Francisco Goya: From Great to Genius.

The artist who wasn’t born a genius, but became one.

In one of his short aphorisms, the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer said:

‘Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.’

For the most of his life the Spanish painter Francisco Goya hit the targets no one else could…

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Vashik Armenikus

A music expert. Renaissance art student. A passionate reader. I scrutinise art to find its secrets.