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El Greco

(Doménicos Theotocópoulos; Kameia, today Heraklion, Greece current, 1541-Toledo, Spain, 1614) Spanish painter. Formed in their native island as a painter of icons, before moving to Venice, where he met the work of Titian and Tintoretto, artists, along with Michelangelo, who influenced his painting. Beginning in 1570, after a seven-year stay in Rome, El Greco moved to Toledo at the invitation of canon Diego de Castilla, who commissioned an altarpiece for the church of Santo Domingo el Antiguo. After ten years in Toledo, Philip II entrusted him a work for the monastery of El Escorial; But Martyrdom of St. Mauritius not liked the Spanish sovereign, who never contract again the artist. El Greco created his distinctive style after its establishment in Toledo, influenced by the religious environment of the city. Its elongated figures, seem intangible creatures, devoid of physical strength and an intense spirituality. In addition, its cold color palette gets startling impact with the red, blue and white in particular, of a rare intensity and sharpness. Although he painted mainly religious works, he had also important portraits (Felix Paravicino, The gentleman's hand in the chest) and some diverse thematic paintings. The most admired work from Greco is The Burial of Count Orgaz. In his last years he painted Laocoonte, which surprised by its mythological theme, unusual in Spain at the time. Maximum exponent of pictorial manerism in Spain, El Greco is also the first universal figure of Spanish painting and one of the great geniuses in the history of art.

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Date: 10/11/2009
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El Greco - A Boy Blowing on an Ember to Light a Candle (Soplón)

El Greco - A Boy Blowing on an Ember to Light a Candle (Soplón)

Date: 10/11/2009
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El Greco - A Lady in a Fur Wrap

El Greco - A Lady in a Fur Wrap

Date: 09/23/2008
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El Greco - A Prelate

El Greco - A Prelate

Date: 09/23/2008
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El Greco - A View of Toledo

El Greco - A View of Toledo

Date: 10/22/2007
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El Greco - Adoration of the Name of Jesus (Dream of Philip II)

El Greco - Adoration of the Name of Jesus (Dream of Philip II)

Date: 10/19/2007
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El Greco - Adoration of the Shepherds

El Greco - Adoration of the Shepherds

Date: 10/11/2009
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El Greco - Allegory of the Camaldolese Order

El Greco - Allegory of the Camaldolese Order

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El Greco - An Allegory with a Boy Lighting a Candle in the Company of an Ape and a Fool

El Greco - An Allegory with a Boy Lighting a Candle in the Company of an Ape and a Fool

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El Greco - An Elderly Gentleman

El Greco - An Elderly Gentleman

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El Greco - Angelic Concert

El Greco - Angelic Concert

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El Greco - Annunciation

El Greco - Annunciation

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El Greco - Apostle St Andrew

El Greco - Apostle St Andrew

Date: 09/24/2008
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El Greco - Apostle St Bartholomew

El Greco - Apostle St Bartholomew

Date: 10/11/2009
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El Greco - Apostle St James the Greater

El Greco - Apostle St James the Greater

Date: 10/11/2009
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El Greco - Apostle St James the Less

El Greco - Apostle St James the Less

Date: 10/11/2009
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El Greco - Apostle St John the Evangelist

El Greco - Apostle St John the Evangelist

Date: 09/24/2008
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El Greco - Apostle St Matthew

El Greco - Apostle St Matthew

Date: 10/11/2009
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El Greco - Apostle St Paul

El Greco - Apostle St Paul

Date: 10/11/2009
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El Greco - Apostle St Peter

El Greco - Apostle St Peter

Date: 10/11/2009
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