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The Dormition of the Virgin before 1567 Painting ID:: 52630
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El Greco The Dormition of the Virgin before 1567 Tempera and gold on panel, 61,4 x 45 cm
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St Luke Painting the Virgin and Child before 1567 Painting ID:: 52632
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El Greco St Luke Painting the Virgin and Child before 1567 Tempera and gold on canvas
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The Entombment of Christ Painting ID:: 52633
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El Greco The Entombment of Christ 1560s Oil and tempera on panel, 51,5 x 43 cm
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Christ Healing the Blind Painting ID:: 52634
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El Greco Christ Healing the Blind c. 1567 Oil on panel, 65,5 x 84 cm
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The Modena Triptych Painting ID:: 52635
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El Greco The Modena Triptych 1568 Tempera on panel, 37 x 23,8 cm
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El Greco
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Greek-born Spanish Mannerist Painter, 1541-1614
Considered a representative of late Renaissance Spanish art, El Greco was actually born in Greece, on the island of Crete. After studying in Venice under Titian, El Greco settled in Toledo, Spain in 1577. At the time he was wildly popular, his emotionally religious paintings being just the ticket for the hometown of the Spanish Inquisition. After his death his work was largely ignored until the beginning of the 20th century; now he considered one of the inspired geniuses of Western art. His distinctive style features bold shapes and colors, with elongated and slightly distorted figures.
In Toledo El Greco was in constant demand and liked living large: he maintained a private orchestra to accompany his meals. |
Related Artists::. | Georg Andreas Hoffmann | MEULEN, Adam Frans van der | Claude Marie Dubufe | |
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