Tag Archives: Philip Hofer

ghosts of bordeaux: deceptions and perceptions

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Dave

A seventy-seven year old Francisco Goya left Spain for France in 1823; he still held his position as first painter to the court, but even so, with the final triumph of Ferdinand, he had gone into seclusion. Goya saw Spain … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Miscellaneous | Tagged Alan Woods, Albert Camus, Eugene Delacroix, Francisco Goya, Fred Licht, Goya Bordeaux period, Jesse Bering, Philip Hofer, Reva Wolf, Richard Dorment, Sarah Symmons, Sigmund Freud, Victor Hugo | Leave a comment

the deaf man’s house: paint it black

Posted on February 16, 2011 by Dave

Somehow with Francisco Goya, we never quite ask why a man whose friends in maturity were among the most enlightened thinkers and the most devoted moralists of the age of reason; a man who, we have kept telling ourselves, shared … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Miscellaneous | Tagged Francisco Goya, Fred Licht, goya Black paintings, Jesse Bering, Kenneth Clark, Lisa Abend, Mark Vallen, Philip Hofer, Reva Wolf, Robert Hughes, Sir Kenneth Clark, Thomas W. Clark | Leave a comment

caprichos: folly ridden assemblies

Posted on February 15, 2011 by Dave

The “Caprichos” of Francisco Goya were among the first etchings to be done with aquatint, and were completed between 1796 and 1798 then put on sale the following year in book form. They had begun to take shape in the … Continue reading →