1815
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
The Horrors of War: This is How it Happened is a 1815 by Francisco Goya, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This print shows two figures on a balcony at night. One is slumped over a railing, drunk or dead, while the other kneels below, looking up. The scene is dark, with only a faint light behind them—maybe a window or moon. Their clothes look old-fashioned, and the whole image feels tense and heavy. The text at the bottom, *"Así sucedió"* ("This is how it happened"), suggests this is a warning about war’s brutality. The artist used sharp lines and deep shadows to make it feel raw and urgent. Next, check out Romanticism to see how artists used emotion and drama to show real struggles.
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (; Spanish: ; 30 March 1746 – 16 April 1828) was a Spanish romantic painter and printmaker.
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