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The Miracle of Christ Healing the Blind Painting ID:: 19022
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El Greco The Miracle of Christ Healing the Blind 1575, oil on canvas, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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The Disrobing of Christ Painting ID:: 19023
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El Greco The Disrobing of Christ 1583-84, canvas, Pinakothek at Munich
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Resurrection Painting ID:: 19024
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El Greco Resurrection approx. 1584-94, Museo del Prado, Madrid
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St. Louis Painting ID:: 19025
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El Greco St. Louis King of France, approx. 1586-94, Mus??e du Louvre
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Portrait of a Cardinal Painting ID:: 19026
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El Greco Portrait of a Cardinal oil on canvas, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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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::. | Hermann Faber | Abraham Brueghel | William Anderson | |
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