Los Caprichos
Venue: Instituto Cervantes
Date: from the 4th of June to the 25th of July
By Aidan Dunne
FRANCISCO DE GOYA is, by general consent, one of the most brilliant graphic artists who has ever lived. Apart altogether from his achievements as a painter, his output as a printmaker would be more than enough to secure his place in history. As well as individual graphic works, Goya made two extraordinary series of prints, Los Caprichos and The Disasters of War. The Chester Beatty has in the past exhibited its complete collection of the latter and now the Instituto Cervantes is showing Los Caprichos in its Dublin gallery (the set was printed from Goya’s plates in 1929). While the Disasters , made in response to the artist’s experience of the Peninsular War of 1808-1814, are a searing account of human cruelty and the barbarity of warfare, the Los Caprichos , published in 1799, comment on “the innumerable foibles and follies to be found in any civilised society”.
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