Francisco Goya

The book of the German writer Manfred Schneider is a fictional biography of the great Spanish artist Francisco Goya (1746-1828) Romantic halo surrounding the life of the master, and a special place he occupies in the history of European painting, attract constant interest not only by art historians, but also writers, filmmakers and just art lovers. The creative path of Goya is closely connected with the turbulent life of Spain of the end of the XVIII - early XIX century. It is also manifested in direct responses to a variety of historical events in his early works, and in deep tragedy, characteristic of the mature and late work of the artist who survived the most dramatic turns of Spanish history