1815
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
The Horrors of War: On Account of a Knife is a 1815 by Francisco Goya, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This sketch shows a man in dark, heavy clothes holding a long pole with a bundle tied to it. Behind him, a crowd of small, shadowy figures kneels or lies on the ground. The scene looks rough and uneven, like it’s drawn quickly. The title hints this is about war’s cruelty—maybe the bundle is a weapon or a symbol. The artist used simple lines and shading to show the mood, not details. Next, check out Romanticism to see how artists used emotion over realism.
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (; Spanish: ; 30 March 1746 – 16 April 1828) was a Spanish romantic painter and printmaker.
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