The Black Paintings

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The Black Paintings are a haunting series of dark, expressive murals by Francisco Goya that depict nightmarish, introspective scenes reflecting his late-life pessimism and disillusionment.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mural cycle
series of paintings
artisticStyle dark Romanticism
expressionism (proto-expressionist)
cityOfCreation Madrid
commissionedBy not commissioned (personal work)
conservationAction transferred from walls to canvas in the 1870s
countryCurrentlyLocated Spain
countryOfOrigin Spain
createdInArtistLifePeriod Goya's late period
creator Francisco Goya
currentCity Madrid
currentLocation Museo del Prado
linked to: Prado Museum
depicts despair
disillusionment
madness
nightmarish scenes
old age
pessimism
processions
saturn devouring his son
violence
witchcraft
endTime c. 1823
genre Romanticism
houseName Quinta del Sordo (House of the Deaf Man)
intendedAudience private
languageOfTitle Spanish
locationCreated Quinta del Sordo
medium oil on canvas (after transfer)
oil on plaster
oil on wall
movement Romanticism
notableWorkInSeries Asmodea (Fantastic Vision)
Cabezas en un paisaje (Heads in a Landscape)
Dos viejos comiendo sopa (Two Old Men Eating Soup)
Duelo a garrotazos (Fight with Cudgels)
Hombres leyendo (Men Reading)
Judith y Holofernes (Judith and Holofernes)
La Leocadia
Mujeres riendo (Women Laughing)
Peregrinación a la fuente de San Isidro (Pilgrimage to San Isidro)
Perro semihundido (The Dog)
Romería de San Isidro (The Pilgrimage of San Isidro)
Saturn Devouring His Son
Witches' Sabbath (The Great He-Goat)
numberOfWorks 14
originalLocation Quinta del Sordo
owner Spanish state
linked to: Spanish government
relatedTo Goya's deafness
Peninsular War
significance key precursor to modern art
major work of Western art history
startTime c. 1819
surface interior walls of Goya's house
theme anti-clericalism
death
existential anxiety
irrationality of human nature
political disillusionment
war trauma

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Francisco Goya notableWork The Black Paintings
Saturn Devouring His Son partOfSeries Black Paintings
linked to: The Black Paintings
Pale Man inspiredBy Goya's Saturn Devouring His Son
subject linked to: the Pale Man
linked to: The Black Paintings
And there is no remedy artisticPeriod Goya’s late period
linked to: The Black Paintings
One can’t look artisticPeriod Goya’s late period
linked to: The Black Paintings
Quinta del Sordo notableFor Black Paintings
linked to: The Black Paintings
Quinta del Sordo containsWorkSeries Black Paintings
linked to: The Black Paintings
Witches' Sabbath (The Great He-Goat) series Black Paintings
linked to: The Black Paintings
Peregrinación a la fuente de San Isidro partOfSeries Black Paintings
linked to: The Black Paintings
Peregrinación a la fuente de San Isidro associatedWith Quinta del Sordo Black Paintings ensemble
linked to: The Black Paintings
Romería de San Isidro partOfSeries Black Paintings
linked to: The Black Paintings
Dos viejos comiendo sopa series Black Paintings
linked to: The Black Paintings
Dos viejos comiendo sopa artHistoricalPeriod Goya's late period
linked to: The Black Paintings
Duelo a garrotazos partOfSeries Black Paintings
linked to: The Black Paintings
La Leocadia series Black Paintings
linked to: The Black Paintings
Hombres leyendo partOfSeries Black Paintings
subject linked to: Hombres leyendo (Men Reading)
linked to: The Black Paintings
Hombres leyendo artHistoricalContext Goya’s Black Paintings cycle
subject linked to: Hombres leyendo (Men Reading)
linked to: The Black Paintings
Mujeres riendo partOfSeries Black Paintings
subject linked to: Mujeres riendo (Women Laughing)
linked to: The Black Paintings
Mujeres riendo hasArtisticPeriod Goya’s late period
subject linked to: Mujeres riendo (Women Laughing)
linked to: The Black Paintings
Cabezas en un paisaje partOfSeries Black Paintings
linked to: The Black Paintings
Cabezas en un paisaje associatedWith Goya’s Black Paintings cycle
linked to: The Black Paintings
Asmodea (Fantastic Vision) series Black Paintings
linked to: The Black Paintings
Asmodea (Fantastic Vision) partOf Goya’s late “Black Paintings” cycle
linked to: The Black Paintings
Perro semihundido partOfSeries Black Paintings
subject linked to: Perro semihundido (The Dog)
linked to: The Black Paintings
Quinta del Sordo famousFor Black Paintings
linked to: The Black Paintings