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By David Shelton
EL GRECO
• El Greco was born approximately around 1541 in Crete, which then was apart of the Republic of Venice.
• He soon moved to Toledo, Spain were he lived for the rest of his life and produce all of his best paintings!
LOCATION
• Moving on to Rome, El Greco opened a workshop and spent a great deal of time developing his style, using elements of both Mannerism and the Venetian Renaissance.
• The artist gained acknowledgement for his highly expressive and visionary religious works and rarely ventured away from this genre. This is Renaissance art because it shows the landscape in motion.
• (View of Toledo to the left)
PAINTINGS
• Nothing is known about his mother or his first wife, a Greek woman. El Greco's older brother, Manoussos Theotokopoulos (1531 - December 13, 1604), was a wealthy merchant and spent the last years of his life (1603-1604) in El Greco's Toledo home.
• El Greco was descended from a prosperous urban family, which had probably been driven out of Chania to Candia after an uprising against the Venetians between 1526 and 1528.
FAMILY
• It was not until after his death that El Greco's work was truly appreciated. Since the 18th century it has been valued by scholars and artists alike and has proved a great source of inspiration for many modern painters.
• El Greco had over 50,000 followers!
EL GRECO’S FOLLOWERS
• Greco was born around 1541 in Crete, which was then part of the Republic of Venice.
• Around age 35, he moved to Toledo, Spain, where he lived and worked for the rest of his life, producing his best-known paintings.
• El Greco was born Domenikos Theotokopoulos on the island of Crete, which was at the time a Venetian possession.
• El Greco died in April 7, 1614
BACK GROUND INFORMATION
CITATIONS• http://www.biography.com/people/el-greco-9319123
• http://www.elgreco.net/
• http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/grec/hd_grec.htm
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