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Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (Spanish pronunciation: [fɾanˈθisko xoˈse ðe ˈɣoʝa i luˈθjentes]; 30 March 1746–16 April 1828) was a Spanish romantic painter and printmaker regarded both as the last of the Old Masters and the first of the moderns. Goya was a court painter to the Spanish Crown, and through his works was both a commentator on and chronicler of his era. The subversive and imaginative element in his art, as well as his bold handling of paint, provided a model for the work of later generations of artists, notably Manet, Picasso and Francis Bacon.. In his honour, Spain's main national film awards are called the Goya Awards.
Goya was born in Fuendetodos, Aragón, Spain, in 1746 to José Benito de Goya y Franque and Gracia de Lucientes y Salvador. He spent his childhood in Fuendetodos, where his family lived in a house bearing the family crest of his mother. His father earned his living as a gilder. About 1749, the family bought a house in the city of Zaragoza and some years later moved into it. Goya may have attended school at Escuelas Pias. He formed a close friendship with Martin Zapater at this time, and their correspondence from the 1770s to the 1790s is a valuable source for understanding Goya's early career at the court of Madrid. At age 14, Goya studied under the painter José Luzán. He moved to Madrid where he studied with Anton Raphael Mengs, a painter who was popular with Spanish royalty. He clashed with his master, and his examinations were unsatisfactory. Goya submitted entries for the Royal Academy of Fine Art in 1763 and 1766, but was denied entrance.
Francis Goya (born Francis Weyer on 16 May 1946) is a Belgian guitarist born in Liege.
Weyer first played with Patrick Ruymen in the group Les Caraïbes, a Belgian cover group. The two then formed the rock group Liberty Six in 1965, which had a proto-psychedelic stage show and released only one single before disbanding. Weyer then moved on to the J.J. Band and Plus.
In the 1970s, Weyer started using the name Francis Goya and released solo albums of romantic Spanish guitar and mandolin music. His 1975 single "Nostalgia", a tune written by his father and arranged for guitar by Goya, became an international hit, reaching #1 in Belgium, Holland, Germany, Norway, and Brazil. Later albums saw Goya moving more into a Latin American-influenced style, including three albums recorded with Bolivian singer Carmina Cabrera.
Goya has some 40 album releases to his credit.
Actors: Randy Quaid (actor), José María Sacristán (actor), Emilio Linder (actor), Scott Cleverdon (actor), Paco Catalá (actor), Michael Lonsdale (actor), Víctor Israel (actor), Simón Andreu (actor), Javier Bardem (actor), Manuel de Blas (actor), Ramón Langa (actor), David Calder (actor), Carlos Bardem (actor), Jack Taylor (actor), Stellan Skarsgård (actor),
Plot: The painter Goya becomes involved with the Spanish Inquisition when his muse, Ines, is arrested by the church for heresy. Her father, Thomas, comes to him hoping that his connection with Brother Lorenzo, whom he is painting, can secure the release of his daughter.
Keywords: 1800s, 19th-century, actor-playing-multiple-roles, actual-animal-killed, arrest, atrocity, baby, baby-crying, bagpipes, battleActors: Juan Diego (actor), Abel Folk (actor), Javier Bardem (actor), Álex Angulo (actor), Gabino Diego (actor), Eduard Fernández (actor), Pedro Almodóvar (actor), Alejandro Amenábar (actor), Roberto Benigni (actor), José Luis Borau (actor), Agustín Almodóvar (actor), Luis Buñuel (actor), Fernando Fernán Gómez (actor), José Luis Cuerda (actor), Luis García Berlanga (actor),
Genres: Family,Actors: Zoe Berriatúa (actor), Carlos Bardem (actor), Penélope Cruz (actress), Bigas Luna (director), Stefania Sandrelli (actress), Aitana Sánchez-Gijón (actress), Bigas Luna (writer), Jordi Mollà (actor), Jorge Perugorría (actor), Fermí Reixach (actor), Enrique Villén (actor), Olivier Achard (actor), Kenout Peltier (editor), Yves Marmion (producer), Jean-Louis Benoît (writer),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Cedric Smith (actor), David Devine (producer), Shannon Lawson (actress), Peter Breiner (composer), Richard Mozer (director), Richard Mozer (producer), David Reale (actor), Robert Russell (actor), Jan Filips (actor), Michael MacLennan (writer), Stephen Fisher (actor), Joel Sugerman (actor), Katarina Krnacova (miscellaneous crew), Jaclyn Blumas (actress), Ewan Maclaren (actor),
Plot: In the midst of the Inquisition, portrait painter Goya is slowly losing his health and beginning to express every one of his nightmares through dark sketches, which worries his straight-laced son. Only one little girl, the daughter of his new housekeeper and an aspiring artist, sees through the nightmares to the stories behind the pictures. Through her perspective, she helps keep Goya alive and creates a better understanding between the old man and his family.
Keywords: artist, francisco-de-goya, girl, painter, painting, spainActors: Eric Pohlmann (actor), Penny Daniels (miscellaneous crew), Philip Green (composer), Dirk Bogarde (actor), Roy Ward Baker (producer), Roy Ward Baker (director), Earl St. John (producer), Mylène Demongeot (actress), John Mills (actor), Lee Montague (actor), Larry Taylor (actor), Laurence Naismith (actor), Roger Delgado (actor), Yvonne Caffin (costume designer), John Bentley (actor),
Genres: Drama, Western,Actors: Sarah Churchill (actress), Berry Kroeger (actor), William Corrigan (director), Ruth Ford (actress), Ronald Long (actor), Oliver Thorndike (actor), Philippa Bevans (actress), Frank Daly (actor), Dale Engel (actor), Victoria Barcelo (actress), Fernando Sirvent (actor),
Genres: ,Actors: Henry Fonda (actor), Luciano Emmer (director), Ewald André Dupont (director), Roman Vlad (composer), Roman Vlad (composer), Alain Resnais (director), Gregory Peck (actor), Vincent Price (actor), Lilli Palmer (actress), Enrico Gras (director), Chester W. Schaeffer (editor), Guy Bernard (composer), Frederick Kohner (writer), Darius Milhaud (composer), Martin Gabel (actor),
Genres: Documentary,