GOYA, FRANCISCO DE 1746-1828:

1746 T0 1828. SPANISH PAINTER AND PRINTMAKER, GOYA WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT AND ORIGINAL ARTIST OF HIS TIME. HE PRODUCED A LARGE NUMBER OF PRINTS, SOME 300, BUT FROM A GRAPHIC ART POINT OF VIEW IT WAS THE TECHNIQUES THAT GOYA EMPLOYED THAT SETS HIM APART FROM OTHER PRINTMAKERS OF THE TIME. HE WOULD COMBINE ETCHING, AQUATINT AND DRYPOINT ON THE SAME PLATE, EXPERIMENTING WITH BURNISHING AND REWORKING, TO CREATE HIS IMAGE. GOYA'S WORK CAN BE DARK, AND THE SUBJECTS SOMETIMES UNCOMFORTABLE, BUT THERE IS NO DENYING HE WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST GRAPHIC ARTISTS OF THE LAST 300 YEARS.