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16 kwi 2020 · One of the series of Black Paintings Goya painted directly onto the walls of his house sometime between 1820 and 1823, it depicts two men fighting one another with cudgels, as they seem to be trapped knee-deep in a quagmire of mud or sand.
The mural paintings that decorated the house known as “la Quinta del Sordo,” where Goya lived have come to be known as the Black Paintings, because he used so many dark pigments and blacks in them, and also because of their somber subject matter.
The two men dueling with a stick are buried knee-deep in the sandy ground so that they can’t flee: This is a duel to the death. The background is older than the two duelists. Goya had originally decorated his house with bright landscapes like the background in this painting.
When Goya made this painting the liberals were fighting against the absolutists. The painting shows a countryside scene, where two men are striking one another with cudgels. We can see the transparency and clarity of the color by the degradation of the painting.
One of the series of Black Paintings Goya painted directly onto the walls of his house sometime between 1820 and 1823, it depicts two men fighting one another with cudgels, as they seem to be trapped knee-deep in a quagmire of mud or sand.
The artwork depicts a grim and violent scene where two men are engaged in a brutal fight with cudgels (sticks or clubs). They appear to be knee-deep in a quagmire which suggests that no matter how furiously they struggle, they are both inevitably stuck and sinking.
One of the series of Black Paintings Goya painted directly onto the walls of his house sometime between 1820 and 1823, it depicts two men fighting one another with cudgels, as they seem to be trapped knee-deep in a quagmire of mud or sand.
