el greco

     

An example of this 16th & 17th century master's distinctive distortion of figures is seen here:

Trivia about el greco

  • His painting "View of Toledo" is also called "Toledo in a Storm"
  • Around 1600, distant cousin Aristotle sat in for a cardinal for this Spanish artist
  • When he was born on Crete around 1540, Crete belonged to Venice, so he could have been El Veneto
  • "View of Toledo"
  • Born in Crete, this painter studied under Titian in Venice before becoming a master of Spanish art
  • Luis Tristan was a student of this artist, studying in his Toledo studio from 1603 to 1608
  • He signed his paintings with his real name, Domenikos Theotokopoulos, written in Greek letters
  • The elongated heads of this Toledo master are on display in his painting of two saints
  • This Spanish painter's son appears in his 1586 masterpiece the "Burial of the Count of Orgaz"
  • This Cretan's 1582 work "Martyrdom of St. Maurice" was his last commission from Spain's King Philip II
  • From an immigrant to Spain:"St. Francis in Prayer"(1580-1585)
  • King Philip II hated this artist's "Martyrdom at St. Maurice", so he never gained royal favor; he soon moved to Toledo
  • It's the nickname of painter Domenikos Theotokopoulos, acquired when he lived in Italy
  • Appropriately, one of this painter's views of Toledo can be seen at his museum in Toledo, Spain