| Goyas original prints were largely ignored during his lifetime. Many (including the complete Disasters of War set) were not published in significant numbers until after his death. As many of the etchings were direct attacks upon many social customs and upon the religious and political powers of the day, they were simply too dangerous for public perusal. Yet what great artists who came after Goya were not affected by his graphic art? Such masters as Delacroix, Manet, Redon, Picasso, Ernst and the entire movements of Expressionism and Symbolism paid direct homage to his genius. |
