Thursday, October 8, 2026
11:00 - 13:00 H
10 E. pp.
In the 1800s, a defiant faction of Madrid painters tore down the pristine, polished academic style of neoclassical art.
Inspired by Francisco de Goya's late, haunting visions, these artists took to the city's poorest barrios, local taverns, and shadowy underbellies to capture a raw, unapologetic slice of Spanish life.
Rather than painting idealized heroes, they used a gritty, rapid brushwork style and a dark palette to render the psychological tension, social decay, and chaotic energy of an unstable nation.
Yet, beneath the heavy shadows and macabre subjects lies a sharp, satirical wit, a veta brava (wild vein) that mocked human hypocrisy, religious fanaticism, and upper-class pretension.
