The Tortured Mind of an Artist
Francisco Jose de Goya was born on March 30, 1746 in a small village of Spain called Fuendetodos. Goya´s father was a gilder of altarpieces and his mother was descended from a minor Aragonese family. As a boy, Goya´s family moved to Saragossa where he attended Escuelas Pias, and soon after at the age of 14 he was apprenticed to a local painter Juan Luzan. In hopes of proving his talent, Goya went to Madrid in 1763 to compete for a prize from the Academy of San Fernando; he did not win but met Francisco Bayeu who was influential in forming Goya&…
