El Greco

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Mannerist painter Renaissance artist painter person

El Greco was a Greek-born Renaissance painter active in Spain, renowned for his dramatic, elongated figures and expressive use of color and light that profoundly influenced later art movements.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Doménikos Theotokópoulos 2
Il Greco 1

Statements (60)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mannerist painter ⓘ
Renaissance artist ⓘ
painter ⓘ
person ⓘ
activeIn Rome ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
Toledo ⓘ
Venice ⓘ
alsoKnownAs El Greco ⓘ
surface form: Doménikos Theotokópoulos

The Greek ⓘ
birthName El Greco self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Doménikos Theotokópoulos
burialPlace Santo Domingo el Antiguo, Toledo ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Republic of Venice ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1541 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1614-04-07 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Greek ⓘ
fieldOfWork architecture ⓘ
painting ⓘ
sculpture ⓘ
genre landscape painting ⓘ
portrait ⓘ
religious painting ⓘ
influenced Cubism ⓘ
Expressionism ⓘ
Pablo Picasso ⓘ
Paul Cézanne ⓘ
Édouard Manet ⓘ
influencedBy Michelangelo ⓘ
Tintoretto ⓘ
Titian ⓘ
movement Mannerism ⓘ
Spanish Renaissance ⓘ
notableWork Laocoön ⓘ
Portrait of Cardinal Fernando Niño de Guevara ⓘ
Portrait of a Man (El Greco?) ⓘ
Portrait of a Nobleman with his Hand on his Chest ⓘ
John the Baptist ⓘ
surface form: Saint John the Baptist

Saint Martin and the Beggar ⓘ
The Adoration of the Shepherds ⓘ
Agony in the Garden ⓘ
surface form: The Agony in the Garden

Assumption of Mary ⓘ
surface form: The Assumption of the Virgin

The Burial of the Count of Orgaz ⓘ
The Disrobing of Christ ⓘ
Holy Trinity ⓘ
surface form: The Holy Trinity

The Opening of the Fifth Seal ⓘ
View of Toledo ⓘ
notedFor dramatic, elongated figures ⓘ
expressive use of color and light ⓘ
placeOfBirth Crete ⓘ
Heraklion ⓘ
Republic of Venice ⓘ
placeOfDeath Crown of Castile ⓘ
Toledo ⓘ
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
signatureLanguage Greek ⓘ
style dramatic lighting ⓘ
elongated figures ⓘ
expressive color ⓘ
spiritual intensity ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

El Greco → alsoKnownAs → El Greco ⓘ
this entity surface form: Doménikos Theotokópoulos
Toledo → associatedWithPerson → El Greco ⓘ
El Greco → birthName → El Greco self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Doménikos Theotokópoulos
El Greco Museum → dedicatedTo → El Greco ⓘ
Oceanic (album) → followedBy → El Greco ⓘ
subject surface form: Oceanic
this entity surface form: Il Greco
Old Masters → hasNotableExample → El Greco ⓘ
Kimbell Art Museum → hasWorkBy → El Greco ⓘ
Meadows Museum → hasWorkBy → El Greco ⓘ
Prado Museum → hasWorkBy → El Greco ⓘ
Pablo Picasso → influencedBy → El Greco ⓘ
El Greco (album) → inspiredBy → El Greco ⓘ
El Greco Museum → namedAfter → El Greco ⓘ
El Greco (album) → subject → El Greco ⓘ