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GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de: The Yard of a Madhouse

🖼 The Yard of a Madhouse, 1794
Oil on tinplate
43.8 × 31.7 cm
Dallas, USA

Chaotic movement fills a cramped courtyard where figures writhe, gesture wildly, and interact in fragmented ways, rendered in loose brushwork and murky tones. Goya captures mental anguish and institutional decay, pioneering modern art's engagement with psychological suffering and social critique.

The story of art
The story of art
E. H. Gombrich
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