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View of Toledo Painting ID:: 76541
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El Greco View of Toledo Date ca. 1596-00
Medium Oil on canvas
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El Greco. Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata Painting ID:: 78489
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El Greco El Greco. Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata 1585-90 Oil on canvas, 105 x 80 cm
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Nobleman with his Hand on his Chest Painting ID:: 81677
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El Greco Nobleman with his Hand on his Chest between 1583(1583) and 1585(1585)
Medium Oil on canvas
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Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata Painting ID:: 81731
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El Greco Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata 1585-90 Oil on canvas, 105 x 80 cm
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La anunciacion Painting ID:: 81994
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El Greco La anunciacion Date 1570(1570)
Medium Oil on panel
Dimensions 26 x 20 cm (10.2 x 7.9 in)
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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::. | ZEILLER, Jakob Johann | Lajos Bruck | Johan van Diest | |
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