francisco de goya

Francisco Goya was considered the Father of Modern Art. He began his painting career after the Baroque period. Some of his first paintings, “ Stories of the Virgin and Christ: The Visitation and the Parasol”, were paintings of lively color and brilliant vision. They contained images that were of happy people aware of their surroundings and excellent sceneries around the countryside, even though he did not master in painting landscapes. This type of work gave his paintings a folk lifestyle affect. Around the time in 1792, Francisco Goya was badly ill mentally and physically. This caused him to becom...