Goya in Times of War - Prado Museum, Madrid
This year Spain, and specially Madrid, commemorates the bicentenary of the uprising against the French invasion in
1808.
One of the main events is the exhibition dedicated to the paintings and drawings Goya made related to this topic in the Prado Museum.
The two main paintings Goya painted are two big canvases about the events that took place on May 2nd and 3rd. Both have been restored.
There are also about 200 works by Goya, some of them belonging to privat collections.
During Jose Bonaparte´s reign the artist still worked as court painter, although at the same time he painted some drawings emphasizing the cruelty and violence of war.
It seems that his two most famous paintings about the events that took place in May were painted after Fernando VII´s return to Spain. Again he tries to show the madness of war.
This is the most important exhibition dedicated to Goya since 1996.
The exhibition will be open to the public until July 13th.
Opening hours:
From Tuesday to Sunday from 0900 to 2000.
Closed on Mondays and May 1rst.
Price: €9,-
Free entrance from Tuesday to Saturday from 1800 to 2000 and on Sundays from 1700 to 2000.
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