Art Bites: The Conflict That Transformed Goya’s Creative Journey Once a beloved court painter, Goya in his later years turned his hand to anti-war works. Francisco Goya, Self-Portrait (1796–97).

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828), known simply as Goya, was driven by a fierce, almost childlike curiosity about human nature and went through several artistic stages.

In the 80 allegorical etchings of Los Caprichos, Goya explores creative freedoms that were not acceptable to the conventions of art in his time. The works included in the exhibition can be divided ...