El Greco was a Greek artist whose painting and sculpture helped define the Spanish Renaissance and influence various movements to come. Updated: Apr 6, 2021 Photo: Archiv Gerstenberg/ullstein bild via Getty Images (1541-1614) Who Was El Greco? El Greco was born around 1541 in Crete, which was then part of the Republic of Venice.
Domḗnikos Theotokópoulos ,[2] most widely known as El Greco (Spanish pronunciation: [el ˈɣɾeko]; "The Greek"), was a Greek painter, sculptor and architect of the Spanish Renaissance. El Greco was a nickname,[a] and the artist normally signed his paintings with his full birth name in Greek letters, often adding the word Κρής (Krḗs), which means "Cretan".
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