1864
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
The Proverbs: Feminine Folly is a 1864 by Francisco Goya, a Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This etching shows five women in fancy old-time dresses, all tangled up in a big, messy sheet. One woman is reaching up toward a strange, lumpy figure floating above them—it looks like a ghost or a weird creature. The women seem flustered, some laughing, others struggling, while the sheet swirls around them like they’re stuck in it. The floating figure might be a joke about getting "caught in a lie" or tangled in drama. The artist used bold black lines and shading to make the scene feel chaotic and dark. Next, check out chiaroscuro to see how light and shadow create drama in art.
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (; Spanish: ; 30 March 1746 – 16 April 1828) was a Spanish romantic painter and printmaker.
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