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From Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College

  1. Poca High School and Amos Coal Power Plant, West Virginia by Mitch Epstein, Image 1.

    Mitch Epstein

    Poca High School and Amos Coal Power Plant, West Virginia, 2004

    Chromogenic print

    70 x 92 in (177.8 x 233.68 cm)

  2. Killing a Cow, Sleepyeye, Minnesota by Thomas Frederick Arndt, Image 1.

    Thomas Frederick Arndt

    Killing a Cow, Sleepyeye, Minnesota, 1985

    Gelatin silver print

    16 x 20 in (40.64 x 50.8 cm)

  3. Boston Blackie by Robert A. Nelson, Image 1.

    Robert A. Nelson

    Boston Blackie, 1979

    Lithograph on paper

    41.875 x 29.625 in (106.36 x 75.25 cm)

  4. Bats by Dieter Roth, Image 1.

    Dieter Roth

    Bats, 1978

    Offset print

    19.8125 x 13.875 in (50.32 x 35.24 cm)

  5. And We Did Speak Only to Break The Silence of the Sea! from The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Patrick Procktor, Image 2.

    Patrick Procktor

    And We Did Speak Only to Break The Silence of the Sea! from The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, 1976

    Etching on paper

    25.75 x 19.625 in (65.41 x 49.85 cm)

  6. Untitled by Richard Howard Hunt, Image 1.

    Richard Howard Hunt

    Untitled, 1972

    Lithograph on paper

    31.25 x 38.875 in (79.38 x 98.74 cm)

  7. Chance and Order II by Kenneth Martin, Image 1.

    Kenneth Martin

    Chance and Order II, 1971

    Screenprint on paper

    27.25 x 27 in (69.22 x 68.58 cm)

  8. Robert Walker by Philippe Halsman, Image 2.

    Philippe Halsman

    Robert Walker, 1945

    Gelatin silver print

    14 x 11 in (35.56 x 27.94 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.