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El Greco

Type Figure Region Spain Time 1541–1614 Also known as Greco

One of the most distinctive painters of the late Renaissance, born on Crete and active in Venice, Rome, and Toledo in Spain.…

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  1. 1541–1567Heraklion · CreteBorn in Venetian Crete, he learned icon painting in a local Byzantine school workshop and was producing independent work by the 1560s, laying the technical foundation for his later fusion of Eastern and Western pictorial languages.
  2. 1567–1577Venice · Republic of VeniceHe went to Venice in 1567 to study the techniques of Titian and other masters, and reached Rome around 1570, encountering Mannerism; during his ten years in Italy he absorbed Venetian color and Roman figure construction, forming the embryo of his personal style.
  3. 1577–1614Toledo · CastileHe settled in Toledo in 1577, creating masterpieces such as The Burial of the Count of Orgaz for the Church of Santo Domingo, shaping a peak of Spanish religious painting with mystical light and elongated forms; after 1600 he continued producing famous works such as View of Toledo.

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