Artists of past and present ARTISTS OF PAST AND PRESENT | Page 76

FRANCISCO DE GOYA  He was born on Zaragoza, the 30 of may of 1746.  He is considered the most important Spanish artist of late 18th and early 19th centuries.  He studied painting from age 14 and moved to Madrid to study.  He suffered a severe and undiagnosed illness in 1793 which left him completely deaf. Aitana Ruiz Cuenca