Goya: Drawings from the Prado Museum

Publication Details Format: Hardcover (linen-bound with cameo); Size: 288mm x 224mm (portrait); Pages: 360pp, with illustrations. ISBN: 9781925432862

Author and/or Editor name/s Edited by Petra Kayser, with contributors

Author and/or Editor bio/s Dr Petra Kayser is Curator of Prints and Drawings at the NGV. Her special interests include the production, iconography and reception of German Renaissance art, and the cultural history of early modern prints. She has curated and co-curated numerous exhibitions, including Jim Dine: A Life in Print (2 017), The Four Horsemen: Apocalypse, Death and Disaster (2012) and The Satirical Eye: Comedy and Critique from Hogarth to Daumier (2009).

Year of Publication 2021

Publisher National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

Abstract Francisco de Goya Lucientes (1746–1828) is considered to be one of the first truly modern artists. Goya’s pursuit of truth makes his commentaries on human nature as relevant today as they were in his own time. This publication presents 170 works by Goya, including drawings from the artist’s earliest albums of social satires and pages from the late albums, which contain some of his most complex and surreal images. Many of these works are drawn from the Museo Nacional del Prado in Madrid, with which the National Gallery of Victoria has partnered on the exhibition Goya: Drawings from the Prado Museum. These are complemented with illustrations of works from the Art Gallery of South Australia and the NGV Collection. The images are accompanied by essays detailing Goya’s life and his exploration of issues that continue to resonate with contemporary audiences, such as violence, corruption, relations between the sexes, and the primacy of individual experience. Contributors include José Manuel Matilla, Manuela Mena Marqués, Mark McDonald, Phillip Adams, Eric Campbell, Michael Christoforidis, Gideon Haigh, Adrian Martin, Richard Read and Colm Tóibín as well as NGV curators.