Where was francisco goya born

Spanish painter and printmaker (–)

"Goya" redirects here. For the food company, see Goya Foods. For other uses, see Goya (disambiguation).

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is de Goya and the second or maternal family name is Lucientes.

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (; Spanish:&#;[fɾanˈθisko&#;xoˈse&#;ðe&#;ˈɣoʝa&#;i&#;luˈθjentes]; 30 March – 16 April ) was a Spanish romantic painter and printmaker.

He is considered the most important Spanish artist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries.^[1] His paintings, drawings, and engravings reflected contemporary historical upheavals and influenced important 19th- and 20th-century painters.^[2] Goya is often referred to as the last of the Old Masters and the first of the moderns.^[3]

Goya was born in Fuendetodos, Aragon to a middle-class family in He studied painting from age 14 under José Luzán y Martinez and moved to Madrid to study wi