*Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (1746–1828) is regarded as the most important Spanish artist of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Over the course of his long career, Goya moved from jolly and lighthearted to deeply pessimistic and searching in his paintings, drawings, etchings, and frescoes.* **
*Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid * The Third of May 1808, 1814 Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828) [image: http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/goya/goya.colossus.jpg] The Colossus 1808-12 (120 kB); Oil on canvas, 45 3/4 x 41 1/4 in; Museo del Prado, Madrid. [image: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/images/hb/hb_35.103.2.jpg] *The Swing*, 1796–97 [image: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Francisco_de_Goya_y_Lucientes_054.jpg/718px-Francisco_de_Goya_y_Lucientes_054.jpg] Charles IV of Spain and His Family. Man in the shadows in background at left is Goya himself. [image: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/Goya_selfportrait.jpg] Goya's self-portrait. [image: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/2a/Goya_prado.jpg/450px-Goya_prado.jpg] A statue of Francisco Goya outside the main entrance of The Prado<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prado>Museum in Madrid <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madrid>.
