Luz y sombra: Goya and Spanish realism

Abstract

"Francisco de Goya (1746-1828) and his oeuvre have been symbols of Spanish identity since the nineteenth century. This publication celebrates the contradictions and nuances that spring from this identification while exploring unexamined facets of his career. It accompanies the EUROPALIA ESPAÑA exhibition Luz y sombra. Goya and Spanish Realism (Bozar, Brussels - 8 October 2025 to 11 January 2026), offering a fresh look at contemporary Spanish art through the legacy of Goya. The artist's work is juxtaposed with that of eighteenth- to twenty-first-century Spanish artists who revisited the realist tradition of the Spanish Golden Age, offering a modern take on mysticism and the picaresque at the start of a new visual regime."-- Publisher's website.

Contents

Foreword / Baron Philippe Vlerick -- Introduction / Christian Salez and Santiago Herrero Amigo -- Goya and Us : forms of self-representation in contemporary Spanish art / Leticia Sastre Sánchez -- Goya and Spanish realism : a contemporary perspective / Rocío Gracia Ipiña -- Visual essay of the exhibition -- Charles III in hunting dress : Goya and his workshop, or solo Goya? / José Manuel de la Mano -- While deaf, Goya speaks / Anna Reuter -- Goya seen by two Basques : the lectures of Jorge Oteiza and José de Eizaguirre, 1946 / Rocío Robles Tardío -- Biography -- List of exhibited works -- Image credits -- Colophon.