Which artist was born in 1746, died in 1828, and produced a series of satirical paintings entitled 'The Disasters Of War'?
The Disasters of War purporting to bring democracy to Iraq. The Disasters of War The Disasters of War (Spanish: Los desastres de la guerra) is a series of 82 prints created between 1810 and 1820 by the Spanish painter and printmaker Francisco Goya (1746–1828). Although Goya did not make known his intention when creating the plates, art historians view them as a visual protest against the violence of the 1808 Dos de Mayo Uprising, the subsequent Peninsular War of 1808–14 and the setbacks to the liberal cause following the restoration of the Bourbon monarchy in 1814. During the conflicts between Napoleon's French Empire and
The Disasters of War and his 1962 "The Exterminating Angel". The series' impact on Dalí is evident in "Soft Construction with Boiled Beans (Premonition of Civil War)", painted in 1936 in response to events leading to the Spanish Civil War. Here, the distorted limbs, brutal suppression, agonised expressions and ominous clouds are reminiscent of , "Grande hazaña! Con muertos!" ("A heroic feat! With dead men!"), in which mutilated bodies are shown against a backdrop barren landscape. In 1993, Jake and Dinos Chapman of the Young British Artists movement created 82 miniature, toy-like sculptures modelled on "The Disasters of War". The works were widely acclaimed