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El Greco
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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Painting ID:: 56032
the burial of count orgaz
mk247
c.1586,oil on canvas,189x141 in,480x358 cm,church of santo tome,toledo,spain
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Painting ID:: 56596
ludvig den helige av frankrike
mk248 den franske kungen lx kanoniserades 1297 som den idealiske kristne monnarken. el greco malade bonom for motrmationens sak. aven om ansiktet ar traditionellt ikoniskt med boga kindben ocb intensiva, morka ogon placerar el greco kroppen vand till tre fjardedelar feamat, vilket var pa modet, ocb ger bonom utsokt uttrycksfulla bander.
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Painting ID:: 56597
utsik over toledo
mk248 i den gamla staden toledo, som forevigats bar i en av de forsta ocb mest deamatiska landskapsmalningarna i vasterlandsk konst, fann el greco en trogen vankrets ocb byggde upp en inkomstbringande karriar.
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Painting ID:: 59154
The Dormition of the Virgin
The Dormition of the Virgin (before 1567, tempera and gold on panel, 61,4 ?? 45 cm, Holy Cathedral of the Dormition of the Virgin, Hermoupolis, Syros) was probably created near the end of the artist's Cretan period. The painting combines post-Byzantine and Italian mannerist stylistic and iconographic elements.
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Painting ID:: 59155
Portrait of Giorgio Giulio Clovio, the earliest surviving portrait from El Greco
Portrait of Giorgio Giulio Clovio, the earliest surviving portrait from El Greco (c. 1570, oil on canvas, 58 ?? 86 cm, Museo di Capodimonte, Naples). In the portrait of Clovio, friend and supporter in Rome of the young Cretan artist, the first evidence of El Greco's gifts as a portraitist are apparent.
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El Greco
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 to El Greco: | PEETERS, Clara | Ralph Blakelock | Huldrych Zwingli | Corrado Giaquinto | Antoine de Favray |
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