Page
about
this
at
the
Prado
Museum
web
site here.
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Goya
"Black
Paintings"
in
dispute
over
authenticity
Juan
Jose
Junquera,
a
professor
of
art
history
at
Complutense
University
in
Madrid,
says:
''These
are
fake
paintings.''
Other
Art
Scholars
weigh
in.
New
York
Times
online
article here.
Art
&
Antiques
article here.
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Striker
Family
Goya
Striker
Family
"Portrait
of
an
Unknown
Woman"
probable
Goya
painting
of
Josepha
Bayeu
1785
painting
possible
portrait
of
Goya's
wife
More
information here.
Auction
page
(on
Ebay) here.
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Michael
Nyman's
"Facing
Goya,"
Minimalist
Opera
reviewed
at
Calendar
Live
" This
is
an
opera
as
chock-full
of
arguments
about
the
nature
of
artistic
genius
and
the
intrusion
of
science
as
they
have
evolved
since
Goya's
death
in
1828
as
it
is
about the
ideas
reflected
in
Goya's
work.
"Goya
saw
Hitler
before
Hitler
saw
Goya!"
is
the
art
banker's
most
memorable
line."
More here.
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Toronto
Star Article
on
Goya-Manet-Valesquez here
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Cover
to
the
exhibit
catalog
Goya
"Images
of
Women"
Exhibit
opens
in
Washington
DC
National
Gallery
of
Art
My
review here.
Washington
Post
review HERE.
National
Review
Online HERE.
West
Building
of
the National
Gallery
of
Art
March
10
through
June
2,
2002.
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ANOTHER
GOYA
FILM
TO
BE
MADE
Updated
April
24.
2004
Forman
and
Zaentz
to
make
Goya
Biopic
SEE
OUR
MAIN
PAGE
ABOUT
THIS
FILM HERE
UPDATE
from
story
by
Ruthe
Stein
at
the SFGATE.COM:
"Forman
and
his
old
friend
and
collaborator
Saul
Zaentz,
who
was
at
the
festival
party,
also
have
tried
for
years
to
fund
a
movie
about
Goya.
Forman
shook
his
head
no
when
I
inquired
if
he
ever
considered
throwing
in
the
towel
and
just
enjoying
his
nice
life.
'Sure
it's
frustrating,
but
that's
the
nature
of
the business.
I'm
still
excited
about
making
movies.''
"
OLD
NEWS:
Film
is
on
hold
as
director
Milos
Forman
is
working
on
a
different
project.
Reports
in
July
2002
had
said
Gary
Oldman
was
going
to
be
playing
Goya
in
the proposed
film.
Preview
by
Greg
Schmitz,
info
on
film here.
(From
Variety)
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Director
Milos
Forman
and
producer
Saul
Zaentz,
who
collaborated
on
the
Academy
Award-winning
films
``One
Flew
Over
the
Cuckoo's
Nest''
and
``Amadeus,''
are
embarking
on
a
film
about
the life
and
times
of
Spanish
painter
Francisco
Goya.
The
picture
will
be
directed
by
Forman,
produced
by
Zaentz
and
penned
by
Michael
Weller,
who
wrote
the
screenplays
for
the
Forman
pictures
``Hair'' and
``Ragtime.''
(Other
films
on
Goya
are The
Naked
Maja (1959)
starring
Ava
Gardner
and
Anthony
Franciosa, Volaverunt (1999)
and Goya
in
Bordeaux (2000).
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Armed
Thieves
take
Goya,
Brueghel,
Pissarro
paintings
in
Madrid
Robbery
Esther
Koplowitz
collection
One
of
the
14
stolen
is
Goya's "The
Swing"
Associated
Press
Reports
news HERE.
UPDATE:
The
paintings
were
later
recovered
in
2002
through
a
sting
operation.
A
complete
F.B.I.
report
can
be
read here.
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GOYA:
Disasters
of
War
Napoleonic
scholar
comments
on
Goya
(and
this
sites)
info
about
the
French/Spanish
conflict
"I
went
back
and
looked
over
your
historical
info.
and
it
looks
fine
to
me. I
was
actually
pleased
that
you
mentioned
that
the
Spanish
committed
atrocities
against
the
French
as
well
in
response
for
their
actions.
In
your
discussion
of
"Great
deeds
against
the
dead"
I
just
wanted
to
mention
that
Spanish
guerrillas
and
peasants
were
also
known
to
have
frequently
unearthed
dead
Frenchmen
and
mutilated
their
corpses.
My
other
comment
concerns
your
discussion
in
"the
Third
of
May." You
mention
the
dissatisfaction
that
many
Spanish
intellectuals
had
with Charles
and
Ferdinand
and
you
say
that
these
two
monarchs
ruled
unsuccessfully. Actually
one
of
the
major
problems
that
the
Spanish
intellectuals
had
with
their
kings
was
that
they
refused
to
give
their
subjects
a
constitution
(a
major
goal
of
liberals
in
the
early 19th
century).
