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Burial of the Count de Orgaz
Burial of the Count de Orgaz, oil on canvas by El Greco, 1586–88; in the church of Santo Tomé, Toledo, Spain.
El Greco
Spanish artist
Also known as: Doménikos Theotokópoulos
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- Byname of:
- Doménikos Theotokópoulos
- Movement / Style:
- Renaissance art
- Venetian school
- Renaissance
El Greco (born 1541, Candia [Iráklion], Crete—died April 7, 1614, Toledo, Spain) was a master of Spanish painting, whose highly individual dramatic and expressionistic style met with the puzzlement of his contemporaries but gained newfound appreciation in the 20th century. He also worked as a sculptor and as an architect. El Greco never forgot that he was of Greek descent and usually signed his paintings in Greek letters with his full name, Doménikos Theotokópoulos. He is, nevertheless, generally known as El Greco (“the Greek”), a name he acquired when he lived in Italy, where the custom of identifying a man ...(100 of 2758 words)