The Disasters of War (Spanish: Los desastres de la guerra) is a series of 82 [a 1] prints created between 1810 and 1820 by the Spanish painter and printmaker Francisco Goya (1746–1828).

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (1746–1828) was a Spanish artist, now viewed as one of the leaders of the artistic movement Romanticism. He produced around 700 paintings, 280 prints, and several thousand drawings.

Jul 17, 2014 · Goya’s unflinching cycle of drawings, The Disasters of War, are the most searing works of art ever to deal with conflict, argues Alastair Sooke. It is one of the ironies of art history that...

Jan 9, 2019 · “Ya no hay tiempo” (There isn’t time now) (1810-1820), Francisco Goya. Haunting, macabre, and poignant, the series of 82 etchings by Spanish artist Francisco Goya known as “The Disasters of War” is a powerful reminder of the inhumane consequences of warfare.

Mar 27, 2025 · Goya was known to his contemporaries chiefly as a court painter but today he is best known for his outspoken vision of society, which he expressed in prints and drawings. The series ‘Los Desastres de la Guerra’ (The Disasters of War) depicts events during the Peninsular War of 1808 to 1814.

Oct 27, 2024 · Francisco Goya, Proud Monsters!, plate 81 from The Disasters of War, 1810s, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA. The Disasters of War captures the rape, murder, hunger, torture, and executions of both prisoners of war and civilians.

Goya’s Disasters of War takes inspiration from a specific set of historical conflicts in early nineteenth-century Spain: Napoléon Bonaparte’s 1808 invasion of Spain, followed by the Peninsular War (1808–1814), and the famine that beleaguered Madrid in …

The Disasters of War are a series of 82 prints created between 1810 and 1820 by Francisco Goya. Although Goya did not make known his intention when creating the plates, art historians view them as a visual protest against the violence of the 1808 Dos de Mayo Uprising, the subsequent Peninsular War of 1808 - 14 and the setbacks to the liberal ...

In this series of prints executed between 1810 and 1814 Goya offers a critical and personal vision of the consequences of the Spanish Peninsular War (1808-14) that is remote from the propagandistic images produced by his contemporaries.

Sometimes called “The first modern painting,” its resemblance to And there’s nothing to be done (Y no hay remedio) is undeniable. In this painting, a Christ-like figure stands in front of a firing squad, waiting to die. This line of soldiers is nearly identical to the murderers in the aquatint.