goya became stone-deaf after a serious illness in 1792. Deafness made him more critical, mistrustful but also visually more sensitive.  He began to face the dark side of life, and at this time he created Caprichos (whims), critique of social evils and human weaknesses. 

Later, Goya witnessed the cruelty of War when French invaded Spain, completed his prints of "The Disaters of War" which was published only after his death.