Goya

[ goi-uh; Spanish gaw-yah ]

/ ˈgɔɪ ə; Spanish ˈgɔ yɑ /

noun

Fran·cis·co de

[fran-sis-koh duh; Spanish frahn-thees-kaw de, -sees-] /frænˈsɪs koʊ də; Spanish frɑnˈθis kɔ dɛ, -ˈsis-/, Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes,1746–1828, Spanish painter.

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According to some rumors, Goya was once on staff before his fame as a Spanish painter.

Inside The World’s 10 Oldest Restaurants |Justin Jones |December 20, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
John Baldesssari received a second trophy and made an even shorter one, thanking Giotto, Goya, Matisse, Duchamp, and Sol LeWitt.

My Biennale Favorites |Anthony Haden-Guest |June 8, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
Goya set to work, and from the start broke squarely away from the superannuated tradition of the Superintendent.

Goya |Fr. Crastre
The characters and setting of the opera are suggested by the work of the Spanish painter Goya.

The Complete Opera Book |Gustav Kobb

Wolden especially mourned a Navajo sand-painting, which he compared to Goya.

Hunters Out of Space |Joseph Everidge Kelleam
There are nearly two hundred portraits that are known to have been painted by Goya.

Goya |Fr. Crastre
All this would seem to denote a charlatan; yet withal, Goya has fairly won his place amid the great painters of the world.

McClure's Magazine, March, 1896, Vol. VI., No. 4. |Various

British Dictionary definitions for goya

Goya

/ (ˈɡɔɪə, Spanish ˈɡoja) /

noun

Francisco de (franˈθisko de), full name Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes. 1746–1828, Spanish painter and etcher; well known for his portraits, he became court painter to Charles IV of Spain (1799). He recorded the French invasion of Spain in a series of etchings The Disasters of War (1810–14) and two paintings 2 May 1808 and 3 May 1808 (1814)

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