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 Prado Museum
surface form: Museo del Prado
depicts despair
disillusionment
madness
nightmarish scenes
old age
pessimism
processions
Saturn Devouring His Son
surface form: 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 Beheading Holofernes
surface form: 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 government
surface form: Spanish state
relatedTo Goya's deafness
Napoleonic invasion of Spain
surface form: 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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Description of subject: 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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Francisco Goya notableWork The Black Paintings
Saturn Devouring His Son partOfSeries The Black Paintings
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the Pale Man inspiredBy The Black Paintings
subject surface form: Pale Man
this entity surface form: Goya's Saturn Devouring His Son
And there is no remedy artisticPeriod The Black Paintings
this entity surface form: Goya’s late period
One can’t look artisticPeriod The Black Paintings
this entity surface form: Goya’s late period
Quinta del Sordo notableFor The Black Paintings
this entity surface form: Black Paintings
Quinta del Sordo containsWorkSeries The Black Paintings
this entity surface form: Black Paintings
Witches' Sabbath (The Great He-Goat) series The Black Paintings
this entity surface form: Black Paintings
Peregrinación a la fuente de San Isidro (Pilgrimage to San Isidro) partOfSeries The Black Paintings
subject surface form: Peregrinación a la fuente de San Isidro
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Peregrinación a la fuente de San Isidro (Pilgrimage to San Isidro) associatedWith The Black Paintings
subject surface form: Peregrinación a la fuente de San Isidro
this entity surface form: Quinta del Sordo Black Paintings ensemble
Romería de San Isidro (The Pilgrimage of San Isidro) partOfSeries The Black Paintings
subject surface form: Romería de San Isidro
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Dos viejos comiendo sopa (Two Old Men Eating Soup) series The Black Paintings
subject surface form: Dos viejos comiendo sopa
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Dos viejos comiendo sopa (Two Old Men Eating Soup) artHistoricalPeriod The Black Paintings
subject surface form: Dos viejos comiendo sopa
this entity surface form: Goya's late period
Duelo a garrotazos (Fight with Cudgels) partOfSeries The Black Paintings
subject surface form: Duelo a garrotazos
this entity surface form: Black Paintings
La Leocadia series The Black Paintings
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Hombres leyendo (Men Reading) partOfSeries The Black Paintings
subject surface form: Hombres leyendo
this entity surface form: Black Paintings
Hombres leyendo (Men Reading) artHistoricalContext The Black Paintings
subject surface form: Hombres leyendo
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Mujeres riendo (Women Laughing) partOfSeries The Black Paintings
subject surface form: Mujeres riendo
this entity surface form: Black Paintings
Mujeres riendo (Women Laughing) hasArtisticPeriod The Black Paintings
subject surface form: Mujeres riendo
this entity surface form: Goya’s late period
Cabezas en un paisaje (Heads in a Landscape) partOfSeries The Black Paintings
subject surface form: Cabezas en un paisaje
this entity surface form: Black Paintings
Cabezas en un paisaje (Heads in a Landscape) associatedWith The Black Paintings
subject surface form: Cabezas en un paisaje
this entity surface form: Goya’s Black Paintings cycle
Asmodea (Fantastic Vision) series The Black Paintings
this entity surface form: Black Paintings
Asmodea (Fantastic Vision) partOf The Black Paintings
this entity surface form: Goya’s late “Black Paintings” cycle
Perro semihundido (The Dog) partOfSeries The Black Paintings
subject surface form: Perro semihundido
this entity surface form: Black Paintings
Quinta del Sordo (House of the Deaf Man) famousFor The Black Paintings
subject surface form: Quinta del Sordo
this entity surface form: Black Paintings