Goya by Xavier Bray
A landmark overview and analysis of Goya's finest portraits
"A splendid monograph. . Bray is a lively writer and has contextualized the portraits by inserting them within a running account of the artist’s life and times."—Jonathan Brown, Art Newspaper
"[Bray] has given us Goya as his contemporaries knew him—as one of the most expressive portrait painters of his age."—Ruth Guilding, Evening Standard
"This important book brings Goya out of the shadows and rightly shines a new light on a remarkable career and shows how influential Goya became for later painters . . ."—London Visitor
"Accompanying a major exhibition at the National Gallery, the first dedicated to Goya’s portraits, this excellent book greatly extends our knowledge of the Spanish painter and the times in which he lived."—Bill Spence, Yorkshire Gazette and Herald
"[Bray] has given us Goya as his contemporaries knew him—as one of the most expressive portrait painters of his age."—Ruth Guilding, Evening Standard
"This important book brings Goya out of the shadows and rightly shines a new light on a remarkable career and shows how influential Goya became for later painters . . ."—London Visitor
"Accompanying a major exhibition at the National Gallery, the first dedicated to Goya’s portraits, this excellent book greatly extends our knowledge of the Spanish painter and the times in which he lived."—Bill Spence, Yorkshire Gazette and Herald
Xavier Bray is chief curator at Dulwich Picture Gallery. Manuela Mena Marqués is chief curator of 18th-century paintings at the Museo del Prado, Madrid. Thomas Gayford is a former research assistant at Dulwich Picture Gallery.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781857095739 |
| ISBN 10 | 1857095731 |
| Title | Goya |
| Author | Xavier Bray |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | National Gallery Company Ltd |
| Year published | 2015-09-30 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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