ART TALK * GOYA GRANDEUR * tba



In this Talk we will compare two paintings by Francisco Goya. The first is entitled The 3rd of May 1808 in Madrid, or "The Executions". It was painted in 1814 after Fernando VII returned to Madrid. It is archived in the Prado Museum in Madrid. 

The second painting is called Saturn Devouring His Son. Goya painted this work directly on the wall of his house on the outskirts of Madrid between 1819 and 1823. It is kept in the Prado Museum in Madrid.

LECTURE * GOYA * LOS CAPRICHOS & LOS DISPARATES - TBA


LECTURE is about a particular phase in Francisco Goya's life that led to his prolific manifestation of etchings and aquatint caricatures.

GOYA ATTACKED ARRANGED MARRIAGES WITH HUMOUR


Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (1746 - 1828) paintings, drawings and engravings reflected contemporary historical upheavals. He supported the new enlightened and educated spirit of the times by opposing arranged marriages. At that time, the function of marriage was merely a means to promote the economic or social success of the family and ignored the pain that people suffered.

** Report by Karla Ingleton Darocas. Hons. B. A.  (KarlaDarocas.com)

REVIEW * CLASS TRIP * EXHIBITIONS * Sorolla Childhood & Paths of Modernity

The Bancaja Foundation exhibition of 86 paintings by Sorolla dedicated to childhood was wonderful. The exhibition rooms were spacious, and the walls were painted a muted grey so that the unique Mediterranean colours he used in his painting really stood out.

* Report by Karla Ingleton Darocas. Hons. B. A.  (KarlaDarocas.com)

ART TALK * THE WITCHES OF FRANCISCO GOYA * TBA


In this TALK, we will explore four of Goya's witchcraft paintings that we can see in Spain.  

HOW ETCHINGS ARE MADE


Etching is an intaglio printing process in which lines or areas are scratched into a metal plate with acid to absorb the ink. In etching, the plate can be made of iron, copper or zinc.

SOROLLA'S CHILDREN OF THE ROCKS

 
Children Looking for Shellfish, 1919

After completing the final panel for Vision of Spain, also known as The Provinces of Spain, a 1913-19 series of fourteen monumental paintings depicting the customs, costumes and traditions of the regions of Spain commissioned by Archie Huntington for the Hispanic Society of America, Sorolla returned to Madrid. He then travelled to Valencia at the end of July. From there he went on holiday to Mallorca, which he found "interesting but too dead", so he decided to move to Ibiza.


* Report by Karla Ingleton Darocas. Hons. B. A.  (KarlaDarocas.com)