Francisco Goya Research Paper

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Francisco de Goya was a Spanish painter. He was born March 30th 1746 and died April 16th 1828. He is known for his paintings, drawings, sculptures, and printmaking. He is also known for his big and wild imagination and his devotion to painting.
Francisco was born in Fuendetodos, Spain. He had four siblings named Rita, Jacinta, Mariano, and Carmilo. In 1749 the Goya family moved to Zaragoza, where Francisco went to school at a Pius School. When Francisco was 19 and 22 he sent in entries for the Spanish Royal Academy in 1763 and 1766, each time he was denied entrance to the school. So he went to Italy for art and won an award for his painting skills at the Academy of Parma. In 1774 Francisco de Goya had a baby but it doesn’t survive. In July

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