Art

Taken in the Art Alcove, outside the Ellen Harrington Room, at Bromley House.

Tom Lubbock said this about Goya: "Francisco de Goya (1746-1828) has something for everyone. If he'd died in his forties, he'd be remembered as a talented court painter. But the mysterious illness that befell him wasn't fatal. It left him stone deaf and a genius. In his images of witchcraft, bull fights, carnival, nightmare spooks, the terrors of war, the inquisition, sexual delight and sexual corruption, he became a master of fantasy and documentary. His appeal is now uniquely broad. Almost every artist alive today, from the crustiest to the most cutting-edge, will have a good word for Goya."