Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (30 March 1746 – 16 April 1828) was a Spanish romantic painter and printmaker.
He is considered the most important Spanish artist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
He had a severe and undiagnosed illness in 1793 which left him deaf,
after which his work became progressively darker and pessimistic.
Goya is often referred to as the last of the Old Masters and the first of the moderns.