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    Goya: A model for ‘those that don’t succeed, try try again’?

    November 16, 2012 / 0 Comments

    Francisco de Goya: 18th Century Spanish bad boy? Overlooked Political Commentator?  A sufferer for his art?  Yes, yes, and yes.  Goya is all of the above. Ok, let’s start with the ‘Bad Boy’ charge.  This aspect of his personality may be tracked back to his time studying under a master popular with Spanish Royalty of the time.  It’s fair to say that he and his teacher didn’t exactly see eye to eye, which resulted in his receiving poor results in his examinations.  Later on, he experienced further disappointment when he submitted entries to the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in San Fernando.  These were rejected, not once, but twice, in…

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