In
fact,
after
the
Napoleonic
Wars
were
over,
Ferdinand
had
promised
to rule
with
a written
constitution.
But
when
he
went
back
on
this
promise
(he
was
a
real
jerk)--this
sparked
a liberal
revolt
in
Spain
in
the
1820s
which
was
brutally
suppressed."
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GOYA
IN
PHILADELPHIA
Karen
Wilkin's
review
of
the
1999
Goya
show
at
the
Philly
Art
Museum
Link
takes
you
to
the
New
Criterion
web
site HERE.
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PRADO
EXPERT
DISPUTES
AUTHORSHIP
OF
SOME
GOYA'S
AT
PRADO
4/4/2001
Wonders
if
Rosario,
Goya's
adopted
daughter,
painted
two
of
them.
BE
SURE
TO
SEE
OUR
INTERVIEW
WITH
DR.
SARAH
SYMMONS,
DISCUSSING
THESE
ISSUES HERE,
AND
OUR
PAGE
ON
DR.PERALES HERE
(Reuters)
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An
expert
at
Madrid's
Prado
Museum
said
on
Wednesday
Spanish
artist
Francisco
de
Goya
probably
did
not
paint
either "The
Colossus'' or "The
Milkmaid,'' two
18th
Century
works
attributed
to
the
master
which
hang
in
the
world-famous
art
gallery.
(Yahoo
Reuters
article
on
their
news
site here)
(Associated
Press
Article here.)
British
art
historian
Juliet
Wilson-Bareau
made
these
claims
in The
Art
Newspaper,
in
which
she
reported
that
X-rays
of
"The
Milkmaid
of
Bordeaux''
showed
sketches
of
other
figures
underneath
the
painting
-
unusual
for
Goya's
work.
The
Prado's
chief
Spanish
art
expert
and
Goya
specialist
Manuela
Mena
has
also
stated.
"I'm
convinced
they
are
not
Goyas,''
Mena
said.
"But
until
every
area
of
investigation
is
exhausted
we
will
have
to
leave
them
as
they
are,
albeit
changing
how
they
are
attributed.''
(Note
from
Erik:
An
excellent
source
for
considering
how
to
weigh
the
opinions
of
art
experts
is
the
Orsen
Welles
documentary F
For
Fake (1975)
in
which
through
a
somewhat
humorous
exploration
of
the
world
of
art
forgery,
it
is
shown
that
art
'experts'
often
can
believe
what
they
wish
to
believe,
regardless
of
evidense -
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or
a
lack
thereof.
I
have
yet
to
see
any
mention
of
what
was
the
original
authentication
for
these
supposed
Goya's
to
enter
into
the
Prado
collection
in
the
first place.
That
'experts'
once
added
them
to
the
Prado
as
genuine,
and
now
'experts'
are
removing
them
as
not
genuine
should
cause
a
moment
of
pause
to
consider
what
an
'expert'
is, and
what
are
the
limits
of
their
ability
to
know
something
as
actually
a
Goya
or
not.
Also
to
consider
is
how
hotly
the
arguments
for
authenticating
this
painting
would
be
if it,
say,
were
up
for
sale
at
Sothebys.
Caveat
emptor.
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GOYA
IN
BORDEOUX
Found
a
new
review
of
the
Saura
film 1/23/2001
(from
the
UK
Sunday
Times)
Goya
was
an
old
man,
and
past
his
artistic
prime,
by
the
time
he
settled
in
Bordeaux,
but
the
city
only
serves
as
the
vantage
point
from which
the
film's
Goya
(Francisco
Rabal)
surveys
his
life
and
times
in
a
series
of
flashbacks.
These
scenes
are
played
out
on
abstract,
pointedly
artificial
sets,
an
approach
that
lends
a
dreamlike quality
to
Goya's
memories
and
allows
episodes
from
his
life
to
merge
into
images
from
his
paintings.
The
director,
Carlos
Saura,
is
a
passionate
admirer
of
Goya,
and
he
has
certainly
fashioned
an
intelligent,
honourable
tribute.
He
has
not,
however,
made
a
particularly
exciting
movie.
Search
the
Sunday
Times here
My
page
on
the
Saura
film
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CAPRICHOS
EXHIBIT
GOYA'S
LOS
CAPRICHOS
January
10
-
February
28,
2001
George
Washington
University
Dimock
Gallery
730
21st
Street,
N.W.
Washington,
D.C.
Hours:
Tuesday
through
Friday,
10
am
-
5
pm.
Closed
Saturday,
Sunday,
and
Monday.
(202)
994-1525.
Cost:
Admission
is
free.
Exhibit
web
site here
