Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes[A] (/?ɡ???/; Spanish: [f?an?θisko xo?se ee ??o?a i lu?θjentes]; 30 March 1746 – 16 April 1828) was a Spanish romantic painter and printmaker. He is considered the most important Spanish artist of late 18th and early 19th centuries and throughout his long career was a commentator and chronicler of his era. Immensely successful in his lifetime, Goya is often referred to as both the last of the Old Masters and the first of the moderns.