El Greco thus brought to Mannerism the unique intensity which, expressed in the ravishing colors of his palette, gave his work the distinct aura that makes him so recognizable.

Without El Greco, Picasso’s early Blue and Rose periods are hard to imagine. Upon seeing Picasso’s work in Barcelona in 1900, one observer saw evidence of “a kind of inspired fever ...

El Greco’s real name was Domenikos Theotokopoulos. He was born in Crete (“el Greco” is Spanish for “the Greek”), but he spent most of his working life in Spain, where he was that country ...

Bailey sees in that aspect of El Greco’s art part of its appeal to modern eyes. “In some ways the 20th century responded to him as a visionary expressionist,” Bailey said.

WHOSE EL GRECO IS IT ANYWAY? Romania has secured a "long-term hold" on Saint Sebastian (1610–1614), a painting by El Greco that was pulled from Christie's New York Old Masters sale in February. The ...

El Greco was a Greek Old Masters painter who was born in 1541. His work is currently being shown at multiple venues like Milwaukee Art Museum.Numerous key galleries and museums such as Museo Nacional ...

“El Greco. Santo Domingo el Antiguo,” on view at the Prado Museum until June 15, brings together all but one of the works El Greco painted for the church, which were scattered starting in 1830.

El Greco was first documented in Spain in June 1577 and quickly received the commission for the new monastery, which was designed and jointly paid for by a powerful dean of the cathedral named ...

El Greco, A View of Toledo. c a. 1598-99, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Everyone knows the name “El Greco.”He is one of those rare Old Masters who, like his seventeenth-century Netherlandish ...

El Greco, 'The Adoration of the Name of Jesus,' (c. 1577-79) Patrimonio Nacional/Colleciones Reales/Real Monasterio de San Lorenzo de El Escorial.

El Greco's "Holy Family" (1585) shows the infant Jesus nursing. "Supper in the House of Simon" (1615-'25) is a convivial meal, disciples packed closely together — and there are even women here.