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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francisco Goya has received more than 5,189,845 page views. His biography is available in 151 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 147 in 2019). Francisco Goya is the 14th most popular painter, the 4th most popular biography from Spain 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 14 out of 1,421. Before him are Claude Monet, Johannes Vermeer, Peter Paul Rubens, Albrecht Dürer, Edvard Munch, and Caravaggio. After him are Sandro Botticelli, Diego Velázquez, Paul Cézanne, Henri Matisse, Paul Gauguin, and Titian.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1746, Francisco Goya ranks 1. After him are Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Tadeusz Kościuszko, Carlo Buonaparte, Gustav III of Sweden, Gaspard Monge, Giuseppe Piazzi, Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria, Maurice Benyovszky, William Jones, Sophia Magdalena of Denmark, and Giovanni Battista Venturi. Among people deceased in 1828, Francisco Goya ranks 2. Before him is Franz Schubert. After him are Shaka, Maria Feodorovna, Victor of Aveyron, Alexander Ypsilantis, Jean-Antoine Houdon, Franz Joseph Gall, Carl Peter Thunberg, Karl Mack von Leiberich, Kobayashi Issa, and Karl August, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Francisco Goya ranks 4 out of 2,932. Before him are Pablo Picasso (1881), Salvador Dalí (1904), and Miguel de Cervantes (1547). After him are Antoni Gaudí (1852), Seneca the Younger (-4), Averroes (1126), Diego Velázquez (1599), Trajan (53), Francisco Franco (1892), Philip II of Spain (1527), and Hernán Cortés (1485).

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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), Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617), Francisco de Zurbarán (1598), Juan Gris (1887), Joaquín Sorolla (1863), Antoni Tàpies (1923), Enrique Simonet (1866), and Josefa de Óbidos (1630).

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