Goya Museum — Attraction in Zaragoza

This is an important museum. It has the first section dedicated to the main art developments before Goya, to put Goya's work into context, and then a section of paintings by Goya himself.

It is clear from the artwork that here is a master - both in detail, in technique and in the earliest forms of expressionism with broad brush strokes and a brilliant use of light and shade to accentuate feelings. It must be said that the museum clearly does not have the most impressive paintings of Goya.

The highlight for me is that collection of drawings and sketches by Goya which are not only brilliant in their technique but also on their commentary of the times. Goya was a brilliant and sharp observer of life, and his drawings are well explained and superbly interesting.

The use of QR codes make this an easy museum to enjoy.

For 6 euro, this is a bargain. It helps you to understand not only Goya, his time, art and the Napoleonic times, but also Zaragoza itself. I thoroughly...

I understand why some people feel a bit disappointed after visiting this museum “It’s a Goya Museum and they barely have any paintings from Goya” people say. And it’s fair, the name of the museum implies that there must be paintings of Goya all around, right? In reality, it’s a rather small, but well organised museum with a temporary exhibition where you can see modern artist from Spain and some small amount of Goya’s paintings The museum is dedicated to Goya, his artistic heritage - hence artists that got inspired by him and Spanish painters who worked with him There is a floor dedicated to Goya’s sketches where visitors can learn about dark motives that he was expressing there, real and mythical events that took place Overall, it’s a nice museum to visit, one of the most famous museums in Zaragoza, not the cheapest one tho, so if you’re short on money, you may come...

So this is an excellent little gallery of art, mostly focused on Goya, but there's some good exhibits about what came before and after him too. The best part, though, is the selection of prints he made. I never knew about this side of Goya-I always associated him with the oil paintings he did so well.

But these prints were incredible-he had a whole series on the Peninsula War and on bull-fighting. The bull-fighting ones especially were fascinating. His ability to capture movement and body-language is amazing.

A note about parking-Google Maps will tell you that you can drive right up to it, and, while that's legally and technically possible, I wouldn't recommend it. There's a parking lot underneath the nearby plaza, so I'd recommend as soon as you see the turn-off for the parking deck, go ahead...