The Great Artists series consists of 100 albums of world painting. On the pages of books - biographies of artists, the main milestones of creativity, their role in world culture. Each album has about 50 illustrations. The name of the great Spanish artist Francisco Jose de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828) is associated with the formation of art of the New Age. His work had a huge impact on the world culture of the XIX-XX centuries not only in painting and graphics, but also in literature, drama, theater and cinema. Shining bright colors in painting and the dramatic effects of chiaroscuro in graphics influenced the development of impressionism in France, especially Claude Monet and Auguste Renoir.