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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. A Composition with Figures and a Cart by Heri Dono, Image 1.

    Heri Dono

    A Composition with Figures and a Cart, 2005

    Mixed media and collage on cardboard

    16 x 16 in (40.64 x 40.64 cm)

  2. Addendum to Virginia Wolff by Anne Noggle, Image 1.

    Anne Noggle

    Addendum to Virginia Wolff, 1990

    Silver gelatin print

    20 x 24 in (50.8 x 60.96 cm)

  3. X Shift by Doug Warner, Image 1.

    Doug Warner

    X Shift, 1978

    Handmade paper

    15 x 21.875 in (38.1 x 55.56 cm)

  4. I Tried to Beat Them for Seventy Bucks...How About You? by Paul Szep, Image 1.

    Paul Szep

    I Tried to Beat Them for Seventy Bucks...How About You?, 1974

    Lithograph on paper

    17.5 x 18.5 in (44.45 x 46.99 cm)

  5. Harvey Breverman

    Study of John Wilson, 1973

    Lithograph on paper

    29.5 x 22 in (74.93 x 55.88 cm)

  6. The Chanter by Hanne Greaver, Image 1.

    Hanne Greaver

    The Chanter, 1972

    Woodcut on paper

    32 x 24.0625 in (81.28 x 61.12 cm)

  7. Cumberland Street Market, Dublin by Alen MacWeeney, Image 2.

    Alen MacWeeney

    Cumberland Street Market, Dublin, 1965

    Archival pigment print

    13 x 19 in (33.02 x 48.26 cm)

  8. New Era Building by Richard Haas, Image 1.

    Richard Haas

    New Era Building

    Etching on paper

    27.5 x 13.75 in (69.85 x 34.93 cm)

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About the artist

Francisco de Goya

Spanish

1746-1828

Spanish painter, illustrator, and engraver. Regarded as one of the latest Old Masters and earlier modern artists. Works reflected contemporary historical upheavals and was an influential figure for 19th-20th century artists. He admired masters such as Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn and Diego Velázquez. Goya's drawings and engravings are inspired by Rembrandt's work; Velazquez’s paintings informed him of the study of nature and the language of realism. Both commissioned and uncommissioned works demonstrate Goya's keen observations of patrons and society through exaggerated realism that borders on caricature. His art incorporates purposeful satires, while utilizing caricature in drawings and prints that attacked political, social, and religious abuses. Etchings, drawings and paintings during and after the Napoleonic Invasion and The Restoration demonstrate his reactions to the horrors of war and the brutality of Ferdinand VII. He self-exiled in Bordeaux where he recorded his impressions of the world alongside fellow exiles in the new medium of lithography.