Domenikos Theotokopoulos, called El Greco what. Candia in 1541, then the capital of the Iceland of Crete from us on now called Heraklion born The year of birth itself is not Documented, but is derived from a document dating from 1606, in the Which El Greco called old as 65 years.
Crete Belonged to the time of his birth to the Republic of Venice, For Which his father worked as Georgios Theotokopoulos state tax collectors. He stayed in Venice for three years and painted many pictures there. These are linked above all that El Greco local artists in them: such as Jacopo Bassano,
Approached Tintoretto and Titian.
For lighting design and color choice of El Greco's stay in Venice what formative. El Greco was a Technically skilled artist using high quality materials. That is why his works are gene rally in a good state of preservation.
El Greco painted many religious paintings and portraits. So there were a few genre scenes and landscapes. Of his drawings are only a few copies have survived. His work can be divided into three geographically defined phases. His beginnings were in Crete in research long disputed. Today, it is art historical consensus thatthere El Greco began his artistic career as an icon painter. The second phase Took place in Italy, where he angepasst western artistic techniques and compositions. He worked in Venice and Rome, before moving to Spain. There, he developed his own style and created his masterpieces.
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Between 1577 and 1579 El Greco painted the Adoration of the Name of Jesus,
which he wanted to recommend to King Philip II. In this picture,
he brought the king directly as a character.
The rejection in Madrid Increased binding to El Greco's Toledo.
On 10 September 1585 he rented the palace of the Marques de Villena one in the Jewish quarter, where he finished three residential units and after the early death of his partner lived alone with his son.He lived there until 1590 and then again from the 1604th .
On 18 March 1586 gave the priest of his own parish, the contract for the painting The Burial of Count Orgaz. Between 1596 and 1600 El Greco painted the altarpiece for the Augustinian College of Doña María de Aragón in Madrid. For this work he was awarded with 6000 Ducats to the highest price he could ever achieve in a painting.
On 7 Died April 1614 El Greco. Two Greeks were present as witnesses at the deathbed. Luis de Castilla regulated subsequently his estate. At the time of his death was El Greco deeply in debt, and he left no will, which was unusual at that time.
Jorge Manuel Greco completed an inventory of the estate of his father, among whom were 143 mostly finished painting, among others, three versions of Laocoon, 15 plaster models, 30 clay models, 150 drawings, 30 maps, 200 prints and over 100 books.
* El Greco *
El Greco was a painter of Greek descent and the main masters
of Spanish Mannerism or the fading Renaissance.
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