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El Greco (Domenicos
Theotokopoulos), 1541-1614
Self Portrait
EL GRECOPASSIONATE VISIONARYOne of he greatest Spanish painters“ but was Greek by birth
El Greco" Castilian for "The Greek“ .
Almost nothing known about his early life.
Spent most of his life in the Toledo area of Spain –
extremely pious, cultured man, his very intense, spiritual works are famed for their tortuously elongated figures.
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Christ Healing the Blind Man. 1560s. Oil on panel. Alte Meister Gallerie, Dresden, Germany
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El Greco. Annunciation. Before 1570. Tempera on panel. Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain.
elongated figures, ever straining upward,
intense and unusual colors,
Passionate and energetic.
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El Greco. Christ Driving the Traders from the Temple. c.1570. Oil on panel. National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA.
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El Greco. Mary Magdalen in Penitence. c. 1577. Oil on
canvas. Worcester Art
Museum, Worcester,
Massachusetts, USA
His artistic roots are diverse: he traveled between Venice, Rome, and Spain (settling in Toledo). The Christian doctrines of Spain made a crucial impact on his approach to painting, and his art represents a blend of passion and restraint, religious fervor and Neo-Platonism, influenced by the mysticism of the Counter-Reformation.
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View of Toledo c. 1597 (180 Kb); Oil on canvas, 121.3 x 108.6 cm (47 3/4 x 42 3/4 in); The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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The Adoration of the Shepherds 1612-14 (230 Kb); Oil on canvas, 319 x 180 cm (125 5/8 x 70 7/8"); Museo del Prado, Madrid
Portrait of a Cardinal c. 1600 (160 Kb); Oil on canvas, 180.8 x 108 cm (67 1/4 x 42 1/2 in); The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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Baptism of Christ 1597-1600 Oil on canvas, 350 x 144 cm; Museo del Prado, Madrid
The Holy Trinity 1577 Oil on canvas, 300 x 179 cm (118 1/8 x 70 1/2"); Museo del Prado, Madrid
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The statue of Laocoön and His Sons, also called the Laocoön Group
shows the Trojan priest Laocoön and his sons being strangled by sea serpents.
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The opening of the Fifth Seal of the Apocalypse c. 1608-14 Oil on canvas, 224.5 x 192.8 cm (88 1/2 x 76 in); Metropolitan Museum of Art, New
York
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Assumption of the Virgin. 1577-1579. Oil on canvas. Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
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St.Peter in Tears. c. 1580-1585. Oil on canvas. The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, Couty Durham, UK
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The tears of St. Peter1603-1607Oil on canvas102 x 84 cmHospital de San Juan Bautista de Afuera, Toledo
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The Martyrdom of St. Maurice. 1580s. Oil on canvas. Art Museum, Bucharest, Romania
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The Resurrection. 1584-1594. Oil on canvas. Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain
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Christ Carrying the Cross. c. 1590-1595. Oil on canvas. Oscar B. Cintas Foundation, NY, USA
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The Agony in the Garden. c.1595. Oil on canvas. Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH, USA
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The Agony in the Garden. 1605-1610. Oil on canvas. Szepmuveseti Muzeum, Budapest, Hungary
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Christ on the Cross with Landscapes. c. 1605-1610. Oil on canvas. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, USA
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El Greco - Self Portrait as Saint Luke c1604 (one of the Portraits of the Apostles in the Sacristy of Toledo Cathedral)
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El Greco was buried in the Church of St. Thomé.
The Burial of Count Orgaz. c.1586. Oil on canvas. Church of San Tomé, Toledo, Spain