El Greco was born in Crete, and named Kyriakos Theotokopoulos, (c. 1541-1614). He emigrated to Italy as a youth. El Greco left Italy for Spain in 1577, and spent the rest of his life in Toledo. Known for his elongated figures, strong sense of movement and his use of light, he is considered to be a Spanish painter.
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Not many paintings survive from ancient Greece because most were done on wood board and were not well protected. Surviving are numerous examples of vase painting. These pieces range from drinking vessels to urns and date from the 6th century BC. The first style is Geometric moving into Black figure, (black silhouettes on a red background) later styles develop into a red and white figure. Most major museums have some sort of Greek Pottery. The Louvre, Delphi Archaeological Museum, museums in London, Munich and Athens have large collections. The famous Renaissance painter El Greco is also a Greek painter, and Demetrios Galanis is an early 20th century artist, so it is best to specify which era is of interest.
El Greco
No, he was a Greek painter working in Spain.
El Greco is a famous Greek-Spanish painter, meaning "The Greek"
'El Greco' was the nickname used by Domenikos Theotokopoulos, an artist, painter and sculptor who was born in Crete, Greece, but that developed most of his artistic work in Spain, giving shape to the Spanish Renaissance. He was the son of rich merchant Georgios Theotokopoulos, but there's no information about his mother.
El Greco was not a Renaissance painter. He is an example of Mannerism, which came after the Renaissance and opposed most of what the Renaissance painters had stood for.
El Greco was a Spanish Painter who painted in the late 16th and early 17th century. He was born in Crete and moved to Venice and Rome before settling in Toledo, Spain.
El Greco was an artist, painter, sculpture, and architect that was born in 1541. He was known for his dramatic style and for incorporating architecture into his paintings.
El Greco was born in crete, a small island in the Mediterranean belonging to Greece. Therefore, by birth El Greco is Greek, and not Spanish. In fact, his nickname "El Greco" means "The Greek" in Spanish. He also signed many of his works with his full Greek name. There is of course, a popular misconception that El Greco is a Spanish painter because many of his most famous works were completed while he lived in Spain, and because he is known today by his Spanish nickname.
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El Greco had one son, Jorge Manuel, who assisted his father, and later became a painter in his own right.
El Greco was the name of a famous painter who worked in Spain. The name is Spanish for "the Greek" (= 2 words!)