A Funny Oil Painting Story of Francisco de Goya

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A Funny Oil Painting Story of Francisco de Goya
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Even if the object was the King, he would never
be lenient. Let alone ingratiate with them, all
the good and ugly things had nowhere to hide.
Francisco de Goya (from 1746 to 1828) swayed a
ruthless realistic brush.
He painted many portraits for various
famous people, depicted their characters
penetrating. The King of Spain Charles IV still
granted him the title of The foremost painter in
Spain.
Once, Goya was summoned to the palace for
painting portraits for the King.
Charles IV praised him and said that
Youre the greatest painter in Spain, only
you qualify to paint for the royal family. Today,
I request you to draw a family portrait for me,
if you paint well, I will reward you.
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Goya agreed to take over this work. Charles IV
was pretty satisfied with the painting when
Goya gave it to him. Suddenly he found
that there was something wrong with the
painting and said seriously Why there are only
6 hands with 14 people, where are the hands of
these people?
I do not know either. Goya replied.
Charles IV pointed to the picture angrily and
said I command you to fill up all these
disappeared hands.
Goya shook his head which meant that refusing to
do it, Charles IV was so angry that he evicted
him from the palace.
Someone heard about the anecdote later and came
to ask him why he did not paint the hands. His
answer was excellent, he said that Those
so-called princes are parasites only good at
opening their mouths and eating, they have no
hands. Thats a fact.
One day, a doctor who was admiring Goya
commissioned him to depict a portrait for
him. When Goya finished, he said gladly I hear
that you are very principled and do not easily
draw the hands for people. But you draw both
my hands on this painting, Im greatly
honored. Thus I will pay huge sum of money
to thank you.
Is that true? Goya uttered a sneer and said
Do you know why I paint both of your hands on
the picture? Do not be happy too early. I just
want to let everyone to see the hands of
murderer. So, do you still want to thank me?
At this time, the doctors face turned
green. It turned out that the doctor seemed
like an elegant gentleman. But in fact, he was a
ruthless murderer. He once murdered his friends
in order to take away the beautiful and
charming wife of his friend.
The hands on the picture glowed evil red blood
faintly.
It appears that, painting the hands or not means
harsh criticism. The most valuable thing was
that, as a court painter, Goya was able
to attack the decadent rulers and ugly, dark
sides of the society ruthlessly and cleverly.
This made his portraits take off the
hypocritical cloak and become a
mirror reflecting realities.
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