10 Most Famous El Greco Paintings by artst The Greek-born artist, sculptor, and architect Domnikos Theotokópoulos (1 October 1541 – 7 April 1614), more commonly known as El Greco (“The Greek”), was a major figure of the Spanish Renaissance.

2020年11月25日 · In this post, we’ve compiled a list of some of the most famous paintings by El Greco, the best part of the oeuvre of an extremely talented individual!

These are some of El Greco's most important paintings: c. 1590–1595 Agony in the Garden – several versions, the one in Toledo, Ohio being accepted as prime. c. 1600–1610 Saint Jerome as Cardinal – five versions, those in the Frick and Metropolitan being generally accepted as prime. Also Madrid, London.

2022年6月16日 · Few artists among the Old Masters produced work as startlingly fresh to contemporary eyes as Doménikos Theotokópoulos (1541–1614), a Greek transplant to the Iberian city of Toledo who’s...

This large painting, three and half meters wide by almost five meters high, is universally regarded as El Greco's greatest masterpiece and most famous work. It was commissioned by the parish priest of Santo Tomé in Toledo, and is considered to be a prime example of Mannerism.

2016年1月30日 · Know about the art of El Greco by studying his 10 most famous paintings. This painting was part of the first major commission of El Greco which consisted of a group of works created for the church Santo Domingo el Antiguo in Toledo. It showed early glimpses of El Greco’s pictorial genius marked by continuity and brilliant use of color.

El Greco has been characterized by modern scholars as an artist so individual that he belongs to no conventional school. He is best known for tortuously elongated figures and often fantastic or phantasmagorical pigmentation, marrying Byzantine traditions with those of Western painting.