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El Greco
Self Portrait 1
1604
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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El Greco
The Burial of Count Orgaz
1586
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El Greco
View of Toledo
1597
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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El Greco
Saints John the Evangelist and Francis
1600
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
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El Greco
St.Martin and the Beggar
1597-99
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
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El Greco
Madonna and Child with St.Marina and St.Agnes
1597-99
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
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El Greco
Fray Hortensio Felix Paravicino
1609
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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El Greco
Laocoon 1
1610
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El Greco
The Saviour
1604-14
Greco Museum, Toledo
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El Greco
Christ Carrying the Cross
1600-1605
Museo del Prado, Madrid
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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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El Greco
The Disrobing of Christ
1583-84, canvas, Pinakothek at Munich
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El Greco
Resurrection
approx. 1584-94, Museo del Prado, Madrid
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El Greco
St. Louis
King of France, approx. 1586-94, Mus??e du Louvre
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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
Saint Jerome as a Cardinal
oil on canvas, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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El Greco
Apostles Peter and Paul
1587-92, oil on canvas, The Hermitage at St. Petersburg
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El Greco
St. John the Evangelist
approx. 1594-1604, oil on canvas, Museo del Prado, Madrid.
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El Greco
Portrait of a Lady
approx. 1594-1601, Philadelphia Museum of Art.
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El Greco
Holy Family
approx. 1594-1604, Hospital of San Juan Bautista, Toledo
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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.
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