Doménikos Theotokópoulos (Greek: Δομήνικος Θεοτοκόπουλος, IPA: [ðoˈminikos θeotoˈkopulos]; 1 October 1541 – 7 April 1614), [2] most widely known as El Greco (Spanish pronunciation: [el …

Apr 10, 2025 · El Greco was a master of Spanish painting, whose highly individual dramatic and expressionistic style met with the puzzlement of his contemporaries but gained newfound …

The man known as El Greco was a Greek artist whose emotional style vividly expressed the passion of Counter-Reformation Spain. Here at the National Gallery is the most important …

The Greek-born artist, sculptor, and architect Domnikos Theotokópoulos (1 October 1541 – 7 April 1614), more commonly known as El Greco (“The Greek”), was a major figure of the Spanish …

El Greco is best known for his tortuously elongated figures painted in phantasmagorical pigmentation, which almost resembled chalk with its blunt vividness.

Apr 2, 2014 · El Greco was a Greek artist whose painting and sculpture helped define the Spanish Renaissance and influence various movements to come.

Oct 1, 2004 · No other great Western artist moved mentally—as El Greco did—from the flat symbolic world of Byzantine icons to the world-embracing, humanistic vision of Renaissance …

Doménikos Theotokópoulos, better known by his nickname, “El Greco,” was a painter, architect, and sculptor who worked during the Spanish Renaissance in the middle ages. Born and raised …

Perhaps most recognized today for his distinctly elongated figures, El Greco developed a unique style that combined the Byzantine traditions of his native Crete; the innovations of the …

Apr 10, 2025 · El Greco - Spanish Painter, Mannerism, Baroque: From 1590 until his death El Greco’s painterly output was prodigious. His pictures for the churches and convents of the …