Anonymous ID: 06aa36 July 11, 2020, 1:40 p.m. No.9930935   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>0972

Goya- the Black Paintings

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Paintings

 

After the Napoleonic Wars and the internal turmoil of the changing Spanish government, Goya developed an embittered attitude toward mankind. He had a first-hand and acute awareness of panic, terror, fear and hysteria. He had survived two near-fatal illnesses, and grew increasingly anxious and impatient in fear of relapse. The combination of these factors is thought to have led to his production of the Black Paintings. Using oil paints and working directly on the walls of his dining and sitting rooms, Goya created works with dark, disturbing themes. The paintings were not commissioned and were not meant to leave his home. It is likely that the artist never intended the works for public exhibition: "these paintings are as close to being hermetically private as any that have ever been produced in the history of Western art."[2]